
Birthday
1928/12/21
Day of death
2014/08/09 (85 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
Edwin Stafford Nelson
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. Nelson began acting while attending ...Read more

(1981) Born to Be Sold
as Carl Strickland

(1959) A Bucket of Blood
as Art Lacroix

(1960) Code of Silence
as ---

(1957) Attack of the Crab Monsters
as Ensign Quinlan

(1974) Airport 1975
as Major John Alexander

(1973) Time to Run
as Warren Cole

(1957) Carnival Rock
as Cannon

(1955) New Orleans Uncensored
as Charlie

(1957) Invasion of the Saucer-Men
as Tom

(1958) The Brain Eaters
as Dr. Paul Kettering

(1991) The Boneyard
as Jersey Callum

(1961) Devil's Partner
as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen

(1958) Night of the Blood Beast
as Dave Randall

(1980) The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
as Joseph Locordolos

(1974) Houston, We've Got a Problem
as Gene Kranz, Flight Director

(1989) Deadly Weapon
as General Stone

(1963) The Man from Galveston
as Cole Marteen

(1972) The Screaming Woman
as Carl Nesbitt

(1959) The Young Captives
as Norm Britt

(1979) Anatomy of a Seduction
as Mark Kane

(1970) Along Came a Spider
as Dr. Martin Becker

(1977) A Little Game
as Paul Hamilton

(1973) Runaway!
as Nick Staffo

(1959) T-Bird Gang
as Alex Hendricks

(1960) Valley of the Redwoods
as Dino Michaelis

(1977) Murder in Peyton Place
as Dr. Michael Rossi

(1978) Superdome
as George Beldridge

(1973) Linda
as Paul Reston

(1998) Who Am I?
as General Sharman

(1976) Midway
as Admiral Harry Pearson

(1972) Brink of Disaster!
as Dr. Harden

(1957) Bayou
as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)

(1980) Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
as President Harry S. Truman

(1976) Riding with Death
as Robert Denby

(1978) Doctors' Private Lives
as Dr. Mike Wise

(1987) Sworn to Silence
as Victor Handler

(1961) Judgment at Nuremberg
as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)

(1978) Leave Yesterday Behind
as Mr. Clarkson

(1959) I, Mobster
as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)

(1996) Cries of Silence
as Dr. August Claiborne

(1956) Swamp Women
as Police Sergeant

(1976) Acapulco Gold
as Ray Hollister

(1960) The Fatal Impulse
as Brundage

(1978) The Crash of Flight 401
as Philip Mulwray

(1980) The Return of Frank Cannon
as Mike Danvers

(1975) The Missing Are Deadly
as ---

(1958) Teenage Cave Man
as Blonde Tribe Member

(1977) For the Love of Benji
as Chandler Dietrich

(1974) Police Headquarters
as Lt. Calvin Zenger

(1985) Peyton Place: The Next Generation
as Dr. Michael Rossi

(2003) Runaway Jury
as George Dressler

(1982) Help Wanted: Male
as George Dobbs

(1958) Cry Baby Killer
as Rick Connor

(1963) Soldier in the Rain
as James Priest

(1975) That's the Way of the World
as Carlton James

(1986) Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Governor Neilson

(1957) Rock All Night
as Pete

(1957) Teenage Doll
as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man

(1958) She Gods of Shark Reef
as Guard (uncredited)

(1958) Hot Car Girl
as Cop #2

(1952) The Steel Trap
as Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)

(1977) Lou Grant
as ---

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb

(1977) CHiPs
as ---

(1962) The Gallant Men
as ---

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---

(1961) Cain's Hundred
as Peter Stull

(1979) Trapper John, M.D.
as ---

(1972) Kung Fu
as Sheriff Walter Raha

(1965) The F.B.I.
as Walter Swenson

(1976) The Bionic Woman
as ---

(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as ---

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---

(1971) Alias Smith and Jones
as ---

(1976) Charlie's Angels
as George Starrett

(1982) Hotel
as ---

(1985) MacGyver
as Arthur Bandel

(1960) Surfside 6
as ---

(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---

(1969) Medical Center
as Hank

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Lee Prentice

(1957) Perry Mason
as Ward Nichols

(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---

(1982) Cagney & Lacey
as Sgt. Steingrove

(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Kirk

(1978) Dallas
as Jeb Amos

(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as D.A. Marcus Packard

(1966) Mission: Impossible
as ---

(1971) Cannon
as ---

(1962) Saints and Sinners
as Ray

(1959) Black Saddle
as Lee Coogan

(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Philip Redfield

(1967) Ironside
as ---

(1960) The Tall Man
as ---

(1961) 87th Precinct
as ---

(1962) Sam Benedict
as Neil Bracket

(1963) Redigo
as ---

(1959) Rawhide
as Lt. Cory Clemens

(1978) Vega$
as ---

(1974) Police Woman
as ---

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---

(1955) Highway Patrol
as ---

(1963) The Fugitive
as Paul Clements

(1962) The Virginian
as Ralph Slocum

(1982) Capitol
as ---

(1960) Thriller
as Brundage

(1972) Search
as ---

(1960) The Aquanauts
as Chris Garland

(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---

(1982) Matt Houston
as ---

(1957) M Squad
as Lenny Maston

(1964) Peyton Place
as Michael Rossi

(1972) The Sixth Sense
as ---

(1959) Black Saddle
as Roy Corey

(1959) The Rebel
as Chad

(1958) The Rifleman
as ---

(1963) The Dakotas
as ---

(1958) Bat Masterson
as Jedrow

(1959) Riverboat
as Jim Tyler

(1961) The New Breed
as Jefty Bright

(1959) The Detectives
as ---

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Nelson

(1962) Stoney Burke
as ---

(1959) Johnny Ringo
as Tomstedter

(1959) Tightrope
as ---

(1961) Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Keith Judge

(1960) Coronado 9
as ---

(1963) The Outer Limits
as Col. Luke Stone

(1970) The Silent Force
as ---

(1957) Harbor Command
as ---

(1976) Gibbsville
as ---
(1979) Doctors' Private Lives
as ---

(1963) The Fugitive
as Steve Edson

(1963) Channing
as Deke Allison
(1980) Hagen
as ---

(1987) J.J. Starbuck
as ---

(1977) Logan's Run
as Dr. Rowan

(1957) Maverick
as ---

(1959) Laramie
as Sable

(1957) Tombstone Territory
as Cowboy

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Judge Willard Clinton

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Henry Post

(1970) Night Gallery
as Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)

(1959) Rawhide
as Sam Weber

(1965) The F.B.I.
as Hamilton

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Rusk

(1961) The New Breed
as Roger Sykes

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Perce

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Seth

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Burt Cury

(1955) Gunsmoke
as Tom

(1968) Adam-12
as Abe Strayhorn

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Jack Bowen

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Albie

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Tantasi

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Vince Harwell

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Mayor Albert Simpson

(1960) Checkmate
as Gil Stoneham

(1960) Checkmate
as Chuck Palmer

(1960) Thriller
as Charlie

(1960) Thriller
as Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean

(1959) The Rebel
as Doug

(1959) The Rebel
as The Stalker

(1959) The Rebel
as Clint Mowbree

(1957) Perry Mason
as Dirk Blake

(1958) Bat Masterson
as Browder

(1957) Maverick
as 2nd Classmate (uncredited)

(1974) The Rockford Files
as Edgar 'Bud' Clement

(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Bill Garnett

(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Larry Kinner

(1974) The Rockford Files
as Blake Sternlight

(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alex Trevor

(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Tom Keller

(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Carl Turnball

(1959) Rawhide
as Chuck Whittaker