Acting

Ozzie Nelson

Born March 20, 1906 · Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Died June 3, 1975 · aged 69

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oswald George "Ozzie" Nelson (March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975) was an American band leader, actor, director, and producer. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and long-running television series with his wife Harriet and two sons David and Ricky Nelson. Nelson started his entertainment career as a band leader. He formed and…

Known For

The Big StreetThe Big Street · 1942
The Big Street
5.81942
MovieRomanceDrama
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
The Impossible YearsThe Impossible Years · 1968
The Impossible Years
5.61968
MovieComedyDrama
The eldest daughter of a professor of psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.
People Are FunnyPeople Are Funny · 1946
People Are Funny
5.71946
MovieComedyMusic
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
Here Come the NelsonsHere Come the Nelsons · 1952
Here Come the Nelsons
7.01952
MovieComedy
The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.
Love and KissesLove and Kisses · 1965
Love and Kisses
9.01965
MovieComedy
Two teenagers elope and take up residence at the groom's home with his parents and sister, but the newlyweds quickly discover married life is much different from high-school.
Honeymoon LodgeHoneymoon Lodge · 1943
Honeymoon Lodge
6.51943
MovieMusicComedy
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-ditch attempt to avoid their legal breakup by restaging their mountain-resort honeymoon. Things get complicated when a rancher named Big Boy (Rod Cameron, in a Ralph Bellamy-style "sap" role) shows up at the resort in ardent pursuit of Carol, while Lorraine Logan (Harriet Hilliard) sets her cap for Bob.
Take It BigTake It Big · 1944
Take It Big
9.01944
MovieRomanceComedy
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take possession, Jack winds up at the wrong place: a swanky dude ranch. He immediately begins running things, at it's quite a while before his error is discovered. By the time he shows up at his own ranch, he's up to his ears in unpaid debts-which naturally requires a fund-raising musical show as a bail-out. Harriet Hilliard handles the romantic portion of the proceedings, occasionally dueting with her real-life husband, bandleader Ozzie Nelson.
Sweetheart of the CampusSweetheart of the Campus · 1941
Sweetheart of the Campus
5.81941
MovieComedyRomance
Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.

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