Lloyd Nelson(1927-2007)
- Script and Continuity Department
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Lloyd Nelson also went to radio school
there. He worked at a few stations in the mid-south and in the Twin
Cities market before he was drafted; he later (1953) came out to
Hollywood using the G.I. Bill to attend the Pasadena Playhouse. He made
his movie debut in a small, uncredited role in "The Court Jester"
(1956); producer-director Jerry Warren later saw him in a little
theater production and gave him one of the starring roles in "Man
Beast" (1956), Nelson's first of several Warren movies. (Because "Man
Beast" was non-union, Nelson used the nom de screen "Lloyd Cameron.")
The Pasadena Playhouse helped him get him a job as dialogue coach on
the TV series "Lassie"; he coached child star Jon Provost, who
(according to Nelson) couldn't read. During his long run on "Lassie,"
Nelson learned the duties of a script supervisor and switched over to
that profession. After he retired from script supervising, he
went through the police academy and became a reserve cop.
("Strictly administrative, believe me. I could no more do a foot chase
than climb Mount Everest!")
