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Director

Sam Nelson

11 May 1896Born
1 May 1963Died
66Age at death
37Credits

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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Known for

Filmography

  1. 1947The Lady from ShanghaiFilm: Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
  2. 1943The Avenging RiderFilm: Director
  3. 1943Sagebrush LawFilm: Director
  4. 1941Outlaws of the PanhandleFilm: Director
  5. 1940Prairie SchoonersFilm: Director
  6. 1940Bullets for RustlersFilm: Director
  7. 1940Pioneers of the FrontierFilm: Director
  8. 1940Mandrake the MagicianFilm: Director
  9. 1939The Stranger from TexasFilm: Director
  10. 1939Parents on TrialFilm: Director
  11. 1939Konga, the Wild StallionFilm: Director
  12. 1939Overland with Kit CarsonFilm: Director
  13. 1939The Man from SundownFilm: Director
  14. 1939Western CaravansFilm: Director
  15. 1939Mandrake the MagicianFilm: Director
  16. 1939North of the YukonFilm: Director
  17. 1939Texas StampedeFilm: Director
  18. 1939The Thundering WestFilm: Director
  19. 1938Rio GrandeFilm: Director
  20. 1938West of the Santa FeFilm: Director
  21. 1938Colorado TrailFilm: Director
  22. 1938South of ArizonaFilm: Director
  23. 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokFilm: Director
  24. 1938West of CheyenneFilm: Director
  25. 1938Law of the PlainsFilm: Director
  26. 1938Cattle RaidersFilm: Director
  27. 1937Outlaws of the PrairieFilm: Director
  28. 1932The Last ManFilm: Writer
  29. 1930Soldiers and WomenFilm: Pvt. Delehanty
  30. 1929The Little SavageFilm: Norton
  31. 1929The One Man DogFilm: Larry
  32. 1929The Vagabond CubFilm: Bob McDonald
  33. 1928The Circus KidFilm: Tad
  34. 1928Crooks Can't WinFilm: Danny Malone
  35. 1927The Swift ShadowFilm: Jim
  36. 1927The Boy RiderFilm: Terry McNeil
  37. 1927Breed of CourageFilm: Alan Haliday

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