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Acting

Barry Nelson

Career: Active from 1941 to 1980, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 16
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Ring Once for Death
81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Barry Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.4, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 3
Character-Driven 3
Historical Drama 2
Sentimental 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

2 titles

TV show · as Jonathan Banner

My Favorite Husband

TV show

1980s

5 titles · average score 68

Monsters

71

TV show · as Dr. Vernon Rathmore

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Eugene McClenden

The Shining

78

as Ullman

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as William B. Knox

Island Claws

35

as Dr. McNeal

1970s

12 titles · average score 69

Dallas

73

TV show · as Arthur Elrod

Taxi

77

TV show · as Dr. Jeffries

Battlestar Galactica

58

TV show · as Bogan

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Mac O'Brian

Washington: Behind Closed Doors

78

TV show · as Bob Bailey

Ring Once for Death

81

as Hugo Fane

Thriller

74

TV show · as Hugo Fane

Pete 'n' Tillie

64

as Burt Wilson

Climb an Angry Mountain

as Lt. Frank Bryant

Ghost Story

75

TV show · as Jim

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

67

TV show · as John Andrews

Airport

60

as Anson Harris

1960s

10 titles · average score 61

Love, American Style

43

TV show · as Dr. Shelby

Seven in Darkness

66

as Alex Swain

The Name of the Game

73

TV show · as Frank Sandler

The Borgia Stick

78

as Hal Carter

TV show · as Cary Lesco

Mary, Mary

51

as Bob McKellaway

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

66

TV show · as Don Emerson

The Greatest Show on Earth

TV show · as Clay Keifer

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Colin / Dr. James Parkerson

Special for Women

TV show · as Matt Hunter

1950s

10 titles · average score 65

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Bob Frazier

The First Traveling Saleslady

43

as Charles Masters

Every Man Has Two Wives

as Bill Morgan

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

86

TV show · as Raymond Houston

MGM Parade

TV show

Casino Royale

54

as James Bond

Climax!

51

TV show · as Jimmy Bond

The Hunter

TV show · as Bart Adams

The Man with My Face

56

as Charles 'Chick' Graham / Albert 'Bert' Rand

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

73

TV show

1940s

17 titles · average score 65

Suspense

62

TV show · as Turk Wilson

Tenth Avenue Angel

62

as Al Parker

Undercover Maisie

71

as Lieutenant Paul Scott

The Luckiest Guy in the World

67

as Charles Vurn

as Harry O'Brien

A Guy Named Joe

64

as Dick Rumney

The Human Comedy

83

as Fat

Don't Talk

63

as FBI Agent Freed

A Yank on the Burma Road

56

as Joe Tracey

Rio Rita

57

as Harry Gantley

Eyes in the Night

57

as Mr. Busch

Shadow of the Thin Man

70

as Paul Clarke

1930s

1 title · average score 57

Comet Over Broadway

57

as Garage mechanic (uncredited)