Mortuus homo est natalis – On this day, February 18, 1922 Allan Melvin, American character actor, voice actor and impressionist, was born. Cast in hundreds of television episodes from the 1950s to the early 1990s, often appearing in recurring roles on various series. Some of those roles and series include portraying various characters on The Andy Griffith Show, as real estate salesman Pete Dudley in My Favorite Martian, as Corporal Henshaw on The Phil Silvers Show, Sergeant Hacker on Gomer Pyle, USMC, Alice’s boyfriend Sam the Butcher on The Brady Bunch, and as Archie Bunker’s friend Barney Hefner on both All in the Family. Also did a lot of voice work for both the Walt Disney Co. and Hanna Barbara Cartoons, his best known character being Magilla Gorilla.
The Man from Vincentown 