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Sam Nelson
Directing
May 11, 1896
Died May 1, 1963 (66 years old)
Whttier, California, USA
10
Acting Credits
26
Directed
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 appe...
Known For
Filmography
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
7.3
Soldiers and Women
1930
as Pvt. Delehanty
3
The Vagabond Cub
1929
as Bob McDonald
The Little Savage
1929
as Norton
8
The One Man Dog
1929
as Larry
9
The Circus Kid
1928
as Tad
9
Crooks Can't Win
1928
as Danny Malone
10
Breed of Courage
1927
as Alan Haliday
7
The Swift Shadow
1927
as Jim
10
The Boy Rider
1927
as Terry McNeil
9