Sam Nelson

Acteur, Regisseur, Producer

11 mei 1896 — 1 mei 1963 (66 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Some Like It Hot
    Some Like It Hot1959
  • And Then There Were None
    And Then There Were None1945
  • Een vrouw als lokaas
    Een vrouw als lokaas1957
  • Vogelvrij verklaard
    Vogelvrij verklaard1943
  • Opmars zonder genade
    Opmars zonder genade1945
  • Guest in the House
    Guest in the House1944
  • Mexicali Rose
    Mexicali Rose1929

Known For

  • Some Like It Hot
    Some Like It Hot1959
  • The Lady from Shanghai
    The Lady from Shanghai1947
  • De trein van tien over drie
    De trein van tien over drie1957
  • And Then There Were None
    And Then There Were None1945
  • Zij gaven hem macht
    Zij gaven hem macht1949
  • A Raisin in the Sun
    A Raisin in the Sun1961
  • Een vrouw als lokaas
    Een vrouw als lokaas1957
  • Vogelvrij verklaard
    Vogelvrij verklaard1943
  • Comanche Station
    Comanche Station1960
  • Met getrokken pistolen
    Met getrokken pistolen1957
  • Cowboy
    Cowboy1958
  • The Violent Men
    The Violent Men1955
  • Affair in Trinidad
    Affair in Trinidad1952
  • The Last Hurrah
    The Last Hurrah1958
  • Opmars zonder genade
    Opmars zonder genade1945
  • Het gekste schip van de landmacht
    Het gekste schip van de landmacht1960
  • My Sister Eileen
    My Sister Eileen1955
  • The Last Frontier
    The Last Frontier1955
  • The Miracle Woman
    The Miracle Woman1931
  • The Doolins of Oklahoma
    The Doolins of Oklahoma1949

Cinematografie

1947
The Lady from Shanghai · as Captain Of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
1929
Rio Rita · as Mcginn

1962
Experiment in Terror · as Assistant Director
1961
By Love Possessed · as Assistant Director
1961
A Raisin in the Sun · as Assistant Director
1960
The Wackiest Ship in the Army · as Assistant Director
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaph · as Assistant Director
1960
Comanche Station · as Assistant Director
1959
Good Day for a Hanging · as Assistant Director
1959
Some Like It Hot · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1958
The Last Hurrah · as Assistant Director
1958
Cowboy · as Assistant Director
1957
Decision at Sundown · as Assistant Director
1957
3:10 to Yuma · as Assistant Director
1957
The Tall T · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1957
The Man Who Turned to Stone · as Assistant Director
1956
Don't Knock the Rock · as Assistant Director
1956
Reprisal! · as Assistant Director
1956
The White Squaw · as Assistant Director
1955
The Last Frontier · as Assistant Director
1955
My Sister Eileen · as Assistant Director
1955
The Violent Men · as Assistant Director
1954
Three Hours to Kill · as Assistant Director
1952
Affair in Trinidad · as Assistant Director
1951
Santa Fe · as Assistant Director
1950
No Sad Songs for Me · as Assistant Director
1949
Tell It to the Judge · as Assistant Director
1949
All the King's Men · as Assistant Director
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma · as Assistant Director
1949
The Walking Hills · as Assistant Director
1948
The Return of October · as Assistant Director
1947
The Lady from Shanghai · as Assistant Director
1947
It Had to Be You · as Assistant Director
1946
Gallant Journey · as Assistant Director
1945
A Walk in the Sun · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1945
And Then There Were None · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1944
Guest in the House · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1943
Jack London · as Assistant Director
1943
The Outlaw · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1941
The Corsican Brothers · as Assistant Director
1936
Pennies from Heaven · as Assistant Director
1933
Ann Carver's Profession · as Assistant Director
1932
No More Orchids · as Assistant Director
1932
Virtue · as Assistant Director
1932
Washington Merry-Go-Round · as Assistant Director
1931
Way Back Home · as Assistant Director
1931
The Miracle Woman · as Assistant Director
1930
Rain or Shine · as Assistant Director
1929
Mexicali Rose · as Assistant DirectorOp Plex
1925
The Midnight Flyer · as Assistant Director