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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

The Lady from Shanghai

as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)

Soldiers and Women

as Pvt. Delehanty

Breed of Courage

as Alan Haliday

The Little Savage

as Norton

The Circus Kid

as Tad

The Swift Shadow

as Jim

The Boy Rider

as Terry McNeil

Crooks Can't Win

as Danny Malone

The One Man Dog

as Larry

The Vagabond Cub

as Bob McDonald