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Born Leander Eugene Berg in Astoria, Oregon, he and his family moved to Seattle when he was one year old. He was inspired to become a dancer during his childhood by watching Fred Astaire in films. After serving in the Army during World War II, during which he also performed in the musical This Is the Army, Nelson landed his first Broadway role ...
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ABOUT. His name...Gene Nelson. Born in Arkansas in 1989 and raised on a steady diet of late night talkshows and Comedy Central programming. Gene graduated with a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Media Communication from The University of Arkansas. While there he joined the inaugural line up of the first improv team in school history, Laugh ...
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Oklahoma! (1955) 6 Videos. 54 Photos. 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.
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Actor: Oklahoma!. 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.
Sep 18, 1996 · Gene Nelson, who played Will Parker, the blond, boyish, high-stepping lasso dancer in the 1955 film version of ''Oklahoma!,'' died on Monday at a hospital in Calabasas, Calif. He was 76 and...
