Sam Nelson

Known for DirectingBorn 1896-05-11Died 1963-05-01Whttier, California, USA

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 encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

The Avenging Rider

Konga, the Wild Stallion

The Man from Sundown

Personality

Crooks Can't Win

The Fightin' Redhead

Driftin' Sands

The Swift Shadow

The Midnight Flyer

Pioneers of the Frontier

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Last Man

Guilty?

The One Man Dog

The Circus Kid

The Boy Rider

Some Like It Hot

Prairie Schooners

The Stranger from Texas

Parents on Trial

The Thundering West

Colorado Trail

Law of the Plains

A Raisin in the Sun

The Little Savage

The Yellowback

It Had to Be You

Sagebrush Law

Outlaws of the Panhandle

3:10 to Yuma

The Lady from Shanghai

Washington Merry-Go-Round

The Last Hurrah

Experiment in Terror

Pennies from Heaven

The Tall T

And Then There Were None

All the King's Men

Reprisal!

The White Squaw

Bullets for Rustlers

Western Caravans

Texas Stampede

North of the Yukon

West of the Santa Fe

South of Arizona

West of Cheyenne

The Corsican Brothers