Sam Nelson (1896-1963) was a director who worked from the end of the silent 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'', ''

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'', '' All the King's Men'', the original '' 3:10 to Yuma'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Spartacus''. In addition he appeared in over a dozen films in small roles.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)

Director

* '' Outlaws of the Prairie'' (1937) * '' Cattle Raiders'' (1938) * '' Law of the Plains'' (1938) * '' West of Cheyenne'' (1938) * ''

The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ''The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok'' (1938) is a Columbia Pictures movie serial. It was the fourth of the 57 serials released by Columbia and the studio's first Western serial. The serial was the first to be produced by Columbia person ...

'' (1938) * '' South of Arizona'' (1938) * '' The Colorado Trail'' (1938) * '' West of the Santa Fe'' (1938) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' Law of the Plains'' (1938) * '' North of the Yukon'' (1939) * '' Mandrake the Magician'' (1939) * '' Western Caravans'' (1939) * '' The Man from Sundown'' (1939) * '' Overland with Kit Carson'' (1939) * '' Konga, the Wild Stallion'' (1939) * '' Parents on Trial'' (1939) * '' The Stranger from Texas'' (1939) * '' The Thundering West'' (1939) * '' Pioneers of the Frontier'' (1940) * '' Bullets for Rustlers'' (1940) * ''

Prairie Schooners ''Prairie Schooners'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson, which stars Wild Bill Elliott, Evelyn Young, and Dub Taylor. Cast list * Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok * Evelyn Young as Virginia Benton * Dub Taylor as Cannon ...

'' (1940) * '' Outlaws of the Panhandle'' (1941) * '' Sagebrush Law'' (1943) * ''

The Avenging Rider ''The Avenging Rider'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940 ...

'' (1943)

Assistant director

* ''

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'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Dog Law'' (1928) * '' The Fightin' Redhead'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Little Buckaroo'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' Mexicali Rose'' (1929) * '' The Song of Love'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Yellowback'' (1929) * '' The Melody Man'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Guilty?'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Rain or Shine'' (1930) * '' A Royal Romance'' (1930) * '' Way Back Home'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Washington Merry-Go-Round'' (1932) * '' The Night Club Lady'' (1932) * '' No More Orchids'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * '' As the Devil Commands'' (1932) * '' The Fighting Code'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' Ann Carver's Profession'' (1933) * '' When Strangers Marry'' (1933) * '' More Than a Secretary'' (1936) * '' Pennies From Heaven'' (1936) * '' They Met in a Taxi'' (1936) * '' The Old Wyoming Trail'' (1937) * '' Life Begins with Love'' (1937) * '' Let's Get Married'' (1937) * '' Murder in Greenwich Village'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * '' Venus Makes Trouble'' (1937) * '' Girls Can Play'' (1937) * '' The Game That Kills'' (1937) * '' Women in Prison'' (1938) * '' The Thundering West'' (1939) * '' Texas Stampede'' (1939) * '' Only Angels Have Wings'' (1939) * ''

'' (1940) * '' International Lady'' (1941) * '' The Corsican Brothers'' (1942) * '' Bandit Ranger'' (1942) * '' Friendly Enemies'' (1942) * '' A Gentleman After Dark'' (1942) * '' Fighting Frontier'' (1943) * ''

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'' (1943) * '' Lady of Burlesque'' (1943) * '' The North Star'' (1943) * '' The Outlaw'' (1943) * '' The Hairy Ape'' (1944) * '' Guest in the House'' (1944) * '' Take It Big'' (1944) * ''

'' (1945) * '' Delightfully Dangerous'' (1945) * '' Getting Gertie's Garter'' (1945) * '' Strange Holiday'' (1945) * '' A Walk in the Sun'' (1946) * '' Gallant Journey'' (1946) * '' I've Always Loved You'' (1946) * '' The Return of Monte Cristo'' (1946) * '' The Walls Came Tumbling Down'' (1946) * '' It Had to Be You'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' The Lady from Shanghai'' (1948) * '' The Return of October'' (1948) * '' Triple Threat'' (1948) * '' The Doolins of Oklahoma'' (1949) * '' Tell It to the Judge'' (1949) * '' The Walking Hills'' (1949) * '' All the King's Men'' (1950) * '' Cargo to Capetown'' (1950) * '' No Sad Songs for Me'' (1950) * '' The Brave Bulls'' (1951) * '' The Family Secret'' (1951) * '' My True Story'' (1951) * '' Santa Fe'' (1951) * '' Two of a Kind'' (1951) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1953) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' The Member of the Wedding'' (1953) * '' Conquest of Cochise'' (1953) * '' Miss Sadie Thompson'' (1954) * '' The Iron Glove'' (1954) * '' Jesse James vs. the Daltons'' (1954) * '' Three Hours to Kill'' (1954) * '' They Rode West'' (1954) * '' My Sister Eileen'' (1955) * '' The Violent Men'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1956) * ''

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'' (1956) * '' The White Squaw'' (1956) * '' The Last Frontier'' (1956) * '' Reprisal!'' (1956) * '' Don't Knock the Rock'' (1957) * '' Decision at Sundown'' (1957) * '' The Man Who Turned to Stone'' (1957) * '' The Tall T'' (1957) * '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (1957) * '' Cowboy'' (1958) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Gunman's Walk'' (1958) * ''

Good Day for a Hanging ''Good Day for a Hanging'' is a 1959 American B Western film directed by Nathan H. Juran and starring Fred MacMurray and Margaret Hayes. Plot Eddie Campbell ( Robert Vaughn) and two other members of an outlaw band watch a stagecoach as it t ...

'' (1959) * '' The Flying Fontaines'' (1959) * ''

'' (1959) * '' Let No Man Write My Epitaph'' (1960) * '' Comanche Station'' (1960) * '' By Love Possessed'' (1961) * ''

'' (1961) * '' The Wackiest Ship in the Army'' (1961) * '' Don't Knock the Twist'' (1962) * '' The Wild Westerners'' (1962) * '' Sail a Crooked Ship'' (1962) * '' Experiment in Terror'' (1962) * ''

13 Frightened Girls ''13 Frightened Girls'' (also known as ''The Candy Web'') is a 1963 Pathécolor Cold War spy film directed and produced by William Castle. Kathy Dunn stars as a teenage sleuth who finds herself embroiled in international espionage. Castle, who ...

'' (1963) * '' Diamond Head'' (1963)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Sam American film directors 1896 births 1963 deaths People from Whittier, California