Director
Sam Nelson
May 11, 1896 · 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.
Notable work
Often works with
Dick Curtis
10 titles together
Mandrake the Magician, Rio Grande, Cattle Raiders
Charles Starrett
9 titles together
Rio Grande, Cattle Raiders, Outlaws of the Panhandle
Edmund Cobb
8 titles together
Sagebrush Law, Cattle Raiders, Prairie Schooners
Richard Fiske
8 titles together
Outlaws of the Panhandle, Prairie Schooners, Overland with Kit Carson
Bob Nolan
7 titles together
Rio Grande, Outlaws of the Panhandle, Bullets for Rustlers
Stanley Brown
5 titles together
Mandrake the Magician, Outlaws of the Panhandle, Overland with Kit Carson
Full filmography · 36
The Lady from Shanghai
as Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
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The Avenging Rider
Director
1943
Sagebrush Law
Director
1943
Outlaws of the Panhandle
Director
1941
Prairie Schooners
Director
1940
Bullets for Rustlers
Director
1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
Director
1940
Mandrake the Magician
Director
1940
The Stranger from Texas
Director
1939
Parents on Trial
Director
1939
Konga, the Wild Stallion
Director
1939
Overland with Kit Carson
Director
1939