Bobby Nelson


Biography

Starting out as a child actor, Bobby Nelson's career took off when he was five years old. Nelson's earliest roles were in film, including "Tarzan, the Mighty" (1928) with Frank Merrill, the Tim McCoy western "Daring Danger" (1932) and "Oliver Twist" (1933) with Dickie Moore. He also appeared in "Captured in Chinatown" (1935). His film career continued throughout the thirties and the ...

Biography

Starting out as a child actor, Bobby Nelson's career took off when he was five years old. Nelson's earliest roles were in film, including "Tarzan, the Mighty" (1928) with Frank Merrill, the Tim McCoy western "Daring Danger" (1932) and "Oliver Twist" (1933) with Dickie Moore. He also appeared in "Captured in Chinatown" (1935). His film career continued throughout the thirties and the eighties in productions like "Rough Riding Ranger" (1935), the western "Texas Terror" (1935) with John Wayne and the Johnny Mack Brown western "The Gambling Terror" (1937). He also appeared in "Honeysuckle Rose" (1980). Nelson continued to exercise his talent in the early 2000s and the 2010s, taking on a mix of projects like "Fast Food Nation" (2006) starring Catalina Sandino Moreno, "The Hitcher" with Sean Bean (2007) and "Oldboy" (2013) starring Josh Brolin. Nelson most recently worked on the dramedy "Chef" (2014) with Jon Favreau.

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