Sam Nelson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSam Nelson
American director
Date of Birth: 11-May-1896
Place of Birth: Whittier, California, United States
Date of Death: 01-May-1963
Profession: assistant director
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Sam Nelson
- 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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