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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edwin Stafford Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014) was an American actor. Nelson began acting while attending Tulane University in New Orleans. He left college after two years to study at the New York School of Radio and Television Technique. After graduating, he took a position as a director at WDSU-TV in New Orleans. By 1956, acting became his central focus and he moved to the Los Angeles area. Early in his career he worked with famed B-movie producer Roger Corman on such Corman films as Cry Baby Killers, A Bucket of Blood, Teenage Cave Man and Attack of the Crab Monsters. In 1958 he participated in Bruno VeSota's science fiction horror…
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1991The BoneyardJersey CallumMovie
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1987Jake and the FatmanD.A. Marcus Packard · 3 episodesShow
1987J.J. Starbuck1 episodeShow
1987Sworn to SilenceVictor HandlerMovie
1986Police Academy 3: Back in TrainingGovernor NeilsonMovie
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1984Finder of Lost LovesBill Garnett · 1 episodeShow
1982Matt Houston1 episodeShow
1982Hotel1 episodeShow
1982Capitol260 episodesShow
1982Cagney & LaceySgt. Steingrove · 1 episodeShow
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1980Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic BombPresident Harry S. TrumanMovie
1980The Return of Frank CannonMike DanversMovie
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1979Anatomy of a SeductionMark KaneMovie
1979Doctors' Private Lives4 episodesShow
1978The Crash of Flight 401Philip MulwrayMovie
1978Vega$2 episodesShow
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1978Doctors' Private LivesDr. Mike WiseMovie
1978SuperdomeGeorge BeldridgeMovie
1977Murder in Peyton PlaceDr. Michael RossiMovie
1977Lou Grant1 episodeShow
1977Logan's RunDr. Rowan · 1 episodeShow
1977CHiPs1 episodeShow
1977A Little GamePaul HamiltonMovie
1977For the Love of BenjiChandler DietrichMovie
1976Gibbsville1 episodeShow
1976Quincy, M.E.2 episodesShow
1976Charlie's AngelsGeorge Starrett · 1 episodeShow
1976MidwayAdmiral Harry PearsonMovie
1976Acapulco GoldRay HollisterMovie
1976The Bionic Woman1 episodeShow
1976Riding with DeathRobert DenbyMovie
1975That's the Way of the WorldCarlton JamesMovie
1975The Missing Are DeadlyMovie
1974Airport 1975Major John AlexanderMovie
1974Police Woman1 episodeShow
1974The Rockford FilesEdgar 'Bud' Clement, Blake Sternlight · 1 episodeShow
1974Police HeadquartersLt. Calvin ZengerMovie
1974Houston, We've Got a ProblemGene Kranz, Flight DirectorMovie
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1973Runaway!Nick StaffoMovie
1973Barnaby JonesLarry Kinner · 1 episodeShow
1973Time to RunWarren ColeMovie
1972Kung FuSheriff Walter Raha · 1 episodeShow
1972Search1 episodeShow
1972The Screaming WomanCarl NesbittMovie
1972The Sixth Sense1 episodeShow
1972Brink of Disaster!Dr. HardenMovie
1971Cannon1 episodeShow
1971Alias Smith and Jones1 episodeShow
1970Night GalleryTom Burke (segment “Little Girl Lost”) · 1 episodeShow
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1969Medical CenterHank · 3 episodesShow
1968The Mod Squad1 episodeShow
1968Adam-12Abe Strayhorn · 1 episodeShow
1967Ironside1 episodeShow
1966Mission: ImpossibleVan Cleve · 1 episodeShow
1965The F.B.I.Walter Swenson, Hamilton · 1 episodeShow
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1963The Outer LimitsCol. Luke Stone · 1 episodeShow
1963Arrest and Trial1 episodeShow
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