Ed Nelson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-12-21 (86 years old)

Deathday

2014-08-09

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ed Nelson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (born December 21, 1928) is an American actor. Nelson has appeared in numerous television shows, more than fifty motion pictures, and hundreds of stage productions. Until 2005, he was teaching acting and screenwriting in his native New Orleans at two local universities there. Hurricane Katrina prompted him to move his family to Sterlington near Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating,...

Acting

1981

Born to Be Sold

as Carl Strickland

1959

A Bucket of Blood

as Art Lacroix

1957

1974

Airport 1975

as Major John Alexander

1973

Time to Run

as Warren Cole

1957

Carnival Rock

as Cannon

1958

The Brain Eaters

as Dr. Paul Kettering

1991

The Boneyard

as Jersey Callum

1961

Devil's Partner

as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen

1958

1974

Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Gene Kranz, Flight Director

1989

Deadly Weapon

as General Stone

1963

The Man from Galveston

as Cole Marteen

1972

The Screaming Woman

as Carl Nesbitt

1959

The Young Captives

as Norm Britt

1979

1970

Along Came a Spider

as Dr. Martin Becker

1971

A Little Game

as Paul Hamilton

1973

Runaway!

as Nick Staffo

1959

T-Bird Gang

as Alex Hendricks

1960

Valley of the Redwoods

as Dino Michaelis

1977

Murder in Peyton Place

as Dr. Michael Rossi

1978

Superdome

as George Beldridge

1973

Linda

as Paul Reston

1998

Who Am I?

as General Sharman

1976

Midway

as Admiral Harry Pearson

1972

Brink of Disaster!

as Dr. Harden

1957

Bayou

as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)

1980

1976

Riding with Death

as Robert Denby

1978

Doctors' Private Lives

as Dr. Mike Wise

1987

Sworn to Silence

as Victor Handler

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg

as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)

1978

Leave Yesterday Behind

as Mr. Clarkson

1959

I, Mobster

as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)

1996

Cries of Silence

as Dr. August Claiborne

1956

Swamp Women

as Police Sergeant

1976

Acapulco Gold

as Ray Hollister

1960

1978

The Crash of Flight 401

as Philip Mulwray

1980

1958

Teenage Cave Man

as Blonde Tribe Member

1977

For the Love of Benji

as Chandler Dietrich

1974

Police Headquarters

as Lt. Calvin Zenger

1985

2003

Runaway Jury

as George Dressler

1982

Help Wanted: Male

as George Dobbs

1958

The Cry Baby Killer

as Rick Connor

1963

Soldier in the Rain

as James Priest

1975

1986

1957

1957

Teenage Doll

as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man

1958

She Gods of Shark Reef

as Guard (uncredited)

Production

1958

The Brain Eaters

as Producer

1957

Attack of the Crab Monsters

as Special Effects

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