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Gary Nelson
Director 1934 - 2022

Gary Nelson

Los Angeles, California, USA

An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

8 titles
The Sands of Time

The Sands of Time

Gary Nelson 1992 1h 36m

Three nuns are caught up in the midst of Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.

Get Smart, Again!

Get Smart, Again!

Gary Nelson 1989 1h 36m

KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.

Murder in Three Acts

Murder in Three Acts

Gary Nelson 1986 1h 34m

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold

Gary Nelson 1986 1h 39m 3.8

After his brother Robeson disappears without a trace while exploring Africa in search of a legendary 'white tribe', Alan Quatermain decides to follow in his footsteps to learn what became of him. Soon after arriving, he discovers the los City of Gold, controlled by the evil lord Agon, and mined by his legions of white slaves.

Murder in Coweta County

Murder in Coweta County

Gary Nelson 1983 1h 40m 6.0

In 1948, in rural Georgia, Coweta County is watched over by its legendary, indomitable Sheriff Lamar Potts (Johnny Cash). No felony had ever gone unsolved while Sheriff Potts was in charge.

The Black Hole

The Black Hole

Gary Nelson 1979 1h 38m 5.7

A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole.

Panache

Panache

Gary Nelson 1976 1h 15m

A stylish comedy swashbuckler mixing romance, masterful swordplay, political treachery, and 20th-Century pratfalls in 17th-Century France, this film was a pilot for an unrealized series.

Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

Gary Nelson 1976 1h 35m 5.5

School girl Annabel is hassled by her mother, and Mrs. Andrews is annoyed with her daughter, Annabel. They both think that the other has an easy life.

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