# Mel Prestidge

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{{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](/source/Hawaii), U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|2011|01|25|1928|11|20}}
|death_place   = [Panorama City, Los Angeles](/source/Panorama_City%2C_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](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)|location=[Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California)|date=January 30, 2011|access-date=April 10, 2022|page=32|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Evansville_Courier_%26_Press)|location=[Evansville, Indiana](/source/Evansville%2C_Indiana)|date=December 7, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=36|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He was known for playing the roles of Lt. Danny Quon in the American [detective](/source/Detective_fiction) television series ''[Hawaiian Eye](/source/Hawaiian_Eye)'' and Jackie-Jackie in the [syndicated](/source/Television_syndication) television series ''[Captain David Grief](/source/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](/source/Google_Books)}}</ref>

Born in [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii),<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/506630453/|title=Deputy Gets Leave To Do TV Film|work=[The Windsor Star](/source/The_Windsor_Star)|location=[Windsor, Ontario](/source/Windsor%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada)|date=December 15, 1962|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=17|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref> Prestidge worked as a [police officer](/source/police_officer) in [Los Angeles County, California](/source/Los_Angeles_County%2C_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](/source/Warren%2C_Pennsylvania)|date=October 12, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=17|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref> He also worked on [Warner Bros.](/source/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](/source/Arizona_Republic)|location=[Phoenix, Arizona](/source/Phoenix%2C_Arizona)|date=October 12, 1961|access-date=December 12, 2021|page=64|via=[Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)}} {{Closed access}}</ref>

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

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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

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