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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


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Born:
May 11, 1896 In Whttier, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
8
First Appeared:
In the movie Breed of Courage 1927-08-06
Latest Project:
Movie Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale 2007-03-16
Known For
Poster of Soldiers and Women
Poster of The Little Savage
Poster of The Vagabond Cub
Poster of Breed of Courage
Filmography
Movie Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale School Administrator 2007-03-16
Movie The Lady from Shanghai Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited) 1947-12-24
Movie Soldiers and Women Pvt. Delehanty 1930-04-30
Movie The Vagabond Cub Bob McDonald 1929-02-10
Movie Rio Rita McGinn 1929-09-15
Movie The Little Savage Norton 1929-05-19
Movie The Circus Kid Tad 1928-10-07
Movie Breed of Courage Alan Haliday 1927-08-06