Directing

Sam Nelson

Born 1896-05-11 · Whttier, California, USA · Died 1963-05-01

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

Known for

Some Like It Hot★ 8.1
Some Like It Hot
1959
The Miracle Woman★ 6.7
The Miracle Woman
1931
And Then There Were None★ 7
And Then There Were None
1945
The Outlaw★ 5.5
The Outlaw
1943
A Raisin in the Sun★ 7.6
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
The Lady from Shanghai★ 7.4
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
All the King's Men★ 7
All the King's Men
1949
The Tall T★ 6.9
The Tall T
1957
Experiment in Terror★ 7.1
Experiment in Terror
1962
3:10 to Yuma★ 7.2
3:10 to Yuma
1957
Good Day for a Hanging★ 6.1
Good Day for a Hanging
1959
Comanche Station★ 6.6
Comanche Station
1960
The Corsican Brothers★ 6.8
The Corsican Brothers
1941
A Walk in the Sun★ 5.8
A Walk in the Sun
1945
The Last Hurrah★ 7.1
The Last Hurrah
1958
Cowboy★ 6.3
Cowboy
1958
My Sister Eileen★ 6.7
My Sister Eileen
1955
Affair in Trinidad★ 6.4
Affair in Trinidad
1952
The Violent Men★ 6.4
The Violent Men
1955
Decision at Sundown★ 6.5
Decision at Sundown
1957
The Walking Hills★ 5.8
The Walking Hills
1949
By Love Possessed★ 5.1
By Love Possessed
1961
The Man Who Turned to Stone★ 4.4
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
Santa Fe★ 6.8
Santa Fe
1951
Mandrake the Magician★ 5.5
Mandrake the Magician
1939
The Doolins of Oklahoma★ 7.1
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Reprisal!★ 7
Reprisal!
1956
Jack London★ 5.8
Jack London
1943
The Wackiest Ship in the Army★ 6
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1960
Guest in the House★ 4.2
Guest in the House
1944
Mexicali Rose★ 5.1
Mexicali Rose
1929
The Circus Kid
The Circus Kid
1928
The White Squaw★ 6
The White Squaw
1956
Bandit Ranger★ 3.5
Bandit Ranger
1942
Sagebrush Law
Sagebrush Law
1943
No Sad Songs for Me★ 6.6
No Sad Songs for Me
1950
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1938
Rio Grande★ 3
Rio Grande
1938
Washington Merry-Go-Round★ 6.7
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932
North of the Yukon
North of the Yukon
1939