Gene Nelson
Born in Astoria, Oregon, USA — Mar 24 1920• Died Sep 16 1996
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Biography
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, a…
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Star Trek
Directing
Murder, She Wrote
Louis Metcalf
Ironside
The Andy Griffith Show
Directing
Quincy, M.E.
Directing
Have Gun, Will Travel
Hawaii Five-O
Directing
Climax!
Jess Shepard
Maverick
Jim Hazlit
Fantasy Island
Directing
Starsky & Hutch
Directing
Studio One
Trout
The Rifleman
Directing
Matinee Theater
The F.B.I.
Directing
Cannon
Directing
Burke's Law
Rick Mason
F Troop
Directing
Rawhide
The Donna Reed Show
Directing
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Rookies
Directing
I Dream of Jeannie
Directing
Barnaby Jones
Directing
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Dancer
Bat Masterson
Whit Morrison
Felony Squad
Directing
Black Saddle
Wickes
The Mod Squad
Gilligan's Island
Directing
Gunsmoke
Hob Cannon
The Streets of San Francisco
Laredo
Directing
12 O'Clock High
Directing
Lancer
Directing
The Millionaire
Lt. Steven Q. Forrest
Ghost Story
Steve
The Detectives
The Farmer's Daughter
Directing
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Your Show of Shows
Law of the Plainsman
Hardy O'Hara
Men Into Space
Vacation Playhouse
Directing
Philip Marlowe
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Robert
The Invisible Man
Directing
Eischied
Directing
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
The San Pedro Beach Bums
Directing
Blondie
Directing
Salvage 1
Directing
S.O.B.
Clive Lytell
General Electric Theater
The Silent Force
Directing
Oklahoma!
Will Parker
Shirley
Directing
Crime Wave
Steve Lacey
The American Girls
Directing
Destry
Directing
Kissin' Cousins
Directing
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self
This Is the Army
Soldier (uncredited)
The Cool Ones
Directing
Second Fiddle
Minor Role
Tea for Two
Tommy Trainor
The Walls of Jericho
Legal Assistant
The Letters
Directing
Starlift
Gene Nelson
Apartment for Peggy
Jerry (uncredited)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Directing
Family Flight
Aircraft Carrier Captain
Hand of Death
Directing
Three Sailors and a Girl
Twitch
Thunder Island
Billy Poole
Lullaby of Broadway
Tom Farnham
So This Is Paris
Al Howard
Timeslip
Mike Delaney
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Tommy Yale
20,000 Eyes
Dan Warren
The West Point Story
Hal Courtland
Harum Scarum
Directing
Hootenanny Hoot
Directing
Dial 999
Greg Carradine
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Doug Martin
A Brand New Life
Harry
She's Working Her Way Through College
Don Weston
Your Cheatin' Heart
Directing
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Ted
The Purple Hills
Gil Shepard
Where's Everett?
Directing
Everything Happens at Night
Skater
She's Back on Broadway
Gordon Evans
Archie
Directing