Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson

  • Birthday: 1896-05-11
  • Deathday: 1963-05-01
  • 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography

Breed of Courage

1927

As Alan Haliday

The Vagabond Cub

1929

As Bob McDonald

The Little Savage

1929

As Norton

Soldiers and Women

1930

As Pvt. Delehanty

The Circus Kid

1928

As Tad

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

As Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

Production

Bandit Ranger

1942

As Second Unit

What's Love

1987

As Special Effects

Mandrake the Magician

1939

As Director

Overland with Kit Carson

1939

As Director

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932

As Assistant Director

Konga, the Wild Stallion

1939

As Director

The Man from Sundown

1939

As Director

Outlaws of the Prairie

1937

As Director

Bullets for Rustlers

1940

As Director

West of the Santa Fe

1938

As Director

Pioneers of the Frontier

1940

As Director

The Stranger from Texas

1939

As Director

Western Caravans

1939

As Director

Texas Stampede

1939

As Director

No More Orchids

1932

As Assistant Director

Way Back Home

1931

As Assistant Director

Prairie Schooners

1940

As Director

Mexicali Rose

1929

As Assistant Director

A Raisin in the Sun

1961

As Assistant Director

Some Like It Hot

1959

As Assistant Director

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

As Assistant Director

Parents on Trial

1939

As Director

3:10 to Yuma

1957

As Assistant Director

A Walk in the Sun

1945

As Assistant Director

Sagebrush Law

1943

As Director

Rio Grande

1938

As Director

North of the Yukon

1939

As Director

The Avenging Rider

1943

As Director

Ann Carver's Profession

1933

As Assistant Director

All the King's Men

1949

As Assistant Director

Outlaws of the Panhandle

1941

As Director

Good Day for a Hanging

1959

As Assistant Director

Comanche Station

1960

As Assistant Director

Mandrake the Magician

1940

As Director

The Man Who Turned to Stone

1957

As Assistant Director

Reprisal!

1956

As Assistant Director

Pennies from Heaven

1936

As Assistant Director

Jack London

1943

As Assistant Director

And Then There Were None

1945

As Assistant Director

It Had to Be You

1947

As Assistant Director

Colorado Trail

1938

As Director

The Miracle Woman

1931

As Assistant Director

The Corsican Brothers

1941

As Assistant Director

Guest in the House

1944

As Assistant Director

Tell It to the Judge

1949

As Assistant Director

Affair in Trinidad

1952

As Assistant Director

The Walking Hills

1949

As Assistant Director

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

1960

As Assistant Director

No Sad Songs for Me

1950

As Assistant Director

By Love Possessed

1961

As Assistant Director

Don't Knock The Rock

1956

As Assistant Director

The Doolins of Oklahoma

1949

As Assistant Director

The Outlaw

1943

As Assistant Director

The Last Hurrah

1958

As Assistant Director

Santa Fe

1951

As Assistant Director

The Midnight Flyer

1925

As Assistant Director

Rain or Shine

1930

As Assistant Director

Cowboy

1958

As Assistant Director

The Violent Men

1955

As Assistant Director

The Tall T

1957

As Assistant Director

Decision at Sundown

1957

As Assistant Director

The White Squaw

1956

As Assistant Director

Experiment in Terror

1962

As Assistant Director

My Sister Eileen

1955

As Assistant Director

Three Hours to Kill

1954

As Assistant Director

Rusty Romeos

1957

As Assistant Director

Fifi Blows Her Top

1958

As Assistant Director

The Menace

1932

As Producer

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