Ralph Nelson
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Portrait of Ralph Nelson
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| Born |
August 12, 1916 Long Island City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 21, 1987 (aged 71) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1950-1979 |
| Spouse(s) |
Celeste Holm (1936–1939) Beatrice Bahnsen (1945-1947) Barbara Powers (1954-1981, her death) |
| Children |
Ted Nelson (b. 1937) Ralph Nelson (b. 1946) Peter Nelson (b. 1955) Meredith Nelson (b. 1956) |
Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor.
Nelson was born in Long Island City, New York. He served in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor in World War II.
Nelson directed the acclaimed episode A World of His Own of The Twilight Zone" (he should not be confused with The Twilight Zone's production manager, Ralph W. Nelson). He also directed both the television and film versions of Rod Serling's Requiem for a Heavyweight.
He directed Charly, the 1968 film version of Flowers for Algernon, for which Cliff Robertson won an Academy Award, as well as several racially provocative films in the 1960s and early 1970s, including the Academy Award-winning Lilies of the Field,...tick...tick...tick..., Christmas Lilies of the Field, The Wilby Conspiracy, and Soldier Blue. The starring role in "Lilies" led to Sidney Poitier winning the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Nelson also directed the Cary Grant comedy Father Goose, the offbeat Soldier in the Rain with Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen, the crime story Once a Thief, and Rita Hayworth's last film, The Wrath of God. He both directed, and briefly appeared in, Duel at Diablo, starring James Garner and Sidney Poitier.
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