Nelson, Danny

PERSONAL

Career:

Actor.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Wayne Carter, Greased Lightning, Warner Bros., 1977.

Guesser, The Prize Fighter, New World Pictures, 1979.

First fan, The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia, Avco-Embassy, 1981.

Man with Mabel, Sharky's Machine, Orion, 1981.

T. J., Tennessee Stallion, 1982.

Bartender, Marvin & Tige (also known as Like Father and Son), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983.

Alabama alumnus, The Bear, Embassy Pictures, 1984.

Jack, Night Shadows (also known as Mutant), Film Ventures International, 1984.

Mr. Gant, Tank, Universal, 1984.

Sarah's father, A Killing Affair (also known as My Sister's Keeper), 1986.

Customer with bowling shirt, Dead Aim, Vestron Pictures, 1987.

Doctor, The Verne Miller Story (also known as Gangland, Verne Miller, Cara de gangster, Gangsteriliiga, Gengszterek foeldje, Verne Miller: Chicago anni '30, and Verne Miller: Staatsfeind Nr. 1), Alive Films, 1987.

Harold Mendez, Border Shootout, 1990.

Jake "Diddy" Pruitt, Blood Salvage (also known as Mad Jake), Paragon Arts International, 1990.

Gas station owner, Career Opportunities (also known as One Wild Night), Universal, 1991.

Pappa Threadgoode, Fried Green Tomatoes (also known as Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe), Universal, 1991.

Dr. Roberts, A Simple Twist of Fate, Buena Vista, 1994.

Amos Grum, Captured Alive (also known as Deliver Us from Evil), Pittsburgh Pictures, 1995.

Bubba Minor, Vicious Kiss, 1995.

Doc Carter, The Grass Harp, Fine Line Features, 1995.

Felix, The Journey of August King, Miramax, 1995.

Bud Twitty, A Time to Kill, Warner Bros., 1996.

Senator, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Warner Bros., 1997.

Hotel Wonderful bartender, Claudine's Return (also known as Fire of Love, Kiss of Fire, El regreso de Claudine, and Menneisyyden kahle), Jazz Pictures, 1998.

Sunseeker, Forces of Nature, DreamWorks, 1999.

McManus, The Legend of Bagger Vance, DreamWorks, 2000.

Uncle Cratis, Songcatcher, Lions Gate Films, 2000.

Judge, Losing Grace, Mainline Releasing, 2001.

Judge, Leo, First Look International, 2002.

Reverend Samuel Bogart, The Work and the Glory II: American Zion, Vanguard Distribution, 2005.

Sheriff, False River (also known as Killing Time), Raven Pictures International, 2005.

Appeared as Preacher Gordon in Raney.

Television Appearances; Series:

Medgar Quinn, The Catlins, TBS, c. 1983-85.

John Smallwood, Savannah, The WB, 1997.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Auctioneer, Freedom Road, NBC, 1979.

Mr. Stevens, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1980.

Dr. Carter Sauls, Chiefs (also known as Once upon a Murder), CBS, 1983.

"Ashes," Tales of the Unknown South, South Carolina Educational Television Network, 1984.

Dream West, CBS, 1986.

Warden, Queen (also known as Alex Haley's "Queen"), CBS, 1993.

Judge Marion Gooding, Elvis, CBS, 2005.

Television Appearances; Movies:

First construction worker, Maid in America, CBS, 1982.

Sheriff Hardy Collier, Murder in Coweta County (also known as Last Blood), CBS, 1983.

Dixon Vance, The Baron and the Kid, CBS, 1984.

Burt, As Summers Die, HBO, 1986.

Union officer, A Special Friendship, CBS, 1987.

Ackerman, Traveling Man, HBO, 1989.

Sheriff, Cold Sassy Tree, TNT, 1989.

Judge McLauren, A Son's Promise, ABC, 1990.

Chief Fixx, Paris Trout, HBO, 1991.

Wallace Crane, White Lie, USA Network, 1991.

Chief Mayhew, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, NBC, 1993.

Garvin Loomis, In the Heat of the Night: A Matter of Justice, CBS, 1994.

Reverend Osee Rush, Nightjohn, Disney Channel, 1996.

Hindmarch, A Good Baby, Cinemax, 1998.

Station attendant, Flash, CBS, 1998.

Father Whitaker, "Selma Lord Selma," The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 1999.

Minister, The Price of a Broken Heart, Lifetime, 1999.

Mr. Grope, A Lesson before Dying, HBO, 1999.

Angry minister, Freedom Song, TNT, 2000.

Commissioner Parks, Boycott, HBO, 2001.

Farmer, Warm Springs, HBO, 2005.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice, Africans in America—America's Journey through Slavery, PBS, 1998.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Frank Hadley, "Gunshots," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1989.

Gina's father, "Fifteen Forever," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1989.

Attorney Edwin Ramey, "An Execution of Trust," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1991.

Chief Mayhew, "Some Desperate Glory," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1991.

Chief Mayhew, "Hard Lessons," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

Chief Mayhew, "Toy Soldiers," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1992.

Chief Mayhew, "Small Wishes," I'll Fly Away, NBC, 1993.

Dewey, "A Step Removed," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1993.

Carl Buford, "Hard Choices," In the Heat of the Night, NBC, 1994.