Gene Nelson

Acting •1920-03-24 •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 first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma! In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together. Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season, the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. He directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins, which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum. For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a WGA award nomination for best written musical. He later taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University in the late 1980s. He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor In A Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince. For contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1990, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nelson's star is located at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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代表作

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1948 · Jerry (uncredited)

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 · Self

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

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女作家与谋杀案

1984 •Louis Metcalf

影城噩梦

1981 •Clive Lytell

Salvage 1

1979 •Director

Eischied

1979 •Director

Shirley

1979 •Director

Fantasy Island

1978 •Director

The American Girls

1978 •Director

The San Pedro Beach Bums

1977 •Director

Quincy, M.E.

1976 •Director

The Invisible Man

1975 •Director

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1975 •Director

A Brand New Life

1973 •Harry

The Letters

1973 •Director

Barnaby Jones

1973 •Director

Family Flight

1972 •Aircraft Carrier Captain

旧金山风物记

1972

鬼故事

1972 •Steve

The Rookies

1972 •Director

Cannon

1971 •Director

The Silent Force

1970 •Director

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969 •Director

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969 •Producer

The Mod Squad

1968

Blondie

1968 •Director

Lancer

1968 •Director

The Mod Squad

1968 •Director

Hawaii Five-O

1968 •Director

无敌铁探长

1967

The Cool Ones

1967 •Director

无敌铁探长

1967 •Director

Where's Everett?

1966 •Director

星际迷航：原初

1966 •Director

Felony Squad

1966 •Director

玉面猫禁苑称雄

1965 •Director

太空仙女恋

1965 •Director

Laredo

1965 •Director

F Troop

1965 •Director

The F.B.I.

1965 •Director

亲亲表兄妹

1964 •Director

Your Cheatin' Heart

1964 •Director

亲亲表兄妹

1964 •Screenplay

Archie

1964 •Director

吉利根岛

1964 •Director

12 O'Clock High

1964 •Director

Destry

1964 •Director

Thunder Island

1963 •Billy Poole

Burke's Law

1963 •Rick Mason

Burke's Law

1963 •Danny Swift

Hootenanny Hoot

1963 •Director

Burke's Law

1963 •Director

The Farmer's Daughter

1963 •Director

Vacation Playhouse

1963 •Director

约翰尼·卡森今夜秀

1962 •Self

Hand of Death

1962 •Director

20,000 Eyes

1961 •Dan Warren

The Purple Hills

1961 •Gil Shepard

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 •Self

安迪·格里菲斯秀

1960 •Director

Philip Marlowe

1959

Rawhide

1959

Men Into Space

1959

Black Saddle

1959 •Wickes

Law of the Plainsman

1959 •Hardy O'Hara

The Detectives

1959

The Bell Telephone Hour

1959 •Self

Bat Masterson

1958 •Whit Morrison

唐娜·里德秀

1958 •Director

The Rifleman

1958 •Director

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Maverick

1957 •Jim Hazlit

The Steve Allen Show

1956 •Self - Dancer

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956 •Self

俄克拉荷马

1955 •Will Parker

Dial 999

1955 •Greg Carradine

时间误差

1955 •Mike Delaney

Gunsmoke

1955 •Hob Cannon

The Millionaire

1955 •Lt. Steven Q. Forrest

Matinee Theater

1955

Gunsmoke

1955 •Foss

Gunsmoke

1955 •Hutch

So This Is Paris

1954 •Al Howard

Climax!

1954 •Jess Shepard

警网重重

1953 •Steve Lacey

She's Back on Broadway

1953 •Gordon Evans

Three Sailors and a Girl

1953 •Twitch

General Electric Theater

1953

She's Working Her Way Through College

1952 •Don Weston

百老汇女郎

1951 •Tom Farnham

Starlift

1951 •Gene Nelson

Painting The Clouds With Sunshine

1951 •Ted

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 •Robert

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

鸳鸯茶

1950 •Tommy Trainor

西点军校的故事

1950 •Hal Courtland

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 •Doug Martin

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 •Self

Your Show of Shows

1950

The Walls of Jericho

1948 •Legal Assistant

Apartment for Peggy

1948 •Jerry (uncredited)

Studio One

1948 •Trout

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 •Self

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

1947 •Tommy Yale

This Is the Army

1943 •Soldier (uncredited)

副手

1939 •Minor Role

Everything Happens at Night

1939 •Skater