Ed Nelson

Known for ActingBorn 1928-12-21Died 2014-08-09New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor. 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Gibbsville

The Twilight Zone

Arrest and Trial

Doctors' Private Lives

Linda

Brink of Disaster!

The Gallant Men

Judgment at Nuremberg

Street of Darkness

MacGyver

Night Gallery

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Outer Limits

87th Precinct

Kung Fu

Murder, She Wrote

The Rockford Files

The New Breed

Perry Mason

A Little Game

Murder in Peyton Place

Quincy, M.E.

Cries of Silence

Mission: Impossible

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Who Am I?

Channing

Lou Grant

Runaway Jury

The Fugitive

Have Gun, Will Travel

Sworn to Silence

Rawhide

Barnaby Jones

Search

Hagen

The Bionic Woman

Cagney & Lacey

77 Sunset Strip

Adam-12

The Missing Are Deadly

Vega$

Alias Smith and Jones

The Rifleman

Hotel

Dallas

Saints and Sinners

The Young Captives