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Sam Nelson
Born May 11, 1896 Whttier, California, USA
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
Directed Films
10.0
The Avenging Rider
1943·Western
6.7
Sagebrush Law
1943·Music
7.5
Outlaws of the Panhandle
1941·Western
8.0
Prairie Schooners
1940·Western
7.0
Bullets for Rustlers
1940·Western
9.0
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940·Western
5.0
Mandrake the Magician
1940·Action
8.0
The Stranger from Texas
1939·Western
8.0
Parents on Trial
1939·Drama
10.0
Konga, the Wild Stallion
1939·Western
5.3
Overland with Kit Carson
1939·Western
10.0
The Man from Sundown
1939·Western
7.0
Western Caravans
1939·Western
5.9
Mandrake the Magician
1939·Action
7.0
North of the Yukon
1939·Western
7.0
Texas Stampede
1939·Western
8.0
The Thundering West
1939·Western
4.7
Rio Grande
1938·Western
7.0
West of the Santa Fe
1938·Western
8.0
Colorado Trail
1938·Western
7.0
South of Arizona
1938·Drama
9.0
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938·Western
7.0
West of Cheyenne
1938·Western
8.0
Law of the Plains
1938·Western
