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Ed Nelson‌

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Birthday

calendar1928-12-21

Popularity

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Ed Nelson

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ed Nelson

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1928-12-21

Popularity

star5.1

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (born December 21, 1928) is an American actor. Nelson has appeared in numerous television shows, more than fifty motion pictures, and hundreds of stage productions. Until 2005, he was teaching acting and screenwriting in his native New Orleans at two local universities there. Hurricane Katrina prompted him to move his family to Sterlington near Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating, he took a position as a director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By 1956, acting became his central focus and he moved to the Los Angeles area. Early in his career he worked with famed B-movie producer Roger Corman on such Corman films as Cry Baby Killers, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Cave Man and Attack of the Crab Monsters. In 1958 he participated in Bruno VeSota's science fiction horror film The Brain Eaters. His early television career featured many guest starring roles in such series as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Harbor Command, Tombstone Territory, Tightrope, The Blue Angels (as arrogant flight instructor Lieutenant Dayl Martin), Laramie, COronado 9, The Eleventh Hour, Bonanza, Thriller (US TV series), and Channing, an ABC drama about college life. In 1964 he won his most famous role portraying Dr. Michael Rossi on the ABC drama Peyton Place, which ran from 1964 to 1969. Nelson's fellow cast members included Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, and Dorothy Malone. Dr. Rossi proved to be so popular that by 1968, he became the lead actor on the show. Nelson reprised his role in two made-for-TV movies, Murder in Peyton Place and Peyton Place: The Next Generation. After Peyton Place ended, Nelson worked in many more productions of all varieties, including starring role in many movies of the week, a second TV series, "The Silent Force," and a popular morning talk show which he hosted for three years. Soon after, Nelson struck gold with his critically acclaimed portrayal of elusive pit crew chief Robert Denby in the hit film Riding with Death (1976), earning him several prestigious accolades and legions of devoted fans. He portrayed a dangerous impostor in the adventure movie For the Love of Benji (1977). During the 1980s, Nelson took on the role of Senator Mark Denning in the daytime soap Capitol. Nelson also spent a couple of years as Harry Truman onstage replacing James Whitmore for the National Tour of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry." While living in Los Angeles, Nelson was an active member of the Screen Actors Guild and was elected to the union board for many years. Nelson is a long-standing member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and continues a long tradition of participation in voting for the Academy Awards. In 1999, Nelson returned to Tulane University to finish credits toward his undergraduate degree, which he completed the following year at the age of seventy-one. Nelson continues to act as the opportunity arises. He and his wife of fifty-eight years, Patsy, enjoy semi-retirement visiting his six children and fourteen grandchildren. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Born to Be Sold

Born to Be Sold‌
star5.2
calendar 1981

A Bucket of Blood

A Bucket of Blood‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Code of Silence

Code of Silence‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Attack of the Crab Monsters‌
star5.1
calendar 1957

Airport 1975

Airport 1975‌
star5.7
calendar 1974

Time to Run

Time to Run‌
star4.3
calendar 1973

Carnival Rock

Carnival Rock‌
star4.4
calendar 1957

New Orleans Uncensored

New Orleans Uncensored‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Invasion of the Saucer-Men

Invasion of the Saucer-Men‌
star4.8
calendar 1957

The Brain Eaters

The Brain Eaters‌
star4.8
calendar 1958

The Boneyard

The Boneyard‌
star5.8
calendar 1991

Devil's Partner

Devil's Partner‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Night of the Blood Beast

Night of the Blood Beast‌
star3.6
calendar 1958

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything‌
star5.2
calendar 1980

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Houston, We've Got a Problem‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Deadly Weapon

Deadly Weapon‌
star4.2
calendar 1989

The Man from Galveston

The Man from Galveston‌
star5.2
calendar 1963

The Screaming Woman

The Screaming Woman‌
star6.6
calendar 1972

The Young Captives

The Young Captives‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

Anatomy of a Seduction

Anatomy of a Seduction‌
star5.5
calendar 1979

A Little Game

A Little Game‌
star6.7
calendar 1971

Along Came a Spider

Along Came a Spider‌
star4.3
calendar 1970

Runaway!

Runaway!‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

T-Bird Gang

T-Bird Gang‌
star4.8
calendar 1959

Valley of the Redwoods

Valley of the Redwoods‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

Murder in Peyton Place

Murder in Peyton Place‌
star5.0
calendar 1977

Superdome

Superdome‌
star4.2
calendar 1978

Linda

Linda‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Who Am I?

Who Am I?‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

Midway

Midway‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Brink of Disaster!

Brink of Disaster!‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Bayou

Bayou‌
star2.6
calendar 1957

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb‌
star5.5
calendar 1980

Riding with Death

Riding with Death‌
star2.6
calendar 1976

Doctors' Private Lives

Doctors' Private Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1978

Sworn to Silence

Sworn to Silence‌
star6.0
calendar 1987

Judgment at Nuremberg

Judgment at Nuremberg‌
star8.0
calendar 1961

Leave Yesterday Behind

Leave Yesterday Behind‌
star6.2
calendar 1978

I, Mobster

I, Mobster‌
star6.5
calendar 1959

Cries of Silence

Cries of Silence‌
star7.5
calendar 1996

Swamp Women

Swamp Women‌
star3.5
calendar 1956

Acapulco Gold

Acapulco Gold‌
star3.7
calendar 1976

The Fatal Impulse

The Fatal Impulse‌
star0.0
calendar 1960

The Crash of Flight 401

The Crash of Flight 401‌
star7.5
calendar 1978

The Return of Frank Cannon

The Return of Frank Cannon‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

The Missing Are Deadly

The Missing Are Deadly‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Teenage Cave Man

Teenage Cave Man‌
star3.9
calendar 1958

For the Love of Benji

For the Love of Benji‌
star5.4
calendar 1977

Police Headquarters

Police Headquarters‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Peyton Place: The Next Generation

Peyton Place: The Next Generation‌
star0.0
calendar 1985

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury‌
star6.9
calendar 2003

Help Wanted: Male

Help Wanted: Male‌
star5.0
calendar 1982

The Cry Baby Killer

The Cry Baby Killer‌
star5.4
calendar 1958

Soldier in the Rain

Soldier in the Rain‌
star6.3
calendar 1963

That's the Way of the World

That's the Way of the World‌
star6.3
calendar 1975

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Police Academy 3: Back in Training‌
star5.8
calendar 1986

Rock All Night

Rock All Night‌
star5.7
calendar 1957

Teenage Doll

Teenage Doll‌
star5.0
calendar 1957

She Gods of Shark Reef

She Gods of Shark Reef‌
star3.2
calendar 1958

Tv Credits

Lou Grant

Lou Grant‌
star7.2
calendar 1977

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

CHiPs

CHiPs‌
star6.8
calendar 1977

The Gallant Men

The Gallant Men‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip‌
star6.7
calendar 1958

Cain's Hundred

Cain's Hundred‌
star4.7
calendar 1961

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.‌
star6.3
calendar 1979

Kung Fu

Kung Fu‌
star7.6
calendar 1972

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1976

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.‌
star7.5
calendar 1976

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco‌
star7.0
calendar 1972

Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1971

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels‌
star6.6
calendar 1976

Hotel

Hotel‌
star6.7
calendar 1982

MacGyver

MacGyver‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Surfside 6

Surfside 6‌
star5.0
calendar 1960

The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

Medical Center

Medical Center‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Cagney & Lacey

Cagney & Lacey‌
star6.9
calendar 1982

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.7
calendar 1978

Jake and the Fatman

Jake and the Fatman‌
star5.9
calendar 1987

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible‌
star7.6
calendar 1966

Cannon

Cannon‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

Saints and Sinners

Saints and Sinners‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Black Saddle

Black Saddle‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

Ironside

Ironside‌
star6.9
calendar 1967

The Tall Man

The Tall Man‌
star6.3
calendar 1960

87th Precinct

87th Precinct‌
star7.5
calendar 1961

Sam Benedict

Sam Benedict‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Redigo

Redigo‌
star5.0
calendar 1963

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Vega$

Vega$‌
star7.0
calendar 1978

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel‌
star7.4
calendar 1957

Highway Patrol

Highway Patrol‌
star5.8
calendar 1955

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Virginian

The Virginian‌
star6.4
calendar 1962

Capitol

Capitol‌
star5.7
calendar 1982

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Search

Search‌
star6.9
calendar 1972

The Aquanauts

The Aquanauts‌
star5.5
calendar 1960

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp‌
star6.7
calendar 1955

Matt Houston

Matt Houston‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

M Squad

M Squad‌
star5.2
calendar 1957

Peyton Place

Peyton Place‌
star6.6
calendar 1964

The Sixth Sense

The Sixth Sense‌
star6.3
calendar 1972

Black Saddle

Black Saddle‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

The Dakotas

The Dakotas‌
star5.7
calendar 1963

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Riverboat

Riverboat‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

The New Breed

The New Breed‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

The Detectives

The Detectives‌
star5.6
calendar 1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Stoney Burke

Stoney Burke‌
star5.7
calendar 1962

Johnny Ringo

Johnny Ringo‌
star5.7
calendar 1959

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare‌
star5.4
calendar 1961

Coronado 9

Coronado 9‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.8
calendar 1963

The Silent Force

The Silent Force‌
star5.0
calendar 1970

Harbor Command

Harbor Command‌
star4.0
calendar 1957

Gibbsville

Gibbsville‌
star0.0
calendar 1976

Doctors' Private Lives

Doctors' Private Lives‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Fugitive

The Fugitive‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

Channing

Channing‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

Hagen

Hagen‌
star5.0
calendar 1980

J.J. Starbuck

J.J. Starbuck‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Logan's Run

Logan's Run‌
star6.5
calendar 1977

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

Laramie

Laramie‌
star6.4
calendar 1959

Tombstone Territory

Tombstone Territory‌
star6.3
calendar 1957

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Night Gallery

Night Gallery‌
star7.8
calendar 1970

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

The New Breed

The New Breed‌
star7.0
calendar 1961

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Adam-12

Adam-12‌
star7.1
calendar 1968

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre‌
star5.5
calendar 1956

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Checkmate

Checkmate‌
star4.1
calendar 1960

Checkmate

Checkmate‌
star4.1
calendar 1960

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

Thriller

Thriller‌
star6.4
calendar 1960

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

The Rebel

The Rebel‌
star5.3
calendar 1959

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Maverick

Maverick‌
star6.8
calendar 1957

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

Finder of Lost Loves

Finder of Lost Loves‌
star5.7
calendar 1984

Banacek

Banacek‌
star8.6
calendar 1972

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files‌
star7.5
calendar 1974

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote‌
star7.6
calendar 1984

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959