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Sam Nelson (1896-1963) was a director who worked from the end of the silent 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.[1]

Sam Nelson
Born	(1896-05-11)May 11, 1896 Whittier, California United States
Died	May 1, 1963(1963-05-01) (aged 66) Hollywood, California, United States
Occupation	Director
Years active	1925-1963

Filmography

(Per AFI database)[1]

Director

Assistant director

References

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