Personal Info
Edwin Stafford Nelson
Ed Nelson
Acting
Biography
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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 an…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Runaway Jury
as George Dressler
Who Am I?
as General Sharman
Cries of Silence
as Dr. August Claiborne
The Boneyard
as Jersey Callum
Deadly Weapon
as General Stone
Sworn to Silence
as Victor Handler
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
as Governor Neilson
Peyton Place: The Next Generation
as Dr. Michael Rossi
Help Wanted: Male
as George Dobbs
Born to Be Sold
as Carl Strickland
TV Shows
Jake and the Fatman
as D.A. Marcus Packard · 3 ep.
J.J. Starbuck
1 ep.
MacGyver
as Arthur Bandel · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Carl Turnball · 1 ep.
Finder of Lost Loves
as Bill Garnett · 1 ep.
Hotel
1 ep.
Matt Houston
1 ep.
Cagney & Lacey
as Sgt. Steingrove · 1 ep.
Capitol
260 ep.
Hagen
1 ep.
