Gene Nelson

Actor

Born: March 24, 1920
Died: September 16, 1996 (age 76)
From: Astoria, Oregon, USA

Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his…

Filmography (36)

S.O.B. (1981)
Clive Lytell
The Letters (1973)
Director
A Brand New Life (1973)
Harry
Family Flight (1972)
Aircraft Carrier Captain
Wake Me When the War Is Over (1969)
Director
The Cool Ones (1967)
Director
Where's Everett? (1966)
Director
Harum Scarum (1965)
Director
Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Director
Kissin' Cousins (1964)
Director
Archie (1964)
Director
Thunder Island (1963)
Billy Poole
Hootenanny Hoot! (1963)
Director
Hand of Death (1962)
Director
The Purple Hills (1961)
Gil Shepard
20,000 Eyes (1961)
Dan Warren
Dial 999 (1955)
Greg Carradine
Timeslip (1955)
Mike Delaney
Oklahoma! (1955)
Will Parker
So This Is Paris (1954)
Al Howard
Three Sailors and a Girl (1953)
Twitch
Crime Wave (1953)
Steve Lacey
She's Back on Broadway (1953)
Gordon Evans
She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)
Don Weston
Starlift (1951)
Gene Nelson
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine (1951)
Ted
Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Tom Farnham
The West Point Story (1950)
Hal Courtland
Tea for Two (1950)
Tommy Trainor
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Doug Martin