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Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
May 11, 1896
Died
May 1, 1963 (age 66)
Place of Birth
Whttier, California, USA
Sam Nelson
Biography
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

Film
The Lady from Shanghai
Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
1947
Film
The Boy Rider
Terry McNeil
1927
Film
The Vagabond Cub
Bob McDonald
1929

Film
Soldiers and Women
Pvt. Delehanty
1930

Film
Crooks Can't Win
Danny Malone
1928
Film
Breed of Courage
Alan Haliday
1927
Film
The Little Savage
Norton
1929

Film
The Swift Shadow
Jim
1927

Film
The Circus Kid
Tad
1928
Filmography
1947FilmThe Lady from Shanghaias Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)1930FilmSoldiers and Womenas Pvt. Delehanty1929FilmThe Little Savageas Norton1929FilmThe Vagabond Cubas Bob McDonald1928FilmThe Circus Kidas Tad1928FilmCrooks Can't Winas Danny Malone1927FilmThe Swift Shadowas Jim1927FilmThe Boy Rideras Terry McNeil1927FilmBreed of Courageas Alan Haliday