Ralph Nelson

Directing

Ralph Nelson

Born — Died

1916-08-12 — 1987-12-21

Place of birth

New York City, New York

Known for

Directing

Credits

52 titles

Elseen Leo Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American movie and television director, producer, writer, and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ralph Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known for

Studio One poster
5.4

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Studio One

1948

Starsky & Hutch poster
7.4

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the streets of Bay City.

Starsky & Hutch

1975

One Step Beyond poster
5.7

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series that dramatized purportedly real-life supernatural and paranormal experiences. The series was hosted by John Newland and ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.

One Step Beyond

1959

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse poster
6.3

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Lux Video Theatre poster
6.7

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.

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Soldier Blue poster
6.8

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.

Soldier Blue

1970

Film credits

1960s · 5 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Soldier Blue poster
6.8

After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie more with them than with the US government. Together, they must try to reach the cavalry's main base camp. As they travel onward, Honus is torn between his growing affection for Cresta.

Soldier Blue

1970

Fate Is the Hunter poster
6.5

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason.

Fate Is the Hunter

1964

Once a Thief poster
6.5

Ex-convict Eddie and his wife, Kristine, attempt to build a new life for themselves and their daughter Kathy in San Francisco, but police officer Mike Vido is determined to send Eddie back to prison.

Once a Thief

1965

Soldier in the Rain poster
6.5

Maxwell Slaughter is a kind, heavyset guy who has reached the rank of master sergeant in the army. Admired by handsome young Sgt. Eustis Clay, Slaughter forms a close bond with his peer. Clay hopes to convince Slaughter to join him in a business venture outside of the service, but, in the meantime, he introduces the older officer to the beautiful young Bobby Jo Pepperdine, inadvertently creating trouble for both men.

Soldier in the Rain

1963

Father Goose poster
7.0

During World War II, South Sea beachcomber Walter Eckland is persuaded to spy on planes passing over his island. He gets more than he bargained for as schoolteacher Catherine Frenau arrives on the run from the Japanese with her pupils in tow!

Father Goose

1964

Requiem for a Heavyweight poster
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After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1962

Cinderella poster
6.7

Julie Andrews was nominated for an Emmy for portraying the titular scullery maid who finds true love with a prince in this legendary adaptation of one of the most famous fairy tales of all time. A musical, made-for-television, with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is the only of the legendary composing team's musicals created specifically for that medium. It was originally broadcast live on CBS on March 31, 1957, and was a phenomenal success, viewed by more than 107 million people. Though it originally aired in full color, only a black & white kinescope of the production has survived.

Cinderella

1957

The Wilby Conspiracy poster
6.3

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975

Duel at Diablo poster
6.4

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

Duel at Diablo

1966

Duel at Diablo poster
6.4

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

Duel at Diablo

1966

… tick… tick… tick… poster
6.7

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

… tick… tick… tick…

1970

… tick… tick… tick… poster
6.7

Racial tensions threaten to explode when a black man is elected sheriff of a small, racially divided town in the Deep South.

… tick… tick… tick…

1970

Lilies of the Field poster
7.2

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

Lilies of the Field

1963

Lilies of the Field poster
7.2

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

Lilies of the Field

1963

The Wrath of God poster
5.5

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.

The Wrath of God

1972

The Wrath of God poster
5.5

Set in the 1920s, several foreigners held by a South American military group are offered possible freedom if they accept to topple a local crazed military leader.

The Wrath of God

1972

Counterpoint poster
6.2

In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.

Counterpoint

1967

Requiem for a Heavyweight poster
8.0

An over-the-hill heavyweight boxing champion who suffers from the ravages of years of head trauma is exploited by his manager, despite the efforts of a compassionate young woman who tries to help him recover his self-respect.

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1956

Embryo poster
4.7

A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.

Embryo

1976

Charly poster
6.5

An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.

Charly

1968

Charly poster
6.5

An experiment on a simpleton turns him into a genius. When he discovers what has been done to him he struggles with whether or not what was done to him was right.

Charly

1968

Blood Money poster
9.0

"Mountain" McClintock is over the hill as a boxer, but his corrupt manager keeps putting him back in the ring.

Blood Money

1957

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich poster
5.9

A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977

Because He's My Friend poster
8.0

An American military man moves his family to Australia to undergo training in submarine warfare, providing new challenges for his wife and their developmentally disabled son.

Because He's My Friend

1978

You Can't Go Home Again poster
3.0

An adaptation of Thomas Wolfe's literary classic, telling of the struggles of a young writer determined to be a success in New York's literary world of the 1920s, his married lover, and the brilliant editor who sees him as a blossoming genius. The story parallels the life of Wolfe himself and his affair with stage designer Aline Bernstein.

You Can't Go Home Again

1979

The Greer Case poster
NR

When a rich woman dies without signing her new will, all kinds of problems ensue.

The Greer Case

1957

Flight of the Doves poster
5.9

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.

Flight of the Doves

1971

Flight of the Doves poster
5.9

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.

Flight of the Doves

1971

Flight of the Doves poster
5.9

While fleeing across the Irish countryside, two orphans are pursued by their villainous uncle, a master of disguises.

Flight of the Doves

1971

Lady of the House poster
NR

A dramatization of the life of Sally Stanford, who operated a bordello in the northern California town of Sausalito, and eventually went on to be elected mayor of the town.

Lady of the House

1978

One Coat of White poster
NR

A newly-widowed woman goes on a trip to Europe and meets a French artist.

One Coat of White

1957

Aladdin poster
10.0

Cole Porter's version of the story of Aladdin--his only musical written especially for television.

Aladdin

1958

Christmas Lilies of the Field poster
6.0

In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits the chapel in the Arizona desert that he helped build for five German nuns under the supervision of Mother Maria, and he reluctantly helps them out of a pinch once more.

Christmas Lilies of the Field

1979

Atomic Attack poster
7.5

A family living 50 miles away try to flee from the fallout of an atomic bomb that fell on New York City.

Atomic Attack

1954

Made in Heaven poster
NR

When Zachary and Elsa separate, each seems tempted to start a new love affair.

Made in Heaven

1956

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses poster
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Some racetrack Johnnies are talking between races when one wonders if you can hynotize a horse into thinking it's a champion. The idea sets in motion a series of hilarious events.

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

The Nutcracker poster
7.0

Christmas presentation of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90, featuring Tchaikovsky's ballet performed by the New York City Ballet, choreographed by George Balanchine, and conducted by Robert Irving.

The Nutcracker

1958

The Jazz Singer poster
NR

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

The Jazz Singer

1959

No artwork available
NR

A dramatisation of the difficulties faced by actor Keenan Wynn when his father comedian Ed Wynn is cast in the dramatic production of Requiem for a Heavyweight.

The Man in the Funny Suit

1960

No artwork available
NR

A dramatisation of the difficulties faced by actor Keenan Wynn when his father comedian Ed Wynn is cast in the dramatic production of Requiem for a Heavyweight.

The Man in the Funny Suit

1960