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Sam Nelson

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

Known for

The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 • Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
Soldiers and Women
Soldiers and Women
1930 • Pvt. Delehanty
The Little Savage
1929 • Norton
The One Man Dog
1929 • Larry
The Vagabond Cub
1929 • Bob McDonald
The Circus Kid
The Circus Kid
1928 • Tad
Crooks Can't Win
Crooks Can't Win
1928 • Danny Malone
The Swift Shadow
The Swift Shadow
1927 • Jim

Full filmography

The Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 • Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
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Soldiers and Women
Soldiers and Women
1930 • Pvt. Delehanty
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The Vagabond Cub
1929 • Bob McDonald
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Crooks Can't Win
Crooks Can't Win
1928 • Danny Malone
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The Boy Rider
1927 • Terry McNeil
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Breed of Courage
1927 • Alan Haliday
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Sam Nelson – Biography, Known For & Filmography