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Sep 16, 1996 · Gene Nelson was an American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director. Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he moved to Seattle when he was a year old. He was inspired to become a dancer by watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers when he was a child.
G ene Nelson was a singing and dancing actor best remembered as the definitive cowboy Will Parker in the 1955 film version of "Oklahoma!". His "Oklahoma!" narrative of the song "Kansas City" became a star turn as he spun a lasso along with his news of what was "up to date" in that wonderful, faraway place.
Gene Nelson (1920-1996) biography on Film Reference. Born Eugene Leander Berg, March 24, 1920, in Seattle, WA; died of cancer, September 16, 1996, in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Leaves You Alone Sterling Hayden as LAPD Sgt. Sims, with de-facto nameless associates suggests they ring ex-con Lacey (Gene Nelson) for what is in fact his second appearance, still in bed with wife Ellen (Phyllis Kirk), when sure enough, San Quentin escapee Morgan (Ned Young), wounded in the gas station robbery, turns up, in Andre de Toth’s Crime Wave ...
Oklahoma!: Directed by Fred Zinnemann. With Gordon MacRae, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Charlotte Greenwood. In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
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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.
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