Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-10-06

Deathday

2022-05-25 (87 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Gary Nelson

Biography

An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for Washington: Behind Closed Doors. He was married to actress Judi Meredith and has two sons. Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally teach the University of Nevada at Las Vegas

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Known For

5.8%

The Black Hole

Dec 18, 1979

7.2%

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Oct 6, 2014

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Acting

2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Self - Director, Allan Quatermain

1979

The Black Hole as Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)

Creator

1966

Shane as Creator

Directing

1997

Melanie Darrow as Director

1996

Early Edition as Director

1995		Fast Company as Director
1995		Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as Director

1994

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice as Director

1993		Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert as Director
1993		The Return of Ironside as Director

1992		The Sands of Time as Director
1992		Revolver as Director

1991		Memories of Midnight as Director
1991		The Hit Man as Director

1990

The Lookalike as Director

1989

Get Smart, Again! as Director

1988		Police Story: The Watch Commander as Director
1988		Shooter as Director
1988		Noble House as Director

1987

Houston Knights as Director

1986		Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Director
1986		Murder in Three Acts as Director

1985

Lady Blue as Director

1984		Crazy like a Fox as Director
1984		The Baron and the Kid as Director
1984		More Than Murder as Director

1983		For Love and Honor as Director
1983		For Love and Honor as Director
1983		Murder Me, Murder You as Director
1983		Murder in Coweta County as Director

1982		Jimmy the Kid as Director
1982		Seven Brides for Seven Brothers as Director

1981		McClain's Law as Director
1981		The Pride of Jesse Hallam as Director

1979		The Black Hole as Director
1979		A Movie Star's Daughter as Director

1978		It's a Mile from Here to Glory as Director
1978		To Kill a Cop as Director

1977		Washington: Behind Closed Doors as Director
1977		Hunter as Director

1976		Freaky Friday as Director
1976		Panache as Director

1975		The Boy Who Talked to Badgers as Director
1975		Medical Story as Director
1975		Medical Story as Director
1975		Archer as Director

1974

The Girl on the Late, Late Show as Director

1973		Kojak as Director
1973		Faraday and Company as Director
1973		Adam's Rib as Director
1973		Santee as Director
1973		Toma as Director
1973		Police Story as Director

1972		Molly and Lawless John as Director
1972		The Brian Keith Show as Director

1971		McMillan & Wife as Director
1971		The Partners as Director
1971		The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou as Director

1970		Arnie as Director
1970		Nanny and the Professor as Director

1969		Secrets of the Pirate's Inn as Director
1969		Love, American Style as Director
1969		Bracken's World as Director
1969		The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Director
1969		Room 222 as Director

1968		The Doris Day Show as Director
1968		The Ghost & Mrs. Muir as Director

1967		Accidental Family as Director
1967		Good Morning World as Director
1967		Captain Nice as Director

1966		Occasional Wife as Director
1966		Shane as Director

1965		Get Smart as Director
1965		O.K. Crackerby as Director
1965		F Troop as Director

1964		Gilligan's Island as Director
1964		Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Director

1963

The Patty Duke Show as Director

1960

The Andy Griffith Show as Director

1957

Have Gun, Will Travel as Director

1955

Gunsmoke as Director

Production

1988

Police Story: The Watch Commander as Executive Producer

1986

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold as Finance

1965

Get Smart as Producer