Sam Nelson

Director

Born: May 11, 1896
Died: May 1, 1963 (age 66)
From: 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,…

Filmography (36)

The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
The Avenging Rider (1943)
Director
Sagebrush Law (1943)
Director
Outlaws of the Panhandle (1941)
Director
Prairie Schooners (1940)
Director
Bullets for Rustlers (1940)
Director
Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)
Director
Mandrake the Magician (1940)
Director
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
Director
Parents on Trial (1939)
Director
Konga, the Wild Stallion (1939)
Director
Overland with Kit Carson (1939)
Director
The Man from Sundown (1939)
Director
Western Caravans (1939)
Director
Mandrake the Magician (1939)
Director
North of the Yukon (1939)
Director
Texas Stampede (1939)
Director
The Thundering West (1939)
Director
Rio Grande (1938)
Director
West of the Santa Fe (1938)
Director
Colorado Trail (1938)
Director
South of Arizona (1938)
Director
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938)
Director
West of Cheyenne (1938)
Director
Law of the Plains (1938)
Director
Cattle Raiders (1938)
Director
Outlaws of the Prairie (1937)
Director
Soldiers and Women (1930)
Pvt. Delehanty
The Little Savage
The Little Savage (1929)
Norton
The One Man Dog
The One Man Dog (1929)
Larry