Biography

Judson Melford born Judson Calkins Le Roy in New York in 1900, handsome young lad who appeared in westerns and dramas for the Kalem Film Company with his step-father George Melford in several films between 1910 and 1913, his first of which was 'The Touch of a Child' in 1910 and perhaps his best known 'On the Warpath' in 1911, his finale film appearance was 'The Mountain Witch' with well-known silent star Carlyle Blackwell in 1913. Judson mother Louise Marsland filed for divorced from George Melford in 1924 and so Judson dropped the name Melford back to his birth name of Judson Le Roy. later worked for thirty years as an electrician for Paramount studios using his real name of Le Roy. Judson died childless in Santa Paula, California in 1978.