About

Known credits:
80
Birthday:
1896-05-11
Place of birth:
Whttier, California, USA
Website:
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Sam Nelson

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1947 The Lady from Shanghai Actor Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited) 67
Fair
1930 Soldiers and Women Actor Pvt. Delehanty 58
Average
1929 The Little Savage Actor Norton N/A
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1929 The Vagabond Cub Actor Bob McDonald N/A
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1928 The Circus Kid Actor Tad N/A
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1927 Breed of Courage Actor Alan Haliday N/A
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Directing
1962 Experiment in Terror Directing Assistant Director 61
Fair
1961 By Love Possessed Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1961 A Raisin in the Sun Directing Assistant Director 62
Fair
1960 The Wackiest Ship in the Army Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1960 Let No Man Write My Epitaph Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1960 Comanche Station Directing Assistant Director 60
Fair
1959 Some Like It Hot Directing Assistant Director 78
Good
1959 Good Day for a Hanging Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1958 The Last Hurrah Directing Assistant Director 60
Fair
1958 Fifi Blows Her Top Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1958 Cowboy Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1957 Decision at Sundown Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1957 Rusty Romeos Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1957 3:10 to Yuma Directing Assistant Director 64
Fair
1957 The Tall T Directing Assistant Director 61
Fair
1957 The Man Who Turned to Stone Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1956 Don't Knock The Rock Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1956 Reprisal! Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1956 The White Squaw Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1955 The Last Frontier Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1955 My Sister Eileen Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1955 The Violent Men Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1954 Three Hours to Kill Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1952 Affair in Trinidad Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1951 Santa Fe Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1950 No Sad Songs for Me Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1949 Tell It to the Judge Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1949 All the King's Men Directing Assistant Director 61
Fair
1949 The Doolins of Oklahoma Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1949 The Walking Hills Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1948 The Return of October Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1947 The Lady from Shanghai Directing Assistant Director 67
Fair
1947 It Had to Be You Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1946 Gallant Journey Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1945 A Walk in the Sun Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1945 And Then There Were None Directing Assistant Director 63
Fair
1944 Guest in the House Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1943 Jack London Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1943 The Avenging Rider Directing Director N/A
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1943 Sagebrush Law Directing Director 58
Average
1943 The Outlaw Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1941 The Corsican Brothers Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1941 Outlaws of the Panhandle Directing Director 59
Average
1940 Prairie Schooners Directing Director N/A
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1940 Bullets for Rustlers Directing Director N/A
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1940 Pioneers of the Frontier Directing Director N/A
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1940 Mandrake the Magician Directing Director 59
Average
1939 The Stranger from Texas Directing Director N/A
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1939 Parents on Trial Directing Director N/A
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1939 Konga, the Wild Stallion Directing Director N/A
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1939 Overland with Kit Carson Directing Director 58
Average
1939 The Man from Sundown Directing Director N/A
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1939 Western Caravans Directing Director N/A
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1939 Mandrake the Magician Directing Director 59
Average
1939 North of the Yukon Directing Director N/A
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1939 Texas Stampede Directing Director N/A
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1938 Rio Grande Directing Director 59
Average
1938 West of the Santa Fe Directing Director N/A
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1938 Colorado Trail Directing Director N/A
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1938 The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok Directing Director N/A
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1938 Cattle Raiders Directing Director 58
Average
1937 Outlaws of the Prairie Directing Director 58
Average
1936 Pennies from Heaven Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1933 Ann Carver's Profession Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1932 No More Orchids Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1931 Way Back Home Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1931 The Miracle Woman Directing Assistant Director 59
Average
1930 Rain or Shine Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1929 Mexicali Rose Directing Assistant Director 58
Average
1925 The Midnight Flyer Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Production
1932 The Menace Production Producer 58
Average

Crew
1987 What's Love Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 Bandit Ranger Crew Second Unit 58
Average