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- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 11, 1896
- Place of Birth
- Whttier, California, USA
- Died
- May 1, 1963
Sam Nelson
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
Filmography
movieWhat's Love
1987 · Special Effects
movieExperiment in Terror
1962 · Assistant Director
movieBy Love Possessed
1961 · Assistant Director
movieA Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Assistant Director
movieThe Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960 · Assistant Director
movieLet No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Assistant Director
movieComanche Station
1960 · Assistant Director
movieSome Like It Hot
1959 · Assistant Director
movieGood Day for a Hanging
1959 · Assistant Director
movieThe Last Hurrah
1958 · Assistant Director
movieFifi Blows Her Top
1958 · Assistant Director
movieCowboy
1958 · Assistant Director
movieDecision at Sundown
1957 · Assistant Director
movieRusty Romeos
1957 · Assistant Director
movie3:10 to Yuma
1957 · Assistant Director
movieThe Tall T
1957 · Assistant Director
movieThe Man Who Turned to Stone
1957 · Assistant Director
movieDon't Knock The Rock
1956 · Assistant Director
movieReprisal!
1956 · Assistant Director
movieThe White Squaw
1956 · Assistant Director
movieThe Last Frontier
1955 · Assistant Director
movieMy Sister Eileen
1955 · Assistant Director
movieThe Violent Men
1955 · Assistant Director
movieThree Hours to Kill
1954 · Assistant Director
movieAffair in Trinidad
1952 · Assistant Director
movieSanta Fe
1951 · Assistant Director
movieNo Sad Songs for Me
1950 · Assistant Director
movieTell It to the Judge
1949 · Assistant Director
movieAll the King's Men
1949 · Assistant Director
movieThe Doolins of Oklahoma
1949 · Assistant Director
movieThe Walking Hills
1949 · Assistant Director
movieThe Return of October
1948 · Assistant Director
movieThe Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited), Assistant Director
movieIt Had to Be You
1947 · Assistant Director
movieGallant Journey
1946 · Assistant Director
movieA Walk in the Sun
1945 · Assistant Director
movieAnd Then There Were None
1945 · Assistant Director
movieGuest in the House
1944 · Assistant Director
movieJack London
1943 · Assistant Director
movieThe Avenging Rider
1943 · Director
movieSagebrush Law
1943 · Director
movieThe Outlaw
1943 · Assistant Director
movieBandit Ranger
1942 · Second Unit
movieThe Corsican Brothers
1941 · Assistant Director
movieOutlaws of the Panhandle
1941 · Director
moviePrairie Schooners
1940 · Director
movieBullets for Rustlers
1940 · Director
moviePioneers of the Frontier
1940 · Director
movieMandrake the Magician
1940 · Director
movieThe Stranger from Texas
1939 · Director
movieParents on Trial
1939 · Director
movieKonga, the Wild Stallion
1939 · Director
movieOverland with Kit Carson
1939 · Director
movieThe Man from Sundown
1939 · Director
movieWestern Caravans
1939 · Director
movieMandrake the Magician
1939 · Director
movieNorth of the Yukon
1939 · Director
movieTexas Stampede
1939 · Director
movieThe Thundering West
1939 · Director
movieRio Grande
1938 · Director
movieWest of the Santa Fe
1938 · Director
movieColorado Trail
1938 · Director
movieSouth of Arizona
1938 · Director
movieThe Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 · Director
movieWest of Cheyenne
1938 · Director
movieLaw of the Plains
1938 · Director
movieCattle Raiders
1938 · Director
movieOutlaws of the Prairie
1937 · Director
moviePennies from Heaven
1936 · Assistant Director
movieAnn Carver's Profession
1933 · Assistant Director
movieNo More Orchids
1932 · Assistant Director
movieVirtue
1932 · Assistant Director
movieWashington Merry-Go-Round
1932 · Assistant Director
movieThe Last Man
1932 · Writer
movieThe Menace
1932 · Producer
movieWay Back Home
1931 · Assistant Director
movieThe Miracle Woman
1931 · Assistant Director
movieRain or Shine
1930 · Assistant Director
movieSoldiers and Women
1930 · Pvt. Delehanty
movieGuilty?
1930 · Assistant Director
moviePersonality
1930 · Assistant Director
movieMexicali Rose
1929 · Assistant Director
movieSong of Love
1929 · Assistant Director
The Little Savage
movieThe Little Savage
1929 · Norton
The One Man Dog
movieThe One Man Dog
1929 · Larry
The Vagabond Cub
movieThe Vagabond Cub
1929 · Bob McDonald
movieThe Yellowback
1929 · Assistant Director
movieThe Circus Kid
1928 · Tad
movieThe Fightin' Redhead
1928 · Assistant Director
movieCrooks Can't Win
1928 · Danny Malone
movieDriftin' Sands
1928 · Assistant Director
movieThe Swift Shadow
1927 · Jim
The Boy Rider
movieThe Boy Rider
1927 · Terry McNeil
Breed of Courage
movieBreed of Courage
1927 · Alan Haliday
movieHer Father Said No
1927 · Assistant Director
Red Hot Hoofs
movieRed Hot Hoofs
1926 · Assistant Director
movieThe Midnight Flyer
1925 · Assistant Director