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Birthday: Mar 20, 1906
Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Ozzie Nelson

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 led "The Ozzie Nelson Band," and had some initial limited success. Nelson's records were consistently popular, and in 1934, Nelson enjoyed success with his hit song, "Over Somebody Else's Shoulder," which he introduced. Nelson was their primary vocalist and, from August of 1932, he featured in duets with his other star vocalist, Harriet Hilliard. Nelson's calm, easy vocal style was popular on records and radio and quite similar to son Rick's voice, and Harriet's perky vocals added to the band's popularity. Ozzie Nelson appeared with his band in feature films and short subjects of the 1940s, and often played speaking parts, displaying a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, as in the 1942 musical Strictly in the Groove. He shrewdly promoted the band by agreeing to appear in "soundies," three-minute musical movies shown in "film jukeboxes" of the 1940s. In 1952, when he and his family were established as radio and TV favorites, they starred in a feature film, Here Come the Nelsons, which actually doubled as a "pilot" for the TV series.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Movie Orgy Self (archive footage) 1968
People Are Funny Leroy Brinker 1946
The Impossible Years Dr. Herbert J. Fleischer 1968
Here Come the Nelsons Ozzie Nelson 1952
Wave-a-Stick Blues Ozzie Nelson 1944
Sweetheart of the Campus Ozzie Norton 1941
Hi, Good Lookin'! Ozzie Nelson - Orchestra Leader 1944
Take It Big Ozzie Nelson 1944
Honeymoon Lodge Ozzie Nelson - Band Leader 1943
The Big Street Orchestra Leader 1942
Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra 1943
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra Ozzie Nelson 1940
Disneyland '59 Self 1959
Strictly in the Groove Ozzie Nelson 1942
Series Cast Year
Ozzie's Girls 1973
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
This Is Your Life Self 1952
The Barbara McNair Show Self 1969
Night Gallery Henry Millikan (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan") 1970
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet Ozzie 1952
Adam-12 Ted Clover 1968
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
Love, American Style Fred Garber 1969
The Mothers-in-Law Owen Sinclair / Ozzie Snick 1967
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 1950
What's My Line? Self - Panelist 1950
Love, American Style Reverend Harry Pickard 1969
Love, American Style 1969
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