Bobby Nelson

Acting

Bobby Nelson

Born 1922-01-17 · Santa Monica, California, USA

Bobby Nelson was primarily a child actor in films in the 1930s. He later became a public accountant for a 43 year career.

Acting credits

Honeysuckle Rose poster
5.4

Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.

Honeysuckle Rose

1980

The Cowboy and the Bandit poster
7.0

Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a wounded Scarface he helps him recover. Arrested by Larkin's stooge Sheriff, and with another lynch mob after him, he once again needs Scarface's help.

The Cowboy and the Bandit

1935

The White Gorilla poster
4.5

A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle.

The White Gorilla

1945

The Texan poster
8.0

A cowboy on the run from the law gets mixed up with a crooked horse race scheme.

The Texan

1932

Partners poster
9.0

A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.

Partners

1932

No artwork available
7.0

Jasper Steele, a wealthy rancher on the border, sends for Timothy, his nephew, to assist him in a feud with Hawksby, a rival rancher.

The Fighting Boob

1926

Custer's Last Stand poster
8.0

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to a lost gold treasure, is lost in one of many Indian attacks. It is recovered by the only two survivors, a Major and his daughter, who become the targets of those who wish to possess it. General George Armstrong Custer and army scout Kid Cardigan attempt to stop the ensuing war over the arrow, but fail in their efforts, which becomes the historic Custer's Last Stand.

Custer's Last Stand

1936

The Doughboy poster
7.3

The film begins with Snub going off to war in WWI. He manages to get lost behind enemy lines and spends most of the movie hiding or just barely escaping encounter after encounter with German soldiers.

The Doughboy

1926

No artwork available
9.0

Fireman Bob Darrow invents an original chemical fire extinguisher, and his rival, Dan Mitchell, for June Madison, also has his eyes on Bob's invention. Chapter 1: The Red Peril, Chapter 2: Flaming Hate, Chapter 3: The Fire Trap, Chapter 4: Death's Chariot, Chapter 5: The Avalanche, Chapter 6: The Jaws of Death, Chapter 7: Forest of Fire, Chapter 8: Blank Cartridges, Chapter 9: The House of Terror / The House of Horror, Chapter 10: The Depths of Doom, Chapter 11: A Flaming Death, Chapter 12: The Last Alarm.

Heroes of the Flames

1931

Two-Gun Caballero poster
4.8

A cowhand named Bob Blake visits with Sally Thompson and her kid-brother, Jimmy, on their hard-scrabble homestead adjoining the Steele Ranch where Bob works. He learns that their father just died, and he plans on seeing if he can make things a bit easier for them.

Two-Gun Caballero

1931

On Your Guard poster
6.7

An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting three orphans from land swindlers instead.

On Your Guard

1933

Rough Riding Ranger poster
9.0

Hanson is using Bobby's carrier pigeons to receive messages. His man Slim shoots them down before they reach Bobby. When Slim is injured, Ranger Daniels posing as a drunk gets the job. He misses the next pigeon on purpose and gets the message from Bobby. But his identity has now become known and the gang rides to get him.

Rough Riding Ranger

1935

Valley of the Lawless poster
7.5

Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed his father.

Valley of the Lawless

1936

Tarzan the Mighty poster
6.8

Mary and Bobby Trevor are castaways befriended by Tarzan. When Lord arrives, looking for the family heir, Black John tries to fill that role and marry Mary in England. Tarzan shows up and marries her instead.

Tarzan the Mighty

1928

Beyond the Rockies poster
8.0

Con Benteen, an undercover agent for the Cattlemen's Protective Association, rides into a lawless town to investigate a band of cattle rustlers known as the Cloaked Riders.

Beyond the Rockies

1926

The Red Rope poster
6.5

Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.

The Red Rope

1937

No artwork available
5.0

A 1927 short

The Bum's Rush

1927

The Way of the West poster
7.0

Government agent Gordon, working undercover, is investigating a cattleman sheepman war. The Culprit is Horton and when Horton kills Parker he frames Gordon. His identity revealed, the Sheriff lets Gordon escape to go after the real killer.

The Way of the West

1934

Boothill Brigade poster
5.8

Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico finds the reason why when he runs into his old nemesis Porter.

Boothill Brigade

1937

The Drunkard poster
7.0

An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.

The Drunkard

1935

King of the Arena poster
8.5

Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.

King of the Arena

1933

Custer's Last Stand poster
5.3

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.

Custer's Last Stand

1936

The Gambling Terror poster
6.0

Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.

The Gambling Terror

1937

Two Fisted Justice poster
9.0

It's good guy Carson and the Poncho Riders against bad guy Slavin and his gang.

Two Fisted Justice

1931