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Sam Nelson
b. 1896 — d. 1963 (aged 67)
Whttier, California, USA
Actor
Director
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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The Avenging Rider
1943 Director
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★ 5.9
Sagebrush Law
1943 Director
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★ 6.3
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941 Director
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★ 5.9
Prairie Schooners
1940 Director
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★ 6.1
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 Director
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★ 6.7
Bullets for Rustlers
1940 Director
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★ 6.3
Mandrake, the Magician
1939 Director
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★ 6.0
The Stranger from Texas
1939 Director
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★ 7.4
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 Director
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★ 6.4
The Man from Sundown
1939 Director
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The Thundering West
1939 Director
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Texas Stampede
1939 Director
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Community Sing: Series 3, No. 6
1939 Director
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Community Sing: Series 3, No. 5
1939 Director
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Community Sing: Series 3, No. 7
1939 Director
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Parents on Trial
1939 Director
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North of the Yukon
1939 Director
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Western Caravans
1939 Director
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Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939 Director
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★ 6.3
Rio Grande
1938 Director
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★ 7.1
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 Director
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★ 4.3
Cattle Raiders
1938 Director
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★ 5.7
South of Arizona
1938 Director
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★ 6.3
West of the Santa Fe
1938 Director
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★ 7.0
The Colorado Trail
1938 Director
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Law of the Plains
1938 Director
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Community Sing: Series 2, No. 10
1938 Director
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West of Cheyenne
1938 Director
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★ 6.2
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937 Director
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The Last Man
1932 Writer
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Soldiers and Women
1930 Actor
Pvt. Delehanty
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★ 6.7
The Vagabond Cub
1929 Actor
Bob McDonald
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The Little Savage
1929 Actor
Norton
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The One Man Dog
1929 Actor
Larry
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★ 7.8
The Circus Kid
1928 Actor
Tad
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★ 6.1
Tracked
1928 Actor
Jed Springer
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★ 6.0
Law of Fear
1928 Actor
Bud Hardy
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Crooks Can't Win
1928 Actor
Danny Malone
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Fangs of the Wild
1928 Actor
Larry Holbrook
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The Swift Shadow
1927 Actor
Jim
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Breed of Courage
1927 Actor
Alan Haliday
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The Boy Rider
1927 Actor
Terry McNeil