Ed Nelson in Wagon Train: The Bleeker Story
Ed Nelson killed in Wagon Train: The Bleecker Story
Ed Nelson (1928 - 2014)
Film Deaths
- The Brain Eaters (1958) [Paul Kettering]: Electrocuted, along with Joanna Lee, when Ed orders Alan Frost to turn on the power to destroy the aliens (on top of previously getting shot in the chest by Joanna).
- Devil's Partner (1961) [Nick Richards/Pete Jensen]: Shot by Spencer Carlisle.
- Airport 1975 (1974) [Major John Alexander]: Falls to his death as he tries to get into the crippled plane.
TV Deaths
- Thriller: The Cheaters (1960) [Charlie]: Beaten to death (along with Linda Watkins) with a crowbar by Paul Newlan, after the magic eyeglasses reveal to Paul that Ed and Linda are planning to kill him.
- Wagon Train: The Bleecker Story (1963) [Al Bleecker]: Fatally shot in the stomach by a cavalry sniper when he replaces his slain brother (Tim McIntire) at the Gatling gun in a botched robbery of the gold depository within the fort. His body is shown at the foot of the wagon along with Tim's with their mother (Joan Blondell) hovering over them.
- Murder, She Wrote: The Witch's Curse (1992) [Judge Willard Clinton]: Falls to his death from the bell tower when Marian Seldes pushed him out the window.
Notable Connections
- Father of Christopher S. Nelson