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Ed Nelson
Age: 80
Height: 6'
Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Born: Dec. 21st, 1928
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BIOGRAPHY: Ed Nelson was aiming for a career in the legal profession until he caught the acting bug during his second year of college. In 1952, he headed off to New York City, where he studied direction and production at the School of Radio Technique. He returned to his native New Orleans where he worked as an assistant director at WDSU-TV; he also narrated (and sometimes wrote) episodes of the New Orleans-made TV series "N.O.P.D." with Stacy Harris (I). Nelson made the acquaintance of Roger Corman when the maverick moviemaker came to Louisiana to shoot the feature Swamp Women (1955); Nelson says he did "everything" on the picture, from playing a part and working as a location manager to wrestling an alligator(!). Nelson worked in many other Corman movies on Corman's Hollywood home turf, including Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), where Nelson played the crab. In later years, Nelson became one of TV's hottest stars via the nighttime soap opera "Peyton Place" (1964).
TRIVIA:
- In the 1950s, he became a member of Roger Corman's unofficial stock company. Like other members of the group, he would do a variety of jobs in addition to acting.
- In July 2005, he appeared as a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina along with 'Ty Hardin' (qv), 'Donna Douglas (I)' (qv), 'Richard Anderson (I)' (qv), 'Elena Verdugo' (qv), Adrian Brian, 'Henry Darrow' (qv) and 'Jo Morrow' (qv).
- Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994).
- Father of 'Christopher S. Nelson' (qv), who starred in the horror movie _Without Warning (1980)_ (qv). Their shared middle name is "Stafford".
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