Sam Nelson

Born: 1896-05-11

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


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The Lady from Shanghai

as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-24

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

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Soldiers and Women

as Pvt. Delehanty
Released: 1930-04-30

Captain Clive Branch, United States Marine Corps, is stationed at a Marine base in Haiti, and is...

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The Circus Kid

as Tad
Released: 1928-10-07

In 'The Circus Kid', Buddy, an orphan who runs away from a a harsh orphanage, joins...

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