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… Read more
Known for The Black Hole 1979 Get Smart 1965 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986 Freaky Friday 1976 ★ 9 Melanie Darrow 1997
Series ★ 7.4 Early Edition 1996
★ 10 Fast Company 1995
★ 7 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder 1995
★ 10 Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice 1994
★ 5.1 The Return of Ironside 1993
★ 6.2 Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert 1993
★ 10 The Sands of Time 1992
★ 10 Revolver 1992
★ 10 The Hit Man 1991
Series ★ 4.8 Memories of Midnight 1991
★ 3.7 The Lookalike 1990
★ 5.4 Get Smart, Again! 1989
Series ★ 6.2 The Nutt House 1989
★ 6.2 Shooter 1988
★ 9 Police Story: The Watch Commander 1988
Series ★ 7.1 Noble House 1988
Series ★ 5.5 Houston Knights 1987
★ 6 Murder in Three Acts 1986
★ 4.8 Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1986
★ 5.1 More Than Murder 1984
★ 8 The Baron and the Kid 1984
Series ★ 7.2 Crazy like a Fox 1984
★ 7 Murder in Coweta County 1983
★ 7.3 Murder Me, Murder You 1983
★ 9.7 For Love and Honor 1983
For Love and Honor 1983
Series ★ 6 For Love and Honor 1983
★ 6.1 Jimmy the Kid 1982
Series ★ 7.8 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1982
★ 5.4 The Pride of Jesse Hallam 1981
Series ★ 7.7 McClain's Law 1981
★ 5.8 The Black Hole 1979
★ 8 A Movie Star's Daughter 1979
★ 10 It's a Mile from Here to Glory 1978
Series ★ 8 To Kill a Cop 1978
Series ★ 7.8 Washington: Behind Closed Doors 1977
Series ★ 8.2 Hunter 1977
★ 6.1 Freaky Friday 1976
★ 10 Panache 1976
★ 7 Medical Story 1975
★ 6.7 The Boy Who Talked to Badgers 1975
Series ★ 5 Medical Story 1975
Series ★ 7.7 Archer 1975
★ 5.5 The Girl on the Late, Late Show 1974
Series ★ 7 Born Free 1974
★ 5.5 Santee 1973
Series ★ 7.2 Kojak 1973
Series ★ 7 Police Story 1973
Series ★ 6.8 Toma 1973
Series ★ 7.5 Adam's Rib 1973
Series ★ 7 Faraday and Company 1973
★ 3.3 Molly and Lawless John 1972
Series ★ 6.3 The Brian Keith Show 1972
★ 10 The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou 1971
The Partners 1971
Series ★ 6.5 The Partners 1971
Series ★ 7.1 McMillan & Wife 1971
Series ★ 5.3 Arnie 1970
Series ★ 6.7 Nanny and the Professor 1970
★ 8 Secrets of the Pirate's Inn 1969
Series ★ 6.2 Love, American Style 1969
Series ★ 6.2 The Courtship of Eddie's Father 1969
Series ★ 6.1 Room 222 1969
Series ★ 7.5 Bracken's World 1969
Series ★ 6.2 The Doris Day Show 1968
Series ★ 6.6 The Ghost & Mrs. Muir 1968
Series ★ 6.4 Good Morning World 1967
Series ★ 6.5 Accidental Family 1967
Series ★ 6.4 Captain Nice 1967
Series ★ 8 Occasional Wife 1966
Series ★ 6.2 Shane 1966
Series ★ 6.3 F Troop 1965
Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Series ★ 10 O.K. Crackerby 1965
Series ★ 7.4 Gilligan's Island 1964
Series ★ 7.1 Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. 1964
Series ★ 6.2 The Patty Duke Show 1963
Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
