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Gene Nelson
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American actor, dancer, screenwriter, director (1920-1996)
Film & TV
Astoria, Oregon, USA
Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, his family moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child. After serving in the Army during World War II during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his…
Known for
- Murder, She Wrote — Louis Metcalf1984
- S.O.B. — Clive Lytell1981
- A Brand New Life — Harry1973
- Family Flight — Aircraft Carrier Captain1972
- The Streets of San Francisco1972
- Ghost Story — Steve1972
- The Mod Squad1968
- Ironside1967
- Thunder Island — Billy Poole1963
- Burke's Law — Rick Mason1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Nelson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seattle
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Gene Nelson 1953.JPG
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- United States
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- cause of death
- cancer
- date of death
- 1996-09-16
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1920-03-24
- Commons category
- Gene Nelson
- start of work period
- 1938-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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