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

Soldiers and Women

The Circus Kid

Crooks Can't Win

The Swift Shadow

All Movies (10)

• The Lady from Shanghai1947 · as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
• Soldiers and Women1930 · as Pvt. Delehanty
• The Little Savage1929 · as Norton
• The One Man Dog1929 · as Larry
• The Vagabond Cub1929 · as Bob McDonald
• The Circus Kid1928 · as Tad
• Crooks Can't Win1928 · as Danny Malone
• The Swift Shadow1927 · as Jim
• The Boy Rider1927 · as Terry McNeil
• Breed of Courage1927 · as Alan Haliday