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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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Filmography

The Avenging Rider
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★ 5.9
The Avenging Rider
1943 Director
Sagebrush Law
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★ 5.9
Sagebrush Law
1943 Director
Outlaws of the Panhandle
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★ 6.3
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941 Director
Prairie Schooners
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★ 5.9
Prairie Schooners
1940 Director
Pioneers of the Frontier
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★ 6.1
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 Director
Bullets for Rustlers
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★ 6.7
Bullets for Rustlers
1940 Director
Mandrake, the Magician
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★ 6.3
Mandrake, the Magician
1939 Director
The Stranger from Texas
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★ 6.0
The Stranger from Texas
1939 Director
Overland with Kit Carson
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★ 7.4
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 Director
The Man from Sundown
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★ 6.4
The Man from Sundown
1939 Director
The Thundering West
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The Thundering West
1939 Director
Texas Stampede
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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
Parents on Trial
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Parents on Trial
1939 Director
North of the Yukon
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North of the Yukon
1939 Director
Western Caravans
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Western Caravans
1939 Director
Konga, the Wild Stallion
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Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939 Director
Rio Grande
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★ 6.3
Rio Grande
1938 Director
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
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★ 7.1
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938 Director
Cattle Raiders
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★ 4.3
Cattle Raiders
1938 Director
South of Arizona
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★ 5.7
South of Arizona
1938 Director
West of the Santa Fe
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★ 6.3
West of the Santa Fe
1938 Director
The Colorado Trail
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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
West of Cheyenne
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West of Cheyenne
1938 Director
Outlaws of the Prairie
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★ 6.2
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937 Director
The Last Man
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The Last Man
1932 Writer
Soldiers and Women
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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
The Circus Kid
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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
Crooks Can't Win
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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
The Boy Rider
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The Boy Rider
1927 Actor
Terry McNeil