Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor. Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating, he took a position as a director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By 1956, acting became his central focus and he moved to the Los Angeles area. Early in his career he worked with famed B-movie producer Roger Corman on such Corman films as Cry Baby Killers, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Cave Man and Attack of the Crab Monsters. In 1958 he participated in Bruno VeSota's science fiction horror film The Brain Eaters. His early television career featured many guest starring roles in such series as The Fugitive, Gunsmoke, Harbor Command, Tombstone Territory, Tightrope, The Blue Angels (as arrogant flight instructor Lieutenant Dayl Martin), Laramie, COronado 9, The Eleventh Hour, Bonanza, Thriller (US TV series), and Channing, an ABC drama about college life. In 1964 he won his most famous role portraying Dr. Michael Rossi on the ABC drama Peyton Place, which ran from 1964 to 1969. Nelson's fellow cast members included Mia Farrow, Ryan O'Neal, and Dorothy Malone. Dr. Rossi proved to be so popular that by 1968, he became the lead actor on the show. Nelson reprised his role in two made-for-TV movies, Murder in Peyton Place and Peyton Place: The Next Generation. After Peyton Place ended, Nelson worked in many more productions of all varieties, including starring role in many movies of the week, a second TV series, "The Silent Force," and a popular morning talk show which he hosted for three years. Soon after, Nelson struck gold with his critically acclaimed portrayal of elusive pit crew chief Robert Denby in the hit film Riding with Death (1976), earning him several prestigious accolades and legions of devoted fans.
Perry Mason
1957 · TV
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · TV
Dallas
1978 · TV
MacGyver
1985 · TV
Adam-12
1968 · TV
The Fugitive
1963 · TV
Maverick
1957 · TV
Mission: Impossible
1966 · TV
Ironside
1967 · TV
Charlie's Angels
1976 · TV
The Rockford Files
1974 · TV
The Rifleman
1958 · TV
The Virginian
1962 · TV
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · TV
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV
Rawhide
1959 · TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · TV
Cannon
1971 · TV
Hotel
1982 · TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · TV
Dr. Kildare
1961 · TV
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV
Police Woman
1974 · TV
Trapper John, M.D.
1979 · TV
Night Gallery
1970 · TV
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · TV
Medical Center
1969 · TV
The Outer Limits
1963 · TV
Barnaby Jones
1973 · TV
Lou Grant
1977 · TV
Bat Masterson
1958 · TV
Capitol
1982 · TV
Thriller
1960 · TV
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV
Highway Patrol
1955 · TV
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · TV
Matt Houston
1982 · TV
Vega$
1978 · TV
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV
Laramie
1959 · TV
The Bionic Woman
1976 · TV
The Rebel
1959 · TV
M Squad
1957 · TV
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV
Surfside 6
1960 · TV
CHiPs
1977 · TV
Checkmate
1960 · TV
The Detectives
1959 · TV
Black Saddle
1959 · TV
Tombstone Territory
1957 · TV
Midway
1976 · Movie
The Tall Man
1960 · TV
Finder of Lost Loves
1984 · TV
Arrest and Trial
1963 · TV
Cain's Hundred
1961 · TV
Who Am I?
1998 · Movie
Riverboat
1959 · TV
The New Breed
1961 · TV
Johnny Ringo
1959 · TV
Stoney Burke
1962 · TV
Tightrope
1959 · TV
Sam Benedict
1962 · TV
87th Precinct
1961 · TV
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
1986 · Movie
The Dakotas
1963 · TV
Logan's Run
1977 · TV
The Sixth Sense
1972 · TV
Channing
1963 · TV
The Aquanauts
1960 · TV
Coronado 9
1960 · TV
Runaway Jury
2003 · Movie
Search
1972 · TV
The Gallant Men
1962 · TV
J.J. Starbuck
1987 · TV
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Movie
Harbor Command
1957 · TV
Airport 1975
1974 · Movie
Saints and Sinners
1962 · TV
Gibbsville
1976 · TV
Redigo
1963 · TV
The Silent Force
1970 · TV
Peyton Place
1964 · TV
A Bucket of Blood
1959 · Movie
Swamp Women
1956 · Movie
I, Mobster
1959 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · TV
Runaway!
1973 · Movie
The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything
1980 · Movie
Acapulco Gold
1976 · Movie
Anatomy of a Seduction
1979 · Movie
Riding with Death
1976 · Movie
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980 · Movie
Superdome
1978 · Movie
Devil's Partner
1961 · Movie
The Boneyard
1991 · Movie
Night of the Blood Beast
1958 · Movie
For the Love of Benji
1977 · Movie
The Crash of Flight 401
1978 · Movie
Attack of the Crab Monsters
1957 · Movie
Hot Car Girl
1958 · Movie
Linda
1973 · Movie
The Missing Are Deadly
1975 · Movie
Deadly Weapon
1989 · Movie
The Brain Eaters
1958 · Movie
Murder in Peyton Place
1977 · Movie
Soldier in the Rain
1963 · Movie
Teenage Doll
1957 · Movie
Doctors' Private Lives
1978 · Movie
The Steel Trap
1952 · Movie
Cry Baby Killer
1958 · Movie
T-Bird Gang
1959 · Movie
That's the Way of the World
1975 · Movie
Teenage Cave Man
1958 · Movie
A Little Game
1977 · Movie
Valley of the Redwoods
1960 · Movie
The Young Captives
1959 · Movie
Cries of Silence
1996 · Movie
Invasion of the Saucer Men
1957 · Movie
Time to Run
1973 · Movie
Along Came a Spider
1970 · Movie
Sworn to Silence
1987 · Movie
Rock All Night
1957 · Movie
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · Movie
The Man from Galveston
1963 · Movie
Carnival Rock
1957 · Movie
Houston, We've Got a Problem
1974 · Movie
The Fatal Impulse
1960 · Movie
Help Wanted: Male
1982 · Movie
The Screaming Woman
1972 · Movie
Bayou
1957 · Movie
Born to Be Sold
1981 · Movie
Code of Silence
1960 · Movie
Leave Yesterday Behind
1978 · Movie
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
1985 · Movie
Police Headquarters
1974 · Movie
Brink of Disaster!
1972 · Movie
New Orleans Uncensored
1955 · Movie
She Gods of Shark Reef
1958 · Movie
