Biography

Son of Gene Nelson, growing up around show business, there was little doubt that it was where Douglas' aspirations were heading... His first home was in Encino, CA... At the age of four, they moved to Sherman Oaks...next door to Dick Clark. Some of his friends and neighbors were also in the entertainment industry... Barbara Eden, Lorne Greene, Henry Fonda, Richard Dawson, Gisele MacKenzie, John Ericson & Milly Ericson, Quinn Martin, Jim Backus, and Leslie Nielsen. Douglas' next home was in Beverly Hills, where he spent most of his school years. In 1971, the family did move to NY for a year, while his father, Gene Nelson starred in "Follies" o...Read More