Portrait of Ed Nelson

Acting

Ed Nelson

Titles
58movies82TV 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 score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Ed Nelson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 2.9
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    4.1, average 5.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
TypeAllMovies21TV shows21
RoleAnyActing42
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1950s401960s351970s421980s191990s32000s1
GenreAnyDrama31TV Movie14Action & Adventure9Crime8Mystery7Thriller7Sci-Fi & Fantasy6Action3History2Comedy2Family2Western2Music1Romance1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1970s

42 titles · average score 60
GoodWatch73
Poster for Dallas

TV show · as Jeb Amos

GoodWatch35
Poster for Superdome

as George Beldridge

Poster for Murder in Peyton Place

as Dr. Michael Rossi

GoodWatch45
Poster for For the Love of Benji

as Chandler Dietrich

GoodWatch46
Poster for Logan's Run

TV show · as Dr. Rowan

GoodWatch41
Poster for Acapulco Gold

as Ray Hollister

GoodWatch66
Poster for Charlie's Angels

TV show · as George Starrett

GoodWatch54
Poster for Midway

as Admiral Harry Pearson

GoodWatch82
Poster for The Rockford Files

TV show · as Blake Sternlight / Edgar 'Bud' Clement

Poster for Houston, We've Got a Problem

as Gene Kranz, Flight Director

GoodWatch45
Poster for Airport 1975

as Major John Alexander

Poster for Police Headquarters

as Lt. Calvin Zenger

GoodWatch56
Poster for Runaway!

as Nick Staffo

Poster for Linda

as Paul Reston

Poster for Time to Run

as Warren Cole

GoodWatch70
Poster for Barnaby Jones

TV show · as Larry Kinner

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Poster for Kung Fu

TV show · as Sheriff Walter Raha

Poster for A Little Game

as Paul Hamilton

GoodWatch61
Poster for Along Came a Spider

as Dr. Martin Becker

GoodWatch85
Poster for Night Gallery

TV show · as Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”)

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