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person_profile-Ozzie Nelson

Ozzie Nelson Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ozzie Nelson

Date of Birth:

Mar 20, 1906

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 03, 1975

Biography of

Ozzie Nelson

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American band leader, actor, director, and producer. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and long-running television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson.

    Nelson started his entertainment career as a band leader. He formed and led "The Ozzie Nelson Band," and had some initial limited success. Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson was their primary vocalist and, from August of 1932, he featured in duets with his other star vocalist, Harriet Hilliard. Nelson's calm, easy vocal style was popular on records and radio and quite similar to son Rick's voice, and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity.

    Ozzie Nelson appeared with his band in feature films and short subjects of the 1940s, and often played speaking parts, displaying a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, as in the 1942 musical Strictly in the Groove. He shrewdly promoted the band by agreeing to appear in "soundies," three-minute musical movies shown in "film jukeboxes" of the 1940s. In 1952, when he and his family were established as radio and TV favorites, they starred in a feature film, Here Come the Nelsons, which actually doubled as a "pilot" for the TV series.

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Filmography of

Ozzie Nelson

Found 11 Movies in total

The Impossible Years

Dr. Herbert J. Fleischer ( Actor )

... 1968

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1968

Disneyland '59

Self ( Actor )

... 1959

Here Come the Nelsons

Ozzie Nelson ( Actor )

Writer

... 1952

People Are Funny

Leroy Brinker ( Actor )

... 1946

Take It Big

Ozzie Nelson ( Actor )

... 1944

Hi, Good Lookin'!

Ozzie Nelson - Orchestra Leader ( Actor )

... 1944

Honeymoon Lodge

Ozzie Nelson - Band Leader ( Actor )

... 1943

Strictly in the Groove

Ozzie Nelson ( Actor )

... 1942

The Big Street

Orchestra Leader ( Actor )

... 1942

Sweetheart of the Campus

Ozzie Norton ( Actor )

... 1941