05/11/1896
Whttier, California, USA:
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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The Lady from Shanghai (1947) as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited) |
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Soldiers and Women (1930) as Pvt. Delehanty |
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The Little Savage (1929) as Norton |
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The One Man Dog (1929) as Larry |
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The Vagabond Cub (1929) as Bob McDonald |
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The Circus Kid (1928) as Tad |
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Crooks Can't Win (1928) as Danny Malone |
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The Swift Shadow (1927) as Jim |
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The Boy Rider (1927) as Terry McNeil |
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Breed of Courage (1927) as Alan Haliday |
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What's Love (1987) Special Effects |
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Experiment in Terror (1962) Assistant Director |
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By Love Possessed (1961) Assistant Director |
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Assistant Director |
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The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1960) Assistant Director |
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Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) Assistant Director |
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Comanche Station (1960) Assistant Director |
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Some Like It Hot (1959) Assistant Director |
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Good Day for a Hanging (1959) Assistant Director |
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The Last Hurrah (1958) Assistant Director |
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Fifi Blows Her Top (1958) Assistant Director |
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Cowboy (1958) Assistant Director |
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Decision at Sundown (1957) Assistant Director |
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Rusty Romeos (1957) Assistant Director |
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3:10 to Yuma (1957) Assistant Director |
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The Tall T (1957) Assistant Director |
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The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957) Assistant Director |
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Don't Knock The Rock (1956) Assistant Director |
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Reprisal! (1956) Assistant Director |
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The White Squaw (1956) Assistant Director |
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The Last Frontier (1955) Assistant Director |
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My Sister Eileen (1955) Assistant Director |
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The Violent Men (1955) Assistant Director |
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Three Hours to Kill (1954) Assistant Director |
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Affair in Trinidad (1952) Assistant Director |
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Santa Fe (1951) Assistant Director |
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No Sad Songs for Me (1950) Assistant Director |
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Tell It to the Judge (1949) Assistant Director |
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All the King's Men (1949) Assistant Director |
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The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949) Assistant Director |
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The Walking Hills (1949) Assistant Director |
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The Return of October (1948) Assistant Director |
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Assistant Director |
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It Had to Be You (1947) Assistant Director |
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Gallant Journey (1946) Assistant Director |
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A Walk in the Sun (1945) Assistant Director |
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And Then There Were None (1945) Assistant Director |
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Guest in the House (1944) Assistant Director |
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Jack London (1943) Assistant Director |
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The Avenging Rider (1943) Director |
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Sagebrush Law (1943) Director |
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The Outlaw (1943) Assistant Director |
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Bandit Ranger (1942) Second Unit |
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The Corsican Brothers (1941) Assistant Director |
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Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) Director |
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Prairie Schooners (1940) Director |
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Bullets for Rustlers (1940) Director |
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Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) Director |
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Mandrake the Magician (1940) Director |
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The Stranger from Texas (1939) Director |
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Parents on Trial (1939) Director |
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Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939) Director |
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Overland with Kit Carson (1939) Director |
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The Man from Sundown (1939) Director |
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Western Caravans (1939) Director |
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Mandrake the Magician (1939) Director |
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North of the Yukon (1939) Director |
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Texas Stampede (1939) Director |
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The Thundering West (1939) Director |
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Rio Grande (1938) Director |
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West of the Santa Fe (1938) Director |
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Colorado Trail (1938) Director |
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South of Arizona (1938) Director |
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West of Cheyenne (1938) Director |
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) Director |
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Law of the Plains (1938) Director |
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Cattle Raiders (1938) Director |
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Outlaws of the Prairie (1937) Director |
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Pennies from Heaven (1936) Assistant Director |
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Ann Carver's Profession (1933) Assistant Director |
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No More Orchids (1932) Assistant Director |
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Virtue (1932) Assistant Director |
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Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Assistant Director |
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The Last Man (1932) Writer |
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The Menace (1932) Producer |
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Way Back Home (1931) Assistant Director |
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The Miracle Woman (1931) Assistant Director |
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Rain or Shine (1930) Assistant Director |
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Guilty? (1930) Assistant Director |
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Personality (1930) Assistant Director |
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Mexicali Rose (1929) Assistant Director |
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Song of Love (1929) Assistant Director |
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The Yellowback (1929) Assistant Director |
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The Fightin' Redhead (1928) Assistant Director |
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Driftin' Sands (1928) Assistant Director |
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Her Father Said No (1927) Assistant Director |
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Red Hot Hoofs (1926) Assistant Director |
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The Midnight Flyer (1925) Assistant Director |