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Melvin Belli Net Worth

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Melvin Belli Net Worth

Melvin Belli net worth is
$950,000

Melvin Belli Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Melvin Mouron Belli (July 29, 1907 – July 9, 1996) was a prominent American lawyer known as "The King of Torts" and by detractors as 'Melvin Bellicose'. He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, the Rolling Stones, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West. He won over USD $600,000,000 in judgments during his legal career. He was also the attorney of Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 
Full NameMelvin Belli
Net Worth$950,000
Date Of BirthJuly 29, 1907
DiedJuly 9, 1996, San Francisco, California, United States
Place Of BirthSonora, California, United States
OccupationLawyer, actor, author
ProfessionLawyer, Actor, Author
EducationUniversity of California, Berkeley
NationalityAmerican
SpouseNancy Ho Belli, Lia Triff, Patricia Montandon, Toni Nichols
ChildrenMelvin Caesar Belli
NicknamesMelvin Mouron Belli, Melvin Belli, Belli, Melvin, Belli, Melvin Mouron
IMDB
MoviesGimme Shelter, Wild in the Streets, Lady of the House
TV Showswhodunnit!
Star SignLeo
#Quote
1I'm not an ambulance chaser. I'm usually there before the ambulance.
#Fact
1Ex-father-in-law of Gretchen Belli.
2He won a class-action suit against Dow-Corning. Despite his victory in court, Dow-Corning's subsequent bankruptcy left him unable to recoup the $5,000,000 his firm has spent on physicians and other expert witnesses. This forced his firm, not him personally, to seek bankruptcy protection in December, 1995, just months before his death.
3The flamboyant attorney represented such celebrities as Mae West, Muhammad Ali, Jim Bakker & Tammy Faye Bakker, Errol Flynn, Beverly Aadland, Tony Curtis, Lenny Bruce, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Chuck Berry, Alex Haley, Nick Nolte, Lana Turner and The Rolling Stones. Though he won more than $600 million in damages for his clients, keeping a third for himself as commission, he filed for bankruptcy the year he died.
4His son, Caesar Belli (full name Melvin Caesar Belli), now a personal injury lawyer, appeared with his father Melvin in the Star Trek (1966) episode Star Trek: And the Children Shall Lead (1968).
5As an attorney, he defended Jack Ruby, the man who shot Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy.
Melvin Belli

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wild in the Streets1968Melvin Belli (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote1991TV SeriesJudge Charlie Harley
Lady of the House1978TV MovieMayor Jim of San Francisco
Ground Zero1973Mario Barto
Arnie1972TV SeriesLawyer
Star Trek1968TV SeriesGorgan

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tokyo File 2121951executive producer - as Melvin M. Belli

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
In My Daughter's Name1992TV Movie judicial technical advisor

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Whose Baby?1988TV MovieHimself
Hunter1986TV SeriesHimself
Guilty or Innocent1984TV SeriesHimself (host)
Whodunnit?1979TV SeriesHimself / panelist
The Mike Douglas Show1977TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Attorney
The Dick Cavett Show1970-1973TV SeriesHimself - Attorney / Himself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1963-1973TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Guest
Gimme Shelter1970DocumentaryHimself
The David Frost Show1970TV SeriesHimself
The Choice Is Yours1970TV MovieHimself
Playboy After Dark1969TV SeriesHimself
CBS Reports1968TV Series documentaryHimself
The Joey Bishop Show1967TV SeriesHimself
The Merv Griffin Show1965TV SeriesHimself
That Regis Philbin Show1964TV SeriesHimself

Archive Footage

Known for movies

Himself (host)

Guilty or Innocent (1984)
as Himself (host)

Himself / panelist

Whodunnit? (1979)
as Himself / panelist

Himself

Gimme Shelter (1970)
as Himself

Mario Barto

Ground Zero (1973)
as Mario Barto