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
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
Mr. Stevens
Fried Green Tomatoes
Papa Threadgoode
Career Opportunities
Gas Station Owner
The Legend of Bagger Vance
McManus
Forces of Nature
Sunseeker
Warm Springs
Farmer
Chiefs
Dr. Carter Sauls
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Senator
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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