Sam Nelson

Directing·May 11, 1896·Whttier, California, USA

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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

Film	Credit
The Lady from Shanghai1947 · Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)	Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
The Avenging Rider1943 · Director	Director
Sagebrush Law1943 · Director	Director
Outlaws of the Panhandle1941 · Director	Director
Prairie Schooners1940 · Director	Director
Bullets for Rustlers1940 · Director	Director
Pioneers of the Frontier1940 · Director	Director
Mandrake the Magician1940 · Director	Director
The Stranger from Texas1939 · Director	Director
Parents on Trial1939 · Director	Director
Konga, the Wild Stallion1939 · Director	Director
Overland with Kit Carson1939 · Director	Director
The Man from Sundown1939 · Director	Director
Western Caravans1939 · Director	Director
Mandrake the Magician1939 · Director	Director
North of the Yukon1939 · Director	Director
Texas Stampede1939 · Director	Director
The Thundering West1939 · Director	Director
Rio Grande1938 · Director	Director
West of the Santa Fe1938 · Director	Director
Colorado Trail1938 · Director	Director
South of Arizona1938 · Director	Director
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1938 · Director	Director
West of Cheyenne1938 · Director	Director
Law of the Plains1938 · Director	Director
Cattle Raiders1938 · Director	Director
Outlaws of the Prairie1937 · Director	Director
The Last Man1932 · Writer	Writer
The Menace1932 · Producer	Producer
Soldiers and Women1930 · Pvt. Delehanty	Pvt. Delehanty
TThe Little Savage1929 · Norton	Norton
TThe One Man Dog1929 · Larry	Larry
TThe Vagabond Cub1929 · Bob McDonald	Bob McDonald
The Circus Kid1928 · Tad	Tad
Crooks Can't Win1928 · Danny Malone	Danny Malone
The Swift Shadow1927 · Jim	Jim
TThe Boy Rider1927 · Terry McNeil	Terry McNeil
BBreed of Courage1927 · Alan Haliday	Alan Haliday