Gene Nelson

Birthday: 24 March 1920, Seattle, Washington, USA

Birth Name: Eugene Leander Berg

Height: 183 cm

Gene Nelson was barely a teen when he saw the Fred Astaire movie Flying Down to Rio (1933), which would change his life. It was then that he decided he would be a dancer. After graduating from high sc ...Show More

It's always the dancer who has to work overtime when nobody else does. I would say that 25% of the B Show more It's always the dancer who has to work overtime when nobody else does. I would say that 25% of the Broadway shows that have ever been done have been saved by dancers. Just think about it; if not saved, at least heightened. Hide

Film is a marvelous medium for dancing. The sky's the limit. You can do wonderfully imaginative thin Show more Film is a marvelous medium for dancing. The sky's the limit. You can do wonderfully imaginative things with film. It's like being a magician. In my heyday, I could only do about four pirouettes without starting to fall, but with film, I could do a dozen by cutting and editing. The magic of film is that you can create anything you want. Hide

I was happier directing than I've ever been doing anything else. That form of creativity is very rew Show more I was happier directing than I've ever been doing anything else. That form of creativity is very rewarding and I liked it a lot. Both careers were incomplete. I feel unfulfilled in either one. I didn't become the star I wanted to be. Hide

Gene Nelson's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (94) as Creator (1)

Kissin Cousins

Gene Nelson'S roles

Will Parker

Louis Metcalf