---
name: "Barry Nelson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-nelson"
fi1m_id: "barry-nelson"
imdb_id: "nm0625167"
tmdb_id: 10411
wikidata_id: "Q443790"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 April 1917"
died: "7 April 2007"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T05:21:49.401114+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry Nelson

## Identity

Barry Nelson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-nelson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-nelson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0625167
- **TMDB ID:** 10411
- **Wikidata ID:** Q443790
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Nelson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10411

Actor. Born 16 April 1917 in San Francisco, California, USA. Died 7 April 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 April 1917, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Died:** 7 April 2007
- **Active:** 1943–1980
- **Also known as:** Haakon Robert Nielsen, Robert Haakon Nielson
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 66 (1), 1950s 84 (1), 1970s 56 (1), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Thriller 2, Action 1, Family 1, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $155m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Nelson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q443790, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10411

## Biography

Barry Nelson was an American stage, film and television actor. Born Robert Haakon Nielsen in San Francisco on 16 April 1917, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and began his career as a contract player at MGM in the early 1940s.

He appeared in films including *Airport* (1970) and *The Shining* (1980), in which he played hotel manager Stuart Ullman. Nelson also had an extensive stage career and was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for *The Act* (1977). He is noted as the first actor to portray Ian Fleming's James Bond, in a 1954 television adaptation of *Casino Royale* for the anthology series *Climax!*. Nelson died on 7 April 2007 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Shining* (1980), Fi1m 88, as Ullman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Airport* (1970), Fi1m 56, as Anson Harris — [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), Fi1m 84, as Bob Frazier — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The Human Comedy* (1943), Fi1m 66, as Fat — [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Dr. Vernon Rathmore
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Eugene McClenden
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as William B. Knox
- *The Shining* (1980), as Ullman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shining.md)
- *Island Claws* (1980), as Dr. McNeal
- *Battlestar Galactica* (1978), series, as Bogan
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Dr. Jeffries — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Arthur Elrod
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Mac O'Brian
- *Washington: Behind Closed Doors* (1977), series, as Bob Bailey
- *Mason* (1977), Actor
- *Ring Once for Death* (1973), as Hugo Fane
- *Thriller* (1973), series, as Hugo Fane
- *Climb an Angry Mountain* (1972), as Lt. Frank Bryant
- *Pete 'n' Tillie* (1972), as Burt Wilson
- *Ghost Story* (1972), series, as Jim
- *Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law* (1971), series, as John Andrews
- *Airport* (1970), as Anson Harris — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/airport.md)
- *Love, American Style* (1969), series, as Dr. Shelby
- *Seven in Darkness* (1969), as Alex Swain
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Frank Sandler
- *The Borgia Stick* (1967), as Hal Carter
- *CBS Playhouse* (1966), series, as Cary Lesco
- *Mary, Mary* (1963), as Bob McKellaway
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, as Clay Keifer
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Colin, Dr. James Parkerson
- *Special for Women* (1960), series, as Matt Hunter
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Bob Frazier — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *The First Traveling Saleslady* (1956), as Charles Masters
- *Every Man Has Two Wives* (1956), as Bill Morgan
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Raymond Houston
- *MGM Parade* (1955), series, Actor
- *Casino Royale* (1954), as James Bond
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Jimmy Bond
- *The Hunter* (1952), series, as Bart Adams
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor
- *The Man with My Face* (1951), as Charles 'Chick' Graham / Albert 'Bert' Rand
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Turk Wilson
- *Tenth Avenue Angel* (1948), as Al Parker
- *Undercover Maisie* (1947), as Lieutenant Paul Scott
- *The Luckiest Guy in the World* (1947), as Charles Vurn
- *Time to Kill* (1945), as Harry O'Brien
- *Winged Victory* (1944), as Bobby Crills
- *A Guy Named Joe* (1944), as Dick Rumney
- *Bataan* (1943), as F.X. Matowski
- *The Human Comedy* (1943), as Fat — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-human-comedy.md)
- *Eyes in the Night* (1942), as Mr. Busch
- *The Affairs of Martha* (1942), as Danny O'Brien
- *Rio Rita* (1942), as Harry Gantley
- *Don't Talk* (1942), as FBI Agent Freed
- *Dr. Kildare's Victory* (1942), as Samuel Z. Cutter
- *A Yank on the Burma Road* (1942), as Joe Tracey
- *Johnny Eager* (1941), as Lew Rankin
- *Shadow of the Thin Man* (1941), as Paul Clarke
- *Comet Over Broadway* (1938), as Garage mechanic (uncredited)
- *Hudson's Bay*, series, as Jonathan Banner
- *My Favorite Husband*, series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Barry Nelson](https://film.one/media/person/59611/gallery-9c71ab78a53e.jpg) Barry Nelson — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Barry_Nelson_1962.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photo for the daytime version of the television game show To Tell the Truth. The daytime show initially had different panel members than the nighttime (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/59611/gallery-3d7ce9ccbbbb.jpg) Publicity photo for the daytime version of the television game show To Tell the Truth. The daytime show initially had different panel members than the nighttime (1962) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/To_Tell_the_Truth_daytime_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barry Nelson](https://film.one/media/person/59611/gallery-12434bd1b680.jpg) Barry Nelson — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Nelson](https://film.one/media/person/59611/gallery-f2b3c75c30fe.jpg) Barry Nelson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 1978: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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