Personal Info
Gene Berg
Eugene A. Nelson
Leander Eugene Berg
Gene Nelson
Acting
Biography
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 first Broadway role in Lend an Ear, for which he received the Theatre World Award. He also appeared onstage in Follies, which garnered him a Tony Award nomination, and Good News. Nelson's longtime professi…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
S.O.B.
as Clive Lytell
A Brand New Life
as Harry
Family Flight
as Aircraft Carrier Captain
Thunder Island
as Billy Poole
The Purple Hills
as Gil Shepard
20,000 Eyes
as Dan Warren
Oklahoma!
as Will Parker
Timeslip
as Mike Delaney
Dial 999
as Greg Carradine
So This Is Paris
as Al Howard
TV Shows
Murder, She Wrote
as Louis Metcalf · 1 ep.
The Streets of San Francisco
4 ep.
Ghost Story
as Steve · 1 ep.
The Mod Squad
1 ep.
Ironside
1 ep.
Burke's Law
as Danny Swift · 1 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1 ep.
Rawhide
The Detectives
1 ep.