David Nelson
Biography: David Oswald Nelson (October 24, 1936 – January 11, 2011) was an American actor. He was the elder son of entertainment couple Harriet Hilliard Nelson and Ozzie Nelson and the older brother of musician Ricky Nelson. Nelson's acting career started in 1949 when he and his brother began playing themselves on his parents' radio series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which lasted until 1954. His film debut came in Here Come the Nelsons, released in 1952. Also in 1952 Nelson continued playing himself on the television version of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which ran until 1966.Starting in the early 1960s, he directed about a dozen episodes of the show. From the 1970s through 1990 Nelson had roles in Smash-Up on Interstate 5, Up In Smoke, The Love Boat, High School U.S.A., and A Family for Joe. Nelson's last film appearance was in John Waters' 1990 film Cry-Baby. Nelson died on January 11, 2011, in Century City, California, of complications of colon cancer.
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Birthday: October 24, 1936
Deathday: January 11, 2011
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The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
The Movie Orgy
Overview: Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
Genres: Comedy Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-01
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1959-11-11
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Overview: A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-11
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Peyton Place
1957-12-13
Peyton Place
Overview: In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-13
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Day of the Outlaw
1959-07-01
Day of the Outlaw
Overview: Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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The Courtyard
1995-09-24
The Courtyard
Overview: Architect Jonathan moves into an LA courtyard apartment complex; then one of his neighbors is murdered ... by mistake ... Jonathan was the intended victim!
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-24
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The Big Circus
1959-07-05
The Big Circus
Overview: A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-05
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The Big Show
1961-05-10
The Big Show
Overview: A European circus family is torn apart by greed and jealousy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-10
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Here Come the Nelsons
1952-02-23
Here Come the Nelsons
Overview: The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-23
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Love and Kisses
1965-08-05
Love and Kisses
Overview: Two teenagers elope and take up residence at the groom's home with his parents and sister, but the newlyweds quickly discover married life is much different from high-school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-05
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An LA Christmas Story
An LA Christmas Story
Overview: When Sophie, a well-known internet lifestyle video blogger, posts a video searching for a "man who's not an idiot" after a break-up a month before Christmas, the video goes viral and her life is comically up-heaved into many hilarious situations. She ultimately meets Danny, a struggling stand-up comic and actor. Will the two find love deep in the heart of the craziness of Los Angeles? Find out in the edgy romantic comedy that centers itself around the most wonderful time of the year.
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Original Language: en
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Swing Out, Sweet Land
1970-01-01
Swing Out, Sweet Land
Overview: John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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In Search of Historic Jesus
1979-08-01
In Search of Historic Jesus
Overview: Re-created Biblical tableaux mixed with interviews.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-01
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Off the Mark
1987-11-01
Off the Mark
Overview: A teenaged boy's family once hosted a Russian exchange student in their home for a year. Several years later, as adults, the two find themselves competing against each other in a Triathlon competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959-02-20
The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
Overview: In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisburg and an office in Philadelphia, he has successfully kept two separate homes. However, when an emergency requires his oldest son to find him, Mr. Pennypacker's dual life is revealed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-02-20
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Television: The First Fifty Years
1999-01-01
Television: The First Fifty Years
Overview: Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Up in Smoke
1978-05-16
Up in Smoke
Overview: An unemployed pot-smoking slacker and amateur drummer, Anthony Stoner ditches his strict parents and hits the road, eventually meeting kindred spirit Pedro de Pacas. While the drug-ingesting duo is soon arrested for possession of marijuana, Anthony and Pedro get released on a technicality, allowing them to continue their many misadventures and ultimately compete in a rock band contest, where they perform the raucous tune "Earache My Eye."
Genres: Adventure Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-16
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Cry-Baby
1990-04-06
Cry-Baby
Overview: A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-06
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High School U.S.A.
1983-10-16
High School U.S.A.
Overview: Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-16
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Smash-Up on Interstate 5
1976-02-02
Smash-Up on Interstate 5
Overview: In this made-for-TV disaster movie, the lives of a group of motorists are chronicled retrospectively after they're involved in a 39-car pile-up on California's Interstate 5 over 4th of July weekend.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-02
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Sonic Boom
1974-01-01
Sonic Boom
Overview: Comedy short about a supersonic jet that lands in a small town and creates hysteria about an impending sonic boom that never happens.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Disneyland '59
1959-06-15
Disneyland '59
Overview: Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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