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person_profile-Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson Died at age: 76

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Gene Nelson

Date of Birth:

Mar 24, 1920

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Sep 16, 1996

Biography of

Gene Nelson

    Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth.

    Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma!

    In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together.

    Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season, the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. He directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins, which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum. For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a WGA award nomination for best written musical. He later taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University in the late 1980s.

    He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor In A Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince.

    For contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1990, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nelson's star is located at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Filmography of

Gene Nelson

Found 26 Movies in total

S.O.B.

Clive Lytell ( Actor )

... 1981

A Brand New Life

Harry ( Actor )

... 1973

Family Flight

Aircraft Carrier Captain ( Actor )

... 1972

Thunder Island

Billy Poole ( Actor )

... 1963

The Purple Hills

Gil Shepard ( Actor )

... 1961

20,000 Eyes

Dan Warren ( Actor )

... 1961

Dial 999

Greg Carradine ( Actor )

... 1955

Timeslip

Mike Delaney ( Actor )

... 1955

Oklahoma!

Will Parker ( Actor )

... 1955

So This Is Paris

Al Howard ( Actor )

... 1954

... 1953

Crime Wave

Steve Lacey ( Actor )

... 1953

She's Back on Broadway

Gordon Evans ( Actor )

... 1953

... 1952

Starlift

Gene Nelson ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

Lullaby of Broadway

Tom Farnham ( Actor )

... 1951

The West Point Story

Hal Courtland ( Actor )

... 1950

Tea for Two

Tommy Trainor ( Actor )

... 1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Doug Martin ( Actor )

... 1950

The Walls of Jericho

Legal Assistant ( Actor )

... 1948

Apartment for Peggy

Jerry (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

... 1947

This Is the Army

Soldier (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1939

Second Fiddle

Minor Role ( Actor )

... 1939