Melvin Spinney

 is a minor character and a bounty target featured in Red Dead Redemption.

Background
is wanted for Murder and can be captured or killed depending on the player's choice.

Red Dead Redemption
Melvin can most often be found around Thieves' Landing, frequently loitering inside the saloon and around the brothel, as well as Manzanita Post, where he commonly plays Five Finger Fillet. He can also be encountered at the Tumbleweed gang hideout, but he will be hostile.

Undead Nightmare
In Undead Nightmare, Melvin can be found defending the settlement of Cochinay where he is the sole survivor. If Cochinay is saved, he will patrol the fort's battlements.

He also can be seen fighting off Zombies in the wilderness, if he survives he says he will head to Fort Mercer, in which he can be found.

Quotes
"You're about to go South!"

- during a fight

"I bet you don't even know how to use iron!"

-, when threatened

"Hell, you got anything interestin' to say?"

- during a conversation

"How am I gonna get a whore with this mess going on?"

- Melvin Spinney during Undead Nightmare

"Bunch o' drugstore cowboys, the lot o' you!"

- during a fight

"Ain't you just spreadin' the mustard!"

- during a fight

"Come on! You spineless shit!"

- during a fight

Trivia

 * He has the highest bounty in the game at $300 or $600 respectively. This is also true for Zebedee Nash, Kent Gallaway, Americus Roe and Hestor Frith.
 * Sometimes in Undead Nightmare, Melvin may be overheard talking about his son that he had to kill when he became undead.