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DirectingSam Nelson
Directing
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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Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Sam Nelson
The Tall T
1957
Filmography
Acting (10)
1947
The Lady from Shanghaias Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
7.3
1930
Soldiers and Womenas Pvt. Delehanty
3.0
1929
The Little Savageas Norton
8.0
1929
The One Man Dogas Larry
9.0
1929
The Vagabond Cubas Bob McDonald
1928
The Circus Kidas Tad
9.0
1928
Crooks Can't Winas Danny Malone
10.0
1927
The Swift Shadowas Jim
10.0
1927
The Boy Rideras Terry McNeil
9.0
1927
Breed of Courageas Alan Haliday
7.0
Production & Directing (88)
1987
What's LoveSpecial Effects
4.2
1962
Experiment in TerrorAssistant Director
7.1
1961
By Love PossessedAssistant Director
5.2
1961
A Raisin in the SunAssistant Director
7.7
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyAssistant Director
6.1
1960
Let No Man Write My EpitaphAssistant Director
5.9
1960
Comanche StationAssistant Director
6.7
1959
Some Like It HotAssistant Director
8.1
1959
Good Day for a HangingAssistant Director
6.4
1958
The Last HurrahAssistant Director
7.2
1958
Fifi Blows Her TopAssistant Director
5.0
1958
CowboyAssistant Director
6.5
1957
Decision at SundownAssistant Director
6.3
1957
Rusty RomeosAssistant Director
5.8
1957
3:10 to YumaAssistant Director
7.3
1957
The Tall TAssistant Director
7.0
1957
The Man Who Turned to StoneAssistant Director
5.2
1956
Don't Knock The RockAssistant Director
5.8
1956
Reprisal!Assistant Director
6.9
1956
The White SquawAssistant Director
6.8
1955
The Last FrontierAssistant Director
6.1
1955
My Sister EileenAssistant Director
6.6
1955
The Violent MenAssistant Director
6.5
1954
Three Hours to KillAssistant Director
5.1
1952
Affair in TrinidadAssistant Director
6.4
1951
Santa FeAssistant Director
6.8
1950
No Sad Songs for MeAssistant Director
6.3
1949
Tell It to the JudgeAssistant Director
6.6
1949
All the King's MenAssistant Director
7.0
1949
The Doolins of OklahomaAssistant Director
6.8
1949
The Walking HillsAssistant Director
6.0
1948
The Return of OctoberAssistant Director
6.4
1947
The Lady from ShanghaiAssistant Director
7.3
1947
It Had to Be YouAssistant Director
7.8
1946
Gallant JourneyAssistant Director
6.5
1945
A Walk in the SunAssistant Director
5.9
1945
And Then There Were NoneAssistant Director
7.0
1944
Guest in the HouseAssistant Director
4.9
1943
Jack LondonAssistant Director
6.1
1943
The Avenging RiderDirector
10.0
1943
Sagebrush LawDirector
6.7
1943
The OutlawAssistant Director
5.4
1942
Bandit RangerSecond Unit
4.7
1942
The Corsican BrothersAssistant Director
7.0
1941
Outlaws of the PanhandleDirector
7.5
1940
Prairie SchoonersDirector
8.0
1940
Bullets for RustlersDirector
7.0
1940
Pioneers of the FrontierDirector
9.0
1940
Mandrake the MagicianDirector
5.0
1939
The Stranger from TexasDirector
8.0
1939
Parents on TrialDirector
8.0
1939
Konga, the Wild StallionDirector
10.0
1939
Overland with Kit CarsonDirector
5.3
1939
The Man from SundownDirector
10.0
1939
Western CaravansDirector
7.0
1939
Mandrake the MagicianDirector
5.9
1939
North of the YukonDirector
7.0
1939
Texas StampedeDirector
7.0
1939
The Thundering WestDirector
8.0
1938
Rio GrandeDirector
4.7
1938
West of the Santa FeDirector
7.0
1938
Colorado TrailDirector
8.0
1938
South of ArizonaDirector
7.0
1938
9.0
1938
West of CheyenneDirector
7.0
1938
Law of the PlainsDirector
8.0
1938
Cattle RaidersDirector
5.3
1937
Outlaws of the PrairieDirector
4.0
1936
Pennies from HeavenAssistant Director
7.2
1933
Ann Carver's ProfessionAssistant Director
7.0
1932
No More OrchidsAssistant Director
6.7
1932
VirtueAssistant Director
6.6
1932
Washington Merry-Go-RoundAssistant Director
7.5
1932
The Last ManWriter
9.0
1932
The MenaceProducer
5.6
1931
Way Back HomeAssistant Director
6.3
1931
The Miracle WomanAssistant Director
6.7
1930
Rain or ShineAssistant Director
6.5
1930
Guilty?Assistant Director
9.0
1930
PersonalityAssistant Director
10.0
1929
Mexicali RoseAssistant Director
5.6
1929
Song of LoveAssistant Director
4.7
1929
The YellowbackAssistant Director
8.0
1928
The Fightin' RedheadAssistant Director
10.0
1928
Driftin' SandsAssistant Director
10.0
1927
Her Father Said NoAssistant Director
7.0
1926
Red Hot HoofsAssistant Director
7.0
1925
The Midnight FlyerAssistant Director
10.0