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Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson

Known For Directing
Birthday May 11, 1896
Died May 01, 1963 (66)
Birthplace Whttier, California, USA
Popularity 0.1 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024
Entry Date Apr 25, 2024
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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

Known For

Filmography

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

Soldiers and Women

Soldiers and Women

1930

as Pvt. Delehanty

The Vagabond Cub

The Vagabond Cub

1929

as Bob McDonald

The Circus Kid

The Circus Kid

1928

as Tad

Breed of Courage

Breed of Courage

1927

as Alan Haliday

What's Love

What's Love

1987

Special Effects

Experiment in Terror

Experiment in Terror

1962

Assistant Director

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

Assistant Director

By Love Possessed

By Love Possessed

1961

Assistant Director

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

Assistant Director

Comanche Station

Comanche Station

1960

Assistant Director

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959

Assistant Director

Good Day for a Hanging

Good Day for a Hanging

1959

Assistant Director

Fifi Blows Her Top

Fifi Blows Her Top

1958

Assistant Director

Cowboy

Cowboy

1958

Assistant Director

The Last Hurrah

The Last Hurrah

1958

Assistant Director

The Tall T

The Tall T

1957

Assistant Director

Rusty Romeos

Rusty Romeos

1957

Assistant Director

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

1957

Assistant Director

The Man Who Turned to Stone

The Man Who Turned to Stone

1957

Assistant Director

Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

1957

Assistant Director

The White Squaw

The White Squaw

1956

Assistant Director

Don't Knock The Rock

Don't Knock The Rock

1956

Assistant Director

Reprisal!

Reprisal!

1956

Assistant Director

The Violent Men

The Violent Men

1955

Assistant Director

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

1955

Assistant Director

The Last Frontier

The Last Frontier

1955

Assistant Director

Three Hours to Kill

Three Hours to Kill

1954

Assistant Director

Affair in Trinidad

Affair in Trinidad

1952

Assistant Director

Santa Fe

Santa Fe

1951

Assistant Director

No Sad Songs for Me

No Sad Songs for Me

1950

Assistant Director

Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge

1949

Assistant Director

The Doolins of Oklahoma

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949

Assistant Director

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

1949

Assistant Director

The Walking Hills

The Walking Hills

1949

Assistant Director

The Return of October

The Return of October

1948

Assistant Director

It Had to Be You

It Had to Be You

1947

Assistant Director

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

Assistant Director

Gallant Journey

Gallant Journey

1946

Assistant Director

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

1945

Assistant Director

A Walk in the Sun

A Walk in the Sun

1945

Assistant Director

Guest in the House

Guest in the House

1944

Assistant Director

Jack London

Jack London

1943

Assistant Director

The Outlaw

The Outlaw

1943

Assistant Director

Bandit Ranger

Bandit Ranger

1942

Second Unit

The Corsican Brothers

The Corsican Brothers

1941

Assistant Director

Pennies from Heaven

Pennies from Heaven

1936

Assistant Director

Ann Carver's Profession

Ann Carver's Profession

1933

Assistant Director

No More Orchids

No More Orchids

1932

Assistant Director

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932

Assistant Director

Way Back Home

Way Back Home

1931

Assistant Director

The Miracle Woman

The Miracle Woman

1931

Assistant Director

Rain or Shine

Rain or Shine

1930

Assistant Director

Mexicali Rose

Mexicali Rose

1929

Assistant Director

The Midnight Flyer

The Midnight Flyer

1925

Assistant Director

Sagebrush Law

Sagebrush Law

1943

Director

The Avenging Rider

The Avenging Rider

1943

Director

Outlaws of the Panhandle

Outlaws of the Panhandle

1941

Director

Prairie Schooners

Prairie Schooners

1940

Director

Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier

1940

Director

Bullets for Rustlers

Bullets for Rustlers

1940

Director

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake the Magician

1939

Director

Overland with Kit Carson

Overland with Kit Carson

1939

Director

Konga, the Wild Stallion

Konga, the Wild Stallion

1939

Director

The Man from Sundown

The Man from Sundown

1939

Director

Texas Stampede

Texas Stampede

1939

Director

Parents on Trial

Parents on Trial

1939

Director

The Stranger from Texas

The Stranger from Texas

1939

Director

North of the Yukon

North of the Yukon

1939

Director

Western Caravans

Western Caravans

1939

Director

Colorado Trail

Colorado Trail

1938

Director

Rio Grande

Rio Grande

1938

Director

West of the Santa Fe

West of the Santa Fe

1938

Director

The Menace

The Menace

1932

Producer

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