Sam Nelson was a director and assistant director who worked from the end of the silent era right up 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.
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Known For
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Assistant Director
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Assistant Director
The Outlaw
(1943)
Assistant Director
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Assistant Director
Comanche Station
(1960)
Assistant Director
The Tall T
(1957)
Assistant Director
Cowboy
(1958)
Assistant Director
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Assistant Director
All the King's Men
(1949)
Assistant Director
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Assistant Director
And Then There Were None
(1945)
Assistant Director
Experiment in Terror
(1962)
Assistant Director
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Assistant Director
Decision at Sundown
(1957)
Assistant Director
By Love Possessed
(1961)
Assistant Director
Reprisal!
(1956)
Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Midnight Flyer
(1925)
Assistant Director
Mexicali Rose
(1929)
Assistant Director
Rain or Shine
(1930)
Assistant Director
Way Back Home
(1931)
Assistant Director
The Miracle Woman
(1931)
Assistant Director
Washington Merry-Go-Round
(1932)
Assistant Director
No More Orchids
(1932)
Assistant Director
Ann Carver's Profession
(1933)
Assistant Director
Pennies from Heaven
(1936)
Assistant Director
Outlaws of the Prairie
(1937)
Director
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
(1938)
Director
West of the Santa Fe
(1938)
Director
Rio Grande
(1938)
Director
Colorado Trail
(1938)
Director
Mandrake the Magician
(1939)
Director
Overland with Kit Carson
(1939)
Director
Konga, the Wild Stallion
(1939)
Director
The Man from Sundown
(1939)
Director
The Stranger from Texas
(1939)
Director
Western Caravans
(1939)
Director
Texas Stampede
(1939)
Director
Parents on Trial
(1939)
Director
North of the Yukon
(1939)
Director
Bullets for Rustlers
(1940)
Director
Pioneers of the Frontier
(1940)
Director
Prairie Schooners
(1940)
Director
Mandrake the Magician
(1940)
Director
Outlaws of the Panhandle
(1941)
Director
The Corsican Brothers
(1941)
Assistant Director
Sagebrush Law
(1943)
Director
The Avenging Rider
(1943)
Director
Jack London
(1943)
Assistant Director
The Outlaw
(1943)
Assistant Director
Guest in the House
(1944)
Assistant Director
A Walk in the Sun
(1945)
Assistant Director
And Then There Were None
(1945)
Assistant Director
Gallant Journey
(1946)
Assistant Director
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Assistant Director
It Had to Be You
(1947)
Assistant Director
All the King's Men
(1949)
Assistant Director
Tell It to the Judge
(1949)
Assistant Director
The Walking Hills
(1949)
Assistant Director
The Doolins of Oklahoma
(1949)
Assistant Director
No Sad Songs for Me
(1950)
Assistant Director
Santa Fe
(1951)
Assistant Director
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Assistant Director
Three Hours to Kill
(1954)
Assistant Director
The Violent Men
(1955)
Assistant Director
My Sister Eileen
(1955)
Assistant Director
The Last Frontier
(1955)
Assistant Director
Reprisal!
(1956)
Assistant Director
Don't Knock The Rock
(1956)
Assistant Director
The White Squaw
(1956)
Assistant Director
3:10 to Yuma
(1957)
Assistant Director
The Man Who Turned to Stone
(1957)
Assistant Director
The Tall T
(1957)
Assistant Director
Decision at Sundown
(1957)
Assistant Director
Rusty Romeos
(1957)
Assistant Director
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Assistant Director
Cowboy
(1958)
Assistant Director
Fifi Blows Her Top
(1958)
Assistant Director
Some Like It Hot
(1959)
Assistant Director
Good Day for a Hanging
(1959)
Assistant Director
Comanche Station
(1960)
Assistant Director
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1960)
Assistant Director
A Raisin in the Sun
(1961)
Assistant Director
By Love Possessed
(1961)
Assistant Director
Experiment in Terror
(1962)
Assistant Director
Acting
Breed of Courage
(1927)
Alan Haliday
The Circus Kid
(1928)
Tad
The Vagabond Cub
(1929)
Bob McDonald
The Little Savage
(1929)
Norton
Soldiers and Women
(1930)
Pvt. Delehanty
The Lady from Shanghai
(1947)
Captain of Yacht Circe (uncredited)
Production
Crew