Gene Nelson
Birthday
1920/03/24
Day of death
1996/09/16 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Astoria, Oregon, USA
Also know as
Gene Berg, Eugene A. Nelson, Leander Eugene Berg
Biography
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 Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onsta...Read more
Acting
(1950) Tea for Two
as Tommy Trainor
(1955) Oklahoma!
as Will Parker
(1951) Lullaby of Broadway
as Tom Farnham
(1955) Dial 999
as Greg Carradine
(1953) Crime Wave
as Steve Lacey
(1950) The West Point Story
as Hal Courtland
(1955) Timeslip
as Mike Delaney
(1950) The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Doug Martin
(1952) She's Working Her Way Through College
as Don Weston
(1953) She's Back on Broadway
as Gordon Evans
(1951) Starlift
as Gene Nelson
(1961) 20,000 Eyes
as Dan Warren
(1953) Three Sailors and a Girl
as Twitch
(1973) A Brand New Life
as Harry
(1951) Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Ted
(1943) This Is the Army
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1981) S.O.B.
as Clive Lytell
(1939) Second Fiddle
as Minor Role
(1939) Everything Happens at Night
as Skater
(1947) I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
as Tommy Yale
(1954) So This Is Paris
as Al Howard
(1963) Thunder Island
as Billy Poole
(1948) The Walls of Jericho
as Legal Assistant
(1948) Apartment for Peggy
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1961) The Purple Hills
as Gil Shepard
(1972) Family Flight
as Aircraft Carrier Captain
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Louis Metcalf
(1963) Burke's Law
as Rick Mason
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hob Cannon
(1948) Studio One
as Trout
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1953) General Electric Theater
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Robert
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1959) Philip Marlowe
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as ---
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Lt. Steven Q. Forrest
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as ---
(1950) Your Show of Shows
as ---
(1954) Climax!
as Jess Shepard
(1959) Men Into Space
as ---
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1959) Black Saddle
as Wickes
(1958) Bat Masterson
as Whit Morrison
(1959) Law of the Plainsman
as Hardy O'Hara
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Dancer
(1972) Ghost Story
as Steve
(1957) Maverick
as Jim Hazlit
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Foss
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Hutch
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1963) Burke's Law
as Danny Swift
(1956) The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
(1959) The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self