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September 16, 1996 · Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer) Birth name. Eugene Leander Berg. Height. 6′ (1.83 m) Mini Bio. 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.
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...
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...
Sep 16, 1996 · Biography. Prolific actor/director Gene Nelson appeared in more than 60 productions and helmed another 50 in a career that spanned five decades, but his first ambition was to become a dancer after he saw Fred Astaire's musical comedy "Flying Down to Rio."
Sep 16, 1996 · Biography. 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.
Gene Nelson. Bert Six / Warner Brothers. Stars. Film: North side of the 7000 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Actor | Dancer | Director | Singer Born Gene Berg on March 24, 1920 in Seattle, WA....
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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.
