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Actor
James Olson
- Born October 8, 1930 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Died April 17, 2022
James Olson (October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022) was an American actor. From 1952 until 1954, he was a military policeman in the United States Army. He performed stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters. His Broadway credits include Of Love Remembered (1967), Slapstick Tragedy (1966), The Three Sisters (1964), The Chinese Prime Minister (1964), Romulus (1962), J.B. (1958), The Sin of Pat Muldoon (1957), and The Young and Beautiful (1955). He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous stage, feature film, and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until 1990, when he retired.
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On television, Olson portrayed Mickey Mantle in The Life of Mickey Mantle. His other TV appearances included guest roles on scores of shows, including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre; Ironside; Murder, She Wrote; Little House on the Prairie; Hawaii Five-O; Battlestar Galactica; Lou Grant; The Bionic Woman; Wonder Woman; Mannix; Bonanza; Have Gun-Will Travel; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Police Woman; Barnaby Jones; The New Land; Columbo; Maude; The Virginian; The Streets of San Francisco; and Cannon. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Olson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Commando1985
Little House on the Prairie1974
Columbo1971
The Andromeda Strain1971
Bonanza1959
Wonder Woman1975
Murder, She Wrote1984
Amityville II: The Possession1982
Filmography
- 1990The Family ManSeries
- 1989Rachel RiverFilmJack Canon
- 1987Jake and the FatmanSeries
- 1986One Police PlazaFilmWhitney Zangline
- 1985CommandoFilmMajor General Franklin Kirby
- 1985North Beach and RawhideFilmBill Cassidy
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesClarence La Rue
- 1984The ParadeFilmAndy Janacek
- 1983Cave-In!FilmTom Arlen
- 1982Amityville II: The PossessionFilmFather Adamsky
- 1982Matt HoustonSeries
- 1982American PlayhouseSeriesJack Canon
- 1981RagtimeFilmFather
- 1980The Silent LoversFilmVictor Seastrom
- 1979Visions of Christmas PastFilm
- 1978Battlestar GalacticaSeriesThane
- 1978The Mafu CageFilmDavid
- 1978Project U.F.O.Series
- 1978The RunawaysSeries
- 1978No Prince for My CinderellaFilmBurt Williams
- 1977The SpellFilmGlenn
- 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong CusterFilmGen. George Armstrong Custer
- 1976The Bionic WomanSeries
- 1976Law and OrderFilmInsp. Ed Shea
- 1975Wonder WomanSeriesWotan
- 1975Strange New WorldFilmSurgeon
- 1975Someone I TouchedFilmSam Hyatt
- 1975The Family Nobody WantedFilmCarl Doss
- 1975Man on the OutsideFilmGerald Griffin
- 1974Little House on the PrairieSeriesReverend Jacob Danforth
- 1974Police WomanSeries
- 1974Harry OSeries
- 1974The Sex SymbolFilmCalvin Bernard
- 1974ManhunterFilmWalt Hovis
- 1974A Tree Grows in BrooklynFilmMcShane
- 1974The New LandSeries
- 1973Barnaby JonesSeriesRandall Stone
- 1973Police StorySeries
- 1973Incident on a Dark StreetFilmJoe Dubbs
- 1973Legend in GraniteFilmMas McGee
- 1972Kung FuSeriesDamion
- 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeriesDr. Jonas Rabb
- 1972MaudeSeriesSen. Bob Myers
- 1972The RookiesSeries
- 1972The Groundstar ConspiracyFilmSenator Stanton
- 1971ColumboSeriesPaul Rifkin
- 1971The Andromeda StrainFilmDr. Mark Hall
- 1971Wild RoversFilmJoe Billings
- 1971CannonSeries
- 1971McMillan & WifeSeriesW.T. Knox
- 1971Paper ManFilmArt Fletcher
- 1970McCloudSeries
- 1970CrescendoFilmGeorges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
- 1970San Francisco International AirportSeriesProfessor Theodore Tragis
- 1969Hawaii Five-OSeriesMariss, Stoner, Bernie Brown, Travis Marshall, Dr. Kenneth Ames
- 1969Moon Zero TwoFilmCapt. William H. Kemp
- 1969Medical CenterSeriesDave Toland
- 1968The Stalking MoonFilmCavalry Officer (uncredited)
- 1968Rachel, RachelFilmNick Kazlik
- 1968LancerSeries
- 1967IronsideSeriesMarvin Bosner
- 1967MannixSeriesDonald Jordan
- 1966The Three SistersFilmBaron Tuzenbach
- 1966An Enemy of the PeopleFilm
- 1965The F.B.I.SeriesSheriff Bill Temple, George Breen, Carl Slovich
- 1960Route 66Series
- 1959BonanzaSeriesVance
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries
- 1957The Strange OneFilmRoger Gatt
- 1956The SharkfightersFilmEns. Harold Duncan
- 1955GunsmokeSeriesBede Stalcup
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeriesGeneral George A. Custer
- 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeriesCapt. Dicer