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Nelson Gidding

Nelson Gidding

Actor, Writer, Other Crew

Born September 15, 1919 in New York City, New York, USA

Died May 1, 2004

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Born in New York and educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard, Nelson Gidding said that he had been interested in writing ever since he was a child and had a poem published in the Boy Scouts magazine ("That was as recently as the mid-'20s!" he laughed). A POW during World War II, Gidding began writing his first (and only) book "End Over End" while in prison camp; after the war's end, he segued into TV work ("Suspense, " "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, " many others) and ultimately into movies. His list of film credits includes such well-respected titles as "Odds Against Tomorrow, " "The Haunting, " "The Andromeda Strain" and (with co-writer Don Mankiewicz) the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "I Want to Live!", the story of the last years of real-life prostitute Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) and her gas chamber execution on murder charges. "I Want to Live!" was Gidding's first film for director Robert Wise, with whom he has worked on several subsequent occasions. In his later years he taught a class in screenwriting at the University of Southern California.

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The 77th Annual Academy Awards Poster

The 77th Annual Academy Awards TV Special2005Memorial Tribute

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film Poster

The Andromeda Strain: Making the Film Documentary2001Self

Writer

39

Type

Year

The Mummy Lives Poster

The Mummy Lives Feature Film1993

Journey of Honor Poster

Journey of Honor Feature Film1991

The Misfit Brigade Poster

The Misfit Brigade Feature Film1987

Casablanca Poster

Casablanca TV Series1983

I Want to Live Poster

I Want to Live TV Movie1983

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Poster

Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Feature Film1979

The Hindenburg Poster

The Hindenburg Feature Film1975

Banyon TV Series1971

The Andromeda Strain Poster

The Andromeda Strain Feature Film1971

Skullduggery Poster

Skullduggery Feature Film1970

Lost Command Poster

Lost Command Feature Film1966

Nine Hours to Rama Poster

Nine Hours to Rama Feature Film1963

The Haunting Poster

The Haunting Feature Film1963

Lisa Feature Film1962

Bourbon Street Beat Poster

Bourbon Street Beat TV Series1959

Odds Against Tomorrow Poster

Odds Against Tomorrow Feature Film1959

I Want to Live! Poster

I Want to Live! Feature Film1958

Onionhead Poster

Onionhead Feature Film1958

The Helen Morgan Story Poster

The Helen Morgan Story Feature Film1957

Casablanca Poster

Casablanca TV Series1955

Playwrights '56 Poster

Playwrights '56 TV Series1955

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Poster

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV Series1955

Warner Brothers Presents Poster

Warner Brothers Presents TV Series1955

William Tell TV Movie1955

Inner Sanctum Poster

Inner Sanctum TV Series1954

President for a Day TV Movie1954

The Stranger TV Series1954

Johnny Jupiter Poster

Johnny Jupiter TV Series1953

Rheingold Theatre Poster

Rheingold Theatre TV Series1953

The Man Behind the Badge Poster

The Man Behind the Badge TV Series1953

The Triangle Feature Film1953

Crime Photographer Poster

Crime Photographer TV Series1951

Crime Syndicate TV Series1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame Poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame TV Series1951

Hollywood Opening Night TV Series1951

Schlitz Playhouse Poster

Schlitz Playhouse TV Series1951

The Web TV Series1950

The Silver Theatre Poster

The Silver Theatre TV Series1949

Kraft Theatre Poster

Kraft Theatre TV Series1947

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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon Poster

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon TV Series1955

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Year

The Unborn Poster

The Unborn Feature Film2009

Overnight Sensation Poster

Overnight Sensation Short Film1984

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