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person_profile-Ed Nelson

Ed Nelson Died at age: 85

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ed Nelson

Date of Birth:

Dec 21, 1928

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 09, 2014

Biography of

Ed Nelson

    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.

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Filmography of

Ed Nelson

Found 58 Movies in total

Runaway Jury

George Dressler ( Actor )

... 2003

Who Am I?

General Sharman ( Actor )

... 1998

Cries of Silence

Dr. August Claiborne ( Actor )

... 1996

The Boneyard

Jersey Callum ( Actor )

... 1991

Deadly Weapon

General Stone ( Actor )

... 1989

Sworn to Silence

Victor Handler ( Actor )

... 1987

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Governor Neilson ( Actor )

... 1986

Peyton Place: The Next Generation

Dr. Michael Rossi ( Actor )

... 1985

Help Wanted: Male

George Dobbs ( Actor )

... 1982

Born to Be Sold

Carl Strickland ( Actor )

... 1981

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

President Harry S. Truman ( Actor )

... 1980

The Return of Frank Cannon

Mike Danvers ( Actor )

... 1980

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

Joseph Locordolos ( Actor )

... 1980

Anatomy of a Seduction

Mark Kane ( Actor )

... 1979

The Crash of Flight 401

Philip Mulwray ( Actor )

... 1978

Leave Yesterday Behind

Mr. Clarkson ( Actor )

... 1978

Doctors' Private Lives

Dr. Mike Wise ( Actor )

... 1978

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George Beldridge ( Actor )

... 1978

Murder in Peyton Place

Dr. Michael Rossi ( Actor )

... 1977

For the Love of Benji

Chandler Dietrich ( Actor )

... 1977

Midway

Admiral Harry Pearson ( Actor )

... 1976

Acapulco Gold

Ray Hollister ( Actor )

... 1976

Riding with Death

Robert Denby ( Actor )

... 1976

That's the Way of the World

Carlton James ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1975

Airport 1975

Major John Alexander ( Actor )

... 1974

Police Headquarters

Lt. Calvin Zenger ( Actor )

... 1974

Houston, We've Got a Problem

Gene Kranz, Flight Director ( Actor )

... 1974

Linda

Paul Reston ( Actor )

... 1973

Runaway!

Nick Staffo ( Actor )

... 1973

Time to Run

Warren Cole ( Actor )

... 1973

The Screaming Woman

Carl Nesbitt ( Actor )

... 1972

A Little Game

Paul Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1971

Along Came a Spider

Dr. Martin Becker ( Actor )

... 1970

The Man from Galveston

Cole Marteen ( Actor )

... 1963

Soldier in the Rain

James Priest ( Actor )

... 1963

Judgment at Nuremberg

Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Devil's Partner

Nick Richards / Pete Jensen ( Actor )

... 1961

The Fatal Impulse

Brundage ( Actor )

... 1960

... 1960

Valley of the Redwoods

Dino Michaelis ( Actor )

... 1960

A Bucket of Blood

Art Lacroix ( Actor )

... 1959

T-Bird Gang

Alex Hendricks ( Actor )

... 1959

The Young Captives

Norm Britt ( Actor )

... 1959

I, Mobster

Sid - Henchman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1959

The Brain Eaters

Dr. Paul Kettering ( Actor )

Producer

... 1958

The Cry Baby Killer

Rick Connor ( Actor )

... 1958

She Gods of Shark Reef

Guard (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1958

Night of the Blood Beast

Dave Randall ( Actor )

... 1958

Teenage Cave Man

Blonde Tribe Member ( Actor )

... 1958

Teenage Doll

Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man ( Actor )

... 1957

Carnival Rock

Cannon ( Actor )

... 1957

... 1957

Bayou

Etienne (as Edwin Nelson) ( Actor )

... 1957

Rock All Night

Pete ( Actor )

... 1957

Attack of the Crab Monsters

Ensign Quinlan ( Actor )

Special Effects

... 1957

Swamp Women

Police Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1956

New Orleans Uncensored

Charlie ( Actor )

... 1955