Complex sentence: Samuel Gardner "Sam" Melville (August 20,1936--March 9,1989) was an American actor who appeared as a guest star on many popular television programs of the 1960s and 1970s.
Split into simpler sentences: Samuel Gardner "Sam" Melville (August 20,1936--March 9,1989) was an American actor. He appeared as a guest star on many television programs of the 1960s and 1970s.