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Date of Birth

4 April 1944, Spokane, Washington, USA

Birth Name

Craig Theodore Nelson

Nickname

Fish
Coach

Height

6' 3½" (1.92 m)

Spouse

Doria Cook-Nelson	(1987 - present)
Robin Nelson	(196? - 1978) (divorced) 3 children

Trivia

He had to add the "T" as a middle initial to avoid confusion with the actor, Craig Richard Nelson, who had registered his name first with the Screen Actors Guild.

This strapping American Everyman endeared himself to movie audiences as the besieged patriarch in Poltergeist (1982), his first substantial film role. A former radio performer and stand-up comic whose pals included writer-director Barry Levinson.

Wanted to be a Hydroplane racer before he became an actor. His dad doubted this and said it would be an impossible feat, like becoming an actor.

Loves race car driving.

Attended University of Arizona.

Attended Central Washington University.

Father-in-law of Ashley Jones, who plays Bridget Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful" (1987).

Is a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.

Father of Noah Nelson.

Where Are They Now

(April 1991) Did some Shedd's Spread Country Crock margarine commercials, when not filming "Coach", for screen work.

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