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 La Dame de Shanghai (1947), Les fous du roi (1949) and Certains l'aiment chaud (1959). He died on 1 May 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA.

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- 1 win total

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Known for

Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles in La Dame de Shanghai (1947)

La Dame de Shanghai

7.5

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1947

John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Mercedes McCambridge, and Shepperd Strudwick in Les fous du roi (1949)

Les fous du roi

7.4

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1949

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon in Certains l'aiment chaud (1959)

Certains l'aiment chaud

8.2

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1959

Judith Anderson, Mischa Auer, June Duprez, Barry Fitzgerald, Richard Haydn, Louis Hayward, Walter Huston, C. Aubrey Smith, and Roland Young in Dix petits indiens (1945)

Dix petits indiens

7.4

Second Unit or Assistant Director

1945

Credits

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Les pieds dans le plat
6.1
- assistant director
- 1963
13 Frightened Girls
5.3
- assistant director
- 1963
Le seigneur d'Hawaï
6.0
- assistant director
- 1962
Fureur à l'ouest
5.0
- assistant director
- 1962
Place au twist
5.2
- assistant director
- 1962
Allô... brigade spéciale
7.3
- assistant director
- 1962
Sail a Crooked Ship
6.1
- assistant director
- 1961
Par l'amour possédé
5.4
- assistant director
- 1961
Un raisin au soleil
8.0
- assistant director
- 1961
Le Rafiot héroïque
6.3
- assistant director
- 1960
L'étrange destin de Nicky Romano
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
5.9
- Director
- 1943
Sagebrush Law
5.9
- Director
- 1943
Les hors-la-loi
6.4
- Director
- 1941
Prairie Schooners
5.9
- Director
- 1940
Bullets for Rustlers
6.6
- Director
- 1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
6.1
- Director
- 1940
The Stranger from Texas
6.0
- Director
- 1939
Parents on Trial
- Director
- 1939
Konga, l'étalon sauvage
6.8
- Director
- 1939
Overland with Kit Carson
7.3
- Director
- 1939
The Man from Sundown
6.4
- Director
- 1939
Western Caravans
- Director
- 1939
Mandrake, le magicien
6.2
- Director
- 1939
North of the Yukon
- Director
- 1939
Community Sing: Crosby Hit Songs
Short
- Director
- 1939

Actor

La Dame de 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 One Man Dog
- Larry
- 1929
The Vagabond Cub
7.0
- Bob McDonald
- 1929
Tracked
6.3
- Jed Springer
- 1928
Le gosse du cirque
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
- 1.85 m
Born
- May 11, 1896
- Whittier, California, USA
Died
- May 1, 1963
- Hollywood, California, USA

Did you know

Trivia
Father of Gary Nelson.

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When did Sam Nelson die?
May 1, 1963
How old was Sam Nelson when he died?
66 years old
Where did Sam Nelson die?
Hollywood, California, USA
When was Sam Nelson born?
May 11, 1896
Where was Sam Nelson born?
Whittier, California, USA

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