Ed Nelson: movies and TV shows
Ed Nelson has 177 credits in the archive: 63 films and 114 TV series, from 1952 to 2003. Highest rated: The Twilight Zone (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2003 · busiest year: 1959 (20 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | George Dressler | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 1998 | Who Am I? | General Sharman | Film | 7.1 | 69 |
| 1996 | Cries of Silence | Dr. August Claiborne | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1991 | The Boneyard | Jersey Callum | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1989 | Deadly Weapon | General Stone | Film | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | D.A. Marcus Packard | TV | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | TV | 6.0 | 58 | |
| 1987 | Sworn to Silence | Victor Handler | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1986 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Governor Neilson | Film | 5.8 | 57 |
| 1985 | MacGyver | Arthur Bandel | TV | 7.7 | 56 |
| 1985 | Peyton Place: The Next Generation | Dr. Michael Rossi | Film | — | 56 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Raymond 'Ray' Bascomb | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Judge Willard Clinton | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Henry Post | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Mayor Albert Simpson | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Carl Turnball | TV | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Bill Garnett | TV | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Sgt. Steingrove | TV | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 53 | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | TV | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1982 | Capitol | TV | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 1982 | Help Wanted: Male | George Dobbs | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1981 | Born to Be Sold | Carl Strickland | Film | 4.6 | 52 |
| 1980 | Hagen | TV | 7.0 | 51 | |
| 1980 | The Return of Frank Cannon | Mike Danvers | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1980 | Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb | President Harry S. Truman | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1980 | The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything | Joseph Locordolos | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. | TV | 6.6 | 50 | |
| 1979 | Anatomy of a Seduction | Mark Kane | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1979 | Doctors' Private Lives | TV | — | 50 | |
| 1978 | Dallas | Jeb Amos | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1978 | Vega$ | TV | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 1978 | Doctors' Private Lives | Dr. Mike Wise | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1978 | The Crash of Flight 401 | Philip Mulwray | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1978 | Leave Yesterday Behind | Mr. Clarkson | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 1978 | Superdome | George Beldridge | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | TV | 7.3 | 48 | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | TV | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 1977 | Logan's Run | Dr. Rowan | TV | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1977 | For the Love of Benji | Chandler Dietrich | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1977 | Murder in Peyton Place | Dr. Michael Rossi | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1977 | A Little Game | Paul Hamilton | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | TV | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | George Starrett | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1976 | Midway | Admiral Harry Pearson | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1976 | Gibbsville | TV | 10.0 | 47 | |
| 1976 | Riding with Death | Robert Denby | Film | 2.9 | 47 |
| 1976 | Acapulco Gold | Ray Hollister | Film | 3.8 | 47 |
| 1975 | The Missing Are Deadly | Film | 7.0 | 46 | |
| 1975 | That's the Way of the World | Carlton James | Film | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Edgar 'Bud' Clement | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Blake Sternlight | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1974 | Police Woman | TV | 6.4 | 45 | |
| 1974 | Airport 1975 | Major John Alexander | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1974 | Houston, We've Got a Problem | Gene Kranz, Flight Director | Film | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1974 | Police Headquarters | Lt. Calvin Zenger | Film | — | 45 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Larry Kinner | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1973 | Runaway! | Nick Staffo | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1973 | Linda | Paul Reston | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1973 | Time to Run | Warren Cole | Film | 5.0 | 44 |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1972 | The Sixth Sense | TV | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1972 | Search | TV | 7.1 | 43 | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Sheriff Walter Raha | TV | 7.7 | 43 |
| 1972 | The Screaming Woman | Carl Nesbitt | Film | 6.8 | 43 |
| 1972 | Brink of Disaster! | Dr. Harden | Film | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 42 | |
| 1971 | Alias Smith and Jones | TV | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Tom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”) | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1970 | The Silent Force | TV | 6.7 | 41 | |
| 1970 | Along Came a Spider | Dr. Martin Becker | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Hank | TV | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1968 | Adam-12 | Abe Strayhorn | TV | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | TV | 6.1 | 39 | |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 38 | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Van Cleve | TV | 7.6 | 37 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Walter Swenson | TV | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Hamilton | TV | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1964 | Peyton Place | Michael Rossi | TV | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Paul Clements | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Steve Edson | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Col. Luke Stone | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | TV | 8.3 | 34 | |
| 1963 | Channing | Deke Allison | TV | 7.5 | 34 |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 34 | |
| 1963 | Redigo | TV | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1963 | The Man from Galveston | Cole Marteen | Film | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1963 | Soldier in the Rain | James Priest | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Tom Keller | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Alex Trevor | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ralph Slocum | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1962 | Stoney Burke | TV | 6.8 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Sam Benedict | Neil Bracket | TV | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1962 | The Gallant Men | TV | 8.0 | 33 | |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Ray | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Keith Judge | TV | 5.7 | 32 |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | TV | 7.8 | 32 | |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Peter Stull | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Jefty Bright | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Roger Sykes | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg | Captain at Nightclub Announcing Call-up of Officers (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1961 | Devil's Partner | Nick Richards / Pete Jensen | Film | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Brundage | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Charlie | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1960 | Thriller | Tom Ellison / Daniel Le Jean | TV | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 31 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | TV | 6.3 | 31 | |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Gil Stoneham | TV | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1960 | Checkmate | Chuck Palmer | TV | 4.8 | 31 |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts | Chris Garland | TV | 6.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Coronado 9 | TV | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Brundage | Film | 1.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Valley of the Redwoods | Dino Michaelis | Film | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1960 | Code of Silence | Film | 6.0 | 31 | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Philip Redfield | TV | 8.5 | 30 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Lt. Cory Clemens | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sam Weber | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Chuck Whittaker | TV | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Chad | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Doug | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | The Stalker | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Clint Mowbree | TV | 5.1 | 30 |
| 1959 | Laramie | Sable | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 30 | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Jim Tyler | TV | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Lee Coogan | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | Black Saddle | Roy Corey | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Kirk | TV | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Tomstedter | TV | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1959 | Tightrope | TV | 6.3 | 30 | |
| 1959 | A Bucket of Blood | Art Lacroix | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1959 | T-Bird Gang | Alex Hendricks | Film | 5.0 | 30 |
| 1959 | I, Mobster | Sid - Henchman (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1959 | The Young Captives | Norm Britt | Film | 7.0 | 30 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 29 | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Jedrow | TV | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Browder | TV | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | TV | 7.2 | 29 | |
| 1958 | Night of the Blood Beast | Dave Randall | Film | 3.9 | 29 |
| 1958 | Cry Baby Killer | Rick Connor | Film | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1958 | Teenage Cave Man | Blonde Tribe Member | Film | 4.1 | 29 |
| 1958 | The Brain Eaters | Dr. Paul Kettering | Film | 4.9 | 29 |
| 1958 | The Brain Eaters | Film | 4.9 | 29 | |
| 1958 | She Gods of Shark Reef | Guard (uncredited) | Film | 3.2 | 29 |
| 1958 | Hot Car Girl | Cop #2 | Film | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Ward Nichols | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Dirk Blake | TV | 7.7 | 28 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 28 | |
| 1957 | Maverick | 2nd Classmate (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 28 | |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory | Cowboy | TV | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1957 | M Squad | Lenny Maston | TV | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1957 | Harbor Command | TV | 4.0 | 28 | |
| 1957 | Bayou | Etienne (as Edwin Nelson) | Film | 3.5 | 28 |
| 1957 | Invasion of the Saucer Men | Tom | Film | 4.9 | 28 |
| 1957 | Attack of the Crab Monsters | Ensign Quinlan | Film | 5.2 | 28 |
| 1957 | Attack of the Crab Monsters | Film | 5.2 | 28 | |
| 1957 | Rock All Night | Pete | Film | 5.5 | 28 |
| 1957 | Teenage Doll | Police Officer 'Dutch' / Blind Man | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1957 | Carnival Rock | Cannon | Film | 4.7 | 28 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Nelson | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Jack Bowen | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Albie | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Tantasi | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Vince Harwell | TV | 6.2 | 27 |
| 1956 | Swamp Women | Police Sergeant | Film | 3.5 | 27 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Lee Prentice | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rusk | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Perce | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Seth | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Burt Cury | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Tom | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | TV | 6.8 | 26 | |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | TV | 6.1 | 26 | |
| 1955 | New Orleans Uncensored | Charlie | Film | 5.3 | 26 |
| 1952 | The Steel Trap | Man in Ticket Line at Airport (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 23 |