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Ralph Nelson is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer American born on 12 august 1916 at New York City (USA)
Ralph Nelson (August 12, 1916 – December 21, 1987) was an American movie and television director, producer, writer, and actor.
(1964)
(Director)
(1963)
(Director)
(1968)
(Director)
(1963)
(Director)
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Nationality USA
Birth 12 august 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 december 1987 (at 71 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Awards Emmy Award
Birth 12 august 1916 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 december 1987 (at 71 years) at Santa Monica (USA)
Awards Emmy Award
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(1964)(Director)
(1963)(Director)
(1968)(Director)
(1963)(Director)
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Filmography of Ralph Nelson (22 films)
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Embryo (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Ralph Nelson, Roddy McDowall, Anne Scheden
Rating51%
Dr. Paul Holliston (Hudson) is a geneticist who has been living alone in his rambling clinic, which he operates out of his home, after losing his wife in a car crash. This leads to his feeling constant pangs of guilt from his sister-in-law Martha Douglas (Diane Ladd), who has become his assistant.
The Wrath of God (1972)
, 1h51Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Frank Langella, Victor Buono, John Colicos, Gregory Sierra
Roles Prisonnier exécuté (non crédité)
Rating59%
Van Horne (played by Mitchum), a bank robber dressed like a Roman Catholic priest, is spared from a firing squad in 1922 in an unnamed Central America nation and sent to kill a local desperado.
Soldier Blue (1970)
, 1h52Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Candice Bergen, Peter Strauss, Donald Pleasence, Dana Elcar, Jorge Rivero, John Anderson
Roles Agent Long
Rating68%
A young woman, Cresta Lee (Bergen), and young U.S. private Honus Gent (Strauss) are joined together by fate when they are the only two survivors after their group is massacred by the Cheyenne. Gent is devoted to his country and duty; Lee, who has lived with the Cheyenne for two years, declares that in this conflict she sympathizes more with them. The two must now try to make it to Fort Reunion, the army base camp, where Cresta's fiance, an army officer, waits for her. As they travel through the desert with very low supplies, hiding from the Indians, they are spotted by a group of Kiowa horsemen. Under pressure from Cresta, Honus fights and seriously wounds the group's chief. Honus finds himself unable to kill the chief, and the chief's own men stab him for his defeat and leave Honus and Cresta alone.
Tick... Tick... Tick... (1970)
, 1h37Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors George Kennedy, Fredric March, Lynn Carlin, Don Stroud, Clifton James, Janet MacLachlan
Roles New York driver caught in speed trap (uncredited)
Rating66%
In a small Mississippi town, deputy Jim Price is elected sheriff over John Little, the incumbent. Racial tensions exist in the community and Price gets little assistance from Little, leaving office, or from Mayor Parks, who insists he be consulted on any decision the new sheriff makes.
Charly (1968)
, 1h43Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Cliff Robertson, Claire Bloom, Leon Janney, Lilia Skala, Dick Van Patten, Ruth White
Roles Convention Speaker (uncredited)
Rating68%
Charly Gordon (Cliff Robertson), an intellectually disabled man with a strong desire to make himself smarter, has been attending night school for two years where he has been taught by Alice Kinnian (Claire Bloom) to read and write. However, his spelling remains poor and he is even unable to spell his own name.
Counterpoint (1967)
, 1h44Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Political films
Actors Charlton Heston, Maximilian Schell, Leslie Nielsen, Kathryn Hays, Anton Diffring, Ralph Nelson
Roles réalisateur
Rating62%
Lionel Evans (Charlton Heston) is the director of a well-respected symphony orchestra touring European concert halls around 1944 in WW2. In the midst of one concert, the city where they are playing is attacked by German troops, and when Evans and his musicians try to escape, they are captured by Nazi soldiers led by Col. Arndt (Anton Diffring). Evans and the orchestra are taken to a castle where they are to bide their time before being executed; but it turns out that Arndt's superior, Gen. Schiller (Maximilian Schell), is a big classical music fan. Schiller commands Evans and his symphony to prepare a special concert for the Nazis, but Evans realizes that the moment the concert is over, he and his musicians will be killed.
Duel at Diablo (1966)
, 1h43Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson, Dennis Weaver, Bill Travers, John Hubbard
Roles Col. Foster (as Alf Elson)
Rating64%
While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (James Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Bibi Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Dennis Weaver). The couple have been on the move since two years before, when Ellen Grange had been kidnapped by Apaches and rescued. The townsfolk treated her as an outcast because, in captivity, she had a child by an Indian warrior.
Lilies of the Field (1963)
, 1h34Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Dan Frazer, Jester Hairston, Stanley Adams, Bobby Driscoll
Roles Mr. Ashton (uncredited)
Rating74%
Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is an itinerant handyman/jack-of-all-trades who stops at a farm in the Arizona desert to obtain some water for his car. There he sees several women working on a fence, very ineptly. The women, who speak very little English, introduce themselves as German, Austrian and Hungarian nuns. The mother superior, the leader of the nuns, persuades him to do a small roofing repair. He stays overnight, assuming that he will be paid in the morning. Next day, Smith tries to persuade the mother superior to pay him by quoting Luke 10:7, "The laborer is worthy of his hire." Mother Maria Marthe (Lilia Skala, called "Mother Maria"), responds by asking him to read another Bible verse from the Sermon on the Mount: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Billy Dee Williams, Maria Schell, Bob Hastings, Rachel Ward
Rating64%
, 1h47Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield, Larry B. Scott, Helen Martin, Glynn Turman, David Groh
Rating67%
A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich opens by panning over downtown Los Angeles. The film takes place during the summertime.
Because He's My Friend (1977)
, 1h30Directed by Ralph Nelson
Genres Drama
Actors Keir Dullea, Karen Black, Jack Thompson, Tom Oliver, Ray Meagher
Rating59%
Embryo (1976)
, 1h44Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Actors Rock Hudson, Barbara Carrera, Diane Ladd, Ralph Nelson, Roddy McDowall, Anne Scheden
Rating51%
Dr. Paul Holliston (Hudson) is a geneticist who has been living alone in his rambling clinic, which he operates out of his home, after losing his wife in a car crash. This leads to his feeling constant pangs of guilt from his sister-in-law Martha Douglas (Diane Ladd), who has become his assistant.
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
, 1h45Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Rutger Hauer, Saeed Jaffrey
Rating63%
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala (played by Sidney Poitier), a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk (Prunella Gee), his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane (Rutger Hauer), is having a relationship with an English mining engineer, Jim Keogh (Michael Caine), who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house. They are stopped by the South African Police who are conducting identity document checks and arresting everyone who does not have their papers on them. As Shack has only just been released from prison he will not receive his papers until the next day. The police Constable and Shack antagonise each other leading to Shack being handcuffed and arrested. When Rina attempts to pull the Constable off Shack, the policeman hits her, knocking her to the ground. Jim assaults and knocks out the Constable making all three fugitives.
The Wrath of God (1972)
, 1h51Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Frank Langella, Victor Buono, John Colicos, Gregory Sierra
Rating59%
Van Horne (played by Mitchum), a bank robber dressed like a Roman Catholic priest, is spared from a firing squad in 1922 in an unnamed Central America nation and sent to kill a local desperado.
Flight of the Doves (1971)
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Genres Drama
Actors Ron Moody, Jack Wild, Dorothy McGuire, Stanley Holloway, Willie Rushton, Noel Purcell
Rating62%
Two Liverpool children (Londoners in the original book) set out in search of love after many years of receiving abuse from their Uncle Tobias Cromwell (Uncle Toby), Cromwell is not a blood relation to the Dove children, their mother married Cromwell and he was granted custody after her death. Finn Dove and his sister Derval are tired of their stepfather's constant abuse and neglect and they decide to run away to County Galway Ireland, where Finn and Derval's Grandmother lives. They hope when they reach their Granny O'Flaherty. But the story has a twist- the children are heirs to their grandfather's estate and stand to inherit a large fortune, around $10,000 each, upon his death but if the children are either dead or missing the money would go to their uncle- "Hawk" Dove, an unsuccessful actor known for his temper and for the fact that he will do just about anything to get what he wants, when Hawk discovers their fortune he sets out on a journey to make sure the Dove children are never seen again. The Dove children's journey across Ireland isn't easy as soon after they are discovered missing and their stepfather had been informed of the money (Hawk Dove disguised as a lawyer) he decides to bring in the police, soon they have the police, their Uncle Hawk and Uncle Toby close on their trail.