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Sam Nelson(1896-1963)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Director
Actor

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Sam Nelson was born on 11 May 1896 in Whittier, California, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Lady from Shanghai (1947), All the King's Men (1949) and Some Like It Hot (1959). He died on 1 May 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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Known for

Rita Hayworth in The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

The Lady from Shanghai

7.5

Movie

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1947

John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Shepperd Strudwick in All the King's Men (1949)

All the King's Men

7.4

Movie

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1949

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot (1959)

Some Like It Hot

8.2

Movie

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1959

Glenn Ford and Van Heflin in 3:10 to Yuma (1957)

7.6

Movie

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1957

Credits

Second Unit or Assistant Director

13 Frightened Girls
5.3
- assistant director
- 1963
The Man from the Diners' Club
6.1
- assistant director
- 1963
Diamond Head
6.0
- assistant director
- 1962
The Wild Westerners
5.0
- assistant director
- 1962
Don't Knock the Twist
5.2
- assistant director
- 1962
Experiment in Terror
7.3
- assistant director
- 1962
Sail a Crooked Ship
6.1
- assistant director
- 1961
By Love Possessed
5.4
- assistant director
- 1961
A Raisin in the Sun
8.0
- assistant director
- 1961
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
6.3
- assistant director
- 1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
7.0
- assistant director
- 1960
Spartacus
7.9
- assistant director (uncredited)
- 1960
Comanche Station
7.0
- assistant director
- 1960
The Flying Fontaines
5.5
- assistant director
- 1959
Alcoa Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- assistant director
- 1959

Director

The Avenging Rider
6.2
- Director
- 1943
Sagebrush Law
5.9
- Director
- 1943
Faro Jack
6.4
- Director
- 1941
Prairie Schooners
6.0
- Director
- 1940
On Special Duty
6.7
- Director
- 1940
The Anchor
6.1
- Director
- 1940
The Stranger
6.0
- Director
- 1939
Parents on Trial
- Director
- 1939
Konga
- Director
- 1939
Overland with Kit Carson
7.3
- Director
- 1939
The Man from Sundown
6.4
- Director
- 1939
Silver Sands
- Director
- 1939
Mandrake, the Magician
6.3
- Director
- 1939
North of the Yukon
- Director
- 1939
Community Sing: Crosby Hit Songs
Short
- Director
- 1939

Actor

The Lady from Shanghai
7.5
- Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
- 1947
Soldiers and Women
- Pvt. Delehanty
- 1930
Rio Rita
6.0
- McGinn (uncredited)
- 1929
The Little Savage
- Norton
- 1929
The Sleuth
- Larry
- 1929
The Vagabond Cub
7.0
- Bob McDonald
- 1929
Tracked
6.3
- Jed Springer
- 1928
The Circus Kid
7.6
- Tad
- 1928
Law of Fear
6.5
- Bud Hardy
- 1928
Crooks Can't Win
- Danny Malone
- 1928
Fangs of the Wild
- Larry Holbrook
- 1928
The Swift Shadow
- Jim
- 1927
The Boy Rider
- Terry McNeil
- 1927
Breed of Courage
- Alan Haliday
- 1927

Personal details

Height
- 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
Born
- May 11, 1896
- Whittier, California, USA
Died
- May 1, 1963
- Hollywood, California, USA

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Trivia
Father of Gary Nelson.

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