
Ed Nelson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 pr…
Known For
Judgment at Nuremberg
Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
Runaway Jury
George Dressler
Who Am I?
General Sharman
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Governor Neilson
Midway
Admiral Harry Pearson
A Bucket of Blood
Art Lacroix
Airport 1975
Major John Alexander
Attack of the Crab Monsters
Ensign Quinlan
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Filmography
Acting (145)
Movies (61)
Runaway Jury
2003as George Dressler
Who Am I?
1998as General Sharman
Cries of Silence
1996as Dr. August Claiborne
The Boneyard
1991as Jersey Callum
Deadly Weapon
1989as General Stone
Sworn to Silence
1987as Victor Handler
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986as Governor Neilson
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985as Dr. Michael Rossi
Help Wanted: Male
1982as George Dobbs
Born to Be Sold
1981as Carl Strickland
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980as Joseph Locordolos
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980as President Harry S. Truman
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980as Mike Danvers
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979as Mark Kane
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978as Mr. Clarkson
Superdome
1978as George Beldridge
Doctors' Private Lives
1978as Dr. Mike Wise
The Crash of Flight 401
1978as Philip Mulwray
Murder in Peyton Place
1977as Dr. Michael Rossi
For the Love of Benji
1977as Chandler Dietrich
A Little Game
1977as Paul Hamilton
Riding with Death
1976as Robert Denby
Midway
1976as Admiral Harry Pearson
Acapulco Gold
1976as Ray Hollister
The Missing Are Deadly
1975
That's the Way of the World
1975as Carlton James
Airport 1975
1974as Major John Alexander
Police Headquarters
1974as Lt. Calvin Zenger
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974as Gene Kranz, Flight Director
Runaway!
1973as Nick Staffo
Linda
1973as Paul Reston
Time to Run
1973as Warren Cole
The Screaming Woman
1972as Carl Nesbitt
Brink of Disaster!
1972as Dr. Harden
Along Came a Spider
1970as Dr. Martin Becker
Soldier in the Rain
1963as James Priest
The Man from Galveston
1963as Cole Marteen
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961as Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited)
Devil's Partner
1961as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen
Code of Silence
1960
The Fatal Impulse
1960as Brundage
Valley of the Redwoods
1960as Dino Michaelis
The Young Captives
1959as Norm Britt
I, Mobster
1959as Sid - Henchman (uncredited)
A Bucket of Blood
1959as Art Lacroix
T-Bird Gang
1959as Alex Hendricks
Teenage Cave Man
1958as Blonde Tribe Member
She Gods of Shark Reef
1958as Guard (uncredited)
The Brain Eaters
1958as Dr. Paul Kettering
Hot Car Girl
1958as Cop #2
Cry Baby Killer
1958as Rick Connor
Night of the Blood Beast
1958as Dave Randall
Rock All Night
1957as Pete
Bayou
1957as Etienne (as Edwin Nelson)
Invasion of the Saucer-Men
1957as Tom
Teenage Doll
1957as Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957as Ensign Quinlan
Carnival Rock
1957as Cannon
Swamp Women
1956as Police Sergeant
New Orleans Uncensored
1955as Charlie
The Steel Trap
1952as Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited)
Television (84)
Jake and the Fatman
1987as D.A. Marcus Packard
J.J. Starbuck
1987
MacGyver
1985as Arthur Bandel
Murder, She Wrote
1984as Carl Turnball
Finder of Lost Loves
1984as Bill Garnett
Cagney & Lacey
1982as Sgt. Steingrove
Hotel
1982
Matt Houston
1982
Capitol
1982Hagen
1980
Trapper John, M.D.
1979Doctors' Private Lives
1979
Dallas
1978as Jeb Amos
Vega$
1978
Lou Grant
1977
CHiPs
1977
Logan's Run
1977as Dr. Rowan
Charlie's Angels
1976as George Starrett
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Bionic Woman
1976
Gibbsville
1976
The Rockford Files
1974as Edgar 'Bud' Clement
Police Woman
1974
Barnaby Jones
1973as Larry Kinner
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Search
1972
Banacek
1972as Geoff Holden
The Sixth Sense
1972
Kung Fu
1972as Sheriff Walter Raha
Cannon
1971
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Night Gallery
1970as Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)
The Silent Force
1970
Medical Center
1969as Hank
Adam-12
1968as Abe Strayhorn
The Mod Squad
1968
Ironside
1967
Mission: Impossible
1966as Van Cleve
The F.B.I.
1965as Walter Swenson
Peyton Place
1964as Michael Rossi
The Fugitive
1963as Paul Clements
The Outer Limits
1963as Col. Luke Stone
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Dakotas
1963
Channing
1963as Deke Allison
Redigo
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962as Tom Keller
The Virginian
1962as Ralph Slocum
Stoney Burke
1962
Sam Benedict
1962as Neil Bracket
Saints and Sinners
1962as Ray
The Gallant Men
1962
Dr. Kildare
1961as Dr. Keith Judge
The New Breed
1961as Jefty Bright
Cain's Hundred
1961as Peter Stull
87th Precinct
1961
Thriller
1960as Brundage
Checkmate
1960as Gil Stoneham
The Tall Man
1960
Surfside 6
1960
The Aquanauts
1960as Chris Garland
Coronado 9
1960
The Twilight Zone
1959as Philip Redfield
Rawhide
1959as Chuck Whittaker
Laramie
1959as Sable
The Rebel
1959as Chad
The Detectives
1959
Johnny Ringo
1959as Tomstedter
Riverboat
1959as Jim Tyler
Black Saddle
1959as Roy Corey
Tightrope
1959
The Rifleman
1958
Bat Masterson
1958as Jedrow
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Perry Mason
1957as Ward Nichols
Maverick
1957as 2nd Classmate (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Tombstone Territory
1957as Cowboy
M Squad
1957as Lenny Maston
Harbor Command
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Nelson
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Gunsmoke
1955as Lee Prentice
Highway Patrol
1955FlickList VIP
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