* 1944 – Melvin Dummar, American forger of Howard Hughes estate

Demme's next film, 1980's Melvin and Howard, did not get a wide release, but received a groundswell of critical acclaim, and led to the signing of Demme to direct the Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell star vehicle Swing Shift.

* Melvin and Howard ( 1980 )

* Agrippa ’ s Daughter ( 1964 ), an English novel by Howard Melvin Fast

One technique they used was to build premises into " promos " for shows that would never run ( such as " Melvin and Howards ", a parody of the movie Melvin and Howard which featured Melvin Dummar, Howard Hughes, Howard Cosell, Curly Howard, and Senator Howard Baker on a road trip singing old tunes ).

She won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for playing the role of Lynda Dummar in Jonathan Demme's 1980 film Melvin and Howard.

In only her third film, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1980 film Melvin and Howard, playing the wife of a man who claims to have befriended reclusive eccentric Howard Hughes.

Pollard had a key supporting role in the 1980 cult film Melvin and Howard about the Melvin Dummar, Howard Hughes, Mormon Will controversy.

Melvin Howard Tormé ( September 13, 1925June 5, 1999 ), nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was an American musician, known for his jazz singing.

The stage musical, with music and lyrics by Gene de Paul and Johnny Mercer, was adapted into a Technicolor motion picture at Paramount in 1959 by producer Norman Panama and director Melvin Frank, with a score by Nelson Riddle.

Melvin Purvis was a prime example ; he was one of the most effective agents in capturing and breaking up 1930s gangs and received substantial public recognition, but a jealous Hoover maneuvered him out of the FBI.

In late July 1934, Special Agent Melvin Purvis, the Director of Operations in the Chicago office, received a tip on Dillinger's whereabouts which paid off when Dillinger was located, ambushed and killed by FBI agents outside the Biograph Theater.

After a sputtering start to the 1993 season, McGriff was traded to the division-winning Atlanta Braves for Melvin Nieves, Donnie Elliot, and Vince Moore.

The Just-world phenomenon is the belief that people get what they deserve and deserve what they get, which was first theorized by Melvin Lerner ( 1977 ).

Melvin Kranzberg ( November 22, 1917 – December 6, 1995 ) was a professor of history at Case Western Reserve University from 1952 until 1971.

Gardner was born in the big farming community of Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina, the youngest of seven children ( she had two brothers, Raymond and Melvin, and four sisters, Beatrice, Elsie Mae, Inez, and Myra ).

It was originally framed by Merrill Flood and Melvin Dresher working at RAND in 1950.

William Melvin " Bill " Hicks ( December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994 ) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician.

The muon neutrino was discovered in 1962 by Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, and the tau discovered between 1974 and 1977 by Martin Lewis Perl and his colleagues from the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

When Kaye unexpectedly died in 1975, Blume's father, Melvin, purchased Kaye's shares, and the company was re-formed as TSR Hobbies.

The pick was acquired by the Clippers by way of a 2004 trade for Melvin Ely.

According to Melvin Van Peebles, the original production was of a white detective story, but following the success of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, the original script was scrapped in favor of an adaptation of Ernest Tidyman's 1970 novel Shaft, which focused on a black detective.

This leniency was protested by Melvin Laird, the Secretary of Defense.

Jansky discussed the puzzling phenomena with his friend, astrophysicist and teacher Albert Melvin Skellett, who pointed out that the time between the signal peaks was the exact length of a sidereal day, the timing you would get if the source was an astronomical one, " fixed " in relationship to the stars and passing in front of the antenna once every Earth rotation.

Policy changed under the Nixon administration, when mistreatment of the prisoners was publicized by U. S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and others.

It was adapted by Melvin Frank and Jack Rose from the story " She Loves Me, She Told Me So Last Night " by Frank, who also directed.

Ed Burger, Charles Burger, Mrs. Castner, Melvin Lynch, Elloit Warren, Magda Guetschow, Martha Guetschow, Marie Guetschow, William Guetschow, Oscar Nordt, Frances Perkins, Oscar Swanson, Elmer Swanson, Bill Stanley, Everett Chapel, and Henry Zempel were the ones she was able to remember.

A memorial was put up in this small city in honor of Melvin " Tubby " Millar.

* Melvin O. Adams, lawyer for Lizzie Borden, was born in Ashburnham.

The city was named after one of the original developers of the settlement, Melvin Wilkinson.

In February 1972, Yellow Thunder was brought into the American Legion bar by Melvin and Leslie Hare and two other men.

Leon Max Lederman ( born July 15, 1922 ) is an American physicist who, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 for their joint research on neutrinos.

Melvin Kenneth " Mel " Smith ( born 3 December 1952 ) is an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor.

Melvin Lawrence DeFleur ( born April 27, 1923 in Portland, Oregon ) is a professor and scholar in the field of communications.

Melvin Robert " Bom " Laird ( born September 1, 1922 ) is an American politician and writer.

* Melvin Mora ( born 1972 ), Venezuelan professional baseball player

* Grandmaster Melle Mel, Melvin Glover ( born 1961 ), hip-hop musician

Melvin Douglas " Mel " Lastman ( born March 9, 1933 ), nicknamed " Mayor Mel ", is a former businessman and politician.

Francis Melvin Rogallo ( January 27, 1912 – September 1, 2009 ) was an American aeronautical engineer inventor born in Sanger, California, U. S. A .; he is credited with the invention of the Rogallo wing, or " flexible wing ", a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider.

Roberts was born in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, the fifth and youngest child of the Reverend Ellis Melvin Roberts and Claudius Priscilla Roberts ( née Irwin ) ( d. 1974 ).

* Melvin Bernhardt ( born 1941 ), American stage and television director

Taymor was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Elizabeth ( née Bernstein ), a political science teacher, and Melvin Lester Taymor, a gynecologist.

Melvin " Block " Van Peebles ( born August 21, 1932 ) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer.

Lee was born in Elyria, Ohio, the son of Elvira ( née Taft ), a teacher, and C. Melvin Lee, an engineer.

Melvin Parker ( born June 7, 1944, Kinston, North Carolina ) is a drummer.

Boswell was born in Harrison County, Missouri, the son of Margaret and Melvin Boswell.

Farmer was born in Seattle, to Ernest Melvin Farmer and Cora Lillian ( Van Ornum ) Farmer.

Allen was born Melvin Allen Israel in Birmingham, Alabama.

The group formerly known as The Charlemagnes took on the name " The Blue Notes " in 1954, with a lineup consisting of lead singer Harold Melvin ( born June 25, 1939, in Philadelphia, died March 24, 1997 ), Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., and Franklin Peaker.

Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, the son of Mary Wharton ( née Johns ) and Melvin Randolph Coleman.

Melvin Emery " Mel " Patton ( born November 16, 1924 ) is an American track and field athlete, who won two gold medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Valentine Esegragbo Melvin Strasser was born on April 26, 1967 in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to parents from the Creole ethnic group.

Mel Powell ( born Melvin Epstein ) ( February 12, 1923 – April 24, 1998 ) was an American jazz pianist, composer of classical music, and music educator.