Danny Nelson

Actor Mar 16 (died age 75) Lafayette, Georgia, USA 1977–2008 (31 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

False River

2005 · as Sheriff

10.0

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 · as Papa Threadgoode

7.7

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008 · as General Winston

7.6

Known For

Film

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

General Winston

Film

A Time to Kill

Bud Twitty

Film

Fried Green Tomatoes

Papa Threadgoode

Film

Career Opportunities

Gas Station Owner

Film

The Legend of Bagger Vance

McManus

Film

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Senator

Film

Forces of Nature

Sunseeker

Film

Greased Lightning

Wayne Carter

Filmography

Acting (34)

Movies (33)

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

as General Winston

Randy & the Mob

as Deaf Man

The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided

2006

as Reverend Samuel Bogart

5.9

Warm Springs

2005

as Farmer

6.6

The Work and the Glory II: American Zion

2005

as Reverend Samuel Bogart

False River

as Sheriff

Songcatcher

as Uncle Cratis

Boycott

as Commissioner Parks

6.6

The Legend of Bagger Vance

as McManus

A Good Baby

as Hindmarch

Forces of Nature

as Sunseeker

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

as Senator

Captured Alive

A Time to Kill

as Bud Twitty

Nightjohn

as Reverend Osee Rush

Vicious Kiss

as Bubba Minor

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Papa Threadgoode

Career Opportunities

as Gas Station Owner

Paris Trout

as Chief Fixx

Blood Salvage

as Jake Pruitt

Traveling Man

as Ackerman

Cold Sassy Tree

as Sheriff

Dead Aim

as Customer with Bowling Shirt

As Summers Die

as Burt

Marvin & Tige

as Bartender

Night Shadows

as Jack

Solomon Northup's Odyssey

1984

as Chapin

6.2

Murder in Coweta County

1983

as Sheriff Hardy Collier

6.9

Tennessee Stallion

1982

as T.J.

Maid in America

1982

as Construction Worker #1

The Prize Fighter

as Guesser

Freedom Road

as Auctioneer

Greased Lightning

as Wayne Carter

Television (1)

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

1980

as Mr. Stevens

7.2