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Sam Nelson

Directing·May 11, 1896·† May 1, 1963 — 66 years old·Whttier, California, USA

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.

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Known For

Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai

3:10 to Yuma

3:10 to Yuma

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

The Tall T

The Tall T

Experiment in Terror

Experiment in Terror

Comanche Station

Comanche Station

The Outlaw

The Outlaw

Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

Cowboy

Cowboy

Filmography · 97

1987What's LoveSpecial Effects 1962Experiment in TerrorAssistant Director 1961By Love PossessedAssistant Director 1961A Raisin in the SunAssistant Director 1960The Wackiest Ship in the ArmyAssistant Director 1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphAssistant Director 1960Comanche StationAssistant Director 1959Some Like It HotAssistant Director 1959Good Day for a HangingAssistant Director 1958The Last HurrahAssistant Director 1958Fifi Blows Her TopAssistant Director 1958CowboyAssistant Director 1957Decision at SundownAssistant Director 1957Rusty RomeosAssistant Director 19573:10 to YumaAssistant Director 1957The Tall TAssistant Director 1957The Man Who Turned to StoneAssistant Director 1956Don't Knock The RockAssistant Director 1956Reprisal!Assistant Director 1956The White SquawAssistant Director 1955The Last FrontierAssistant Director 1955My Sister EileenAssistant Director 1955The Violent MenAssistant Director 1954Three Hours to KillAssistant Director 1952Affair in TrinidadAssistant Director 1951Santa FeAssistant Director 1950No Sad Songs for MeAssistant Director 1949Tell It to the JudgeAssistant Director 1949All the King's MenAssistant Director 1949The Doolins of OklahomaAssistant Director 1949The Walking HillsAssistant Director 1948The Return of OctoberAssistant Director 1947The Lady from ShanghaiCaptain of Yacht Circe (uncredited) · Assistant Director 1947It Had to Be YouAssistant Director 1946Gallant JourneyAssistant Director 1945A Walk in the SunAssistant Director 1945And Then There Were NoneAssistant Director 1944Guest in the HouseAssistant Director 1943Jack LondonAssistant Director 1943The Avenging RiderDirector 1943Sagebrush LawDirector 1943The OutlawAssistant Director 1942Bandit RangerSecond Unit 1941The Corsican BrothersAssistant Director 1941Outlaws of the PanhandleDirector 1940Prairie SchoonersDirector 1940Bullets for RustlersDirector 1940Pioneers of the FrontierDirector 1940Mandrake the MagicianDirector 1939The Stranger from TexasDirector 1939Parents on TrialDirector 1939Konga, the Wild StallionDirector 1939Overland with Kit CarsonDirector 1939The Man from SundownDirector 1939Western CaravansDirector 1939Mandrake the MagicianDirector 1939North of the YukonDirector 1939Texas StampedeDirector 1939The Thundering WestDirector 1938Rio GrandeDirector 1938West of the Santa FeDirector 1938Colorado TrailDirector 1938South of ArizonaDirector 1938The Great Adventures of Wild Bill HickokDirector 1938West of CheyenneDirector 1938Law of the PlainsDirector 1938Cattle RaidersDirector 1937Outlaws of the PrairieDirector 1936Pennies from HeavenAssistant Director 1933Ann Carver's ProfessionAssistant Director 1932No More OrchidsAssistant Director 1932VirtueAssistant Director 1932Washington Merry-Go-RoundAssistant Director 1932The Last ManWriter 1932The MenaceProducer 1931Way Back HomeAssistant Director 1931The Miracle WomanAssistant Director 1930Rain or ShineAssistant Director 1930Soldiers and WomenPvt. Delehanty 1930Guilty?Assistant Director 1930PersonalityAssistant Director 1929Mexicali RoseAssistant Director 1929Song of LoveAssistant Director 1929The Little SavageNorton 1929The One Man DogLarry 1929The Vagabond CubBob McDonald 1929The YellowbackAssistant Director 1928The Circus KidTad 1928The Fightin' RedheadAssistant Director 1928Crooks Can't WinDanny Malone 1928Driftin' SandsAssistant Director 1927The Swift ShadowJim 1927The Boy RiderTerry McNeil 1927Breed of CourageAlan Haliday 1927Her Father Said NoAssistant Director 1926Red Hot HoofsAssistant Director 1925The Midnight FlyerAssistant Director

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