Ed Nelson
Like many character actors of his generation, Ed Nelson got his start working with the legendary B-movie director and producer Roger Corman, with small roles in deathless drive-in favorites such as the horror flick "Attack of the Crab Monsters," the sci-fi creature feature "Invasion of the Saucer Men," and the jukebox musical "Rock All Night." Soon, Nelson was elevated to co-starring roles in Corman's low-budget film factory--one of his highest-profile movies from this era, the creepy "Night of the Blood Beast," got the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" treatment decades later, and another, the campy art-world satire "A Bucket of Blood," is widely considered among the best of all of Corman's movies. As the '50s went on, Nelson began working regularly in television, often appearing in multiple guest-star roles over the course of a show's run. In '64, Nelson began the role he was to become best known for, as the kindly doctor Michael Rossi on the first successful nighttime soap opera, "Peyton Place"; he was one of the few actors who remained with the series for the length of its five-year run. When the series ended in '69, Nelson moved effortlessly back into his niche as a character actor specializing in authority-figure parts, including many made-for-TV movies. One of his few major film roles came in '77, as the villain in the family drama "For the Love of Benji." Nelson continued appearing in film and television well into the 21st century.
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Ed Nelson
Filmography
Movies
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67% |
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Who Am I? | General Sherman (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister Island | Dr. August Claiborne (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boneyard | Jersey Callum (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Deadly Weapon | Unknown (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sworn to Silence | Victor Handler (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Brenda Starr | President Harry S. Truman (Character) | $45.1K | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peyton Place: The Next Generation | Dr. Michael Rossi (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Help Wanted: Male | George Dobbs (Character) | - | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born to Be Sold | Carl Strickland (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | Joseph Locordolos (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superdome | George Beldridge (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Acapulco Gold | Hollister (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doctors' Private Lives | Dr. Mike Wise (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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For the Love of Benji | Chandler Dietrich (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder in Peyton Place | Dr. Michael Rossi (Character) | - | 1977 |
41% |
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Midway | Admiral Harry Pearson (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Riding With Death | Unknown (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet |
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Shining Star | Carlton James (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Missing Are Deadly | Dr. Margolin (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Headquarters | Unknown (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Gene Kranz (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Time to Run | Warren (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Linda | Paul Reston (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway! | Nick Staffo (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tenafly | Ted Harris (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Detour to Nowhere | Geoff Holden (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Screaming Woman | Carl Nesbitt (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Little Game | Paul Hamilton (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Along Came a Spider | Dr. Martin Becker (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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Soldier in the Rain | MP Sgt. James Priest (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man From Galveston | Cole Marteen (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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The Devil's Partner |
Nick Richards/ |
- | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Valley of the Redwoods | Dino Michaelis (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T-Bird Gang | Alex Hendricks (Character) | - | 1959 |
69% |
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A Bucket of Blood | Art Lacroix (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Young Captives | Norm Britt (Character) | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet |
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The Brain Eaters |
Dr. Paul Kettering (Character), Producer |
- | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Night of the Blood Beast | Dave Randall (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Teenage Doll |
Police Officer 'Dutch'/ |
- | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One and Only | Cannon (Character) | - | 1957 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Judge Willard Clinton (Guest Star) | 1987 1992 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 1990 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hotel | Mr. Harper (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Finder of Lost Loves | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CHiPs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rockford Files | Edgar 'Bud' Clement (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gibbsville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Lucky Harrison (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Styles (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Adam-12 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Robert Alan Hobbes (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Johnny Stringer (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alias Smith and Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sixth Sense | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Andy Carver (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Peyton Place | Mr. Michael Rossi (Character) | 1964-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Ward Nichols (Guest Star) | 1961 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Seth Owen (Guest Star) | 1959 1961-1962 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Steve Edson (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Combat! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1963 |
92% | 92% | The Outer Limits | Col. Luke Stone (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Dave Murcott (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dakotas | Lt. John Schwimmer (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Sable (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 1963 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Philip Redfield (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Virginian | Ralph Slocum (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Dr. Wade Parsons (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Law and Mr. Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thriller | Unknown (Character) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Jedrow (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Andy Thorpe (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Surfside 6 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown (Character) | 1960-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1961 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Hal Babcock (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Ringo | Chet Tomstedter (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marshal Dillon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |