Sam Nelson

Sam Nelson

Directing
Born 1896-05-11 Died 1963-05-01 Whttier, California, USA 97 credits
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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
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Directing 5 credits
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941 · Director
West of Cheyenne
West of Cheyenne
1938 · Director
Pioneers of the Frontier
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 · Director
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · Director
Law of the Plains
Law of the Plains
1938 · Director
Other credits 49 credits
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
1959 · ★ 8.1 · Assistant Director
3:10 to Yuma
3:10 to Yuma
1957 · ★ 7.3 · Assistant Director
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · ★ 7.3 · Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited), Assistant Director
The Outlaw
The Outlaw
1943 · ★ 5.4 · Assistant Director
The Tall T
The Tall T
1957 · ★ 7.0 · Assistant Director
Reprisal!
Reprisal!
1956 · Assistant Director
All the King's Men
All the King's Men
1949 · ★ 7.0 · Assistant Director
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
1945 · ★ 7.1 · Assistant Director
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah
1958 · ★ 7.2 · Assistant Director
Affair in Trinidad
Affair in Trinidad
1952 · ★ 6.4 · Assistant Director
The Last Frontier
The Last Frontier
1955 · Assistant Director
Cowboy
Cowboy
1958 · ★ 6.5 · Assistant Director
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · ★ 7.7 · Assistant Director
The Miracle Woman
The Miracle Woman
1931 · ★ 6.7 · Assistant Director
Comanche Station
Comanche Station
1960 · ★ 6.7 · Assistant Director
The Violent Men
The Violent Men
1955 · ★ 6.5 · Assistant Director
The Walking Hills
The Walking Hills
1949 · Assistant Director
My Sister Eileen
My Sister Eileen
1955 · Assistant Director
Tell It to the Judge
Tell It to the Judge
1949 · Assistant Director
Experiment in Terror
Experiment in Terror
1962 · ★ 7.1 · Assistant Director
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Assistant Director
A Walk in the Sun
A Walk in the Sun
1945 · ★ 5.9 · Assistant Director
By Love Possessed
By Love Possessed
1961 · Assistant Director
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers
1941 · Assistant Director
Good Day for a Hanging
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Assistant Director
Decision at Sundown
Decision at Sundown
1957 · ★ 6.3 · Assistant Director
The Yellowback
The Yellowback
1929 · Assistant Director
Ann Carver's Profession
Ann Carver's Profession
1933 · Assistant Director
Pennies from Heaven
Pennies from Heaven
1936 · Assistant Director
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
1951 · Assistant Director
The Doolins of Oklahoma
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Assistant Director
Way Back Home
Way Back Home
1931 · Assistant Director
No Sad Songs for Me
No Sad Songs for Me
1950 · Assistant Director
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Assistant Director
It Had to Be You
It Had to Be You
1947 · Assistant Director
Three Hours to Kill
Three Hours to Kill
1954 · Assistant Director
Guest in the House
Guest in the House
1944 · Assistant Director
Virtue
Virtue
1932 · Assistant Director
Rusty Romeos
Rusty Romeos
1957 · Assistant Director
Gallant Journey
Gallant Journey
1946 · Assistant Director
Song of Love
Song of Love
1929 · Assistant Director
Jack London
Jack London
1943 · Assistant Director
Red Hot Hoofs
Red Hot Hoofs
1926 · Assistant Director
The Man Who Turned to Stone
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957 · Assistant Director
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932 · Assistant Director
Fifi Blows Her Top
Fifi Blows Her Top
1958 · Assistant Director
Her Father Said No
Her Father Said No
1927 · Assistant Director
The Return of October
The Return of October
1948 · Assistant Director
Rain or Shine
Rain or Shine
1930 · Assistant Director
Acting 5 credits
The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · ★ 7.3 · Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited), Assistant Director
What's Love
What's Love
1987 · Special Effects
The One Man Dog
The One Man Dog
1929 · Larry
Crooks Can't Win
Crooks Can't Win
1928 · Danny Malone
Soldiers and Women
Soldiers and Women
1930 · Pvt. Delehanty
Producing 1 credit
The Menace
The Menace
1932 · Producer
Writing 1 credit
The Last Man
The Last Man
1932 · Writer
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