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Acting

Ed Nelson

Career: Active from 1957 to 1998, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 22
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Cries of Silence
70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 88 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ed Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Melancholy
3.4, average 4.7
Contemporary Realism
4.2, average 5.4
Family Dynamics
3.6, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Forbidden Love 2
Small Town Secrets 2
Cult Classic 2
Grotesque 2
Social Commentary 2
B-Movie 2
Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

142

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 68

Runaway Jury

68

as George Dressler

1990s

3 titles · average score 63

Who Am I?

69

as General Sharman

Cries of Silence

70

as Dr. August Claiborne

The Boneyard

51

as Jersey Callum

1980s

19 titles · average score 61

Jake and the Fatman

64

TV show · as D.A. Marcus Packard

Sworn to Silence

as Victor Handler

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

43

as Governor Neilson

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Arthur Bandel

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Henry Post / Mayor Albert Simpson

Cagney & Lacey

69

TV show · as Sgt. Steingrove

Hotel

65

TV show

Matt Houston

64

TV show

Capitol

TV show

Born to Be Sold

49

as Carl Strickland

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything

59

as Joseph Locordolos

The Return of Frank Cannon

67

as Mike Danvers

1970s

42 titles · average score 59

Doctors' Private Lives

as Dr. Mike Wise

Murder in Peyton Place

as Dr. Michael Rossi

A Little Game

as Paul Hamilton

Acapulco Gold

41

as Ray Hollister

That's the Way of the World

66

as Carlton James

Runaway!

58

as Nick Staffo

Linda

as Paul Reston

Time to Run

as Warren Cole

The Screaming Woman

66

as Carl Nesbitt

Brink of Disaster!

as Dr. Harden

The Silent Force

TV show

Along Came a Spider

61

as Dr. Martin Becker

1960s

35 titles · average score 64

Adam-12

74

TV show · as Abe Strayhorn

Ironside

45

TV show

Mission: Impossible

79

TV show · as Van Cleve

Peyton Place

67

TV show · as Michael Rossi

Soldier in the Rain

66

as James Priest

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Paul Clements / Steve Edson

The Outer Limits

78

TV show · as Col. Luke Stone

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Tom Keller / Alex Trevor

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Ralph Slocum

Devil's Partner

36

as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen

Valley of the Redwoods

as Dino Michaelis

Thriller

74

TV show · as Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean / Brundage

1950s

42 titles · average score 59

T-Bird Gang

47

as Alex Hendricks

A Bucket of Blood

68

as Art Lacroix

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show · as Philip Redfield

Rawhide

50

TV show · as Sam Weber / Chuck Whittaker

Night of the Blood Beast

29

as Dave Randall

The Brain Eaters

36

as Dr. Paul Kettering

The Rifleman

77

TV show

She Gods of Shark Reef

22

as Guard (uncredited)

Perry Mason

82

TV show · as Dirk Blake / Ward Nichols

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show

Maverick

75

TV show · as 2nd Classmate (uncredited)

Attack of the Crab Monsters

58

as Ensign Quinlan