Ed Nelson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 1928-12-21

Died: 2014-08-09

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	New Orleans Uncensored	Charlie	45
2	1956	Swamp Women	Police Sergeant	35
3	1957	Attack of the Crab Monsters	Ensign Quinlan	51
4	1957	Rock All Night	Pete	57
5	1957	Invasion of the Saucer-Men	Tom	48
6	1957	Bayou	Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)	26
7	1957	Carnival Rock	Cannon	44
8	1957	Teenage Doll	Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man	50
9	1958	Teenage Cave Man	Blonde Tribe Member	39
10	1958	Night of the Blood Beast	Dave Randall	37
11	1958	She Gods of Shark Reef	Guard (uncredited)	32
12	1958	The Cry Baby Killer	Rick Connor	55
13	1958	The Brain Eaters	Dr. Paul Kettering	48
14	1959	The Young Captives	Norm Britt	50
15	1959	I, Mobster	Sid - Henchman (uncredited)	65
16	1959	T-Bird Gang	Alex Hendricks	47
17	1959	A Bucket of Blood	Art Lacroix	65
18	1960	Valley of the Redwoods	Dino Michaelis	50
19	1960	Code of Silence		50
20	1960	The Fatal Impulse	Brundage	0
21	1961	Devil's Partner	Nick Richards / Pete Jensen	53
22	1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)	80
23	1963	Soldier in the Rain	James Priest	63
24	1963	The Man from Galveston	Cole Marteen	52
25	1970	Along Came a Spider	Dr. Martin Becker	43
26	1971	A Little Game	Paul Hamilton	67
27	1972	Brink of Disaster!	Dr. Harden	60
28	1972	The Screaming Woman	Carl Nesbitt	67
29	1973	Time to Run	Warren Cole	43
30	1973	Runaway!	Nick Staffo	53
31	1973	Linda	Paul Reston	60
32	1974	Houston, We've Got a Problem	Gene Kranz, Flight Director	60
33	1974	Police Headquarters	Lt. Calvin Zenger	0
34	1974	Airport 1975	Major John Alexander	57
35	1975	The Missing Are Deadly		50
36	1975	That's the Way of the World	Carlton James	62
37	1976	Riding with Death	Robert Denby	26
38	1976	Acapulco Gold	Ray Hollister	37
39	1976	Midway	Admiral Harry Pearson	66
40	1977	For the Love of Benji	Chandler Dietrich	55
41	1977	Murder in Peyton Place	Dr. Michael Rossi	50
42	1978	Superdome	George Beldridge	41
43	1978	Doctors' Private Lives	Dr. Mike Wise	0
44	1978	Leave Yesterday Behind	Mr. Clarkson	62
45	1978	The Crash of Flight 401	Philip Mulwray	75
46	1979	Anatomy of a Seduction	Mark Kane	55
47	1980	The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything	Joseph Locordolos	55
48	1980	The Return of Frank Cannon	Mike Danvers	62
49	1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb	President Harry S. Truman	57
50	1981	Born to Be Sold	Carl Strickland	44
51	1982	Help Wanted: Male	George Dobbs	50
52	1985	Peyton Place: The Next Generation	Dr. Michael Rossi	0
53	1986	Police Academy 3: Back in Training	Governor Neilson	58
54	1987	Sworn to Silence	Victor Handler	60
55	1989	Deadly Weapon	General Stone	42
56	1991	The Boneyard	Jersey Callum	57
57	1996	Cries of Silence	Dr. August Claiborne	75
58	1998	Who Am I?	General Sharman	71
59	2003	Runaway Jury	George Dressler	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp		68
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Lee Prentice	66
3	1955	Gunsmoke	Rusk	66
4	1955	Gunsmoke	Perce	66
5	1955	Gunsmoke	Seth	66
6	1955	Gunsmoke	Burt Cury	66
7	1955	Gunsmoke	Tom	66
8	1955	Highway Patrol		58
9	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Nelson	55
10	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Jack Bowen	55
11	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Tantasi	55
12	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Vince Harwell	55
13	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Albie	55
14	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
15	1957	M Squad	Lenny Maston	52
16	1957	Perry Mason	Ward Nichols	77
17	1957	Perry Mason	Dirk Blake	77
18	1957	Maverick		68
19	1957	Maverick	2nd Classmate (uncredited)	68
20	1957	Harbor Command		40
21	1957	Tombstone Territory	Cowboy	60
22	1958	The Rifleman		70
23	1958	Bat Masterson	Jedrow	61
24	1958	Bat Masterson	Browder	61
25	1958	77 Sunset Strip		67
26	1959	Rawhide	Lt. Cory Clemens	72
27	1959	Rawhide	Sam Weber	72
28	1959	Rawhide	Chuck Whittaker	72
29	1959	Black Saddle	Lee Coogan	60
30	1959	Black Saddle	Roy Corey	60
31	1959	Tightrope		55
32	1959	Riverboat	Jim Tyler	62
33	1959	Laramie	Sable	64
34	1959	Johnny Ringo	Kirk	57
35	1959	The Twilight Zone	Philip Redfield	85
36	1959	Johnny Ringo	Tomstedter	57
37	1959	The Rebel	Chad	51
38	1959	The Rebel	The Stalker	51
39	1959	The Rebel	Clint Mowbree	51
40	1959	The Rebel	Doug	51
41	1959	The Detectives		56
42	1960	Coronado 9		60
43	1960	The Tall Man		63
44	1960	Thriller	Brundage	64
45	1960	Thriller	Charlie	64
46	1960	Thriller	Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean	64
47	1960	The Aquanauts	Chris Garland	55
48	1960	Checkmate	Chuck Palmer	41
49	1960	Checkmate	Gil Stoneham	41
50	1960	Surfside 6		50
51	1961	Cain's Hundred	Peter Stull	47
52	1961	87th Precinct		75
53	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. Keith Judge	55
54	1961	The New Breed	Jefty Bright	70
55	1961	The New Breed	Roger Sykes	70
56	1962	Sam Benedict		60
57	1962	Saints and Sinners	Ray	60
58	1962	The Virginian	Ralph Slocum	65
59	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Tom Keller	78
60	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Alex Trevor	78
61	1962	Stoney Burke		57
62	1962	The Gallant Men		60
63	1963	The Dakotas		57
64	1963	Arrest and Trial		77
65	1963	The Outer Limits	Col. Luke Stone	78
66	1963	The Fugitive	Paul Clements	72
67	1963	The Fugitive	Steve Edson	72
68	1963	Channing	Deke Allison	70
69	1963	Redigo		50
70	1964	Peyton Place	Michael Rossi	66
71	1965	The F.B.I.	Walter Swenson	55
72	1965	The F.B.I.	Hamilton	55
73	1966	Mission: Impossible		76
74	1967	Ironside		68
75	1968	Adam-12	Abe Strayhorn	70
76	1968	The Mod Squad		63
77	1969	Medical Center	Hank	61
78	1970	The Silent Force		50
79	1970	Night Gallery	Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)	78
80	1971	Alias Smith and Jones		69
81	1971	Cannon		65
82	1972	The Sixth Sense		63
83	1972	Search		69
84	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
85	1972	Kung Fu	Sheriff Walter Raha	77
86	1973	Barnaby Jones	Larry Kinner	69
87	1974	Police Woman		63
88	1974	The Rockford Files	Edgar 'Bud' Clement	75
89	1974	The Rockford Files	Blake Sternlight	75
90	1976	The Bionic Woman		70
91	1976	Charlie's Angels	George Starrett	67
92	1976	Quincy, M.E.		75
93	1976	Gibbsville		0
94	1977	CHiPs		68
95	1977	Logan's Run		65
96	1977	Lou Grant		73
97	1978	Dallas	Jeb Amos	69
98	1978	Vega$		70
99	1979	Doctors' Private Lives		0
100	1979	Trapper John, M.D.		65
101	1980	Hagen		50
102	1982	Cagney & Lacey	Sgt. Steingrove	69
103	1982	Capitol		57
104	1982	Hotel		68
105	1982	Matt Houston		62
106	1984	Finder of Lost Loves	Bill Garnett	57
107	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb	75
108	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Judge Willard Clinton	75
109	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Henry Post	75
110	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Mayor Albert Simpson	75
111	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Carl Turnball	75
112	1985	MacGyver	Arthur Bandel	77
113	1987	Jake and the Fatman	D.A. Marcus Packard	60
114	1987	J.J. Starbuck		50

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