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Ralph Nelson
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter Born: August 12, 1916 in Long Island City, NY Death: December 21, 1987 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:Born in New York City, "Ralph Nelson" first became interested in theater while attending Bryant High School, and won a "New York Times" oratorical contest in 1932. He came to Broadway as an errand boy and ascended to the stage, working with "Katharine Cornell", "Leslie Howard", and the Lunts during the '30s. He was part of the stage company of "Irving Berlin"'s This Is the Army during World War II, and managed to write an award-winning one-act play while serving as an Army Air Force flight instructor. His first full-length play, The Wind Is Ninety, also won an award from the National Theater Conference. Nelson came to early television as an actor, but quickly moved into the director's chair, and it is estimated that he was director and/or producer for upwards of 1000 presentations during the next decade. He was hired to direct the premiere telecast of "Playhouse 90" -- where he earned an Emmy for... Full Biography
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