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Gene Nelson

Known For: Acting
Born: March 24, 1920
Place of Birth: Astoria, Oregon, USA
Died: September 16, 1996

Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma! In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nel…

Filmography

Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Louis Metcalf

S.O.B.

1981 · Clive Lytell

Shirley

1979 · Director

Eischied

1979 · Director

Salvage 1

1979 · Director

The American Girls

1978 · Director

Fantasy Island

1978 · Director

The San Pedro Beach Bums

1977 · Director

Quincy, M.E.

1976 · Director

Starsky & Hutch

1975 · Director

The Invisible Man

1975 · Director

Get Christie Love!

1974 · Director

The Letters

1973 · Director

A Brand New Life

1973 · Harry

Barnaby Jones

1973 · Director

Family Flight

1972 · Aircraft Carrier Captain

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Ghost Story

1972 · Steve

The Rookies

1972 · Director

Cannon

1971 · Director

The Silent Force

1970 · Director

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969 · Director, Producer

Blondie

1968 · Director

The Mod Squad

1968 · , Director

Lancer

1968 · Director

Hawaii Five-O

1968 · Director

The Cool Ones

1967 · Director

Ironside

1967 · , Director

Felony Squad

1966 · Director

Star Trek

1966 · Director

Where's Everett?

1966 · Director

Harum Scarum

1965 · Director

The F.B.I.

1965 · Director

I Dream of Jeannie

1965 · Director

Laredo

1965 · Director

F Troop

1965 · Director

Your Cheatin' Heart

1964 · Director

Gilligan's Island

1964 · Director

12 O'Clock High

1964 · Director

Kissin' Cousins

1964 · Director, Screenplay

Destry

1964 · Director

Archie

1964 · Director

Burke's Law

1963 · Rick Mason, Danny Swift, Director

The Farmer's Daughter

1963 · Director

Thunder Island

1963 · Billy Poole

Hootenanny Hoot!

1963 · Director

Vacation Playhouse

Vacation Playhouse

1963 · Director

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

Hand of Death

1962 · Director

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 · Self

The Purple Hills

1961 · Gil Shepard

20,000 Eyes

1961 · Dan Warren

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · Director

The Detectives

1959

Philip Marlowe

1959

Law of the Plainsman

1959 · Hardy O'Hara

Men Into Space

1959

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 · Self

Black Saddle

1959 · Wickes

Rawhide

1959

Bat Masterson

1958 · Whit Morrison

The Rifleman

1958 · Director

The Donna Reed Show

1958 · Director

Maverick

1957 · Jim Hazlit

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Steve Allen Show

1956 · Self - Dancer

The Rosemary Clooney Show

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956 · Self

Dial 999

1955 · Greg Carradine

Timeslip

1955 · Mike Delaney

Matinee Theater

1955

Oklahoma!

1955 · Will Parker

Gunsmoke

1955 · Hob Cannon, Foss, Hutch

The Millionaire

1955 · Lt. Steven Q. Forrest

So This Is Paris

1954 · Al Howard

Climax!

1954 · Jess Shepard

Three Sailors and a Girl

1953 · Twitch

Crime Wave

1953 · Steve Lacey

She's Back on Broadway

1953 · Gordon Evans

General Electric Theater

1953

She's Working Her Way Through College

1952 · Don Weston

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · Robert

Starlift

1951 · Gene Nelson

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

1951 · Ted

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Lullaby of Broadway

1951 · Tom Farnham

The West Point Story

1950 · Hal Courtland

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Tea for Two

1950 · Tommy Trainor

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 · Doug Martin

Your Show of Shows

1950

The Walls of Jericho

1948 · Legal Assistant

Studio One

1948 · Trout

Apartment for Peggy

1948 · Jerry (uncredited)

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 · Self

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947 · Tommy Yale

This Is the Army

1943 · Soldier (uncredited)

Everything Happens at Night

1939 · Skater

Second Fiddle

1939 · Minor Role

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