Richard Neilson

Richard Neilson, born on November 30, 1924 in London as Richard Nelson, under which name a few early credits exist, first came to fame as the apparent British Table Tennis Champion at age 14. He later went on to acting in British Music Hall productions, Later, he appeared on the British stage in a production of "The Little Foxes" in 1942, "the Time of Your Life" in 1946, Irwin Shaw's "The Assassin," at the Savoy. Meanwhile, he began a film career in the British "film noir" production "No Orchids for Miss Blandish," which had trouble being shown in the US due to its depictions of violence. Richard played an American gangster "Rich." By 1947 Richard had moved to the US, and appeared in "Four Hours to Kill,' and in 1949, billed as a "Canadian actor" and still occasionally as "Richard Nelson," he appeared in a production of "Tobacco Road." In 1949 Richard was cast, uncredited, as the "Motor Pool Sergeant," a supporting role opposite Cary Grant, in "I was A Male War Bride." Once in th