Ozzie Nelson
Known For
Acting
Born
1906-03-20 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Died
1975-06-03
Biography
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.
Most Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Adam-12
as Ted Clover
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Love, American Style
as Fred Garber
Love, American Style
as Reverend Harry Pickard
Love, American Style
Night Gallery
as Henry Millikan (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
This Is Your Life
as Self
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Ozzie
The Mothers-in-Law
as Owen Sinclair / Ozzie Snick
The Barbara McNair Show
as Self
Ozzie's Girls
The Big Street
as Orchestra Leader
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
Here Come the Nelsons
as Ozzie Nelson
The Impossible Years
as Dr. Herbert J. Fleischer
People Are Funny
as Leroy Brinker
Honeymoon Lodge
as Ozzie Nelson - Band Leader