Sam Nelson

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Directed

1. Mandrake the Magician (1939) — Director
2. Sagebrush Law (1943) — Director
3. Rio Grande (1938) — Director
4. Cattle Raiders (1938) — Director
5. Overland with Kit Carson (1939) — Director
6. Outlaws of the Prairie (1937) — Director
7. Prairie Schooners (1940) — Director
8. Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941) — Director
9. The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938) — Director
10. Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939) — Director
11. Bullets for Rustlers (1940) — Director
12. The Man from Sundown (1939) — Director
13. West of the Santa Fe (1938) — Director
14. The Stranger from Texas (1939) — Director
15. Pioneers of the Frontier (1940) — Director
16. Western Caravans (1939) — Director
17. Texas Stampede (1939) — Director
18. Parents on Trial (1939) — Director
19. North of the Yukon (1939) — Director
20. The Avenging Rider (1943) — Director
21. Mandrake the Magician (1940) — Director
22. Colorado Trail (1938) — Director
23. The Thundering West (1939) — Director
24. Law of the Plains (1938) — Director
25. South of Arizona (1938) — Director
26. West of Cheyenne (1938) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) — Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
2. Soldiers and Women (1930) — Pvt. Delehanty
3. Breed of Courage (1927) — Alan Haliday
4. The Little Savage (1929) — Norton
5. The Circus Kid (1928) — Tad
6. The Swift Shadow (1927) — Jim
7. The Boy Rider (1927) — Terry McNeil
8. Crooks Can't Win (1928) — Danny Malone
9. The One Man Dog (1929) — Larry
10. The Vagabond Cub (1929) — Bob McDonald