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Sam Nelson

Directing
66 years oldWhttier, 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

Personal Details

Born
May 11, 1896 - May 1, 1963 (age 66)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Whttier, California, USA
Known For
Directing

Movies (50)

What's Love
4.2

What's Love

Special Effects (Crew)

1987

Experiment in Terror
7.1

Experiment in Terror

Assistant Director (Directing)

1962

By Love Possessed
4.9

By Love Possessed

Assistant Director (Directing)

1961

A Raisin in the Sun
7.7

A Raisin in the Sun

Assistant Director (Directing)

1961

The Wackiest Ship in the Army
5.9

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Assistant Director (Directing)

1960

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
5.6

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Assistant Director (Directing)

1960

Comanche Station
6.6

Comanche Station

Assistant Director (Directing)

1960

Some Like It Hot
8.1

Some Like It Hot

Assistant Director (Directing)

1959

Good Day for a Hanging
6.3

Good Day for a Hanging

Assistant Director (Directing)

1959

The Last Hurrah
7.2

The Last Hurrah

Assistant Director (Directing)

1958

Fifi Blows Her Top
4.7

Fifi Blows Her Top

Assistant Director (Directing)

1958

Cowboy
6.3

Cowboy

Assistant Director (Directing)

1958

Decision at Sundown
6.3

Decision at Sundown

Assistant Director (Directing)

1957

Rusty Romeos
4.5

Rusty Romeos

Assistant Director (Directing)

1957

3:10 to Yuma
7.2

3:10 to Yuma

Assistant Director (Directing)

1957

The Tall T
7.0

The Tall T

Assistant Director (Directing)

1957

The Man Who Turned to Stone
4.5

The Man Who Turned to Stone

Assistant Director (Directing)

1957

Don't Knock The Rock
5.7

Don't Knock The Rock

Assistant Director (Directing)

1956

Reprisal!
7.2

Reprisal!

Assistant Director (Directing)

1956

The White Squaw
6.6

The White Squaw

Assistant Director (Directing)

1956

The Last Frontier
6.1

The Last Frontier

Assistant Director (Directing)

1955

My Sister Eileen
6.5

My Sister Eileen

Assistant Director (Directing)

1955

The Violent Men
6.4

The Violent Men

Assistant Director (Directing)

1955

Three Hours to Kill
4.7

Three Hours to Kill

Assistant Director (Directing)

1954

Affair in Trinidad
6.3

Affair in Trinidad

Assistant Director (Directing)

1952

Santa Fe
6.8

Santa Fe

Assistant Director (Directing)

1951

No Sad Songs for Me
6.2

No Sad Songs for Me

Assistant Director (Directing)

1950

Tell It to the Judge
6.3

Tell It to the Judge

Assistant Director (Directing)

1949

All the King's Men
7.0

All the King's Men

Assistant Director (Directing)

1949

The Doolins of Oklahoma
6.8

The Doolins of Oklahoma

Assistant Director (Directing)

1949

The Walking Hills
6.0

The Walking Hills

Assistant Director (Directing)

1949

The Return of October
5.8

The Return of October

Assistant Director (Directing)

1948

The Lady from Shanghai
7.3

The Lady from Shanghai

as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

1947

It Had to Be You
6.5

It Had to Be You

Assistant Director (Directing)

1947

Gallant Journey
6.1

Gallant Journey

Assistant Director (Directing)

1946

A Walk in the Sun
5.8

A Walk in the Sun

Assistant Director (Directing)

1945

And Then There Were None
7.0

And Then There Were None

Assistant Director (Directing)

1945

Guest in the House
4.4

Guest in the House

Assistant Director (Directing)

1944

Jack London
5.6

Jack London

Assistant Director (Directing)

1943

The Avenging Rider

The Avenging Rider

Director (Directing)

1943

Sagebrush Law
6.0

Sagebrush Law

Director (Directing)

1943

The Outlaw
5.4

The Outlaw

Assistant Director (Directing)

1943

Bandit Ranger
3.4

Bandit Ranger

Second Unit (Crew)

1942

The Corsican Brothers
6.9

The Corsican Brothers

Assistant Director (Directing)

1941

Outlaws of the Panhandle
6.0

Outlaws of the Panhandle

Director (Directing)

1941

Prairie Schooners
6.0

Prairie Schooners

Director (Directing)

1940

Bullets for Rustlers

Bullets for Rustlers

Director (Directing)

1940

Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier

Director (Directing)

1940

Mandrake the Magician
5.0

Mandrake the Magician

Director (Directing)

1940

The Stranger from Texas

The Stranger from Texas

Director (Directing)

1939