Gene Nelson Net Worth

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Is $18 Million Gene Nelson Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family Gene Nelson Was Barely a Teen When He Saw the Fred Astaire Movie Flying Down to Rio...

Gene Nelson Net Worth


Gene Nelson net worth is
$18 Million

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Gene Nelson Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (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 ... 
Full NameGene Nelson
Net Worth$18 Million
Date Of BirthMarch 24, 1920
DiedSeptember 16, 1996, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of BirthSeattle, Washington, USA
Height1.82 m
OccupationActor, dancer, screenwriter, film and television director
ProfessionActor, Teacher, Film director, Composer, Screenwriter, Television Director, Dancer
NationalityAmerican
SpouseMarilyn Morgan, Miriam Franklin
ChildrenChris Nelson, Douglas Nelson, Victoria Gordon
NicknamesNelson, Gene, Gene Nelson
Known ForKissin' Cousins (1964), Harum Scarum (1965), Mod Squad (1968), The Donna Reed Show (1958)
IMDB
AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, Academy of Country Music Award for Song of the Year
NominationsWriters Guild of America Award for Best Written Musical, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year
MoviesOklahoma!, Lullaby of Broadway, Tea for Two, Kissin' Cousins, Harum Scarum, The West Point Story, She's Working Her Way Through College, Crime Wave, So This Is Paris, Painting the Clouds with Sunshine, Three Sailors and a Girl, She's Back on Broadway, Starlift, The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady, Your Ch...
Star SignAries
#Quote
1I was happier directing than I've ever been doing anything else. That form of creativity is very rewarding and I liked it a lot. Both careers were incomplete. I feel unfulfilled in either one. I didn't become the star I wanted to be.
2Film is a marvelous medium for dancing. The sky's the limit. You can do wonderfully imaginative things with film. It's like being a magician. In my heyday, I could only do about four pirouettes without starting to fall, but with film, I could do a dozen by cutting and editing. The magic of film is that you can create anything you want.
3It's always the dancer who has to work overtime when nobody else does. I would say that 25% of the Broadway shows that have ever been done have been saved by dancers. Just think about it; if not saved, at least heightened.
#Fact
1He also served as a professor of Theater Arts at San Francisco State University.
2Attended and graduated from Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California.
3In high school, he organized and trained a football cheering squad -- writing songs and cheers as well.
4He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7005 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
5Made his professional stage debut as a member of the Fanchon and Marco Juvenile Revue at the Paramount Theater in Los Angeles in 1935. He also studied tap with Nick Castle.
6Born Eugene Leander Berg, he went to Superior Court in 1964 to change his legal name to Gene Nelson as he wanted to use this for himself and his family.
7Suffered a fractured pelvis in 1957 when a horse fell on him while on film location in Tennessee.
8Second wife Marilyn Morgen was a studio secretary he married in 1958. She was 12 years his junior.
9First wife Miriam Nelson (nee Frankel) was a specialty film dancer from Broadway ("Panama Hattie"). Married in 1941, she worked in Hollywood while Gene served in the United States Army. He joined her later and she was instrumental in helping him work up his innovative dance routines on film.
10Nominated for a 1972 Tony Award for Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for his performance as Buddy in the original production of "Follies".
11He can be seen as one of the anonymous studio executives in the trailer for the original version of Miracle on 34th Street (1947).
12Was romantically involved with Maureen Reagan for several years, although they never married.
13Had three children: Chris Nelson, Douglas M. Nelson, and Victoria Nelson Gordo.

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor1980TV Movie
Fantasy Island1979TV Series 1 episode
Shirley1979TV Series 1 episode
Eischied1979TV Series 1 episode
Operation Petticoat1979TV Series 2 episodes
The Bad News Bears1979TV Series 1 episode
Salvage 11979TV Series 1 episode
Quincy M.E.1978TV Series 1 episode
The American Girls1978TV Series
The San Pedro Beach Bums1977TV Series 2 episodes
McNaughton's Daughter1976TV Mini-Series
The Invisible Man1975TV Series 1 episode
Starsky and Hutch1975TV Series 1 episode
Get Christie Love!1974TV Series 1 episode
Barnaby Jones1974TV Series 1 episode
Cannon1973-1974TV Series 2 episodes
The Rookies1973-1974TV Series 5 episodes
Ironside1973TV Series 1 episode
The Letters1973TV Movie
Dan August1970-1971TV Series 2 episodes
Mod Squad1968-1971TV Series 18 episodes
The F.B.I.1967-1970TV Series 7 episodes
The Silent Force1970TV Series 1 episode
Hawaii Five-O1969TV Series 1 episode
Wake Me When the War Is Over1969TV Movie
Lancer1968TV Series 2 episodes
Felony Squad1967-1968TV Series 2 episodes
Star Trek1968TV Series 1 episode
Iron Horse1967TV Series 3 episodes
Cowboy in Africa1967TV Series 1 episode
The Cool Ones1967
Laredo1967TV Series 1 episode
12 O'Clock High1967TV Series 1 episode
The Phyllis Diller Show1966TV Series
Where's Everett1966TV Movie
I Dream of Jeannie1965TV Series 8 episodes
Harum Scarum1965
Tammy1965TV Series 1 episode
Gilligan's Island1965TV Series 1 episode
The Farmer's Daughter1963-1965TV Series 7 episodes
The Donna Reed Show1962-1965TV Series 21 episodes
The Andy Griffith Show1964TV Series 2 episodes
Burke's Law1964TV Series 2 episodes
Your Cheatin' Heart1964
The Reporter1964TV Series 1 episode
Vacation Playhouse1964TV Series 1 episode
Destry1964TV Series 4 episodes
Kissin' Cousins1964
Archie1964TV Movie
Hootenanny Hoot1963
Hand of Death1962
The Rifleman1961-1962TV Series 8 episodes
Life with Archie1962TV Movie

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Crime Wave1954Steve Lacey
Three Sailors and a Girl1953Twitch
She's Back on Broadway1953Gordon Evans
She's Working Her Way Through College1952Don Weston
Starlift1951Gene Nelson
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine1951Ted Lansing
Lullaby of Broadway1951Tom Farnham
The West Point Story1950Hal Courtland
Tea for Two1950Tommy Trainor
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady1950Doug Martin
Apartment for Peggy1948Jerry (uncredited)
The Walls of Jericho1948Assistant Prosecutor (uncredited)
Gentleman's Agreement1947Second Ex-GI in Restaurant (uncredited)
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now1947Tommy Yale
This Is the Army1943Soldier (uncredited)
Everything Happens at Night1939Skater (uncredited)
Second Fiddle1939Minor Role (uncredited)
Murder, She Wrote1987TV SeriesLouis Metcalf
Fantasy Island1982TV SeriesBert Wilson
S.O.B.1981Clive Lytell
The Streets of San Francisco1974TV Series
A Brand New Life1973TV MovieHarry
Circle of Fear1973TV SeriesSteve
Family Flight1972TV MovieAircraft Carrier Captain
ITV Sunday Night Theatre1970TV SeriesBurbage
Mod Squad1968TV SeriesBurt Koverly
Ironside1967TV SeriesAndy Sheldon
Burke's Law1963-1964TV SeriesDanny Swift / Rick Mason
77 Sunset Strip1963TV SeriesLundstrom
Thunder Island1963Billy Poole
Follow the Sun1962TV SeriesTod
The Purple Hills1961Gil Shepard
20,000 Eyes1961Dan Warren
The Detectives1961TV SeriesJerry Coldwell
Shangri-La1960TV MovieRobert
Gunsmoke1959-1960TV SeriesHutch Nagle / Foss / Hob Cannon
Tom, Dick and Harry1960TV MovieTom Fellows
Men Into Space1960TV SeriesMajor Charles Randolph
Law of the Plainsman1960TV SeriesHardy O'Hara
Black Saddle1960TV SeriesCarl Wicks
Philip Marlowe1960TV SeriesLarry
Alcoa Theatre1959TV SeriesTom Burns
Rawhide1959TV SeriesDave Thompson
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna1959TV SeriesChris Karlsen
Bat Masterson1959TV SeriesPolice Commissioner Whit Morrison
The Millionaire1959TV SeriesLt. Steve Forrest
Have Gun - Will Travel1959TV SeriesVance - Henchman
Northwest Passage1959TV SeriesDan Wade
Kraft Theatre1958TV SeriesTom
Maverick1958TV SeriesJim Hazlit
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour1957TV SeriesTom Watts
Schlitz Playhouse1956TV Series
Chevron Hall of Stars1956TV Series
Matinee Theatre1956TV Series
Climax!1956TV SeriesJess Shepard
Celebrity Playhouse1956TV Series
The Ford Television Theatre1955TV SeriesGeorge Jackson
The Way Out1955Greg Carradine
Oklahoma!1955Will Parker
General Electric Theater1955TV Series
The Atomic Man1955Mike Delaney
Shower of Stars1954-1955TV Series
The Best of Broadway1955TV SeriesRoy Lane
Studio One in Hollywood1955TV SeriesTrout
So This Is Paris1954Al Howard
The Colgate Comedy Hour1954TV SeriesJerry Walker

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Earthling1980performer: "Fast Women and Slow Dancin", "Blind Faith"
Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love1979TV Movie lyrics: "Is There Room In Your World For Me'" / music: "Is There Room In Your World For Me'"
Disco Fever1978/Iwriter: "Till I Get Through to You" - as Gene
Oklahoma!1955performer: "Kansas City" 1943, "I Cain't Say No" 1943, "The Farmer and the Cowman" 1943, "All 'er Nothin'" 1943 - uncredited
So This Is Paris1954performer: "WAIT 'TIL PARIS SEES US", "LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE, "IF YOU WERE THERE", "A DAME'S A DAME", "THREE BON VIVANTS"
The Colgate Comedy Hour1954TV Series performer - 1 episode
She's Back on Broadway1953performer: "I May Be Wrong", "I'll Take You" - uncredited
She's Working Her Way Through College1952performer: "We're Working Our Way Through College" uncredited, "I'll Be Loving You", "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of", "Am I in Love?" uncredited
Starlift1951performer: "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "It's Magic" - uncredited
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine1951performer: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me", "The Birth of the Blues" - uncredited
Lullaby of Broadway1951performer: "Somebody Loves Me", "I Love the Way You Say Goodnight", "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - uncredited
The West Point Story1950performer: "Long Before I Knew You", "This Is the Finale", "The Toy Trumpet" - uncredited
Tea for Two1950performer: "I Know That You Know", "Crazy Rhythm", "Tea for Two", "Oh Me! Oh My!", "No, No, Nanette"
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady1950performer: "A Farm off Old Broadway", "How Am I Going to Tell Them at the Yacht Club?", "Just One Girl", "Chatterbox Rag", "Ma Blushin' Rosie", "Winter" - uncredited

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Shower of StarsTV Series choreographer - 2 episodes, 1955 choreography - 1 episode, 1955
So This Is Paris1954choreographer
Lullaby of Broadway1951choreographer - uncredited
Tea for Two1950choreographer - uncredited

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Cool Ones1967adaptation
Kissin' Cousins1964screenplay

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Wake Me When the War Is Over1969TV Movie producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Charlie's Angels1977TV Series special thanks - 1 episode

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 69th Annual Academy Awards1997TV SpecialHimself - Memorial Tribute
Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration1994TV MovieHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1971-1972TV SeriesHimself
The 26th Annual Tony Awards1972TV SpecialHimself
The David Frost Show1971TV SeriesHimself - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show1971TV SeriesHimself - Actor / Dancer
Dateline: Hollywood1967TV SeriesHimself
The Bell Telephone Hour1959-1962TV SeriesHimself - Dancer
You Bet Your Life1960TV SeriesHimself - Dancer
The Garry Moore Show1960TV SeriesHimself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show1956TV SeriesHimself - Dancer
The Dinah Shore Show1956TV SeriesHimself
The Rosemary Clooney Show1956TV SeriesHimself
The Colgate Comedy Hour1953-1955TV SeriesHimself - Dancer / Himself - Singer / Himself - Actor
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Great Entertainers1953ShortHimself - Ralph Staub's Guest
The Bob Hope Show1953TV SeriesHimself
The Ed Sullivan Show1949-1953TV SeriesHimself / Himself - Actor - scene from 'Lend Me An Ear'
Your Show of Shows1953TV SeriesHimself - Guest Performer

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1990Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 7005 Hollywood Blvd.
1951Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USAMost Promising NewcomerTea for Two (1950)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1965WGA Award (Screen)Writers Guild of America, USABest Written American MusicalKissin' Cousins (1964)
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