
Born
March 24, 1920
Died
September 16, 1996
Place of Birth
Astoria, Oregon, USA
Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family 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…

S.O.B.
1981

A Brand New Life
1973

Family Flight
1972

Thunder Island
1963

The Purple Hills
1961

20,000 Eyes
1961

Dial 999
1955

Timeslip
1955

Oklahoma!
1955

So This Is Paris
1954

Three Sailors and a Girl
1953

Crime Wave
1953

She's Back on Broadway
1953

She's Working Her Way Through College
1952

Starlift
1951

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
1951

Lullaby of Broadway
1951

The West Point Story
1950

Tea for Two
1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950

The Walls of Jericho
1948

Apartment for Peggy
1948

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947

This Is the Army
1943

Everything Happens at Night
1939

Second Fiddle
1939

Murder, She Wrote
1984

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Ghost Story
1972

The Mod Squad
1968

Ironside
1967

Burke's Law
1963

Burke's Law
1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Detectives
1959

Philip Marlowe
1959

Law of the Plainsman
1959

Men Into Space
1959

The Bell Telephone Hour
1959

Black Saddle
1959

Rawhide
1959

Bat Masterson
1958

Maverick
1957

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957

The Steve Allen Show
1956
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956

Matinee Theater
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

The Millionaire
1955

Climax!
1954

General Electric Theater
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

Your Show of Shows
1950

Studio One
1948

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948