Mel Koontz
Posted By thecircusblog on July 23, 2009
Mel trained this lion for motion picture work. To his surprise and much to his financial good, this lion became one of three lions that were the M.G.M. logo at the beginning of their movies.
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This is a great picture. I knew him well when I was a child growing up in Thousand Oaks, he was a good friend of my mothers and I looked upon Mel Koontz as a father figure. Thank you very much!
If you have any others can you post them?
Mel was my Grandmother Lockwood’s cousin. When I was a child I remember”grandma” telling me many, many stories about Mel. We were all SO PROUD of him. Grandma lived, died and is buried in Ft.Scott, Kansas. Mel is buried there too. I hope there will be more postings and pictures from Tara and others that knew Mel. Doug: alaskadoug@gmail.com
Wow! This must be why i love animals so much , Mel is one of my cousins. 🙂
i just now learned about him. Its so great to know that i had at least one famous person in my family haha. That is so awesome.
RIP Mel Koontz
– Lindsey Lockwood
and i would also I would love to be a lion trainer some day! Just like Mel 🙂
Mel KOONTZ is my grandpa. I remember the trips to the Zoo and a lot of other stories contact me for more info . By the way he was awesome !!
I am interested in hearing from anyone who knew or has stories about Mel Koontz. I would like to have them for the family history. Feel free to contact me: skoontz808@gmail.com.
Hi Sue, I lost contact with you. How is the book going? Did you get all my pictures of Mel
Dolores