Ed Nelson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 21, 1928, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
- Died
- August 9, 2014
- Movies
- 63
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Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor.
Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating, he took a position as a director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By 1956, acting became his central focus and he moved to the Los Angeles area. Early in his career he worked with famed B-movie producer Roger Corman on such Corman films as Cry Baby Killers, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Cave Man and Attack of the Crab Monsters. In 1958 he participated in Bruno VeSota's science fiction horror film The Brain Eaters.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | George Dressler |
| 1998 | Who Am I? | General Sharman |
| 1996 | Cries of Silence | Dr. August Claiborne |
| 1991 | The Boneyard | Jersey Callum |
| 1989 | Deadly Weapon | General Stone |
| 1987 | Sworn to Silence | Victor Handler |
| 1986 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Governor Neilson |
| 1985 | Peyton Place: The Next Generation | Dr. Michael Rossi |
| 1982 | Help Wanted: Male | George Dobbs |
| 1981 | Born to Be Sold | Carl Strickland |
| 1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | President Harry S. Truman |
| 1980 | The Return of Frank Cannon | Mike Danvers |
| 1980 | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | Joseph Locordolos |
| 1979 | Anatomy of a Seduction | Mark Kane |
| 1978 | The Crash of Flight 401 | Philip Mulwray |
| 1978 | Leave Yesterday Behind | Mr. Clarkson |
| 1978 | Doctors' Private Lives | Dr. Mike Wise |
| 1978 | Superdome | George Beldridge |
| 1977 | Murder in Peyton Place | Dr. Michael Rossi |
| 1977 | A Little Game | Paul Hamilton |
| 1977 | For the Love of Benji | Chandler Dietrich |
| 1976 | Midway | Admiral Harry Pearson |
| 1976 | Acapulco Gold | Ray Hollister |
| 1976 | Riding with Death | Robert Denby |
| 1975 | That's the Way of the World | Carlton James |
| 1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Major John Alexander |
| 1974 | Police Headquarters | Lt. Calvin Zenger |
| 1974 | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Gene Kranz, Flight Director |
| 1973 | Linda | Paul Reston |
| 1973 | Runaway! | Nick Staffo |
| 1973 | Time to Run | Warren Cole |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | Carl Nesbitt |
| 1972 | Brink of Disaster! | Dr. Harden |
| 1970 | Along Came a Spider | Dr. Martin Becker |
| 1963 | The Man from Galveston | Cole Marteen |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain | James Priest |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Devil's Partner | Nick Richards / Pete Jensen |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Brundage |
| 1960 | Code of Silence | |
| 1960 | Valley of the Redwoods | Dino Michaelis |
| 1959 | A Bucket of Blood | Art Lacroix |
| 1959 | T-Bird Gang | Alex Hendricks |
| 1959 | The Young Captives | Norm Britt |
| 1959 | I, Mobster | Sid - Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Brain Eaters | Dr. Paul Kettering |
| 1958 | Hot Car Girl | Cop #2 |
| 1958 | Cry Baby Killer | Rick Connor |
| 1958 | Night of the Blood Beast | Dave Randall |
| 1958 | She Gods of Shark Reef | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Teenage Cave Man | Blonde Tribe Member |
| 1958 | Street of Darkness | Slavo |
| 1957 | Teenage Doll | Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man |
| 1957 | Carnival Rock | Cannon |
| 1957 | Invasion of the Saucer Men | Tom |
| 1957 | Bayou | Etienne (as Edwin Nelson) |
| 1957 | Rock All Night | Pete |
| 1957 | Attack of the Crab Monsters | Ensign Quinlan |
| 1956 | Swamp Women | Police Sergeant |
| 1955 | New Orleans Uncensored | Charlie |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1958 | The Brain Eaters | Producer |
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