Ozzie Nelson

Ozzie Nelson

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.

  • Title: Ozzie Nelson
  • Popularity: 1.223
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1906-03-20
  • Place of Birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Ozzie
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Ozzie Nelson Movies

  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy

    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

    Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...

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  • 1946
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    People Are Funny

    People Are Funny

    5.2 1946 HD

    A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to...

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  • 1968
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    The Impossible Years

    The Impossible Years

    5.7 1968 HD

    The eldest daughter of a professor of psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her...

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  • 1952
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    Here Come the Nelsons

    Here Come the Nelsons

    6 1952 HD

    The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.

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  • 1944
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    Wave-a-Stick Blues

    Wave-a-Stick Blues

    1 1944 HD

    Ozzie Nelson takes us along for a typical day for a bandleader.

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  • 1941
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    Sweetheart of the Campus

    Sweetheart of the Campus

    5 1941 HD

    Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from...

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  • 1944
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    Hi, Good Lookin'!

    Hi, Good Lookin'!

    5.7 1944 HD

    An usher at a radio station studio pretends to be an executive at the station in order to help a pretty girl become a singer.

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  • 1944
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    Take It Big

    Take It Big

    1 1944 HD

    Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch. When he heads to the Great Outdoors to take...

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  • 1943
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    Honeymoon Lodge

    Honeymoon Lodge

    1 1943 HD

    Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a...

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  • 1942
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    The Big Street

    The Big Street

    5.8 1942 HD

    Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.

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  • 1943
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    Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra

    Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra

    5.2 1943 HD

    Ozzie Nelson leads his orchestra in two standard numbers, and Ozzie performs two novelty songs.

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  • 1940
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    Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra

    Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra

    4.5 1940 HD

    Ozzie and his orchestra play a few tunes.

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  • 1959
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    Disneyland '59

    Disneyland '59

    6.5 1959 HD

    Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the...

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  • 1942
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    Strictly in the Groove

    Strictly in the Groove

    1 1942 HD

    College student, cattle baron, confused love story.

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  • 1952
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    Here Come the Nelsons

    Here Come the Nelsons

    6 1952 HD

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  • 1944
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    Wave-a-Stick Blues

    Wave-a-Stick Blues

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1965
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    Love and Kisses

    Love and Kisses

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Love and Kisses

    Love and Kisses

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1965
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    Love and Kisses

    Love and Kisses

    1 1965 HD

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  • 1973
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    Ozzie's Girls

    Ozzie's Girls

    7 1973 HD

    Ozzie's Girls is an American sitcom spin-off of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which was broadcast in first-run syndication, first, the pilot,...

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  • 1962
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    The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

    5.571 1962 HD

    The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC,...

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.556 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1969
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    The Barbara McNair Show

    The Barbara McNair Show

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1970
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    Night Gallery

    Night Gallery

    7.83 1970 HD

    Rod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the...

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  • 1952
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    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

    6.136 1952 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson...

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  • 1968
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    Adam-12

    Adam-12

    7.1 1968 HD

    Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they...

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.37 1962 HD

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally...

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1967
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    The Mothers-in-Law

    The Mothers-in-Law

    6 1967 HD

    The Mothers-in-Law is an American sitcom starring Eve Arden and Kaye Ballard as two matriarchs who were friends and next-door neighbors whose...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1950
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    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    6.7 1950 HD

    Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or...

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1969
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    5.8 1969 HD

    An anthology comedy series featuring a line up of different celebrity guest stars appearing in anywhere from one, two, three, and four short stories...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    6.667 1970 HD

    Bridget Loves Bernie is an American television comedy program created by Bernard Slade, the creator of the 1970–74 ABC sitcom The Partridge...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    7 1970 HD

    Ozzie's Girls is an American sitcom spin-off of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which was broadcast in first-run syndication, first, the pilot,...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    7.1 1970 HD

    Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    6.136 1970 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    6.136 1970 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    6.136 1970 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson...

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  • 1970
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    Love, American Style

    Love, American Style

    6.136 1970 HD

    The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson...

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