Ed Nelson
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Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor.
Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating, he took a position as a director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By 1956, acting became his central focus and he moved to the Los Angeles area. Early in his career he worked with famed B-movie producer Roger Corman on such Corman films as Cry Baby Killers, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Cave Man and Attack of the Crab Monsters. In 1958 he participated in Bruno VeSota's science fiction horror film The Brain Eaters.
His early television career featured many guest starring roles in such series as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Harbor Command, Tombstone Territory, Tightrope, The Blue Angels (as arrogant flight instructor Lieutenant Dayl Martin), Laramie, COronado 9, The Eleventh Hour, Bonanza, Thriller (US TV series), and Channing, an ABC drama about college life.
In 1964 he won his most famous role portraying Dr. Michael Rossi on the ABC drama Peyton Place, which ran from 1964 to 1969. Nelson's fellow cast members included Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, and Dorothy Malone. Dr. Rossi proved to be so popular that by 1968, he became the lead actor on the show. Nelson reprised his role in two made-for-TV movies, Murder in Peyton Place and Peyton Place: The Next Generation.
After Peyton Place ended, Nelson worked in many more productions of all varieties, including starring role in many movies of the week, a second TV series, "The Silent Force," and a popular morning talk show which he hosted for three years.
Soon after, Nelson struck gold with his critically acclaimed portrayal of elusive pit crew chief Robert Denby in the hit film Riding with Death (1976), earning him several prestigious accolades and legions of devoted fans.
Fotos
Películas (62)
Runaway Jury
2003 · George Dressler
Who Am I?
1998 · General Sharman
Cries of Silence
1996 · Dr. August Claiborne
The Boneyard
1991 · Jersey Callum
Deadly Weapon
1989 · General Stone
Sworn to Silence
1987 · Victor Handler
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Governor Neilson
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985 · Dr. Michael Rossi
Help Wanted: Male
1982 · George Dobbs
Born to Be Sold
1981 · Carl Strickland
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980 · President Harry S. Truman
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · Mike Danvers
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980 · Joseph Locordolos
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 · Mark Kane
The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · Philip Mulwray
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978 · Mr. Clarkson
Doctors' Private Lives
1978 · Dr. Mike Wise
Superdome
1978 · George Beldridge
Murder in Peyton Place
1977 · Dr. Michael Rossi
A Little Game
1977 · Paul Hamilton
For the Love of Benji
1977 · Chandler Dietrich
Midway
1976 · Admiral Harry Pearson
Acapulco Gold
1976 · Ray Hollister
Riding with Death
1976 · Robert Denby
That's the Way of the World
1975 · Carlton James
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
Airport 1975
1974 · Major John Alexander
Police Headquarters
1974 · Lt. Calvin Zenger
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974 · Gene Kranz, Flight Director
Linda
1973 · Paul Reston
Runaway!
1973 · Nick Staffo
Time to Run
1973 · Warren Cole
The Screaming Woman
1972 · Carl Nesbitt
Brink of Disaster!
1972 · Dr. Harden
Along Came a Spider
1970 · Dr. Martin Becker
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Cole Marteen
Soldier in the Rain
1963 · James Priest
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
Devil's Partner
1961 · Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
The Fatal Impulse
1960 · Brundage
Code of Silence
1960
Valley of the Redwoods
1960 · Dino Michaelis
A Bucket of Blood
1959 · Art Lacroix
T-Bird Gang
1959 · Alex Hendricks
The Young Captives
1959 · Norm Britt
I, Mobster
1959 · Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
The Brain Eaters
1958 · Dr. Paul Kettering, Producer
Hot Car Girl
1958 · Cop #2
Cry Baby Killer
1958 · Rick Connor
Night of the Blood Beast
1958 · Dave Randall
She Gods of Shark Reef
1958 · Guard (uncredited)
Teenage Cave Man
1958 · Blonde Tribe Member
Street of Darkness
1958 · Slavo
Teenage Doll
1957 · Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
Carnival Rock
1957 · Cannon
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957 · Tom
Bayou
1957 · Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Rock All Night
1957 · Pete
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957 · Ensign Quinlan, Special Effects
Swamp Women
1956 · Police Sergeant
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Charlie
The Steel Trap
1952 · Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)
Series (82)
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · D.A. Marcus Packard
J.J. Starbuck
1987
MacGyver
1985 · Arthur Bandel
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb, Judge Willard Clinton, Henry Post, Mayor Albert Simpson, Carl Turnball
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · Bill Garnett
Matt Houston
1982
Hotel
1982
Capitol
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Sgt. Steingrove
Hagen
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Doctors' Private Lives
1979
Vega$
1978
Dallas
1978 · Jeb Amos
Lou Grant
1977
Logan's Run
1977 · Dr. Rowan
CHiPs
1977
Gibbsville
1976
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976 · George Starrett
The Bionic Woman
1976
Police Woman
1974
The Rockford Files
1974 · Edgar 'Bud' Clement, Blake Sternlight
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Larry Kinner
Kung Fu
1972 · Sheriff Walter Raha
Search
1972
The Sixth Sense
1972
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970 · Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
The Silent Force
1970
Medical Center
1969 · Hank
The Mod Squad
1968
Adam-12
1968 · Abe Strayhorn
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966 · Van Cleve
The F.B.I.
1965 · Walter Swenson, Hamilton
Peyton Place
1964 · Michael Rossi
Redigo
1963
Channing
1963 · Deke Allison
The Fugitive
1963 · Paul Clements, Steve Edson
The Outer Limits
1963 · Col. Luke Stone
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Dakotas
1963
The Gallant Men
1962
Stoney Burke
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Alex Trevor, Tom Keller
The Virginian
1962 · Ralph Slocum
Saints and Sinners
1962 · Ray
Sam Benedict
1962 · Neil Bracket
The New Breed
1961 · Jefty Bright, Roger Sykes
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Keith Judge
87th Precinct
1961
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Peter Stull
Surfside 6
1960
Checkmate
1960 · Gil Stoneham, Chuck Palmer
The Aquanauts
1960 · Chris Garland
Thriller
1960 · Brundage, Charlie, Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean
The Tall Man
1960
Coronado 9
1960
The Detectives
1959
The Rebel
1959 · Chad, Doug, The Stalker, Clint Mowbree
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Kirk, Tomstedter
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Philip Redfield
Laramie
1959 · Sable
Riverboat
1959 · Jim Tyler
Tightrope
1959
Black Saddle
1959 · Lee Coogan, Roy Corey
Rawhide
1959 · Lt. Cory Clemens, Sam Weber, Chuck Whittaker
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958 · Jedrow, Browder
The Rifleman
1958
Tombstone Territory
1957 · Cowboy
Harbor Command
1957
Maverick
1957 · 2nd Classmate (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957 · Ward Nichols, Dirk Blake
M Squad
1957 · Lenny Maston
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Nelson, Jack Bowen, Albie, Tantasi, Vince Harwell
Highway Patrol
1955
Gunsmoke
1955 · Lee Prentice, Rusk, Perce, Seth, Burt Cury, Tom
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955