Bobby Nelson

Bobby Nelson

Born: January 17, 1922
Died: December 5, 1974
in Santa Monica, California, USA
Bobby Nelson was primarily a child actor in films in the 1930s. He later became a public accountant for a 43 year career.

Movies for Bobby Nelson...

Honeysuckle Rose
Title: Honeysuckle Rose
Character: Bobbie
Released: July 18, 1980
Type: Movie
Buck Bonham is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.
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The White Gorilla
Title: The White Gorilla
Character: The Jungle Boy
Released: July 12, 1945
Type: Movie
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle.
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Boothill Brigade
Title: Boothill Brigade
Character: Tug Murdock
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Rancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put the other ranchers off their land. Calico finds the reason why when he runs into his old nemesis Porter.
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The Red Rope
Title: The Red Rope
Character: Jimmy Duncan
Released: July 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Brade has hired Rattler Haynes to kill Tom Shaw. But when Shaw intercepts a message between the two, he alters it hoping it will cause the two outlaws to fight each other.
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The Gambling Terror
Title: The Gambling Terror
Character: Jerry Garret
Released: February 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Brett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling den, they try to shut him down. Unlike the others who have given in, he plans to fight back.
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Custer's Last Stand
Title: Custer's Last Stand
Character: Bobby Trent
Released: April 2, 1936
Type: Movie
The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to a lost gold treasure, is lost in one of many Indian attacks. It is recovered by the only two survivors, a Major and his daughter, who become the targets of those who wish to possess it. General George Armstrong Custer and army scout Kid Cardigan attempt to stop the ensuing war over the arrow, but fail in their efforts, which becomes the historic Custer's Last Stand.
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Valley of the Lawless
Title: Valley of the Lawless
Character: Billy Jenkins
Released: January 25, 1936
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown goes in search of a treasure map tattooed on the chest of a man who once betrayed his father.
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Custer's Last Stand
Title: Custer's Last Stand
Character: Bobby Nelson
Released: January 2, 1936
Type: Movie
Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous historical incident.
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Thunderbolt
Title: Thunderbolt
Character: Bobby
Released: December 15, 1935
Type: Movie
A pair of crooked deputies steal a gold shipment, murder a young boy's father and pin the blame on a cowboy. The murdered man's son and his dog set out to prove the cowboy's innocence.
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Captured in Chinatown
Title: Captured in Chinatown
Character: Bobby--Newsboy
Released: July 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A feud between two gangs in Chinatown breaks out into a tong war.
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Rough Riding Ranger
Title: Rough Riding Ranger
Character: Bobby Francis
Released: May 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Hanson is using Bobby's carrier pigeons to receive messages. His man Slim shoots them down before they reach Bobby. When Slim is injured, Ranger Daniels posing as a drunk gets the job. He misses the next pigeon on purpose and gets the message from Bobby. But his identity has now become known and the gang rides to get him.
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The Ghost Rider
Title: The Ghost Rider
Character: Bobby
Released: April 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Jim Bullard escapes from prison and returns to settle matters with the Rascob's that framed him. He kills two of them leaving an ace as his calling card. Bull remembers the deck of cards that fell when he fought Dave had no aces and the Rascob's set out after him. Trapped in a cabin, Dave receives unexpected help from Bullard.
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The Drunkard
Title: The Drunkard
Character: Messenger Boy
Released: April 3, 1935
Type: Movie
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
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Cyclone of the Saddle
Title: Cyclone of the Saddle
Character: Dick
Released: April 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Sent by the Army, Andy Thomas poses as a renegade to find out who has been harassing the wagon trains.
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The Cowboy and the Bandit
Title: The Cowboy and the Bandit
Character: Bobbie Barton
Released: April 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin. Finding a wounded Scarface he helps him recover. Arrested by Larkin's stooge Sheriff, and with another lynch mob after him, he once again needs Scarface's help.
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The Way of the West
Title: The Way of the West
Character: Bobbie Parker (as Little Bobbie Nelson)
Released: October 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Government agent Gordon, working undercover, is investigating a cattleman sheepman war. The Culprit is Horton and when Horton kills Parker he frames Gordon. His identity revealed, the Sheriff lets Gordon escape to go after the real killer.
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King of the Arena
Title: King of the Arena
Character: Jimmy Hiller
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargoff has fled and taken Mary Hiller as a hostage. The trail leads to Baron Petroff who concocted the deadly chemical and Ken quickly finds himself the Baron's prisoner.
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On Your Guard
Title: On Your Guard
Character: 'Buddy' Shannon
Released: January 31, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting three orphans from land swindlers instead.
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The Cowboy Counsellor
Title: The Cowboy Counsellor
Character: Bobby Avery
Released: October 14, 1932
Type: Movie
A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery.
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The Texan
Title: The Texan
Character: Bobby
Released: February 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A cowboy on the run from the law gets mixed up with a crooked horse race scheme.
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Partners
Title: Partners
Character: Bud Roach
Released: January 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A rancher is arrested for murdering his young partner's grandfather, but he escapes to try to prove his innocence.
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Two-Gun Caballero
Title: Two-Gun Caballero
Character: Jimmy Thompson
Released: December 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A cowhand named Bob Blake visits with Sally Thompson and her kid-brother, Jimmy, on their hard-scrabble homestead adjoining the Steele Ranch where Bob works. He learns that their father just died, and he plans on seeing if he can make things a bit easier for them.
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Two Fisted Justice
Title: Two Fisted Justice
Character: Danny
Released: October 20, 1931
Type: Movie
It's good guy Carson and the Poncho Riders against bad guy Slavin and his gang.
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Spell of the Circus
Title: Spell of the Circus
Character: Bobby
Released: November 13, 1930
Type: Movie
The manager of The Big Circus plots to marry the owner's daughter and gain control of the outfit.
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Roaring Ranch
Title: Roaring Ranch
Character: Bobby Morgan
Released: April 27, 1930
Type: Movie
Cowboy fights to keep his ranch after oil is discovered on it.
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Tarzan the Mighty
Title: Tarzan the Mighty
Character: Bobby Trevor
Released: October 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Mary and Bobby Trevor are castaways befriended by Tarzan. When Lord arrives, looking for the family heir, Black John tries to fill that role and marry Mary in England. Tarzan shows up and marries her instead.
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The Cheer Leader
Title: The Cheer Leader
Character: Chester Grant
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
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Perils of the Jungle
Title: Perils of the Jungle
Character: Kimpo
Released: July 1, 1927
Type: Movie
A young woman and her father search for hidden treasure in the African jungle.
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Bulldog Pluck
Title: Bulldog Pluck
Character: Danny Haviland
Released: June 12, 1927
Type: Movie
The story of a decent, law-abiding saloon owner who gets himself in trouble with the corrupt city fathers when he attempts to close down the town's watering holes at midnight and on Sundays.
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Life of an Actress
Title: Life of an Actress
Character: Bobby Judd
Released: February 15, 1927
Type: Movie
Film directed by Jack Nelson
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The Border Whirlwind
Title: The Border Whirlwind
Character: Petie
Released: November 15, 1926
Type: Movie
A film directed by John P. McCarthy
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The Doughboy
Title: The Doughboy
Character: The Orphan
Released: September 21, 1926
Type: Movie
The film begins with Snub going off to war in WWI. He manages to get lost behind enemy lines and spends most of the movie hiding or just barely escaping encounter after encounter with German soldiers.
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The Bum's Rush
Title: The Bum's Rush
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A 1927 short