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Gene Nelson (born Leander Eugene Berg; March 24, 1920 – September 16, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director. [1] [2] [3] Biography [ edit ]
Gene Nelson. 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. After he was discharged, he appeared in...
- March 24, 1920
- September 16, 1996
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 lived ...
Gene Nelson. 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.
- Director, Actor, Additional Crew
- March 24, 1920
- 3 min
- September 16, 1996
Sep 18, 1996 · Gene Nelson, a singing and dancing actor best remembered as the definitive cowboy Will Parker in the 1955 film version of “Oklahoma!” has died. He was 76. Nelson died Monday of cancer at the ...
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Gene Nelson Biography (1920-1996) Born Eugene Leander Berg, March 24, 1920, in Seattle, WA; died of cancer, September 16, 1996, in Sherman Oaks, CA. Actor, dancer, singer, and director. Nelson became famous for his role as Will Parker in the 1955 film version of Oklahoma! and was mostly remembered for his acrobatic-style dancing.
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. 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 ...
