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Acting

Ed Nelson

Titles
60movies82TV shows
Career

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

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score51/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cries of Silence
Cries of Silence
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 87 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ed Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0
  • Psychological
    4.4, average 5.6
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.2, average 5.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

142
Type
RoleAnyActing142Other crew1Production1
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s421960s351970s421980s191990s32000s1
GenreAnyDrama97Crime42Western22Action & Adventure20Mystery20TV Movie19Thriller15Comedy11Sci-Fi & Fantasy8Horror8Science Fiction8Action6Adventure5History4
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

2000s

1 title · average score 68
GoodWatch68
Runaway Jury

as George Dressler

1990s

3 titles · average score 63
GoodWatch69
Who Am I?

as General Sharman

GoodWatch70
Cries of Silence

as Dr. August Claiborne

GoodWatch51
The Boneyard

as Jersey Callum

1980s

19 titles · average score 61
GoodWatch64
Jake and the Fatman

TV show · as D.A. Marcus Packard

Sworn to Silence

as Victor Handler

GoodWatch78
MacGyver

TV show · as Arthur Bandel

GoodWatch76
Murder, She Wrote

TV show · as Mayor Albert Simpson / Henry Post

GoodWatch69
Cagney & Lacey

TV show · as Sgt. Steingrove

GoodWatch49
Born to Be Sold

as Carl Strickland

All 19 titles from the 1980s

1970s

42 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch73
Dallas

TV show · as Jeb Amos

Murder in Peyton Place

as Dr. Michael Rossi

A Little Game

as Paul Hamilton

GoodWatch41
Acapulco Gold

as Ray Hollister

GoodWatch57
Runaway!

as Nick Staffo

Time to Run

as Warren Cole

Linda

as Paul Reston

GoodWatch61
Along Came a Spider

as Dr. Martin Becker

All 42 titles from the 1970s

1960s

35 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch74
Adam-12

TV show · as Abe Strayhorn

GoodWatch79
Mission: Impossible

TV show · as Van Cleve

GoodWatch65
The F.B.I.

TV show · as Hamilton / Walter Swenson

GoodWatch68
Peyton Place

TV show · as Michael Rossi

GoodWatch84
The Fugitive

TV show · as Steve Edson / Paul Clements

GoodWatch77
The Outer Limits

TV show · as Col. Luke Stone

GoodWatch54
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Tom Keller / Alex Trevor

GoodWatch70
The Virginian

TV show · as Ralph Slocum

GoodWatch36
Devil's Partner

as Nick Richards / Pete Jensen

All 35 titles from the 1960s

1950s

42 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch47
T-Bird Gang

as Alex Hendricks

GoodWatch91
The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Philip Redfield

GoodWatch50
Rawhide

TV show · as Chuck Whittaker / Sam Weber

GoodWatch36
The Brain Eaters

as Dr. Paul Kettering

GoodWatch22
She Gods of Shark Reef

as Guard (uncredited)

GoodWatch82
Perry Mason

TV show · as Dirk Blake / Ward Nichols

GoodWatch75
Maverick

TV show · as 2nd Classmate (uncredited)

GoodWatch76
Gunsmoke

TV show · as Seth / Burt Cury

All 42 titles from the 1950s