Jack Claude Nelson (October 15, 1888 – March 18, 1969) was an American actor and

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

of the

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. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1910 and 1935. He also directed 58 films between 1920 and 1935.

Selected filmography

* '' If My Country Should Call'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916) * '' Pasquale'' (1916) * '' A Jewel in Pawn'' (1917) * '' The Spotted Lily'' (1917) * ''

The Lash of Power ''The Lash of Power'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Harry Solter and starring Kenneth Harlan, Carmel Myers and Helen Wright.Shull p.218 Cast * Kenneth Harlan as John Rand * Carmel Myers as Marion Sherwood * Helen Wright a ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Flash of Fate ''The Flash of Fate'' is a 1918 American silent thriller film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Sally Starr and Jack Nelson.Parish & Pitts p.71 Cast * Herbert Rawlinson as Randolph Shorb * Sally Starr as Mary Freeman ...

'' (1918) * '' Winner Takes All'' (1918) * '' When Do We Eat?'' (1918) * ''

The Haunted Bedroom ''The Haunted Bedroom'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kin ...

'' (1919) * '' Love Madness'' (1920) * ''

I Am Guilty ''I Am Guilty'' () is a 2005 German drama film directed by Christoph Hochhäusler. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Constantin von Jascheroff as Armin Steeb * Manfred Zapatka as Martin S ...

'' (1921) * ''

Rough Riding Romance ''Rough Riding Romance'' is a lost 1919 American silent Western film directed by Arthur Rosson and starring cowboy Tom Mix. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Phineas Dobbs (Mix), c ...

'' (1924) * '' The Covered Trail'' (1924) * '' Battling Mason'' (1924) * '' Midnight Secrets'' (1924) * '' A Fighting Heart'' (1924) * '' After a Million'' (1924) * '' The Wall Street Whiz'' (1925) * '' He Who Laughs Last'' (1925) * ''

The Mysterious Stranger ''The Mysterious Stranger'' is a novella by the American author Mark Twain. He worked on it intermittently from 1897 through 1908. Twain wrote multiple versions of the story; each involves a supernatural character called "Satan" or "No. 44", enc ...

'' (1925) * ''

Sunshine of Paradise Alley ''Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson (actor), Jack Nelson and starring Barbara Bedford (actress), Barbara Bedford, Kenneth MacDonald (American actor), Kenneth MacDonald, and Max ...

'' (1926) * ''

Hair-Trigger Baxter ''Hair-Trigger Baxter'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Bob Custer, Eugenia Gilbert and Lew Meehan. Cast * Bob Custer as Baxter Brant * Eugenia Gilbert as Rose Moss * Lew Meehan as Mont Blake * Mu ...

'' (1926) * '' The Valley of Bravery'' (1926) * ''

The Mile-a-Minute Man ''The Mile-a-Minute Man'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Jack Nelson and starring William Fairbanks, Virginia Brown Faire, and George Periolat. It was produced by the independent Gotham Pictures. The plot revolves around ...

'' (1926) * '' The Devil's Gulch'' (1926) * '' The Dead Line'' (1926) * '' The Call of the Wilderness'' (1926) * '' Beyond the Rockies'' (1926) * '' Say It with Diamonds'' (1927) * '' Life of an Actress'' (1927) * '' The Fighting Hombre'' (1927) * '' Bulldog Pluck'' (1927) * ''

The Shamrock and the Rose ''The Shamrock and the Rose'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Mack Swain, Olive Hasbrouck, and Edmund Burns.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 92 It was one of a series of film presenting inter-community romance b ...

'' (1927) * ''

Tarzan the Mighty ''Tarzan the Mighty'' is a 1928 American silent action film serial directed by Jack Nelson and Ray Taylor. It was nominally based on the collection ''Jungle Tales of Tarzan'' by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The film is now considered to be lost. ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Diamond Master ''The Diamond Master'' is a 1929 film serial directed by Jack Nelson. The film is considered to be lost. It is based on a story by Jacques Futrelle who was one of the 1,500 victims in the Titanic disaster in 1912. Cast * Hayden Stevenson as ...

'' (1929) * ''

Two-Gun Caballero ''Two-Gun Caballero'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Jack Nelson and starring Robert Frazer, Consuelo Dawn and Carmen Laroux.Pitts p.182 Cast * Robert Frazer as Bob Blake - posing as Lopez * Consuelo Dawn as Sally Thompson * ...

'' (1931)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nelson, Jack 1882 births 1948 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Film directors from Tennessee 20th-century American male actors Male actors from Memphis, Tennessee