Sam Nelson
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-05-11 (67 years old)
Deathday
1963-05-01
Place of Birth
Whttier, California, USA
Also known As
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Sam Nelson
Biography
Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up through the early 1960s. While most of his film work was in the assistant director role, he did direct over 20 films during the 1930s and 1940s, all of which were westerns. As an assistant director he worked on such notable films as Pennies from Heaven, And Then There Were None, All the King's Men, the original 3:10 to Yuma, Some Like It Hot, A Raisin in the Sun, and Spartacus. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acting
1927
as Alan Haliday
1929
as Bob McDonald
1929
as Norton
1930
as Pvt. Delehanty
1928
as Tad
1947
as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
1927
as Jim
1927
as Terry McNeil
Production
1925
as Assistant Director
1956
as Assistant Director
1949
as Assistant Director
1943
as Assistant Director
1938
as Director
1939
as Director
1939
as Director
1930
as Assistant Director
1932
as Assistant Director
1958
as Assistant Director
1939
as Director
1958
as Assistant Director
1955
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1940
as Director
1939
as Director
1937
as Director
1956
as Assistant Director
1938
as Director
1939
as Director
1940
as Director
1939
as Director
1958
as Assistant Director
1932
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1932
as Producer
1931
as Assistant Director
1961
as Assistant Director
1959
as Assistant Director
1929
as Assistant Director
1939
as Director
1940
as Director
1951
as Assistant Director
1942
as Second Unit
1947
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1939
as Director
1987
as Special Effects
1945
as Assistant Director
1943
as Director
1962
as Assistant Director
1938
as Director
1939
as Director
1943
as Director
1933
as Assistant Director
1949
as Assistant Director
1941
as Director
1955
as Assistant Director
1946
as Assistant Director
1959
as Assistant Director
1955
as Assistant Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1940
as Director
1957
as Assistant Director
1956
as Assistant Director
1954
as Assistant Director
1936
as Assistant Director
1943
as Assistant Director
1947
as Assistant Director
1945
as Assistant Director
1938
as Director
1931
as Assistant Director
1941
as Assistant Director
1944
as Assistant Director
1949
as Assistant Director
1952
as Assistant Director
1949
as Assistant Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1950
as Assistant Director
1961
as Assistant Director
1960
as Assistant Director
1948
as Assistant Director
1938
as Director
1939
as Director
1938
as Director
1932
as Assistant Director
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