Melville Baker was born on April 24, 1901 in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for
The Gilded Lily (1935),
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935) and
Downstairs (1932). He was married to Dorothy Gilliam, Mary and Gladys Franklin Gould. He died on April 10, 1958 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France.