Nelson Gidding - Turner Classic Movies

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Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

September 15, 1919

Died

May 02, 2004

Cause of Death

Died Of Congestive Heart Failure

Filmography

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The Mummy Lives (1994)

Shogun Mayeda (1991)

Shogun Mayeda (1991)

The Misfit Brigade (1988)

I Want to Live (1983)

From Screenplay ("I Want To Live!")

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

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Lost Command (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Lovely And Warm

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

The Mummy Lives (1994)

Shogun Mayeda (1991)

Shogun Mayeda (1991)

The Misfit Brigade (1988)

I Want to Live (1983)

From Screenplay ("I Want To Live!")

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)

The Hindenburg (1975)

The Andromeda Strain (1971)

Skullduggery (1970)

Lost Command (1966)

Nine Hours to Rama (1963)

The Haunting (1963)

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

I Want to Live! (1958)

Onionhead (1958)

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)

Life Events

Videos

Lost Command (1966) -- (Movie Clip) Lovely And Warm Producers don't miss their chance to get Claudia Cardinale (as Algerian "Aicha") and Alain Delon (as French "Captain Esclavier") into swimsuits, then to the Casbah, in Lost Command, 1966.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Never Had A Wife Early scene introducing ex-cop Burke (Ed Begley) meeting ex-con Slater (Robert Ryan) whom he has in mind for one last bank job, in the Harry Belafonte-financed Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Where The Money Comes From First scene for Shelley Winters as "Lorry," waking as boyfriend Slater (Robert Ryan), worried that she's paying all the bills, is leaving to scout a bank job, in Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959.

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) He Dared Me

Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) -- (Movie Clip) The Invisible Man Financier and de-facto producer Harry Belafonte, singing a song he co-wrote, as musician-gambler "Johnny," interrupted by Coco (Richard Bright), his bookie's henchman, in Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959, directed by Robert Wise.

Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I Hope You're A Religious Man On his tug in the Mediterranean the morning after the first movie, Captain Turner (Michael Caine) with mate Wilbur (Karl Malden) and semi-stowaway Celeste (Sally Field) find the liner, planning salvage, when Telly Savalas arrives, playing a Greek doctor, in Beyond The Poseidon Adventure, 1979.

Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Did You Come By Canoe? A quick roll call as Michael Caine and his improvised salvage crew (Sally Field, Karl Malden), with Telly Savalas heading a Greek medical team, discover survivors not seen in the original, Veronica Hamel, Peter Boyle and Shirley Jones with back-stories, in Beyond The Poseidon Adventure, 1979.

Beyond The Poseidon Adventure (1979) -- (Movie Clip) I've Had Smoother Crossings Michael Caine and his crew (Sally Field, Karl Malden) revel in their salvage from the capsized liner when a new survivor (Slim Pickens as Tex) appears, then two more, Angela Cartwright who’s the daughter of Peter Boyle, and Mark Harmon her rescuer, Shirley Jones and Veronica Hamel also among the band, in Beyond The Poseidon Adventure, 1979.

Haunting, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) It Knows My Name! Dr. Markway (Richard Johnson) and Luke (Russ Tamblyn), with highly-sensitive Theodora (Claire Bloom) and traumatized Eleanor (Julie Harris), who hears voices, as the house begins to pulse, in Robert Wise's The Haunting, 1963.

I Want To Live (1958) -- (Movie Clip) No Federal Rap Introducing Peg (Virginia Vincent) then Barbara (Susan Hayward) on a visit to San Francisco with their paid-for dates, when a detective (Wendell Holmes) drops by, early in Robert Wise's I Want To Live, 1958.

I Want To Live (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Make It Out To Cash Barbara (Susan Hayward) working a con, rescued by bartender Hank (Wesley Lau), then meeting his crooked partner Perkins (Philip Coolidge), director Robert Wise embarking on a crime montage, in I Want To Live, 1958.

Onionhead (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Put Your Back Into It! A social failure on his Oklahoma college campus, Andy Griffith as title character Alvin Woods decides on a career in the services, into a perhaps obligatory training sequence, meeting fellow recruits O’Neal and Berger (Joe Mantell, Tige Andrews) early in director Norman Taurog’s Onionhead, 1958.

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