Gene Nelson
Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he 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 onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professional dance partner during the 1950s was actress JoAnn Dean Killingsworth. Gene Nelson co-starred with Doris Day in "Lullaby of Broadway" in 1951. He played Will Parker in the film Oklahoma! In 1959, he appeared in Northwest Passage as a young man trying to prove his innocence in a murder case. Nelson appeared on the March 17, 1960 episode of "You Bet Your Life", hosted by Groucho Marx. He and Groucho's daughter, Melinda, performed a dance number together. Nelson directed eight episodes of The Rifleman in the 1961-62 season, the original Star Trek, the first season of I Dream of Jeannie, Gunsmoke, The Silent Force, and The San Pedro Beach Bums. He directed the Elvis Presley films Kissin' Cousins, which screenplay he wrote, and Harum Scarum. For the Kissin' Cousins screenplay he received a WGA award nomination for best written musical. He later taught in the Theater Arts Department at San Francisco State University in the late 1980s. He starred as Buddy in the 1971 Broadway musical Follies, for which he received a 1972 Tony Award nomination for Featured Actor In A Musical. The production featured a score by Stephen Sondheim and was co-directed by Michael Bennett and Harold Prince. For contribution to the motion picture industry, in 1990, Nelson was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Nelson's star is located at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Tea for Two
(Tommy Trainor)
Oklahoma!
(Will Parker)
Lullaby of Broadway
(Tom Farnham)
Dial 999
(Greg Carradine)
Crime Wave
(Steve Lacey)
The West Point Story
(Hal Courtland)
Timeslip
(Mike Delaney)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
(Doug Martin)
She's Working Her Way Through College
(Don Weston)
She's Back on Broadway
(Gordon Evans)
Starlift
(Gene Nelson)
20,000 Eyes
(Dan Warren)
Three Sailors and a Girl
(Twitch)
A Brand New Life
(Harry)
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
(Ted)
This Is the Army
(Soldier (uncredited))
S.O.B.
(Clive Lytell)
Second Fiddle
(Minor Role)
Everything Happens at Night
(Skater)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
(Tommy Yale)
So This Is Paris
(Al Howard)
Thunder Island
(Billy Poole)
The Walls of Jericho
(Legal Assistant)
Apartment for Peggy
(Jerry (uncredited))
The Purple Hills
(Gil Shepard)
Family Flight
(Aircraft Carrier Captain)
Murder, She Wrote
(Louis Metcalf)
Burke's Law
(Rick Mason)
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
The Streets of San Francisco
The Mod Squad
Gunsmoke
(Hob Cannon)
Studio One
(Trout)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Robert)
Ironside
Philip Marlowe
Rawhide
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Millionaire
(Lt. Steven Q. Forrest)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Your Show of Shows
Climax!
(Jess Shepard)
Men Into Space
Matinee Theater
Black Saddle
(Wickes)
Bat Masterson
(Whit Morrison)
Law of the Plainsman
(Hardy O'Hara)
The Detectives
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Dancer)
Ghost Story
(Steve)
Maverick
(Jim Hazlit)
Gunsmoke
(Foss)
Gunsmoke
(Hutch)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
Burke's Law
(Danny Swift)
The Rosemary Clooney Show
(Self)
The Bell Telephone Hour
(Self)
Harum Scarum
(Director)
Kissin' Cousins
(Director)
Your Cheatin' Heart
(Director)
Hand of Death
(Director)
The Cool Ones
(Director)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
(Director)
Hootenanny Hoot
(Director)
The Letters
(Director)
Where's Everett?
(Director)
Kissin' Cousins
(Screenplay)
Archie
(Director)
Wake Me When the War Is Over
(Producer)
The Andy Griffith Show
(Director)
I Dream of Jeannie
(Director)
Star Trek
(Director)
Laredo
(Director)
Blondie
(Director)
Gilligan's Island
(Director)
Lancer
(Director)
Burke's Law
(Director)
The Mod Squad
(Director)
F Troop
(Director)
The Rookies
(Director)
The Farmer's Daughter
(Director)
The Donna Reed Show
(Director)
Quincy, M.E.
(Director)
Felony Squad
(Director)
The F.B.I.
(Director)
The Invisible Man
(Director)
Hawaii Five-O
(Director)
Cannon
(Director)
Starsky & Hutch
(Director)
Ironside
(Director)
Salvage 1
(Director)
The Rifleman
(Director)
12 O'Clock High
(Director)
Destry
(Director)
Eischied
(Director)
Fantasy Island
(Director)
The Silent Force
(Director)
The San Pedro Beach Bums
(Director)
Vacation Playhouse
(Director)
The American Girls
(Director)
Shirley
(Director)
Barnaby Jones
(Director)