Barry Nelson Filmography

Magnum, P.I.: Double Jeopardy

Synopsis: Robin's Nest is turned over to a Hollywood production crew as a location for a movie starring Magnum's favorite actress Olivia Ross (Dana Wynter) and her perennial costar Jack Martin (Larry Pennell). So entranced is Magnum (Tom Welleck) by the glamorous Olivia that he is willing to endure multiple Read More

Taxi: Mr. Personalities

Synopsis: Comedian Andy Kaufman, who made a career of assuming "alternate personalities" that he claimed to be unable to control, delivers an acting tour-de-force in this episode. Ever since he adopted the obnoxious alter ego of swingin' bachelor Vic Ferrari in the previous season's "Latka the Playboy," Read More

Island Claws

Synopsis: A virtual remake of Roger Corman's drive-in classic Attack of the Crab Monsters, this Florida-lensed cheapie is more than just a throwback to low-budget monster movies of the 1950s -- it's a throwback in every sense of the word. The claw-wielding killer crustaceans here are the product of a Read More

The Shining

Actors: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson

Synopsis: "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" -- or, rather, a homicidal boy in Stanley Kubrick's eerie 1980 adaptation of Stephen King's horror novel. With wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and psychic son Danny (Danny Lloyd) in tow, frustrated writer Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) takes a job as the Read More

Joseph and His Brothers

Synopsis: This episode of the series Greatest Heroes of the Bible recounts the Old Testament story of Joseph, who ascended from slavery to become the pharaoh's minister. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Battlestar Galactica: The Magnificent Warriors

Actors: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr., John Colicos

Synopsis: In an outer-space replay of a familiar western plotline, the Gallactica must gather enough seed to replant its devastated agroships, lest the crew and passengers starve. In order to gain the necessary seed from a group of alien farmers, Adama (Lorne Greene) is obliged to romance a former Read More

Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Joseph in Egypt

Synopsis: The Old Testament comes alive in this dramatic retelling of Biblical history. The story of Joseph begins with the young man being sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. But Joseph's wisdom soon wins him a place of honor within the Pharaoh's palace. When he meets his family again, Joseph must Read More

Death in Small Doses

Synopsis: In this low-budget offering with several familiar "B"-movie players (Chuck Connors, Peter Graves), truck drivers become addicted to amphetamines courtesy of a drugs racket within the trucking company itself, so an undercover agent is sent in to gather evidence. ~ Mark Hockley, All Movie Guide Read More

Ring Once for Death

Synopsis: Ring Once for Death was videotaped in England, then telecast in the States as part of ABC's Wide World Mystery. Michael Jayston, a regular participant in these quickie chillers, becomes the butler of wealthy widow Janet Kay. At first the widow welcomes Jayston's overprotectiveness. But this Read More

Climb an Angry Mountain

Actors: Barry Nelson, Clay O'Brien, Fess Parker

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Climb an Angry Mountain revives the reliable "country cop vs city cop" concept, with Fess Parker and Barry Nelson on either side of the argument. New York City officer Nelson wants to use state-of-art methods to track down a fugitive Indian criminal (played by former football star Joe Kapp Read More

Pete 'n' Tillie

Actors: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson, René Auberjonois

Synopsis: Based on Peter DeVries' novel Witch's Milk, Pete 'n' Tillie stars Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett in the title roles. Middle-aged when they first meet, eternally joking Pete and repressed "old maid" Tillie don't immediately hit it off. Gradually, their friendship deepens into love and culminates Read More

Airport

Actors: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy

Synopsis: Airport had enough plot and enough star power in its cast for three feature films, and it only encompassed about half of the complexity or characters found in Arthur Hailey's best-selling potboiler. Essentially built around 12 harrowing hours at a major Midwestern airport, the film had everything Read More

Breakout to a Fast Buck

Synopsis: Breakout to a Fast Buck is an episode of the 90-minute TV series Name of the Game. Dan Farrell (Robert Stack), senior editor of Crime magazine, is called in to investigate a prison break. One of the escapees is an elderly former building contractor (Arthur O'Connell), who didn't want to join his Read More

Seven in Darkness

Actors: Sean Garrison, Barry Nelson, Arthur O'Connell

Synopsis: Seven in Darkness has the distinction of being the first made-for-TV "ABC Movie of the Week." The "seven" are all blind people, passengers on a flight en route to a convention for the visually impaired. The plane crashes, forcing the sightless seven to struggle for survival in the hostile Read More

The F.B.I.: Tug-of-War

Synopsis: The murder of a stockbroker tips Inspector Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) to Organized Crime's latest racket: obtaining valuable stock certificates which are then used as collateral for large Mob loans. At the center of this scheme is the beautiful but treacherous Meredith Schader (Michele Carey) Read More

The Borgia Stick

Synopsis: The Borgia Stick opens with a funeral: the "guests of honor" are also the film's stars, Don Murray and Inger Stevens. In flashback, we learn that Murray and Stevens were for all intents and purposes a happily married suburban couple. Before long, we discover that the couple wasn't married at all Read More

The Twilight Zone: Stopover in a Quiet Town

Actors: Barry Nelson, Nancy Malone, Karen Norris

Synopsis: Awakening from a mutual hangover, Bob and Millie Frazier (Barry Nelson and Nancy Malone) find themselves in the middle of a typical American small town -- which seems to be entirely deserted. Exploring the town, Bob and Millie discover that most of the buildings are constucted of papier-mâché, and Read More

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Anyone for Murder?

Actors: Barry Nelson, Patricia Breslin, Edward Andrews, Richard Dawson, Richard X. Slattery

Synopsis: As an experiment to find out if spouses are truly capable of murder if given the chance, psychology professor James Parkerson (Barry Nelson) places a newspaper ad offering the "ultimate solution" for domestic discord. When the authorities protest, Parkerson assures them that his experiment is Read More

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Misadventure

Actors: Lola Albright, Barry Nelson, George Kennedy, Michael Bregan

Synopsis: Married to a middle-aged tightwad named Henry (George Kennedy), the promiscuous Eva (Lola Albright) yearns for the day that she can separate her husband from his money so that she can run off with her latest boyfriend. Enter George (Barry Nelson), who claims to be the gas man in order to gain Read More

Mary Mary

Actors: Debbie Reynolds, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie, Diane McBain, Hiram Sherman

Synopsis: This film version of the Broadway play of the same name was produced and directed by Mervyn LeRoy. Bob (Barry Nelson) is a divorced book publisher with a pile tax receipts and facing an audit from the IRS. At the insistence of his accountant, he must get together with his ex-wife Mary (Debbie Read More

Hudson's Bay [TV Series]

Actors: Barry Nelson, George Tobias

The First Traveling Saleslady

Actors: Ginger Rogers, Barry Nelson, Carol Channing, David Brian, James Arness, Clint Eastwood

Synopsis: Ginger Rogers ended her 23-year association with RKO Radio with the indifferent musical comedy western The First Travelling Saleslady. Ginger and Broadway favorite Carol Channing (whose only starring film this was) play a pair of corset salespersons who head westward in 1897 to hawk their wares. Read More

Casino Royale

Actors: Barry Nelson, Peter Lorre

Synopsis: This live television adaptation of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, much more closely adheres to the source material than the jokey 1967 version with David Niven and Woody Allen. When a dangerous Russian spy manages to lose millions of his country's money, the spy attempts to Read More

The Man with My Face

Actors: Barry Nelson, Lynn Ainley, John Harvey, Jim Boles

Synopsis: Adapted by Samuel W. Taylor from his own novel, The Man with My Face is an acting tour de force for Barry Nelson. The star is cast as an accountant who returns home late one evening, only to discover that a look-alike has taken his place. So persuasive is the phony man that the real one is Read More

Tenth Avenue Angel

Actors: Margaret O'Brien, George Murphy, Angela Lansbury, Phyllis Thaxter, Warner Anderson

Synopsis: Filmed in 1946, Tenth Avenue Angel is yet another treacly vehicle for little Margaret O'Brien. The juvenile star is cast as Flavia Mills, an 8-year-old tenement dweller who insinuates herself into the lives of several down-and-outers, among them ex-convict Steve Abbott (George Murphy). Flavia's Read More

Command Decision

Actors: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford

Synopsis: Command Decision is a stagebound but consummately acted adaptation of William Wister Haines' Broadway play. Clark Gable, starring in the role essayed on Broadway by Paul Kelly, plays Air Force Brigadier General "Casey" Dennis. With time at a premium, Dennis sends waves of bomber squadrons into Read More

Undercover Maisie

Actors: Ann Sothern, Barry Nelson, Mark Daniels, Leon Ames, Clinton Sundberg

Synopsis: MGM's "Maisie" series came to an end with this undistinguished entry. Eschewing show business for the time being, perennially stranded showgirl Maisie Revere (Ann Sothern) decides to join the Los Angeles police force. This she does primarily to be near her latest beau, Lt. Paul Scott (Barry Read More

The Beginning or the End

Actors: Brian Donlevy, Warner Anderson, Art Baker, Robert Walker, Tom Drake, Trevor Bardette, James Bush, Audrey Totter, Joseph Calleia, Hume Cronyn

Synopsis: Filmed not long after the actual events, The Beginning or the End is a sober, intelligent account of the development and deployment of the Atom Bomb. Step by step, the film details the progress of The Manhattan Project, from its inception in the early stages of the war through the dawn of the Read More

A Guy Named Joe

Actors: Spencer Tracy, Irene Dunne, Van Johnson, Ward Bond, James Gleason, Lionel Barrymore

Synopsis: Opening in England during the middle of World War II, A Guy Named Joe tells the story of Pete Sandidge (Spencer Tracy), a tough, devil-may-care bomber pilot who's amassed an enviable record in combat, mostly by taking chances that give his C.O. (James Gleason) the shakes, much as he and the top Read More

Winged Victory

Actors: Mark Daniels, Lon McCallister, Don Taylor, Jo Carroll Dennison, Red Buttons, Edmond O'Brien, Geraldine Wall

Synopsis: Moss Hart's hit Broadway play Winged Victory was brought to the screen in 1944, with most of its original cast intact. The story, concerning regular Joes from all walks of life joining the Army Air Force, is secondary to such theatrical setpieces as a camp show wherein several virile Hollywood Read More

Bataan

Actors: Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman, Robert Walker

Synopsis: In 1942, Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer and the United States Office of War Information collaborated on Bataan with the official goal to increase public understanding of World War II. The first war film to take place entirely on the battlefield -- with no scenes of the soldiers on leave, depictions of the Read More

The Human Comedy

Actors: Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, Fay Bainter, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Ray Collins, Van Johnson

Synopsis: Author William Saroyan's corn-shucking brand of sentimentality works wonders in this 1943 filmization of his novel. Narrator Ray Collins is dead before the film begins; thus he is able to provide an all-seeing overview of the tiny community of Ithaca, California. The principal character, played by Mickey Rooney Read More

Rio Rita

Actors: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson, John Carroll, Patricia Dane

Synopsis: MGM's Rio Rita is an in-name-only remake of the 1929 RKO Radio musical blockbuster, itself based on the long-running Ziegfeld Broadway extravaganza. Bud Abbott & Lou Costello take over from the original film's Burt Wheeler & Robert Woolsey as the comedy leads, while Kathryn Grayson (in her first Read More

Eyes in the Night

Actors: Edward Arnold, Ann Harding, Katherine Emery, Horace McNally, Allen Jenkins

Synopsis: Edward Arnold made the first of his two screen appearances as Bayard Kendrick's blind detective Captain Duncan McLain in MGM's Eyes in the Night. The plot is set in motion by Norma Lawry (Ann Harding), whose stepdaughter Barbara (Donna Reed) has been keeping company with washed-up actor Paul Read More

A Yank on the Burma Road

Actors: Laraine Day, Barry Nelson, Stuart Crawford, Keye Luke

Synopsis: Mercenary taxi driver Joe Tracy (Barry Nelson) is the Yank on the Burma Road in this MGM second feature. For strictly monetary reasons, Joe agrees to shepherd a caravan of medical supplies through Burma and into China. Going along for the ride is Gail Farwood (Laraine Day), who'd been stranded in Read More

The Affairs of Martha

Actors: Marsha Hunt, Richard Carlson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Weidler, Spring Byington

Synopsis: Once Upon a Thursday was the original released title of The Affairs of Martha, a 1942 Marsha Hunt vehicle from the MGM B-picutre mills. The delightful Hunt plays Martha Lindstrom, a humble maid for the Sommerfield family. Falling in love with young Jeff Sommerfield (Richard Carlson), she marries Read More

Shadow of the Thin Man

Actors: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene

Synopsis: This fourth entry in MGM's Thin Man series could just as well have been titled "Nick and Nora Charles Go to the Races". Officially retired from sleuthing, Nick Charles (William Powell) does his best to be a dutiful husband to his lovely wife Nora (Myrna Loy) and a good father to his young son Nick Read More

Johnny Eager

Actors: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold, Van Heflin, Robert Sterling

Synopsis: Robert Taylor toughened up his image considerably with this gangster movie, which was unusual both in its plot and origins, having come from MGM, which was generally not known for its crime movies. Taylor plays a parolee who is pretending to follow the straight-and-narrow as a hardworking cabbie Read More

Dr. Kildare's Victory

Actors: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Ayars, Robert Sterling, Jean Rogers

Synopsis: In this episode of the popular medical series, Kildare finds himself involved in a dispute between to competing hospitals. The trouble begins when an intern rushes a beautiful girl to Kildare's hospital. She has a shard of glass imbedded in her heart. The girl survives the surgery, and the intern Read More

I Am the Law and the Hunter