Person
Danny Nelson
Acting · 1935–2010 · Lafayette, Georgia, USA
Known for
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
General Winston
A Time to Kill
Bud Twitty
Fried Green Tomatoes
Papa Threadgoode
Career Opportunities
Gas Station Owner
The Legend of Bagger Vance
McManus
Chiefs
Dr. Carter Sauls
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Mr. Stevens
Forces of Nature
Sunseeker
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Senator
Greased Lightning
Wayne Carter
Filmography
- 2008The Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonGeneral Winston
- 2007Randy & the MobDeaf Man
- 2006The Work and the Glory III: A House DividedReverend Samuel Bogart
- 2005The Work and the Glory II: American ZionReverend Samuel Bogart
- 2005Warm SpringsFarmer
- 2005False RiverSheriff
- 2001SongcatcherUncle Cratis
- 2001BoycottCommissioner Parks
- 2000A Good BabyHindmarch
- 2000The Legend of Bagger VanceMcManus
- 1999Forces of NatureSunseeker
- 1997Captured Alive
- 1997Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvilSenator
- 1996The Grass HarpDoc Carter
- 1996A Time to KillBud Twitty
- 1996NightjohnReverend Osee Rush
- 1995Vicious KissBubba Minor
- 1991Fried Green TomatoesPapa Threadgoode
- 1991Solomon Northup's OdysseyChapin
- 1991Paris TroutChief Fixx
- 1991Career OpportunitiesGas Station Owner
- 1990Blood SalvageJake Pruitt
- 1990A Son's PromiseJudge McLauren
- 1989Cold Sassy TreeSheriff
- 1989Traveling ManAckerman
- 1987Dead AimCustomer with Bowling Shirt
- 1986As Summers DieBurt
- 1985A Killing AffairSarah's Father
- 1985Marvin & TigeBartender
- 1984Night ShadowsJack
- 1983ChiefsDr. Carter Sauls
- 1983Murder in Coweta CountySheriff Hardy Collier
- 1982Maid in AmericaConstruction Worker #1
- 1982Tennessee StallionT.J.
- 1980Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim JonesMr. Stevens
- 1979The Prize FighterGuesser
- 1979Freedom RoadAuctioneer
- 1977Greased LightningWayne Carter
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