Sam Nelson
97 movies
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 11, 1896
- Died
- May 1, 1963 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Whttier, California, USA
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.
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Sam Nelson: movies and TV shows
Acting (10)
- 1947 The Lady from Shanghai
as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
- 1930 Soldiers and Women
as Pvt. Delehanty
- 1929 The Little Savage
as Norton
- 1929 The One Man Dog
as Larry
- 1929 The Vagabond Cub
as Bob McDonald
- 1928 The Circus Kid
as Tad
- 1928 Crooks Can't Win
as Danny Malone
- 1927 The Swift Shadow
as Jim
- 1927 The Boy Rider
as Terry McNeil
- 1927 Breed of Courage
as Alan Haliday
Behind the camera (88)
- 1987 What's Love
Special Effects
- 1962 Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
- 1961 By Love Possessed
Assistant Director
- 1961 A Raisin in the Sun
Assistant Director
- 1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Assistant Director
- 1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Assistant Director
- 1960 Comanche Station
Assistant Director
- 1959 Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
- 1959 Good Day for a Hanging
Assistant Director
- 1958 The Last Hurrah
Assistant Director
- 1958 Fifi Blows Her Top
Assistant Director
- 1958 Cowboy
Assistant Director
- 1957 Decision at Sundown
Assistant Director
- 1957 Rusty Romeos
Assistant Director
- 1957 3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
- 1957 The Tall T
Assistant Director
- 1957 The Man Who Turned to Stone
Assistant Director
- 1956 Don't Knock The Rock
Assistant Director
- 1956 Reprisal!
Assistant Director
- 1956 The White Squaw
Assistant Director
- 1955 The Last Frontier
Assistant Director
- 1955 My Sister Eileen
Assistant Director
- 1955 The Violent Men
Assistant Director
- 1954 Three Hours to Kill
Assistant Director
- 1952 Affair in Trinidad
Assistant Director
- 1951 Santa Fe
Assistant Director
- 1950 No Sad Songs for Me
Assistant Director
- 1949 Tell It to the Judge
Assistant Director
- 1949 All the King's Men
Assistant Director
- 1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma
Assistant Director
- 1949 The Walking Hills
Assistant Director
- 1948 The Return of October
Assistant Director
- 1947 The Lady from Shanghai
Assistant Director
- 1947 It Had to Be You
Assistant Director
- 1946 Gallant Journey
Assistant Director
- 1945 A Walk in the Sun
Assistant Director
- 1945 And Then There Were None
Assistant Director
- 1944 Guest in the House
Assistant Director
- 1943 Jack London
Assistant Director
- 1943 The Avenging Rider
Director
- 1943 Sagebrush Law
Director
- 1943 The Outlaw
Assistant Director
- 1942 Bandit Ranger
Second Unit
- 1942 The Corsican Brothers
Assistant Director
- 1941 Outlaws of the Panhandle
Director
- 1940 Prairie Schooners
Director
- 1940 Bullets for Rustlers
Director
- 1940 Pioneers of the Frontier
Director
- 1940 Mandrake the Magician
Director
- 1939 The Stranger from Texas
Director
- 1939 Parents on Trial
Director
- 1939 Konga, the Wild Stallion
Director
- 1939 Overland with Kit Carson
Director
- 1939 The Man from Sundown
Director
- 1939 Western Caravans
Director
- 1939 Mandrake the Magician
Director
- 1939 North of the Yukon
Director
- 1939 Texas Stampede
Director
- 1939 The Thundering West
Director
- 1938 Rio Grande
Director
- 1938 West of the Santa Fe
Director
- 1938 Colorado Trail
Director
- 1938 South of Arizona
Director
- 1938
- 1938 West of Cheyenne
Director
- 1938 Law of the Plains
Director
- 1938 Cattle Raiders
Director
- 1937 Outlaws of the Prairie
Director
- 1936 Pennies from Heaven
Assistant Director
- 1933 Ann Carver's Profession
Assistant Director
- 1932 No More Orchids
Assistant Director
- 1932 Virtue
Assistant Director
- 1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Assistant Director
- 1932 The Last Man
Writer
- 1932 The Menace
Producer
- 1931 Way Back Home
Assistant Director
- 1931 The Miracle Woman
Assistant Director
- 1930 Rain or Shine
Assistant Director
- 1930 Guilty?
Assistant Director
- 1930 Personality
Assistant Director
- 1929 Mexicali Rose
Assistant Director
- 1929 Song of Love
Assistant Director
- 1929 The Yellowback
Assistant Director
- 1928 The Fightin' Redhead
Assistant Director
- 1928 Driftin' Sands
Assistant Director
- 1927 Her Father Said No
Assistant Director
- 1926 Red Hot Hoofs
Assistant Director
- 1925 The Midnight Flyer
Assistant Director