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Ed Nelson

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  • 1928 - 2014

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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.

Birthday: 1928-12-21

Born At: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Casted In:

Judgment at Nuremberg
821
我是誰
8697
Runaway Jury
11329
Midway
11422
A Bucket of Blood
22642
Attack of the Crab Monsters
26946
Swamp Women
27344
Airport 1975
27932
Carnival Rock
43225
New Orleans Uncensored
44934
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
52199
The Brain Eaters
52204
Soldier in the Rain
53336
The Boneyard
58864
Rock All Night
85852
T-Bird Gang
94249
Teenage Caveman
97784
Bayou
104674
Night of the Blood Beast
109122
Deadly Weapon
116564
The Devil's Partner
125686
The Screaming Woman
134800
The Man from Galveston
148863
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
152423
Riding with Death
162042
The Cry Baby Killer
172237
The Young Captives
184961
Anatomy of a Seduction
193588
The Return of Frank Cannon
202973
The Missing Are Deadly
219389
Linda
248969
Along Came a Spider
252708
A Little Game
252713
Runaway!
252910
Superdome
264098
Valley of the Redwoods
268714
Murder in Peyton Place
274441
Acapulco Gold
300841
The Crash of Flight 401
326001
Doctors' Private Lives
352973
Leave Yesterday Behind
377090

Crewed In:

Attack of the Crab Monsters
26946
The Brain Eaters
52204
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