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Oliver Nelson (I) (1932–1975)

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Oliver Nelson began playing piano at age six and picked up the saxophone when he was eleven. Later he continued his musical education at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as studying with composer Elliott Carter. Nelson gained practical experience by playing in bands with Erskine Hawkins, Louie Bellson... See full bio »

Born:

Oliver Edward Nelson
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 43) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1974-1976 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– The Bionic Badge (1976)
– The Secret of Bigfoot: Part 2 (1976)
– The Secret of Bigfoot (1976)
– Hocus-Pocus (1976)
– The Winning Smile (1975)
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1967-1975 Ironside (TV series)
– The Rolling Y (1975)
– The Visiting Fireman (1974)
– Fall of an Angel (1974)
– Speak No Evil (1974)
– Run Scared (1974)
See all 67 episodes »
 
1973 The Six Million Dollar Man: Solid Gold Kidnapping (TV movie) (syndicated version)
 
1973 Money to Burn (TV movie)
 
1973 The Alpha Caper (TV movie)
 
1973 Chase (TV series)
 
1973 Chase (TV movie)
 
1973 I Love a Mystery (TV movie)
 
1972 Columbo (TV series)
– The Greenhouse Jungle (1972) (music score)
 
1971-1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– The Sins of the Fathers/You Can't Get Help Like That Anymore (1972)
– Deliveries in the Rear/Stop Killing Me/Dead Weight (1972)
– Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972)
– The Different Ones/Tell David.../Logoda's Heads (1971)
– Midnight Never Ends/Brenda (1971)
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1971 Longstreet (TV series)
– I See, Said the Blind Man (1971)
– Wednesday's Child (1971)
– The Girl with the Broom (1971)
– Spell Legacy Like Death (1971)
– Elegy in Brass (1971)
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1968-1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
– Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon (1970)
– The White Birch (1968)
– Nightmare (1968) (music score)
 
1970 Zig Zag
 
1970 Dial Hot Line (TV movie)
 
1970 Skullduggery
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
– No War for the Warrior (1970)
 
1968-1970 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
– Fortune City (1970)
– The Scorpio Drop (1969)
– To Catch a Roaring Lion (1968)
 
1969 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV series)
– One Small Step for Man (1969)
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter
 
1968 Istanbul Express (TV movie)
 
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The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series) (composer: theme music - 48 episodes, 1975-1978) (composer: music theme - 2 episodes, 1974)
– The Moving Mountain (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Date with Danger: Part 2 (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Date with Danger (1978) (composer: theme music)
– Dead Ringer (1978) (composer: theme music)
– The Madonna Caper (1978) (composer: theme music)
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1972 Last Tango in Paris (conductor, music arranger)
 
1971 Longstreet (TV series) (composer: theme music - 2 episodes)
– The Shape of Nightmares (1971) (composer: theme music)
– One in the Reality Column (1971) (composer: theme music)
 
1967 The Far Out West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1966 Alfie (music arranger - uncredited, music conductor - uncredited)
 
1964 Mr. Broadway (TV series) (orchestrator)
 
1961 Paris Blues (musician - uncredited)
 
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2009 Cyprien ("The Six Million Dollar Man" / as Nelson)
 
2007 Shrek the Third (writer: "Theme from Six Million Dollar Man")
 
2000 The Tao of Steve (writer: "The Six Million Dollar Man" 1974 / performer: "The Six Million Dollar Man" 1974)
 
1999 Susumu Samonji the Private Eye (TV movie) (writer: "The Six Million Dollar Man")
 
1975 The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series)
– The Return of the Bionic Woman: Part 2 (1975) (music: "Sweet Jamie")
– The Return of the Bionic Woman (1975) (music: "Sweet Jamie")
– The Bionic Woman: Part 2 (1975) (music: "Sweet Jamie")
– The Bionic Woman (1975) (music: "Gotta Get Loose", "Sweet Jamie")
 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter (music: "SWEET APPLE WINE")
 
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2002 Live at the Quick (video documentary) (acknowledgment: contribution to jazz music)
 

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Personal Details

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Album: "The Blues and the Abstract Truth" (Impulse Records)
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Has one son by Eileen Nelson (Oliver Nelson Jr.) who currently lives in Indianapolis and teaches flute on the side. See more »

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