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

Most Famous Work

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8

Some Like It Hot

(1959) Assistant Director

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6

Cowboy

(1958) Assistant Director

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7

And Then There Were None

(1945) Assistant Director

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7

The Lady from Shanghai

(1947) Assistant Director

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7

Experiment in Terror

(1962) Assistant Director

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6

Decision at Sundown

(1957) Assistant Director

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7

Comanche Station

(1960) Assistant Director

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7

3:10 to Yuma

(1957) Assistant Director

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1947	Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)	The Lady from Shanghai 1947-12-24 Movie
1930	Pvt. Delehanty	Soldiers and Women 1930-04-30 Movie
1929	Norton	The Little Savage 1929-05-19 Movie
	Bob McDonald	The Vagabond Cub 1929-02-10 Movie
1928	Tad	The Circus Kid 1928-10-07 Movie
1927	Alan Haliday	Breed of Courage 1927-08-06 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1962	Assistant Director	Experiment in Terror 1962-04-12 Movie
1961	Assistant Director	By Love Possessed 1961-07-19 Movie
	Assistant Director	A Raisin in the Sun 1961-05-28 Movie
1960	Assistant Director	The Wackiest Ship in the Army 1960-12-29 Movie
	Assistant Director	Comanche Station 1960-03-01 Movie
1959	Assistant Director	Some Like It Hot 1959-03-19 Movie
	Assistant Director	Good Day for a Hanging 1959-01-01 Movie
1958	Assistant Director	The Last Hurrah 1958-12-31 Movie
	Assistant Director	Cowboy 1958-01-23 Movie
1957	Assistant Director	Decision at Sundown 1957-11-10 Movie
	Assistant Director	Rusty Romeos 1957-10-17 Movie
	Assistant Director	3:10 to Yuma 1957-08-07 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Tall T 1957-04-02 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Man Who Turned to Stone 1957-03-01 Movie
1956	Assistant Director	Don't Knock The Rock 1956-12-14 Movie
	Assistant Director	Reprisal! 1956-11-02 Movie
	Assistant Director	The White Squaw 1956-11-01 Movie
1955	Assistant Director	My Sister Eileen 1955-09-22 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Violent Men 1955-01-26 Movie
1954	Assistant Director	Three Hours to Kill 1954-11-04 Movie
1952	Assistant Director	Affair in Trinidad 1952-07-29 Movie
1951	Assistant Director	Santa Fe 1951-04-01 Movie
1950	Assistant Director	No Sad Songs for Me 1950-04-27 Movie
1949	Assistant Director	Tell It to the Judge 1949-11-18 Movie
	Assistant Director	All the King's Men 1949-11-16 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Doolins of Oklahoma 1949-05-27 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Walking Hills 1949-03-05 Movie
1947	Assistant Director	The Lady from Shanghai 1947-12-24 Movie
	Assistant Director	It Had to Be You 1947-12-07 Movie
1945	Assistant Director	A Walk in the Sun 1945-12-25 Movie
	Assistant Director	And Then There Were None 1945-10-31 Movie
1944	Assistant Director	Guest in the House 1944-12-08 Movie
1943	Assistant Director	Jack London 1943-12-24 Movie
	Director	The Avenging Rider 1943-05-20 Movie
	Director	Sagebrush Law 1943-04-02 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Outlaw 1943-02-05 Movie
1941	Assistant Director	The Corsican Brothers 1941-11-28 Movie
	Director	Outlaws of the Panhandle 1941-02-27 Movie
1940	Director	Prairie Schooners 1940-09-29 Movie
	Director	Bullets for Rustlers 1940-03-05 Movie
	Director	Pioneers of the Frontier 1940-02-14 Movie
	Director	Mandrake the Magician 1940-01-01 Movie
1939	Director	The Stranger from Texas 1939-12-02 Movie
	Director	Parents on Trial 1939-09-21 Movie
	Director	Konga, the Wild Stallion 1939-08-30 Movie
	Director	Overland with Kit Carson 1939-07-21 Movie
	Director	The Man from Sundown 1939-07-14 Movie
	Director	Western Caravans 1939-06-14 Movie
	Director	Mandrake the Magician 1939-05-06 Movie
	Director	North of the Yukon 1939-03-29 Movie
	Director	Texas Stampede 1939-02-09 Movie
1938	Director	Rio Grande 1938-12-08 Movie
	Director	West of the Santa Fe 1938-10-02 Movie
	Director	Colorado Trail 1938-09-08 Movie
	Director	The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1938-06-30 Movie
1937	Director	Outlaws of the Prairie 1937-12-01 Movie
1936	Assistant Director	Pennies from Heaven 1936-11-25 Movie
1933	Assistant Director	Ann Carver's Profession 1933-06-09 Movie
1932	Assistant Director	No More Orchids 1932-11-25 Movie
	Assistant Director	Washington Merry-Go-Round 1932-10-15 Movie
1931	Assistant Director	Way Back Home 1931-11-13 Movie
	Assistant Director	The Miracle Woman 1931-07-17 Movie
1930	Assistant Director	Rain or Shine 1930-08-15 Movie
1929	Assistant Director	Mexicali Rose 1929-12-26 Movie
1925	Assistant Director	The Midnight Flyer 1925-12-06 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv