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 Wa ... r 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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Murder, She Wrote
as Louis Metcalf
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Burke's Law
as Rick Mason
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1963
Gunsmoke
as Hob Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Studio One
as Trout
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Robert
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 24, 1951
The Millionaire
as Lt. Steven Q. Forrest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 19, 1955
Climax!
as Jess Shepard
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Black Saddle
as Wickes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 10, 1959
Bat Masterson
as Whit Morrison
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 08, 1958
Law of the Plainsman
as Hardy O'Hara
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1959
Ghost Story
as Steve
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1972
Maverick
as Jim Hazlit
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1957
Gunsmoke
as Foss
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Gunsmoke
as Hutch
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Burke's Law
as Danny Swift
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Sep 10, 1950
The Streets of San Francisco
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 23, 1972
The Bell Telephone Hour
as Self
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 12, 1959
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
The Mod Squad
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1968
General Electric Theater
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 01, 1953
Ironside
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 28, 1967
Philip Marlowe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1951
Your Show of Shows
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 25, 1950
Men Into Space
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1959
Matinee Theater
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 31, 1955
The Detectives
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 16, 1959
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Dancer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 24, 1956
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 22, 1956
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 11, 1961
Rawhide
Episodes: 0
First Aired: Jan 09, 1959
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