Ricky NelsonFilmography

Born:: May 8, 1940 in Teaneck, NJ
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: The famous offspring of actors Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard Nelson, Rick Nelson (born Eric Hilliard Nelson) began performing on his parents' radio show when he was only four. When Ozzie and Harriet moved to television in 1952, Rick went with them and while on the show, grew up to become a...Read More

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Ricky Nelson Sings

Actors: Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: The career of rock and roll pioneer Ricky Nelson is chronicled in this release featuring twenty live performances from The Ozzie and Harriet Show, interviews with Nelson's children and fellow musicians, and thirty-minutes of rare behind-the-scenes footage. In addition to performances of "A Read More

2005
Rick Nelson: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

1992
Rock 'n' Roll Classics, Vol. 4

Synopsis: A 6 volume rock 'n' roll video series with Volume 4 featuring artists Jerry Lee Lewis, Buddy Holly, Paul Anka, Ricky Nelson, Sonny James, Elvis Presley and The Everly Brothers. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1991
A Tribute to Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: This video is a look back over the life and death of Ricky Nelson. The son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson was a child star before he became a teen idol pop star. He died tragically with his band in a 1985 plane crash. This retrospective features clips from the television show Ozzie and Harriet, as Read More

1986
Rick Nelson/Fats Domino: Rockin' with Rick and Fats

Synopsis: Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson both became early stars in the history of Rock and Roll. Rockin' With Rick & Fats captures an August 22, 1985 concert that teamed these two legends. Nelson delivers over a half-dozen songs including "Travelin' Man," "Garden Party," "Hello Mary Lou," and "That's All Read More

1985
Ricky Nelson in Concert

1985
Tale of Four Wishes

1981
Saturday Night Live: Rick Nelson

Actors: Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: This 1979 episode of Saturday Night Live is hosted by Rick Nelson, who also serves as the musical guest. ~ Skyler Miller, All Movie Guide Read More

1979
The Shootist

Actors: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, Bill McKinney, James Stewart

Synopsis: About ten minutes into The Shootist, Doctor Hostetler (James Stewart) tells aging Western gunfighter John Bernard Books (John Wayne), "You have a cancer." Knowing that his death will be painful and lingering, Books is determined to be shot in the line of "duty." In his remaining two months, Books Read More

1976
The Streets of San Francisco: Harem

Synopsis: In a virtuoso image-smashing performance, pop star Rick Nelson appears in this episode as Billy Jeffers, a sweet-talking, baby-faced "Pied Piper" who lures teenage girls into prositution. Despite his gentle demeanor, Billy is a ruthless criminal and manipulator--and ultimately, a murderer. In one Read More

1973
The New Mexican Connection

Synopsis: McCloud's girlfriend is held hostage with the ransom being the release of a murder suspect. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Dusty and Sweets McGee

Crew: Composer (Music Score), Coordinator

Synopsis: Maverick director Floyd Mutrux made his feature debut with this offbeat semi-documentary look at the realities of the Los Angeles drug scene. Mutrux and his camera crew follow a handful of real-life heroin addicts as they go through their daily routines of scoring dope and whiling away the hours Read More

1971
Resurrection of Broncho Billy

1970
The Over-the-Hill Gang

Actors: Walter Brennan, Edgar Buchanan, Andy Devine, Pat O'Brien, Chill Wills

Synopsis: One of the better and more diverting of ABC's first full season of made-for-television movies, The Over-the-Hill Gang was a low-budget Western with a gimmick: Get a bunch of elderly actors, known either for their leading roles in the 1930s, or for playing comic sidekicks (and Walter Brennan was a Read More

1969
Love and Kisses

Actors: Ricky Nelson, Jack Kelly, Kristin Nelson, Jerry Van Dyke, Pert Kelton

Synopsis: In this domestic comedy, a high school graduate causes chaos when he tells his parents that he is going to get married and remain at home. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1965
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 13

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, June Nelson

Synopsis: Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson are both suffering from "empty nest" syndrome as Ozzie & Harriet enters its 13th season. While the elder Nelsons remain in their familiar suburban home (complete with that garish-looking brass eagle over the fireplace!), their sons David Nelson and Ricky Nelson have Read More

1964
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 12

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, June Nelson

Synopsis: Season 12 of the ABC sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet opens with a brace of "leftover" episodes from season 11, "Torn Dress" and "Secret Agent." The remainder of the season consists of 25 new episodes, interspersed with classic reruns from seasons past. Ozzie Nelson remains the series' Read More

1963
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 11

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, June Nelson

Synopsis: In its 11th year on the air, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet continues to follow the formula established in its most recent seasons. Though top-billed, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Nelson have ceded the series' "stardom" to their now-adult sons, David Nelson and Ricky Nelson -- especially Ricky, who Read More

1962
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 10

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, June Nelson

Synopsis: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet launches its record-breaking (for a TV sitcom) tenth season with "Dancing Lessons," in which Harriet Nelson goads her two-left-feet hubby Ozzie Nelson to improve his terpsichorean skills. It is one of the few times during season ten that the focus is exclusively Read More

1961
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Ricky Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully

Synopsis: Hijinks and spyjinks lighten this effective comedy by Richard Murphy, based -- very loosely -- on an actual incident in World War II. The place is somewhere in the Pacific and the not-so-good ship USS Echo, captained by the comic Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon), has a very specific assignment. The Read More

1961
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 09

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Whether it was known by its official title The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet or its temporary on-screen title The Adventures of the Nelson Family, the fact remained that the sitcom about "America's favorite family" entered its ninth season in the fall of 1960. Still in charge of the proceedings Read More

1960
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 08

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Halfway through its eighth season on ABC, the popular domestic sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet briefly underwent a title change -- at least in the on-screen credits -- to The Adventures of the Nelson Family. This was a reflection of the fact that fewer and fewer episodes are devoted to Read More

1959
Rio Bravo

Actors: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan

Synopsis: Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that Read More

1959
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: The Bachelor

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, June Nelson

Synopsis: Season 14 of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet is the series' first season in color -- and its last on the air. Diminishing ratings were only one of the many factors motivating the decision to pull the plug. Series star Ozzie Nelson and his wife Harriet Nelson wanted to explore new and different Read More

1958
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 07

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: So here's the setup for season seven of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Ozzie Nelson continues to wear several hats as top-billed star, producer, director, and co-writer; Harriet Nelson is still on hand to dispense wisdom and common sense to her scatterbrained husband and her ever-growing Read More

1958
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 06

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Season six of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet still finds Ozzie Nelson, as cheerfully "unemployed" as ever, gently ruling the roost at the Nelson family household, with level-headed spouse Harriet Nelson at his side. Oldest son David Nelson is now in his third year of college, dividing his time Read More

1957
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 05

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Placed in a cultural history context, the fifth season of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet takes on an importance of earth-shattering dimensions. Not that the basic format of the series has changed all that much: Ozzie Nelson still rules the roost in his family home even without any visible means Read More

1956
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Busy Christmas

1956
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 04

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: About the only major change occurring during the fourth season of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet is the introduction of a new supporting character, Ozzie's neighbor and friend Joe Randolph, played by the ubiquitous Lyle Talbot. Otherwise, it is the same hilarious mixture as before, with Read More

1955
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 03

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Season three of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet yields a mere 28 episodes in contrast to the 39 seen in each of the previous seasons, but there is still ample time to savor the talents of Ozzie Nelson, his wife Harriet Nelson, and their ever-growing sons David Nelson (now 17 going on 18) and Ricky Nelson Read More

1954
The Story of Three Loves

Actors: Anna Maria Pier Angeli, Ethel Barrymore, Leslie Caron, Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Farley Granger

Synopsis: This anthology film tells three stories of love involving the passengers of an ocean liner at sea. In the first, "The Jealous Lover," James Mason plays Charles Coudray, a well-known ballet director. When someone asks Coudray why he staged his masterpiece, "Astarte," only once, he tells the story Read More

1953
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 02

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: The matriculation of ABC from a regional to a national network in 1953 did a world of good for the network's best sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. Although the series did not crack the Top Ten or even the Top 20 during its second season on the air, it was extremely popular in those cities Read More

1953
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet [TV Series]

Synopsis: If anyone can be labelled a television auteur, that man was the inimitable Ozzie Nelson. Not only did Ozzie produce, direct, star and occasionally write the long-running (1952-66) TV sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but he also supplied the cast from his own home! You remember Read More

1952
Christmas With the Nelsons

1952
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: The Late Christmas Gift

1952
The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet: Season 01

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson

Synopsis: Having convinced the execs at ABC that his popular radio show could be successfully transferred to television by conceiving the theatrical feature Here Come the Nelsons, bandleader/comedian/producer Ozzie Nelson launches his 14-year TV run on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. Joining Ozzie in Read More

1952
Here Come the Nelsons

Actors: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, Ricky Nelson, Rock Hudson

Synopsis: Fresh from radio and TV, "America's Favorite Family" stars in Here Come the Nelsons. That's right: this harmless little comedy is purely a vehicle for Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky. Since there must be a plot, the scriptwriters contrive to have Harriet uncharacteristically express jealousy over Read More

1952

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