- ^ a b "Sam Nelson". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 20, 2017.
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Sam Nelson | |
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| Born | May 11, 1896 Whittier, California United States |
| Died | May 1, 1963 (aged 66) Hollywood, California, United States |
| Occupation | Director |
| Years active | 1925-1963 |
Sam Nelson (1896-1963) was a director who worked from the end of the silent 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.[1]