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David Nelson
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David Oswald Nelson (October 24, 1936 – January 11, 2011) was an American actor. He was the elder son of entertainment couple Harriet Hilliard Nelson and Ozzie Nelson and the olde…
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David Oswald Nelson (October 24, 1936 – January 11, 2011) was an American actor. He was the elder son of entertainment couple Harriet Hilliard Nelson and Ozzie Nelson and the older brother of musician Ricky Nelson. Nelson's acting career started in 1949 when he and his brother began playing themselves on his parents' radio series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which lasted until 1954. His film debut came in Here Come the Nelsons, released in 1952. Also in 1952 Nelson continued playing himself on the television version of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which ran until 1966.Starting in the early 1960s, he directed about a dozen episodes of the show. From the 1970s through 1990 Nelson had roles in Smash-Up on Interstate 5, Up In Smoke, The Love Boat, High School U.S.A., and A Family for Joe. Nelson's last film appearance was in John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby. Nelson died on January 11, 2011, in Century City, California, of complications of colon cancer.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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1999
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1995
The Courtyard
Movie Cop
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1990
Cry-Baby
Movie Wanda's Father
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1987
Off the Mark
Movie Current Resident
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1985
America, You're Too Young to Die
Movie Director
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1984
A Rare Breed
Movie Director
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1983
High School U.S.A.
Movie Mr. Krinsky, Janitor
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1983
Last Plane Out
Movie Director
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1982
Death Screams
Movie Director
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1979
In Search of Historic Jesus
Movie Leper
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1978
Up in Smoke
Movie Roxy Doorman
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1977
The Love Boat
TV show Gary Gage
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1976
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Movie Berman
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1974
Sonic Boom
Movie Co-Pilot
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1973
Easy to Be Free
Movie Director
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1970
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Movie Union Soldier
More credits
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1969
Childish Things
Movie Director
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Director
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1968
The Movie Orgy
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1967
Hondo
TV show
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1965
O.K. Crackerby
TV show Director
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1965
Love and Kisses
Movie Cameo Appearance
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1964
The Hollywood Palace
TV show Self - Trapeze Artist
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1961
The Big Show
Movie Eric Solden
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1959
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Movie Earl Collins
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1959
The Big Circus
Movie Tommy Gordon
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1959
Disneyland '59
Movie Self
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1959
Day of the Outlaw
Movie Gene, Bruhn's Gang
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1959
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Movie Henry Pennypacker
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1957
Peyton Place
Movie Ted Carter
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1956
The Steve Allen Show
TV show Self - Recipient
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1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
TV show David
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1952
Here Come the Nelsons
Movie David Nelson
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An LA Christmas Story
Movie Comedy Club Patron
