Mel Ruick
Know for: Acting
Born: 1898-07-08
Place of birth: Boise, Idaho, USA
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The President's Mystery (1936)
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent...
Navy Blues (1937)
A sailor bets his friends he can get a date with any woman they choose. They pick out a librarian with glasses and a bookish appearance. When he...
Taxi (1953)
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When...
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family...
Bombay Clipper (1942)
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
The Human Duplicators (1965)
An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.
Man-Made Monster (1941)
Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
He Married His Wife (1940)
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony payments are so steep he plots with his lawyer to...
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett,...
Music in My Heart (1940)
A young woman engaged to a millionaire falls for the understudy in a Broadway musical.
There's One Born Every Minute (1942)
A nine-year-old Elizabeth Taylor made her film debut in this lively comedy. She plays the spoiled-brat daughter of a pudding manufacturer who has...
Man From Headquarters (1942)
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the...
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on...
Kitty Foyle (1940)
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
The Lady Has Plans (1942)
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so she can sell them to the highest bidder in...
Sinner Take All (1936)
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
Remember the Day (1941)
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to...
Shipmates Forever (1935)
An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no...
Torture Money (1937)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.
We Who Are Young (1940)
A man violates company policy by getting married.
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have....
Kiss of Death (1947)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.