Ed Nelson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 21, 1928
- Died
- Aug 9, 2014 (aged 85)
- Place of birth
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Credits
- 144
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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.
Known for
Runaway Jury
2003Movie
George Dressler
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986Movie
Governor Neilson
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Philip Redfield
Who Am I?
1998Movie
General Sharman
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961Movie
Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
MacGyver
1985TV
Arthur Bandel
Filmography
Runaway Jury
2003Movie
George Dressler
Who Am I?
1998Movie
General Sharman
Cries of Silence
1996Movie
Dr. August Claiborne
The Boneyard
1991Movie
Jersey Callum
Deadly Weapon
1989Movie
General Stone
Jake and the Fatman
1987TV
D.A. Marcus Packard
J.J. Starbuck
1987TV
Sworn to Silence
1987Movie
Victor Handler
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986Movie
Governor Neilson
MacGyver
1985TV
Arthur Bandel
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985Movie
Dr. Michael Rossi
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb, Judge Willard Clinton, Henry Post, Mayor Albert Simpson, Carl Turnball
Finder of Lost Loves
1984TV
Bill Garnett
Matt Houston
1982TV
Hotel
1982TV
Capitol
1982TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982TV
Sgt. Steingrove
Help Wanted: Male
1982Movie
George Dobbs
Born to Be Sold
1981Movie
Carl Strickland
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980Movie
President Harry S. Truman
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980Movie
Mike Danvers
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980Movie
Joseph Locordolos
Hagen
1980TV
Trapper John, M.D.
1979TV
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979Movie
Mark Kane
Doctors' Private Lives
1979TV
The Crash of Flight 401
1978Movie
Philip Mulwray
Vega$
1978TV
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978Movie
Mr. Clarkson
Dallas
1978TV
Jeb Amos
Doctors' Private Lives
1978Movie
Dr. Mike Wise
Superdome
1978Movie
George Beldridge
Murder in Peyton Place
1977Movie
Dr. Michael Rossi
Lou Grant
1977TV
Logan's Run
1977TV
Dr. Rowan
CHiPs
1977TV
A Little Game
1977Movie
Paul Hamilton
For the Love of Benji
1977Movie
Chandler Dietrich
Gibbsville
1976TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976TV
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
George Starrett
Midway
1976Movie
Admiral Harry Pearson
Acapulco Gold
1976Movie
Ray Hollister
The Bionic Woman
1976TV
Riding with Death
1976Movie
Robert Denby
That's the Way of the World
1975Movie
Carlton James
The Missing Are Deadly
1975Movie
Airport 1975
1974Movie
Major John Alexander
Police Woman
1974TV
The Rockford Files
1974TV
Edgar 'Bud' Clement, Blake Sternlight
Police Headquarters
1974Movie
Lt. Calvin Zenger
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974Movie
Gene Kranz, Flight Director
Linda
1973Movie
Paul Reston
Runaway!
1973Movie
Nick Staffo
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Larry Kinner
Time to Run
1973Movie
Warren Cole
Kung Fu
1972TV
Sheriff Walter Raha
Search
1972TV
The Screaming Woman
1972Movie
Carl Nesbitt
The Sixth Sense
1972TV
Brink of Disaster!
1972Movie
Dr. Harden
Cannon
1971TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971TV
Night Gallery
1970TV
Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
The Silent Force
1970TV
Along Came a Spider
1970Movie
Dr. Martin Becker
Medical Center
1969TV
Hank
The Mod Squad
1968TV
Adam-12
1968TV
Abe Strayhorn
Ironside
1967TV
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Van Cleve
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Walter Swenson, Hamilton
Peyton Place
1964TV
Michael Rossi
The Man from Galveston
1963Movie
Cole Marteen
Soldier in the Rain
1963Movie
James Priest
Redigo
1963TV
Channing
1963TV
Deke Allison
The Fugitive
1963TV
Paul Clements, Steve Edson
The Outer Limits
1963TV
Col. Luke Stone
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
The Dakotas
1963TV
The Gallant Men
1962TV
Stoney Burke
1962TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962TV
Tom Keller, Alex Trevor
The Virginian
1962TV
Ralph Slocum
Saints and Sinners
1962TV
Ray
Sam Benedict
1962TV
Neil Bracket
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961Movie
Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
The New Breed
1961TV
Jefty Bright, Roger Sykes
Dr. Kildare
1961TV
Dr. Keith Judge
87th Precinct
1961TV
Devil's Partner
1961Movie
Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
Cain's Hundred
1961TV
Peter Stull
The Fatal Impulse
1960Movie
Brundage
Surfside 6
1960TV
Checkmate
1960TV
Chuck Palmer, Gil Stoneham
The Aquanauts
1960TV
Chris Garland
Thriller
1960TV
Brundage, Charlie, Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean
The Tall Man
1960TV
Coronado 9
1960TV
Code of Silence
1960Movie
Valley of the Redwoods
1960Movie
Dino Michaelis
A Bucket of Blood
1959Movie
Art Lacroix
T-Bird Gang
1959Movie
Alex Hendricks
The Detectives
1959TV
The Rebel
1959TV
Chad, The Stalker, Clint Mowbree, Doug
Johnny Ringo
1959TV
Kirk, Tomstedter
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Philip Redfield
Laramie
1959TV
Sable
Riverboat
1959TV
Jim Tyler
Tightrope
1959TV
The Young Captives
1959Movie
Norm Britt
I, Mobster
1959Movie
Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
Black Saddle
1959TV
Lee Coogan, Roy Corey
Rawhide
1959TV
Lt. Cory Clemens, Sam Weber, Chuck Whittaker
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
Bat Masterson
1958TV
Jedrow, Browder
The Rifleman
1958TV
The Brain Eaters
1958Movie
Dr. Paul Kettering
Hot Car Girl
1958Movie
Cop #2
Cry Baby Killer
1958Movie
Rick Connor
Night of the Blood Beast
1958Movie
Dave Randall
She Gods of Shark Reef
1958Movie
Guard (uncredited)
Teenage Cave Man
1958Movie
Blonde Tribe Member
Street of Darkness
1958Movie
Slavo
Tombstone Territory
1957TV
Cowboy
Harbor Command
1957TV
Maverick
1957TV
2nd Classmate (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957TV
Ward Nichols, Dirk Blake
M Squad
1957TV
Lenny Maston
Teenage Doll
1957Movie
Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957TV
Carnival Rock
1957Movie
Cannon
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957Movie
Tom
Bayou
1957Movie
Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Rock All Night
1957Movie
Pete
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957Movie
Ensign Quinlan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Nelson, Jack Bowen, Tantasi, Vince Harwell, Albie
Swamp Women
1956Movie
Police Sergeant
Highway Patrol
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Lee Prentice, Rusk, Perce, Seth, Burt Cury, Tom
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955TV
New Orleans Uncensored
1955Movie
Charlie
The Steel Trap
1952Movie
Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)