Danny Nelson
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 16, 1935
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Georgia, USA
Known For
False River
Unwittingly framed for murder, Jim Mix is desperate to escape an insane asylum in the Deep South. In his flight from the institution, Jim embarks on a physical and spiritual quest to regain his life in False River.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.
A Time to Kill
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
In the 1960s, Reverend Jim Jones began as an idealist helping minorities and working against racism. After a move to San Francisco and increased power and attention, Jones became focused on his belief in nuclear holocaust, declared himself a prophet, and founded the Peoples Temple. With a loyal following of over 1,000, who donated their entire life savings to him and to join his commune, he moves them to Guyana. When possible crimes come to the attention of the authorities, and once notified that some individuals are being held against their will, an investigation begins. Rather than face the charges, Jones commits suicide, and roughly 900 of his followers do the same.
Murder in Coweta County
Wallace a wealthy landowner in Meriwether County, Georgia, has virtually unlimited power in the county, including having the sheriff under his control. When he murders a share cropper he thinks that he is powerful enough to get away with it. Because the act of murder took place in Coweta County, it is under the jurisdiction of the Coweta County sheriff who hunts the murderer without trepidation.
Career Opportunities
Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave town but is disoriented. Her decision is finalized after she falls asleep in a Target dressing room. She awakens to find herself locked in the store overnight with the janitor, Jim, the town "no hoper" and liar.
Boycott
This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Legend of Bagger Vance
World War I has left golfer Rannulph Junuh a poker-playing alcoholic, his perfect swing gone. Now, however, he needs to get it back to play in a tournament to save the financially ravaged golf course of a long-ago sweetheart. Help arrives in the form of mysterious caddy Bagger Vance.
Warm Springs
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Filmography
as General Winston
as Deaf Man
as Reverend Samuel Bogart
as Reverend Samuel Bogart
as Farmer
as Sheriff
as Uncle Cratis
as Commissioner Parks
as Hindmarch
as McManus
as Sunseeker
as Senator
as Bud Twitty
as Reverend Osee Rush
as Bubba Minor
as Papa Threadgoode
as Chief Fixx
as Gas Station Owner
as Jake Pruitt
as Sheriff
as Ackerman
as Customer with Bowling Shirt
as Burt
as Sarah's Father
as Bartender
as Chapin
as Jack
as Sheriff Hardy Collier
as Construction Worker #1
as T.J.
as Mr. Stevens
as Guesser
as Auctioneer
as Wayne Carter