
Birthday:
07-19-1903
Deathday:
08-06-1973 (70 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Billy Nelson was an American vaudeville comedian.
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His Kind of Woman
Act like Ship's Captain (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.7
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Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself entangled with fellow guests at a luxurious resort and suspecting that the man who hired him may be the deported crime boss Nick Ferraro aiming to re-enter to the USA.
Cowboy in Manhattan
Act like Bill
event1943
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Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
Vicki
Act like Wino (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 5.5
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A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Pocketful of Miracles
Act like Hood (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 7.3
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A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
The Undercover Man
Act like Horse Parlor Bouncer (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 6.2
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Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he finds are terrified witnesses and corrupt police officers.
Waterfront
Act like Butch
event1944 star_border 5.1
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A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone robs him of his code book, and he must get it back.
Search for Danger
Act like Gunman in Back Seat of Car
event1949
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The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
Minesweeper
Act like Bos'un 'Freshwater' Heims
event1943 star_border 5
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A naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War II begins. He re-enlists under an assumed name, and is assigned to a minesweeper, where he has to perform hazardous duties while at the same time keeping his real identity a secret.
Ransom!
Act like Angry Man in Fight (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 7.2
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A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.
Harvest Melody
Act like Canvas Back Kirby
event1943 star_border 4
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Farmer Tommy and his girl Jane come in from the country for a night at the Hollywood Trocadero. There, they meet Chuck, Hollywood's Number One press agent, and his Girl Friday, Daisie. Hearing of the hardships imposed down on the farm by the war-related labor shortage, Chuck offers the help of his clients, movie star Gilda Parker, heavyweight boxer Canvas, and Eddie Le Baron and his whole orchestra, to help harvest the crops.
Drums in the Deep South
Act like Union Sergeant (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.4
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Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain.
Navy Bound
Act like Fisherman (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6
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A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's business, a tuna fishing operation, is in financial trouble. He becomes a prizefighter and one day signs up for a winner-take-all boxing match, which could make him a lot of money but could also result in the end of his boxing career.
Mixed Nuts
Act like Prof. Fabian Nelson
event1934 star_border 6.2
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Oddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal, although the satire is of a very lightweight (and light-hearted) nature. The film begins at a city council meeting where an unidentified politician announces that the government has released $50,000 for the relief of unemployed plumbers. This prompts applause, but also a pointed question from an angry woman who wants to know what the government is going to do for the members of her profession: chorus girls. The politician glibly replies that the administration has set aside money—two million dollars, no less!—for the re-education of chorus girls, "to fit them for the better things in life."
I Live on Danger
Act like Longshot
event1942 star_border 5.7
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A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
A Duke for a Day
Act like Billy
event1934
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Movie star Gloria Blossom (Jeanette Loff) is unhappy with her press agent's (Eddie Foy, Jr.) attempts at publicity. After reading newspaper stories about other stars marrying into royalty, she demands that Eddie "promote me a husband with a title within 24 hours". With the dubious assistance of reporter Don Barclay and photographer Billy Nelson he talks the first man with a British accent that he meets into marrying Gloria, fooling her into believing he is a Duke. The trouble is that the man is a big fan of Gloria the movie star and is madly in love with her, so after the wedding, when she finds out the truth, her new husband refuses to divorce her. A wild free-for-all fight ensues in the hotel. In typical Hal Roach comedy fashion, numerous innocent bystanders are pulled into the action.
The Milkman
Act like Duke
event1950 star_border 8
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A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
I'll Be Suing You
Act like Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
event1934
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Patsy is coerced into faking a broken leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.
Maid in Hollywood
Act like Burglar in Test (uncredited)
event1934
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Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Patsy's deviousness, Thelma gets a call to come to the studio immediately to audition for a costume drama.
Mister 880
Act like Taxi Driver (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.9
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The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is also Mr. 880, an amateurish counterfeiter who has amazingly managed to elude the Secret Service for 20 years.
High Powered
Act like Bill Madden
event1945
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Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in which he was injured and another workman was killed.
Look Up and Laugh
Act like Alf Chirk
event1935 star_border 4.5
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Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
The Shadow on the Window
Act like Unshaved Man (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 5.7
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Three delinquents murder a prosperous farmer at an isolated farm house. One witness to the crime - the dead man's secretary - is then taken hostage. The other witness - her young son - is thrown into state of shock. Can he recover soon enough to help the police - and his father - rescue his mother before it's too late?
Gambler's Choice
Act like Danny May
event1944 star_border 6
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The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of New York...
When Strangers Marry
Act like Louisville Driver
event1944 star_border 6.1
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A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Act like Commissioner (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 7.2
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The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Senorita from the West
Act like Taxicab Driver
event1945 star_border 5
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Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
The Penny Pool
Act like Billy
event1937 star_border 4
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'The Penny Pool' (1937) features Duggie Wakefield and his Crazy Gang who come to the assistance of young lovers Tommy Bancroft and Renee Harland, who have been sacked from their jobs for filling in the penny football pools during work hours. But the Crazy Gang's assistance is not always useful!
False Faces
Act like Jimmy -- Cab Driver
event1943 star_border 7
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A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.
Wrecking Crew
Act like Tom Kemp
event1942 star_border 5.5
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Follows a crew as they work under a deadline set by their boss to complete the demolition of a building. Touches on the lives of several of the crew in their lives away from the job and shows rhe comraderie of the crew in their work and even away from work.
The Whip Hand
Act like Ed (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.6
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A small-town reporter investigates a mysterious group holed up in a country lodge.
My Six Convicts
Act like Guard
event1952 star_border 6.3
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A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.
Anchors Aweigh
Act like Sailor (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.8
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Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
12 Angry Men
Act like Court Clerk (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 8.5
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The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
Crook's Tour
Act like Billy
event1933
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A short film from Hal Roach Studios' All-Star series.
Broadway
Act like Tommy (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5.5
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Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Act like Mr. Sprague (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 6.6
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Adventures of Superman
Act like Louie (1 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.7
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Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!"
Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
Tombstone Territory
Act like Murphy - Bartender (1 ep.)
event1957 star_border 6
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Tombstone Territory is an American Western series starring Pat Conway and Richard Eastham. The series' first two seasons aired on ABC from 1957 to 1959. The third and final season aired in syndication from 1959 until 1960.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Act like Cab Driver (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 7.7
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Lux Video Theatre
Act like Nick (1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6
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Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Act like Dan (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 4.5
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
Surfside 6
Act like Al (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 5
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Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
Bat Masterson
Act like Ringmaster (1 ep.)
event1958 star_border 6.1
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Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Act like Corporal (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 7
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Studio 57
Act like Sam (1 ep.)
event1954
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Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
Lassie
Act like Tex (1 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.1
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Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
Dragnet
(2 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.4
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Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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