Mel Prestidge

{{short description|American police officer and television actor}}

{{Infobox person |name = Mel Prestidge |image = Mel_Prestidge_in_Hawaiian_Eye_c._1960.jpg |caption = Prestidge in ''Hawaiian Eye'', c. 1960 |birth_name = Melvin Prestidge |birth_date = {{birth date|1928|11|20}} |birth_place = Hawaii, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2011|01|25|1928|11|20}} |death_place = Panorama City, Los Angeles, U.S. |occupation = Police officer, television actor |years_active = 1956–1978 |spouse = Evangeline Prestidge<ref name="f">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/99504179/melvin-prestidge-obituary-1928-2011/|title=Melvin Prestidge Obituary (1928-2011)|work=Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=January 30, 2011|access-date=April 10, 2022|page=32|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> |children = 5<ref name="f" /> }}

'''Melvin Prestidge''' (November 20, 1928 – January 25, 2011)<ref name="f" /> was an American police officer and television actor.<ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqRkAAAAMAAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters: All Regular Cast Members in American Crime and Mystery Series, 1948-1959|page=443|first=Everett|last=Aaker|publisher=McFarland|date=2006|isbn=9780786424764|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/760985509/|title=Deputy Sheriff In Real Life Plays Television Police Role|first=Joseph|last=Fiwigav|work=Evansville Courier and Press|location=Evansville, Indiana|date=December 7, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=36|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He was known for playing the roles of Lt. Danny Quon in the American detective television series ''Hawaiian Eye'' and Jackie-Jackie in the syndicated television series ''Captain David Grief''.<ref name="a" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tnZyDwAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|publisher=McFarland|date=October 9, 2018|isbn=9781476633497|via=Google Books}}</ref>

Born in Hawaii,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/506630453/|title=Deputy Gets Leave To Do TV Film|work=The Windsor Star|location=Windsor, Ontario, Canada|date=December 15, 1962|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> Prestidge worked as a police officer in Los Angeles County, California.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41414539/|title=Actor Puts Some People in Prison On a Personal Basis|first=Joseph|last=Finnigan|work=The Warren County Observer|location=Warren, Pennsylvania|date=October 12, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=17|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He also worked on Warner Bros. sound stages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/118044069/|title=TV's Mel Prestidge Deputy In Real Life|work=Arizona Republic|location=Phoenix, Arizona|date=October 12, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=64|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}}</ref>

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0696362}} *[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/mel_prestidge/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prestidge, Melvin}} Category:1928 births Category:2011 deaths Category:Law enforcement officials from Hawaii Category:Male actors from Hawaii Category:American male television actors Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American police officers Category:Los Angeles County, California, sheriffs