Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma! In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together. Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season, the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. He directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins, which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum. For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a WGA award nomination for best written musical. He later taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University in the late 1980s. He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor In A Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince. For contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1990, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nelson's star is located at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1920-03-24
Place of Birth: Astoria, Oregon, USA
Also Known As: Gene Berg, Eugene A. Nelson, Leander Eugene Berg

Movies List of Gene Nelson

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Tea for Two

1950 Movie
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Oklahoma!

1955 Movie
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Lullaby of Broadway

1951 Movie
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Dial 999

1955 Movie
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Crime Wave

1953 Movie
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The West Point Story

1950 Movie
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Timeslip

1955 Movie
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Starlift

1951 Movie
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20,000 Eyes

1961 Movie
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A Brand New Life

1973 Movie
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This Is the Army

1943 Movie
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S.O.B.

1981 Movie
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Second Fiddle

1939 Movie
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So This Is Paris

1954 Movie
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Thunder Island

1963 Movie
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The Walls of Jericho

1948 Movie
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Apartment for Peggy

1948 Movie
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The Purple Hills

1961 Movie
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Family Flight

1972 Movie