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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.
Born
Monday, 11 May 1896
Died
Wednesday, 01 May 1963
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Lady from Shanghai | Captain of Yacht Circe | 1947 |
Soldiers and Women | Pvt. Delehanty | 1930 |
Rio Rita | McGinn | 1929 |
The Vagabond Cub | Bob McDonald | 1929 |
Tracked | Jed Springer | 1928 |
The Circus Kid | Tad | 1928 |
Law of Fear | Bud Hardy | 1928 |
Crooks Can't Win | Danny Malone | 1928 |
Fangs of the Wild | Larry Holbrook | 1928 |
The Swift Shadow | Jim | 1927 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Lady from Shanghai | Captain of Yacht Circe | 1947 |
Soldiers and Women | Pvt. Delehanty | 1930 |
Rio Rita | McGinn | 1929 |
The Vagabond Cub | Bob McDonald | 1929 |
Tracked | Jed Springer | 1928 |
The Circus Kid | Tad | 1928 |
Law of Fear | Bud Hardy | 1928 |
Crooks Can't Win | Danny Malone | 1928 |
Fangs of the Wild | Larry Holbrook | 1928 |
The Swift Shadow | Jim | 1927 |
The Boy Rider | Terry McNeil | 1927 |
Breed of Courage | Alan Haliday | 1927 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Avenging Rider | 1943 |
Sagebrush Law | 1943 |
Outlaws of the Panhandle | 1941 |
Prairie Schooners | 1940 |
Bullets for Rustlers | 1940 |
Pioneers of the Frontier | 1940 |
The Stranger from Texas | 1939 |
Parents on Trial | 1939 |
Konga, the Wild Stallion | 1939 |
Overland with Kit Carson | 1939 |
The Man from Sundown | 1939 |
Western Caravans | 1939 |
Mandrake, the Magician | 1939 |
North of the Yukon | 1939 |
Texas Stampede | 1939 |
The Thundering West | 1939 |
Rio Grande | 1938 |
West of the Santa Fe | 1938 |
South of Arizona | 1938 |
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | 1938 |
Cattle Raiders | 1938 |
Outlaws of the Prairie | 1937 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Menace | 1932 |