Ed Nelson

Personal Info

Birthday

December 21, 1928

Day of Death

2014-08-09

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Edwin Stafford Nelson

Ed Nelson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (born December 21, 1928) is an American actor.

Nelson has appeared in numerous television shows, more than fifty motion pictures, and hundreds of stage productions. Until 2005, he was teaching acting and screenwriting in his native New Orleans at two local universities there. Hurricane Katrina prompted him to move his family to Sterlington near Monroe in Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana.

Known For

Perry Mason

Dallas

Murder, She Wrote

MacGyver

Maverick

The Twilight Zone

Charlie's Angels

The Rockford Files

Filmography

2003
Runaway Jury
as George Dressler
1998
Who Am I?
as General Sharman
1996
Cries of Silence
as Dr. August Claiborne
1991
The Boneyard
as Jersey Callum
1989
Deadly Weapon
as General Stone
1987
Sworn to Silence
as Victor Handler
1986
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Governor Neilson
1985
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
as Dr. Michael Rossi
1982
Help Wanted: Male
as George Dobbs
1981
Born to Be Sold
as Carl Strickland
1980
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as President Harry S. Truman
The Return of Frank Cannon
as Mike Danvers
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
as Joseph Locordolos
1979
Anatomy of a Seduction
as Mark Kane
1978
The Crash of Flight 401
as Philip Mulwray
Leave Yesterday Behind
as Mr. Clarkson
Doctors' Private Lives
as Dr. Mike Wise
Superdome
as George Beldridge
1977
Murder in Peyton Place
as Dr. Michael Rossi
For the Love of Benji
as Chandler Dietrich
1976
Midway
as Admiral Harry Pearson
Acapulco Gold
as Ray Hollister
Riding with Death
as Robert Denby
1975
That's the Way of the World
as Carlton James
1974
Airport 1975
as Major John Alexander
Police Headquarters
as Lt. Calvin Zenger
Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Gene Kranz, Flight Director
1973
Linda
as Paul Reston
Runaway!
as Nick Staffo
Time to Run
as Warren Cole
1972
The Screaming Woman
as Carl Nesbitt
Brink of Disaster!
as Dr. Harden
1971
A Little Game
as Paul Hamilton
1970
Along Came a Spider
as Dr. Martin Becker
1963
The Man from Galveston
as Cole Marteen
Soldier in the Rain
as James Priest
1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
Devil's Partner
as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
1960
The Fatal Impulse
as Brundage
Valley of the Redwoods
as Dino Michaelis
1959
A Bucket of Blood
as Art Lacroix
T-Bird Gang
as Alex Hendricks
I, Mobster
as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
The Young Captives
as Norm Britt
1958
The Brain Eaters
as Dr. Paul Kettering
The Cry Baby Killer
as Rick Connor
Night of the Blood Beast
as Dave Randall
She Gods of Shark Reef
as Guard (uncredited)
Teenage Cave Man
as Blonde Tribe Member
1957
Teenage Doll
as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
Carnival Rock
as Cannon
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
as Tom
Bayou
as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Rock All Night
as Pete
Attack of the Crab Monsters
as Ensign Quinlan
1956
Swamp Women
as Police Sergeant
1955
New Orleans Uncensored
as Charlie