Gene Nelson
Actor
Born March 24, 1920 in Astoria, Oregon, USA
Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family 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!
Filmography
Murder, She Wrote
Louis Metcalf
S.O.B.
Clive Lytell
Eischied
Salvage 1
The American Girls
Fantasy Island
The San Pedro Beach Bums
Quincy, M.E.
Starsky & Hutch
The Invisible Man
Get Christie Love!
The Letters
A Brand New Life
Harry
Barnaby Jones
Family Flight
Aircraft Carrier Captain
The Streets of San Francisco
Ghost Story
Steve
The Rookies
Cannon
The Silent Force
Wake Me When the War Is Over
Blondie
The Mod Squad
Lancer
Hawaii Five-O
The Cool Ones
Ironside
Felony Squad
Star Trek
Where's Everett?
Harum Scarum
The F.B.I.
I Dream of Jeannie
Laredo
F Troop
Your Cheatin' Heart
Gilligan's Island
12 O'Clock High
Kissin' Cousins
Destry
Archie
Burke's Law
Rick Mason
The Farmer's Daughter
Thunder Island
Billy Poole
Hootenanny Hoot!
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Hand of Death
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Purple Hills
Gil Shepard
20,000 Eyes
Dan Warren
The Andy Griffith Show
The Detectives
Philip Marlowe
Law of the Plainsman
Hardy O'Hara
Men Into Space
The Bell Telephone Hour
Self
Black Saddle
Wickes
Rawhide
Bat Masterson
Whit Morrison
The Rifleman
The Donna Reed Show
Maverick
Jim Hazlit
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Dancer
Dial 999
Greg Carradine
Timeslip
Mike Delaney
Matinee Theater
Oklahoma!
Will Parker
Gunsmoke
Hob Cannon
The Millionaire
Lt. Steven Q. Forrest
So This Is Paris
Al Howard
Climax!
Jess Shepard
Three Sailors and a Girl
Twitch
Crime Wave
Steve Lacey
She's Back on Broadway
Gordon Evans
General Electric Theater
She's Working Her Way Through College
Don Weston
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Robert
Starlift
Gene Nelson
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine
Ted
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Lullaby of Broadway
Tom Farnham
The West Point Story
Hal Courtland
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Tea for Two
Tommy Trainor
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Doug Martin
Your Show of Shows
The Walls of Jericho
Legal Assistant
Studio One
Trout
Apartment for Peggy
Jerry (uncredited)
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Tommy Yale
This Is the Army
Soldier (uncredited)
Everything Happens at Night
Skater
Second Fiddle
Minor Role