Cast
Ed Nelson
Acting
Cast
Ed Nelson
Known for
Acting
Born
1928-12-21
From
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
2014-08-09
Also known as Edwin Stafford Nelson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 β 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.
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MOVIE1998
Who Am I?
as General Sharman
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5.8
MOVIE1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Governor Neilson
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6.9
MOVIE2003
Runaway Jury
as George Dressler
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6.6
MOVIE1976
Midway
as Admiral Harry Pearson
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8.0
MOVIE1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
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5.8
MOVIE1974
Airport 1975
as Major John Alexander
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5.6
MOVIE1961
Devil's Partner
as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
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MOVIE1978
Doctors' Private Lives
as Dr. Mike Wise
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6.6
MOVIE1959
A Bucket of Blood
as Art Lacroix
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5.8
MOVIE1979
Anatomy of a Seduction
as Mark Kane
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4.3
MOVIE1989
Deadly Weapon
as General Stone
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5.6
MOVIE1963
The Man from Galveston
as Cole Marteen
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3.9
MOVIE1958
Night of the Blood Beast
as Dave Randall
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5.8
MOVIE1958
Cry Baby Killer
as Rick Connor
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6.8
MOVIE1972
The Screaming Woman
as Carl Nesbitt
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8.0
MOVIE1972
Brink of Disaster!
as Dr. Harden
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4.1
MOVIE1958
Teenage Cave Man
as Blonde Tribe Member
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1.0
MOVIE1960
The Fatal Impulse
as Brundage
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6.0
MOVIE1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as President Harry S. Truman
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6.8
MOVIE1978
The Crash of Flight 401
as Philip Mulwray
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6.5
MOVIE1963
Soldier in the Rain
as James Priest
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MOVIE1958
Hot Car Girl
as Cop #2
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6.6
MOVIE1975
That's the Way of the World
as Carlton James
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5.5
MOVIE1957
Rock All Night
as Pete
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4.7
MOVIE1978
Superdome
as George Beldridge
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6.6
MOVIE1959
I, Mobster
as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
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5.2
MOVIE1978
Leave Yesterday Behind
as Mr. Clarkson
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4.9
MOVIE1958
The Brain Eaters
as Dr. Paul Kettering
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5.3
MOVIE1955
New Orleans Uncensored
as Charlie
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7.0
MOVIE1987
Sworn to Silence
as Victor Handler
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3.2
MOVIE1958
She Gods of Shark Reef
as Guard (uncredited)
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7.5
MOVIE1977
Murder in Peyton Place
as Dr. Michael Rossi
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4.9
MOVIE1957
Invasion of the Saucer Men
as Tom
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2.9
MOVIE1976
Riding with Death
as Robert Denby
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5.8
MOVIE1970
Along Came a Spider
as Dr. Martin Becker
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4.6
MOVIE1981
Born to Be Sold
as Carl Strickland
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3.5
MOVIE1957
Bayou
as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
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6.6
MOVIE1952
The Steel Trap
as Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE1959
T-Bird Gang
as Alex Hendricks
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7.0
MOVIE1975
The Missing Are Deadly
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5.7
MOVIE1991
The Boneyard
as Jersey Callum
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5.8
MOVIE1977
For the Love of Benji
as Chandler Dietrich
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5.2
MOVIE1957
Attack of the Crab Monsters
as Ensign Quinlan
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7.3
MOVIE1996
Cries of Silence
as Dr. August Claiborne
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5.4
MOVIE1957
Teenage Doll
as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
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3.5
MOVIE1956
Swamp Women
as Police Sergeant
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6.0
MOVIE1982
Help Wanted: Male
as George Dobbs
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7.5
MOVIE1977
A Little Game
as Paul Hamilton
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6.5
MOVIE1980
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Mike Danvers
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4.7
MOVIE1957
Carnival Rock
as Cannon
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5.7
MOVIE1973
Runaway!
as Nick Staffo
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7.0
MOVIE1959
The Young Captives
as Norm Britt
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3.8
MOVIE1976
Acapulco Gold
as Ray Hollister
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5.5
MOVIE1980
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
as Joseph Locordolos
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5.0
MOVIE1973
Time to Run
as Warren Cole
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6.5
MOVIE1960
Valley of the Redwoods
as Dino Michaelis
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8.0
MOVIE1973
Linda
as Paul Reston
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7.5
MOVIE1974
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Gene Kranz, Flight Director
MOVIE1974
Police Headquarters
as Lt. Calvin Zenger
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6.0
MOVIE1960
Code of Silence
MOVIE1985
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
as Dr. Michael Rossi