Curriculum Vitae
| Height: 5ft 10ins (1.78m) Weight: 11st 10lbs (74.39kg) | |
| Telephone; 07718345167 | |
| e.mail; nelson.ward527@gmail.com |
Special skills: Graded in Judo & Karate;County Rugby player (Hants) Swimming; Member of the Actors' Centre; Authentic American Accent ; Artistic director of Vanguard Productions.
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Nelson has been the artistic director of Vanguard Productions since 1998 and, during that time, has devoted his time between the Company and being a "house husband " for his children, Adam & Rachel. Apart from performing in theatres for Vanguard, he has managed to do some freelance theatre work and 4feature films- the latest called Dimension Slip is to be released this year. A full resume is shown below.
| ROLE | FILM | DIRECTOR | TV/FILM Co |
| Andrea Saeton | Dimension Slip | Barbara Toschia | Paramel Films |
| Butler Stevenson | Adventure Boyz | Howard Ford | Latitude Films |
| Adrian | House of Silence | Lawrence Parmenter | LW Films |
| Leroy | The Cashier | Radley Mason | Meadow Bank Films |
| Capt Edward Parker (pilot) | The Dead | Howard Ford | Indelible Films |
| Murphey | Left for Dead | Ross Boyask | Modern Life Films |
| Max | Distant Shadow | Howard Ford | Adrenaline Films |
| Fletcher (lead) | Mainline Run | Howard Ford | Cobra Media |
| D.S Formby | The Bill | Terry Marcel | ITV |
| Sergeant Ellis | Chockey's Children | Peter Duguid | ITV |
| Sergeant Brooking | Missing from Home | Douglas Camfield | BBC |
| Hines | Jack of Diamonds | Stuart Allen | BBC |
| Frank | Jury | Keith Evans | BBC |
| Roberts | Big Deal | Jeremy Summers | BBC |
| Kent | A Break in the Sun | Roger Singleton-Turner | BBC |
| Mecronian | Blakes Seven | Vere Lorrimer | BBC |
| ROLE | PRODUCTION | DIRECTOR | VENUE(S) |
| Bob | Discovering Dad | Zoe Sharp | 503 Theatre London |
| Max Miller | MAXIE | Amaryllis Crooke | Tour + Edinburgh |
| Julius | Paul - A Strange Kind of Hero | Sue Pomeroy | Brighton |
| Various roles | Radio Days | Amaryllis Crooke | Tour |
| Banquo | MacBeth (Open Air production) | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Antonio | Much Ado About Nothing | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Bottom | Midsummer Night's Dream | William Gilbert | Germany |
| Brabantio | Othello | William Gilbert | Tour & Germany |
| Sweeney Todd | The Demon Barber | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Mr Duffy | Melody of the Glittering Parrot | Derek Goldby | London(Fringe) |
| Terry Arkwright | The Black Crusader | Les Hull | Hawth (Crawley) |
| Bill | The Entertainer | Sue Pomeroy | National Tour |
| Karl | La Ronde | Geoffrey Swann | Edinburgh Fringe |
| Bardolph | Lettice & Lovage | Michael Rolfe/Lynda Baron | Middle East Tour |
| William Hazlitt | Liber Amoris | Paul Barnard | Brighton & Tour |
| Ben | The Dumb Waiter | Sylvia Vickers | Brighton |
| Nick | Bedroom Farce | Don Dryden | Hornchurch |
| Jumper | Jumpers | Ed Thomason | Crucible - Sheffield |
| Part Played | Play | Director | Production Venue |
| Rev: Thwaites | Funny Peculiar | Alan Dosser | Garrick (Michael Codron) |
| Albert Finney(understudy) | Orphans | Gary Sinise | Apollo (Steppenwolf theatre of Chicago) |
| Various roles | The Two Ronnies | Terry Hughes | London Palladium & Bristol Hippodrome (H.Fielding) |
| George | The Loudest Tears in Town | Roger Redfarn | National Tour |
| Mark Driscoll | Dangerous Obsession | Roger Smith | Fortune (Michael Codron) |
| Narrator | Joseph & the Amazing Coloured Dreamcoat | Fred Peters | National Tour - Bill Kenwright |
| Christopher Timothy(understudy) | Dangerous Corner | Keith Baxter | National tour - Triumph |
| Role Played | Play |
| Prosecuting Council | One Way Pendulum - tour to Toronto |
| Boatswain | The Tempest - with Max von Sydow |
| Pyrrot | Bussy D'Ambois - also fight director |
| Role | Play | Director | Venue |
| Henry VIII | A Man for All Seasons | Ian Woolridge | Pilochry & Tour |
| George | Wife Begins at Forty | Colin McIntyre | Crewe |
| Tom | The Glass Managerie | Ian Woolridge | Pitlochry & Tour |
| Paul | Absent Friends | Colin McIntyre | Chesterfield |
| Mercutio | Romeo & Juliet | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Tony Wendice | Dial M for Murder | Alan Leith | Worthing |
| Roat | Wait Until Dark | Colin McIntyre | Chesterfield |
| Joe | Leave Him to Heaven | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Provost | Measure for Measure | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Riff | West Side Story | Nicolas Young | Worthing |
| Edward VIII | Crown Matrimonial | David Johnson | Brighton |
| Ken | The Sky High Dreamer | David Johnson | Brighton |
Nelson as Max Miller |
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