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Gary Nelson

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 6, 1934 (91 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

Directing

1997Melanie Darrow...Director
1996Early Edition...Director
1995Fast Company...Director
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder...Director
1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice...Director
1993Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert...Director
1993The Return of Ironside...Director
1992The Sands of Time...Director
1992Revolver...Director
1991Memories of Midnight...Director
1991The Hit Man...Director
1990The Lookalike...Director
1989Get Smart, Again!...Director
1988Police Story: The Watch Commander...Director
1988Police Story...Director
1988Shooter...Director
1988Noble House...Director
1987Houston Knights...Director
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold...Director
1986Murder in Three Acts...Director
1984Crazy like a Fox...Director
1984The Baron and the Kid...Director
1984More Than Murder...Director
1983For Love and Honor...Director
1983For Love and Honor...Director
1983Murder Me, Murder You...Director
1983Murder in Coweta County...Director
1982Jimmy the Kid...Director
1982Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...Director
1981McClain's Law...Director
1981The Pride of Jesse Hallam...Director
1979The Black Hole...Director
1979A Movie Star's Daughter...Director
1978It's a Mile from Here to Glory...Director
1978To Kill a Cop...Director
1978To Kill a Cop...Director
1977Washington: Behind Closed Doors...Director
1977Hunter...Director
1976Freaky Friday...Director
1976Panache...Director
1975The Boy Who Talked to Badgers...Director
1975Medical Story...Director
1975Medical Story...Director
1975Archer...Director
1974Born Free...Director
1974The Girl on the Late, Late Show...Director
1973Kojak...Director
1973Toma...Director
1973Faraday and Company...Director
1973Adam's Rib...Director
1973Santee...Director
1973Police Story...Director
1972Molly and Lawless John...Director
1972The Brian Keith Show...Director
1971McMillan & Wife...Director
1971The Partners...Director
1971The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou...Director
1970Arnie...Director
1970Nanny and the Professor...Director
1969Secrets of the Pirate's Inn...Director
1969Love, American Style...Director
1969Bracken's World...Director
1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father...Director
1969Room 222...Director
1968The Doris Day Show...Director
1968The Ghost & Mrs. Muir...Director
1967Accidental Family...Director
1967Good Morning World...Director
1967Captain Nice...Director
1966Occasional Wife...Director
1966Shane...Director
1965Get Smart...Director
1965O.K. Crackerby...Director
1965F Troop...Director
1964Gilligan's Island...Director
1964Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C....Director
1963The Patty Duke Show...Director
1960The Andy Griffith Show...Director
1957Have Gun, Will Travel...Director
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral...Second Assistant Director
1955Gunsmoke...Director

Production

1988Police Story: The Watch Commander...Executive Producer
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold...Finance
1965Get Smart...Producer

Creator

1966Shane...Creator

Acting

2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Filmsas Self - Director, Allan Quatermain
1979The Black Holeas Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)