Trivia

One of the jobs he had before becoming a director was a blacksmith.

For part of his career, he worked at Universal Pictures under producer Paul Kohner, where he would direct films for the Spanish-language market, even though he neither spoke nor understood Spanish. He directed the technically well-regarded---yet quite sub-par due to its comical titular protagonist---Spanish-language version of Bela Lugosi's masterpiece, Drácula (1931), called Drácula (1931)).

After he retired from directing, he took up a second career as a character actor and appeared in quite a few films.

During the days of factory-produced silent pictures, Melford's booming voice often disrupted adjacent productions (annoying casts and crews). He quickly acquired the nickname "Whispering George.".

Died of heart disease in Hollywood, CA. He was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood, CA.

Graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Although his first wife Louise Marsland named Jacqueline Logan in her divorce decree, granted 1/10/1924 (she filed the complaint 9/28/1923), when the divorce became final on 1/26/1925 Melford announced that he intended to wed Diana Miller. The couple officially announced their engagement in September 1925 and were wed 11/26/1925.

Stepfather of Judson Melford. He appeared with him on several films between 1911 and 1913.

Born George Knauff, he adopted the last name "Melford" because he thought it was more artistic.