Sam Nelson
Director
Sam Nelson
10 movies as actor · 26 as director
Born May 11, 1896 – May 1, 1963 (aged 66)From Whttier, California, USA
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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Known for
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Mystery, Crime
Mandrake the Magician
1939 · Action, Crime
Sagebrush Law
1943 · Music, Western
Rio Grande
1938 · Western
Cattle Raiders
1938 · Western
Soldiers and Women
1930 · Crime, Mystery
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941 · Western
Prairie Schooners
1940 · Western
Overland with Kit Carson
1939 · Western
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937 · Western
The Avenging Rider
1943 · Western
Bullets for Rustlers
1940 · Western, Crime
Movies directed by Sam Nelson
The Avenging Rider
1943
Sagebrush Law
1943
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941
Prairie Schooners
1940
Bullets for Rustlers
1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940
Mandrake the Magician
1940
The Stranger from Texas
1939
Parents on Trial
1939
Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939
Overland with Kit Carson
1939
The Man from Sundown
1939
Western Caravans
1939
Mandrake the Magician
1939
North of the Yukon
1939
Texas Stampede
1939
The Thundering West
1939
Rio Grande
1938
West of the Santa Fe
1938
Colorado Trail
1938
South of Arizona
1938
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
West of Cheyenne
1938
Law of the Plains
1938
Cattle Raiders
1938
Outlaws of the Prairie
1937
Sam Nelson as actor
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
Soldiers and Women
1930 · Pvt. Delehanty
The Little Savage
The Little Savage
1929 · Norton
The One Man Dog
The One Man Dog
1929 · Larry
The Vagabond Cub
The Vagabond Cub
1929 · Bob McDonald
The Circus Kid
1928 · Tad
Crooks Can't Win
1928 · Danny Malone
The Swift Shadow
1927 · Jim
The Boy Rider
The Boy Rider
1927 · Terry McNeil
Breed of Courage
Breed of Courage
1927 · Alan Haliday
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