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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.

Known For

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Ozzie's Girls

1973

7.8

Henry Millikan (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")

Night Gallery

1970

6.1

Fred Garber

Love, American Style

1969

6.1

Reverend Harry Pickard

Love, American Style

1969

6.1

Love, American Style

1969

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0.0

Self

The Barbara McNair Show

1969

5.1

Dr. Herbert J. Fleischer

The Impossible Years

1968

7.0

Ted Clover

Adam-12

1968

6.3

Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

1968

5.8

Owen Sinclair / Ozzie Snick

The Mothers-in-Law

1967

Credits

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Ozzie's Girls

1973

6.7

Night Gallery

as Henry Millikan (segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")

1970

7.8

Love, American Style

as Fred Garber

1969

6.1

Love, American Style

as Reverend Harry Pickard

1969

6.1

Love, American Style

1969

6.1

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The Barbara McNair Show

as Self

1969

0.0

The Impossible Years

as Dr. Herbert J. Fleischer

1968

5.1

Adam-12

as Ted Clover

1968

7.0

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1968

6.3

The Mothers-in-Law

as Owen Sinclair / Ozzie Snick

1967

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

1962

7.5

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

1962

6.2

Disneyland '59

as Self

1959

6.5

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Ozzie

1952

5.9

This Is Your Life

as Self

1952

6.4

Here Come the Nelsons

as Ozzie Nelson

1952

6.0

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950

6.9

What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1950

6.9

People Are Funny

as Leroy Brinker

1946

5.2

Take It Big

as Ozzie Nelson

1944

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Wave-a-Stick Blues

as Ozzie Nelson

1944

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Hi, Good Lookin'!

as Ozzie Nelson - Orchestra Leader

1944

5.7

Honeymoon Lodge

as Ozzie Nelson - Band Leader

1943

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Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra

1943

5.4

Strictly in the Groove

as Ozzie Nelson

1942

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The Big Street

as Orchestra Leader

1942

5.6

Sweetheart of the Campus

as Ozzie Norton

1941

5.0

Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra

as Ozzie Nelson

1940

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