Sam Nelson
Directing
Born 1896-05-11 · Whttier, California, USA · Died 1963-05-01
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
Acting
The Lady from Shanghai
Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
Soldiers and Women
Pvt. Delehanty
The Little Savage
Norton
The One Man Dog
Larry
The Vagabond Cub
Bob McDonald
The Circus Kid
Tad
Crooks Can't Win
Danny Malone
The Swift Shadow
Jim
The Boy Rider
Terry McNeil
Breed of Courage
Alan Haliday
Crew
What's Love
Special Effects
Experiment in Terror
Assistant Director
By Love Possessed
Assistant Director
A Raisin in the Sun
Assistant Director
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Assistant Director
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Assistant Director
Comanche Station
Assistant Director
Some Like It Hot
Assistant Director
Good Day for a Hanging
Assistant Director
The Last Hurrah
Assistant Director
Fifi Blows Her Top
Assistant Director
Cowboy
Assistant Director
Decision at Sundown
Assistant Director
Rusty Romeos
Assistant Director
3:10 to Yuma
Assistant Director
The Tall T
Assistant Director
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Assistant Director
Don't Knock The Rock
Assistant Director
Reprisal!
Assistant Director
The White Squaw
Assistant Director