Ed Nelson
Edwin Stafford Nelson (born December 21, 1928 in New Orleans , Louisiana - † August 9, 2014 in Greensboro , North Carolina ) was an American actor .
Life
Nelson attended Tulane University , but dropped out of his sophomore year and moved to New York City in 1952 . There he studied directing at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique . After graduation, he returned to New Orleans, where he worked as an assistant director for the television station WDSU-TV. In 1956 he met the B-movie - producer Roger Corman , who his monster movie in Louisiana Four women in the swamp turned. Nelson, who had previously worked as an extra in Die Stahlfalle with Joseph Cotten in 1952 , was given a supporting role as a police officer and worked in thirteen other B-films by Cormans until 1959.
From the late 1950s he played increasingly in television productions and had guest roles in numerous western series such as West of Santa Fé , Maverick , Bonanza , Thousand Miles of Dust , Smoking Colts and At the foot of the Blue Mountains . However, he has appeared in other genres such as 77 Sunset Strip , On the Run, and Perry Mason .
In 1964 he got alongside Ryan O'Neal and Mia Farrow one of the leading roles in the soap opera Peyton Place based on the film Embers under the Ashes . Until the series was discontinued in 1969, he played the role of Michael Rossi in 453 episodes . He then played a few small supporting roles in films such as Giants in the Sky and Battle for Midway and was still a popular guest star in such diverse series formats as The Streets of San Francisco , Dallas , Lou Grant , Alias Smith and Jones , A Colt for All Cases and Murder is her hobby .
Nelson was a member of the Screen Actors Guild and ran for chairmanship in 1985; however, he was defeated by Patty Duke . He was also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . He was married and had six children, including actor Christopher S. Nelson .
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: The Steel Trap
- 1956: Four Women in the Swamp (Swamp Women)
- 1958: Night of the Blood Beast
- 1958: Gangster No. 1 (I Mobster)
- 1959: The Legacy of Professor Bondi (A Bucket of Blood)
- 1959: The Young Captives
- 1960: Elmer Gantry (Elmer Gantry)
- 1961: The Judgment at Nuremberg
- 1970: Along Came a Spider
- 1974: Giants in the sky (Airport 1975)
- 1976: Battle for Midway (Midway)
- 1978: Heroin Connection (Acapulco Gold)
- 1980: Enola Gay : The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
- 1985–1995: Murder is her hobby (TV series, five episodes)
- 1986: Police Academy 3 - ... and nobody can stop you (Police Academy 3: Back in Training)
- 1991: Boneyard (The Boneyard)
- 1996: Cries of Silence
- 1998: Jackie Chan is Nobody (Wo shi shei)
- 2003: The verdict - everyone is for sale (Runaway Jury)
Web links
- Ed Nelson in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography at Flixster (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ed Nelson, a Star of 'Peyton Place,' Dies at 85
- ↑ IMDb (English)
- ↑ Ocala Star-Banner from November 6, 1985 (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nelson, Ed |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nelson, Edwin Stafford (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |
DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2014 |
Place of death | Greensboro, North Carolina |