Gary Nelson
An American television and film director. He has directed many well-know television series, including Gunsmoke, The Patty Duke Show, Gilligan's Island and Happy Days among dozens of others. In addition, Nelson has directed five films, including two for Walt Disney Pictures. In 1978, Nelson was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Directoral Achievement for Washington: Behind Closed Doors. He was married to actress Judi Meredith and has two sons. Nelson has semi-retired, but continues to occasionally teach the University of Nevada at Las Vegas Description above from the Wikipedia article Gary Nelson (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
80 directing credits · 2 acting credits
Directing · 80
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Love, American Style
1969
Get Smart
1965
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Early Edition
1996
Kojak
1973
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Gunsmoke
1955
Room 222
1969
Gilligan's Island
1964
McMillan & Wife
1971
Police Story
1973
F Troop
1965
Crazy like a Fox
1984
The Doris Day Show
1968
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
The Patty Duke Show
1963
Nanny and the Professor
1970
Bracken's World
1969
Medical Story
1975
Toma
1973
Shane
1966
Hunter
1977
Occasional Wife
1966
Houston Knights
1987
Good Morning World
1967
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
1968
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1982
Arnie
1970
Adam's Rib
1973
The Partners
1971
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Captain Nice
1967
Police Story
1988
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold
1986
McClain's Law
1981
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
1977
Born Free
1974
Noble House
1988
Archer
1975
Accidental Family
1967
To Kill a Cop
1978
For Love and Honor
1983
Faraday and Company
1973
O.K. Crackerby
1965
The Black Hole
1979
Memories of Midnight
1991
Freaky Friday
1976
Murder in Three Acts
1986
To Kill a Cop
1978
Murder Me, Murder You
1983
Get Smart, Again!
1989
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
1994
Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert
1993
Shooter
1988
Murder in Coweta County
1983
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
1975
Santee
1973
More Than Murder
1984
Molly and Lawless John
1972
Medical Story
1975
The Pride of Jesse Hallam
1981
Panache
1976
Fast Company
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Return of Ironside
1993
The Boy from Dead Man's Bayou
1971
The Girl on the Late, Late Show
1974
The Sands of Time
1992
Police Story: The Watch Commander
1988
Jimmy the Kid
1982
The Lookalike
1990
Secrets of the Pirate's Inn
1969
For Love and Honor
1983
The Baron and the Kid
1984
Melanie Darrow
1997
Revolver
1992
A Movie Star's Daughter
1979
The Hit Man
1991
It's a Mile from Here to Glory
1978
