Gene Nelson

Gene Nelson was born on Mar 24, 1920 in USA. Gene Nelson's big-screen debut came with Second Fiddle directed by Sidney Lanfield in 1939, strarring Minor Role (uncredited). Gene Nelson is known for Crime Wave directed by André De Toth, Sterling Hayden stars as Det. Lt. Sims and Gene Nelson as Steve Lacey. Gene Nelson has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Gene Nelson achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie Gene Nelson plays is S.O.B. which will be released on Jul 01, 1981.

Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Carioca (1933), which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer. After graduating from high school, Nelson joined the Sonja Henie Ice Show and toured for 3 years before joining the Army in World War II. After he was discharged, he appeared in a handful of movies before 1950. He worked with Debbie Reynolds in The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950), Doris Day in No, No, Nanette (1950) and Virginia Mayo in La collégienne en folie (1952). He would be best known for his role of cowboy Will Parker in Oklahoma! (1955), where he would twirl the lasso to the tune of "Kansas City".After his dancing days ended he turned to directing TV and films, including two Elvis Presley movies, Salut, les cousins (1964) and C'est la fête au harem (1965). For television he directed episodes of Jeannie de mes rêves (1965), Star Trek (1966), L'homme à la carabine (1958), The Donna Reed Show (1958) and many others.