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Ed Nelson
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Birthday
1928-12-21,New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Gender
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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.

Filmography

Born to Be Sold

5

Born to Be Sold
1981-11-02

A Bucket of Blood

6.5

A Bucket of Blood
1959-10-21

Code of Silence

5

Code of Silence
1960-05-29

Attack of the Crab Monsters

5.1

Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957-02-10

5.7

Airport 1975
1974-10-18

4.3

Time to Run
1973-01-24

4.4

Carnival Rock
1957-09-01

New Orleans Uncensored

4.5

New Orleans Uncensored
1955-03-01

The Brain Eaters

4.8

The Brain Eaters
1958-09-01

Invasion of the Saucer-Men

4.8

Invasion of the Saucer-Men
1957-06-01

5.8

The Boneyard
1991-06-12

Devil's Partner

5.1

Devil's Partner
1961-09-19

Night of the Blood Beast

3.6

Night of the Blood Beast
1958-08-01

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

5.2

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980-06-13

Houston, We've Got a Problem

6

Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974-03-02

4.2

Deadly Weapon
1989-08-15

The Man from Galveston

5.2

The Man from Galveston
1963-12-18

The Screaming Woman

6.6

The Screaming Woman
1972-01-29

The Young Captives

5

The Young Captives
1959-02-01

Anatomy of a Seduction

5.5

Anatomy of a Seduction
1979-05-08

Along Came a Spider

4.3

Along Came a Spider
1970-02-03

6.7

A Little Game
1971-10-31

5.3

Runaway!
1973-09-29

4.8

T-Bird Gang
1959-10-16

Valley of the Redwoods

5

Valley of the Redwoods
1960-05-08

Murder in Peyton Place

5

Murder in Peyton Place
1977-10-03

4.2

Superdome
1978-01-09

6

Linda
1973-11-03

7.108

Who Am I?
1998-01-17

6.6

Midway
1976-06-18

Brink of Disaster!

6

Brink of Disaster!
1972-01-01

2.6

Bayou
1957-06-01

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

5.5

Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980-11-23

Riding with Death

2.6

Riding with Death
1976-01-01

Doctors' Private Lives

0

Doctors' Private Lives
1978-03-20

Sworn to Silence

6

Sworn to Silence
1987-04-06

Judgment at Nuremberg

8.1

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961-12-18

Leave Yesterday Behind

6.2

Leave Yesterday Behind
1978-05-14

6.5

I, Mobster
1959-02-01

Cries of Silence

7.5

Cries of Silence
1996-05-01

3.482

Swamp Women
1956-04-01

3.7

Acapulco Gold
1976-06-01

The Fatal Impulse

0

The Fatal Impulse
1960-11-29

The Crash of Flight 401

7.5

The Crash of Flight 401
1978-10-29

The Return of Frank Cannon

6.2

The Return of Frank Cannon
1980-10-31

The Missing Are Deadly

5

The Missing Are Deadly
1975-01-08

Teenage Cave Man

3.9

Teenage Cave Man
1958-07-01

For the Love of Benji

5.4

For the Love of Benji
1977-06-10

Police Headquarters

0

Police Headquarters
1974-03-19

Peyton Place: The Next Generation

0

Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985-05-13

6.9

Runaway Jury
2003-01-16

Help Wanted: Male

5

Help Wanted: Male
1982-01-16

The Cry Baby Killer

5.4

The Cry Baby Killer
1958-08-15

Soldier in the Rain

6.3

Soldier in the Rain
1963-11-27

That's the Way of the World

6.3

That's the Way of the World
1975-06-01

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

5.803

Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986-03-20

5.7

Rock All Night
1957-04-01

5.05

Teenage Doll
1957-09-19

She Gods of Shark Reef

3.2

She Gods of Shark Reef
1958-08-01

7.2

Lou Grant
1977-09-20

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

6.8

CHiPs
1977-09-15

The Gallant Men

6

The Gallant Men
1962-10-05

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

4.667

Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19

Trapper John, M.D.

6.3

Trapper John, M.D.
1979-09-23

7.612

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The Bionic Woman

7

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

7.5

Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03

The Streets of San Francisco

7

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

Alias Smith and Jones

6.9

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

Charlie's Angels

6.646

Charlie's Angels
1976-09-22

6.7

Hotel
1982-08-21

7.741

MacGyver
1985-09-29

5

Surfside 6
1960-10-06

6.5

The Mod Squad
1968-09-24

6.1

Medical Center
1969-09-24

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

Arrest and Trial

5

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

6.9

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

5.7

Johnny Ringo
1959-10-02

6.734

Dallas
1978-04-02

Jake and the Fatman

5.9

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

Mission: Impossible

7.599

Mission: Impossible
1966-09-17

6.455

Cannon
1971-09-14

Saints and Sinners

6

Saints and Sinners
1962-09-17

6

Black Saddle
1959-01-10

The Twilight Zone

8.4

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

6.333

The Tall Man
1960-09-10

7.5

87th Precinct
1961-09-25

6

Sam Benedict
1962-09-15

5

Redigo
1963-09-24

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

7

Vega$
1978-09-20

6.3

Police Woman
1974-09-13

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

5.8

Highway Patrol
1955-10-03

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

6.429

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.6

Capitol
1982-03-26

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.9

Search
1972-09-13

5.5

The Aquanauts
1960-09-14

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.7

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06

6.2

Matt Houston
1982-09-26

5.2

M Squad
1957-09-20

6.6

Peyton Place
1964-09-15

The Sixth Sense

6.3

The Sixth Sense
1972-01-15

6

Black Saddle
1959-01-10

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

7

The Rifleman
1958-09-30

5.7

The Dakotas
1963-01-07

6.3

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

6.2

Riverboat
1959-09-13

7

The New Breed
1961-10-03

5.6

The Detectives
1959-10-16

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

5.7

Stoney Burke
1962-10-01

5.7

Johnny Ringo
1959-10-02

5.5

Tightrope
1959-09-08

5.4

Dr. Kildare
1961-09-27

6

Coronado 9
1960-09-06

The Outer Limits

7.8

The Outer Limits
1963-09-16

The Silent Force

5

The Silent Force
1970-09-21

4

Harbor Command
1957-10-11

0

Gibbsville
1976-11-11

Doctors' Private Lives

0

Doctors' Private Lives
1979-04-05

7.2

The Fugitive
1963-09-17

7

Channing
1963-09-18

5

Hagen
1980-03-15

5

J.J. Starbuck
1987-09-26

6.536

Logan's Run
1977-09-16

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

6.4

Laramie
1959-09-15

Tombstone Territory

6.3

Tombstone Territory
1957-10-16

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7.8

Night Gallery
1970-12-16

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7

The New Breed
1961-10-03

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.1

Adam-12
1968-09-21

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

4.1

Checkmate
1960-09-17

4.1

Checkmate
1960-09-17

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

6.2

Thriller
1960-09-13

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

5.3

The Rebel
1959-10-04

7.6

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.3

Bat Masterson
1958-10-08

6.8

Maverick
1957-09-22

The Rockford Files

7.5

The Rockford Files
1974-09-13

Finder of Lost Loves

5.7

Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22

8.6

Banacek
1972-09-13

6.9

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

The Rockford Files

7.5

The Rockford Files
1974-09-13

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

7

Rawhide
1959-01-09