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Gene Berg, Eugene A. Nelson, Leander Eugene Berg
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1920-03-24
- event Death Date 1996-09-16
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.1
- info Birth Place Astoria, Oregon, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Gene Nelson
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Tea for Two
1950-09-01
6.6
Oklahoma!
1955-10-10
5.8
Lullaby of Broadway
1951-03-26
4.6
Dial 999
1955-12-01
7.1
Crime Wave
1953-10-22
5.8
The West Point Story
1950-11-25
5.3
Timeslip
1955-11-01
5
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950-04-29
5.1
She's Working Her Way Through College
1952-07-09
5.7
She's Back on Broadway
1953-03-14
5.6
Starlift
1951-12-14
3.5
20,000 Eyes
1961-06-14
6
Three Sailors and a Girl
1953-11-23
0
A Brand New Life
1973-02-20
4.5
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951-10-10
5.7
This Is the Army
1943-08-14
5.9
S.O.B.
1981-07-01
5
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
4.1
Everything Happens at Night
1939-12-22
5
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
8.5
So This Is Paris
1954-12-15
4.9
Thunder Island
1963-08-24
5.7
The Walls of Jericho
1948-11-22
7.6
Apartment for Peggy
1948-09-30
5
The Purple Hills
1961-10-31
5.2
Family Flight
1972-10-25
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
7
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950-09-10
7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23
6.5
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
4.7
Studio One
1948-11-07
6.6
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20
6
General Electric Theater
1953-02-01
8.7
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24
7
Ironside
1967-03-28
5
Philip Marlowe
1959-10-06
7.1
Rawhide
1959-01-09
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951-10-05
5.5
Your Show of Shows
1950-02-25
3
Climax!
1954-10-07
7
Men Into Space
1959-09-30
4.6
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
6
Black Saddle
1959-01-10
6.3
Bat Masterson
1958-10-08
6
Law of the Plainsman
1959-10-01
5.6
The Detectives
1959-10-16
5
The Steve Allen Show
1956-06-24
7.1
Ghost Story
1972-09-15
6.8
Maverick
1957-09-22
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
6.6
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01
6
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
0
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956-05-22
7
The Bell Telephone Hour
1959-01-12
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7
Harum Scarum
1965-12-15
7
Kissin' Cousins
1964-03-06
7
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964-11-04
7
Hand of Death
1962-03-01
7
The Cool Ones
1967-04-12
7
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969-10-14
7
Hootenanny Hoot
1963-08-01
7
The Letters
1973-03-03
7
Where's Everett?
1966-06-24
7
Kissin' Cousins
1964-03-06
7
Archie
1964-01-01
7
Wake Me When the War Is Over
1969-10-14
7
The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03
7
I Dream of Jeannie
1965-09-18
7
Star Trek
1966-09-08
7
Laredo
1965-09-16
7
Blondie
1968-09-26
7
Gilligan's Island
1964-09-26
7
Lancer
1968-09-24
7
Burke's Law
1963-09-20
7
The Mod Squad
1968-09-24
7
F Troop
1965-09-14
7
The Rookies
1972-09-11
7
The Farmer's Daughter
1963-09-20
7
The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24
7
Quincy, M.E.
1976-10-03
7
Felony Squad
1966-09-12
7
The F.B.I.
1965-09-19
7
The Invisible Man
1975-05-06
7
Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20
7
Cannon
1971-09-14
7
Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10
7
Ironside
1967-03-28
7
Salvage 1
1979-01-20
7
The Rifleman
1958-09-30
7
12 O'Clock High
1964-09-18
7
Destry
1964-02-14
7
Eischied
1979-09-21
7
Fantasy Island
1978-01-28
7
The Silent Force
1970-09-21
7
The San Pedro Beach Bums
1977-09-19
7
Vacation Playhouse
1963-07-22
7
The American Girls
1978-09-23
7
Shirley
1979-10-26
7
Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28