Don Shelton

Acting

Don Shelton

Born 1912-09-20 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Don Shelton was born on September 20, 1912 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Them! (1954), Red, Hot and Blue (1949) and Mystery Street (1950). He was married to Mary Bear. He died on June 19, 1976 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.

Acting credits

Them! poster
6.8

As a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their existence, an FBI agent and, eventually, the US Army to eradicate the menace, before it spreads across the continent — and the world.

Them!

1954

A Star Is Born poster
7.1

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

A Star Is Born

1954

Somebody Up There Likes Me poster
7.2

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956

Mystery Street poster
6.8

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.

Mystery Street

1950

Alias Nick Beal poster
6.8

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking stranger named Nick Beal shows up with enough evidence to seal a conviction. When that success leads Foster to run for governor, Beal's unearthly hold on him turns the previously honest man corrupt, much to the displeasure of his wife and his steadfast minister.

Alias Nick Beal

1949

The Command poster
6.4

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

The Command

1954

Invasion of the Saucer Men poster
4.9

Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.

Invasion of the Saucer Men

1957

Submarine Command poster
5.8

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequent years of meaningless navy ground assignments and the animosity of a former sailor, leave White (now a captain) feeling guilty and empty. His life spirals downward and his wife is about to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced into a dangerous rescue situation at the start of the Koren War.... reassigned to the same submarine where all of his problems began.

Submarine Command

1951

Red, Hot and Blue poster
6.2

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

Red, Hot and Blue

1949

Hilda Crane poster
6.9

After two failed marriages, a disillusioned woman returns to her hometown to start life anew.

Hilda Crane

1956

Bullwhip poster
4.9

In order to avoid the hangman's noose, a cowboy agrees to marry a beautiful but fiery redhead.

Bullwhip

1958

You Gotta Stay Happy poster
6.8

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

High School Hellcats poster
5.8

The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority at their high school. New student Joyce moves into the neighborhood and quickly draws their attention. Desperate for acceptance and unhappy with her home life, she becomes close to the Hellcats and begins drinking, dancing and meeting boys. Can Joyce's parents stop her descent into depravity?

High School Hellcats

1958

Dragstrip Girl poster
6.3

Girl loves hot cars and a rich dragstrip racer. Her parents don't like either one.

Dragstrip Girl

1957

Two Dollar Bettor poster
5.4

An honest guy gets trapped into the world of horse racing and his once prosperous life becomes a downward spiral into the underworld.

Two Dollar Bettor

1951