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Nelson Leigh is known for:

  • Rebel Without a Cause
    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
  • Scorpio Rising
    A gang of Nazi bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
    Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

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Biography

Nelson Leigh was born on January 1, 1905 in Mississippi, USA as Sydney Talbot Christie. He was an actor, known for Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), World Without End (1956) and The Pilgrimage Play (1949). He died on July 3, 1985 in Hemet, California, USA.