Ed Nelson
Known for Acting · 144 credits
- Born
- 1928-12-21
- Died
- 2014-08-09
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Also known as
- Edwin Stafford Nelson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (83)
Perry Mason
1957
as Ward Nichols / Dirk Blake
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb / Judge Willard Clinton / Henry Post / Mayor Albert Simpson / Carl Turnball
Dallas
1978
as Jeb Amos
The Fugitive
1963
as Paul Clements / Steve Edson
MacGyver
1985
as Arthur Bandel
Ironside
1967
Adam-12
1968
as Abe Strayhorn
Maverick
1957
as 2nd Classmate (uncredited)
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Charlie's Angels
1976
as George Starrett
The Rifleman
1958
Mission: Impossible
1966
as Van Cleve
The Virginian
1962
as Ralph Slocum
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Philip Redfield
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Tom Keller / Alex Trevor
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Keith Judge
The Rockford Files
1974
as Edgar 'Bud' Clement / Blake Sternlight
Hotel
1982
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Nelson / Jack Bowen / Tantasi / Vince Harwell / Albie
Cannon
1971
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
The F.B.I.
1965
as Walter Swenson / Hamilton
Rawhide
1959
as Lt. Cory Clemens / Sam Weber / Chuck Whittaker
Police Woman
1974
Cagney & Lacey
1982
as Sgt. Steingrove
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as D.A. Marcus Packard
Medical Center
1969
as Hank
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Larry Kinner
Lou Grant
1977
Capitol
1982
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Night Gallery
1970
as Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Lee Prentice / Rusk / Perce / Seth / Burt Cury / Tom
The Outer Limits
1963
as Col. Luke Stone
Bat Masterson
1958
as Jedrow / Browder
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Thriller
1960
as Brundage / Charlie / Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean
Matt Houston
1982
Vega$
1978
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Highway Patrol
1955
The Rebel
1959
as Chad / The Stalker / Clint Mowbree / Doug
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Surfside 6
1960
The Bionic Woman
1976
Laramie
1959
as Sable
M Squad
1957
as Lenny Maston
The Mod Squad
1968
CHiPs
1977
The Detectives
1959
Checkmate
1960
as Chuck Palmer / Gil Stoneham
The Tall Man
1960
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Cowboy
Riverboat
1959
as Jim Tyler
Black Saddle
1959
as Lee Coogan / Roy Corey
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Peter Stull
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Bill Garnett
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Kirk / Tomstedter
Arrest and Trial
1963
Movies (61)
Midway
1976
as Admiral Harry Pearson
Who Am I?
1998
as General Sharman
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986
as Governor Neilson
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
Runaway Jury
2003
as George Dressler
Airport 1975
1974
as Major John Alexander
I, Mobster
1959
as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
as President Harry S. Truman
Teenage Doll
1957
as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979
as Mark Kane
Riding with Death
1976
as Robert Denby
Linda
1973
as Paul Reston
Superdome
1978
as George Beldridge
Doctors' Private Lives
1978
as Dr. Mike Wise
Deadly Weapon
1989
as General Stone
Devil's Partner
1961
as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980
as Joseph Locordolos
Night of the Blood Beast
1958
as Dave Randall
Murder in Peyton Place
1977
as Dr. Michael Rossi
Acapulco Gold
1976
as Ray Hollister
The Screaming Woman
1972
as Carl Nesbitt
Swamp Women
1956
as Police Sergeant
A Little Game
1977
as Paul Hamilton
A Bucket of Blood
1959
as Art Lacroix
Soldier in the Rain
1963
as James Priest
For the Love of Benji
1977
as Chandler Dietrich
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957
as Ensign Quinlan
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957
as Tom
Bayou
1957
as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
The Crash of Flight 401
1978
as Philip Mulwray
The Brain Eaters
1958
as Dr. Paul Kettering
Teenage Cave Man
1958
as Blonde Tribe Member
The Boneyard
1991
as Jersey Callum
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
Rock All Night
1957
as Pete
That's the Way of the World
1975
as Carlton James
The Man from Galveston
1963
as Cole Marteen
The Steel Trap
1952
as Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)
T-Bird Gang
1959
as Alex Hendricks
Help Wanted: Male
1982
as George Dobbs
The Young Captives
1959
as Norm Britt
Born to Be Sold
1981
as Carl Strickland
Hot Car Girl
1958
as Cop #2
Carnival Rock
1957
as Cannon
Valley of the Redwoods
1960
as Dino Michaelis
Cry Baby Killer
1958
as Rick Connor
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
as Mike Danvers
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974
as Gene Kranz, Flight Director
Runaway!
1973
as Nick Staffo
Police Headquarters
1974
as Lt. Calvin Zenger
She Gods of Shark Reef
1958
as Guard (uncredited)
Cries of Silence
1996
as Dr. August Claiborne
The Fatal Impulse
1960
as Brundage
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978
as Mr. Clarkson
New Orleans Uncensored
1955
as Charlie
Along Came a Spider
1970
as Dr. Martin Becker
Time to Run
1973
as Warren Cole
Sworn to Silence
1987
as Victor Handler
Code of Silence
1960
Brink of Disaster!
1972
as Dr. Harden
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
as Dr. Michael Rossi
About Ed Nelson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 Bab… With 144 credits spanning from 1952 to 2003, Ed Nelson has appeared in 61 films and 83 TV shows.
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- Midway (1976) — as Admiral Harry Pearson
- Who Am I? (1998) — as General Sharman
- Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) — as Governor Neilson
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) — as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
- Runaway Jury (2003) — as George Dressler
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