Biography
Ed Nelson
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 w…
Career works
144
Movies
61
Series
83
Career average
6.4/10
Birth date
12/21/1928
Place of birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date of death
08/09/2014
Filmography highlights
Movies
Runaway Jury
2003 · 6.9
Who Am I?
1998 · 7.1
Cries of Silence
1996 · 7.3
The Boneyard
1991 · 5.7
Deadly Weapon
1989 · 4.3
Sworn to Silence
1987 · 7.0
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · 5.8
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985
Help Wanted: Male
1982 · 6.0
Born to Be Sold
1981 · 4.6
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980 · 6.0
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · 6.5
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980 · 5.5
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 · 5.8
The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · 6.8
Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · 6.2
J.J. Starbuck
1987 · 6.0
MacGyver
1985 · 7.7
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · 6.8
Matt Houston
1982 · 6.3
Hotel
1982 · 6.8
Capitol
1982 · 6.3
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · 6.9
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Hagen
1980 · 7.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · 6.6
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Doctors' Private Lives
1979
Vega$
1978 · 6.9
Dallas
1978 · 6.9
Lou Grant
1977 · 7.3