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James Olson
Actor

James Olson

8 Oct 1930Born
17 Apr 2022Died
91Age at death
73Credits

Biography

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.

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He made numerous stage, feature film, and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until 1990, when he retired.

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

Filmography

  1. 1990The Family ManSeries (1 episode)
  2. 1989Rachel RiverFilm: Jack Canon
  3. 1987Jake and the FatmanSeries (1 episode)
  4. 1986One Police PlazaFilm: Whitney Zangline
  5. 1985North Beach and RawhideFilm: Bill Cassidy
  6. 1985CommandoFilm: Major General Franklin Kirby
  7. 1984Murder, She WroteSeries: Clarence La Rue (1 episode)
  8. 1984The ParadeFilm: Andy Janacek
  9. 1983Cave-In!Film: Tom Arlen
  10. 1982Matt HoustonSeries (1 episode)
  11. 1982Amityville II: The PossessionFilm: Father Adamsky
  12. 1982American PlayhouseSeries: Jack Canon (1 episode)
  13. 1981RagtimeFilm: Father
  14. 1980The Silent LoversFilm: Victor Seastrom
  15. 1979Visions of Christmas PastFilm
  16. 1978Battlestar GalacticaSeries: Thane (2 episodes)
  17. 1978No Prince for My CinderellaFilm: Burt Williams
  18. 1978The RunawaysSeries (1 episode)
  19. 1978The Mafu CageFilm: David
  20. 1978Project U.F.O.Series (1 episode)
  21. 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong CusterFilm: Gen. George Armstrong Custer
  22. 1977The SpellFilm: Glenn
  23. 1976Law and OrderFilm: Insp. Ed Shea
  24. 1976The Bionic WomanSeries (2 episodes)
  25. 1975Wonder WomanSeries: Wotan (1 episode)
  26. 1975Strange New WorldFilm: Surgeon
  27. 1975Man on the OutsideFilm: Gerald Griffin
  28. 1975Someone I TouchedFilm: Sam Hyatt
  29. 1975The Family Nobody WantedFilm: Carl Doss
  30. 1974The Sex SymbolFilm: Calvin Bernard
  31. 1974The New LandSeries (1 episode)
  32. 1974Police WomanSeries (1 episode)
  33. 1974Harry OSeries (1 episode)
  34. 1974Little House on the PrairieSeries: Reverend Jacob Danforth (1 episode)
  35. 1974A Tree Grows in BrooklynFilm: McShane
  36. 1974ManhunterFilm: Walt Hovis
  37. 1973Legend in GraniteFilm: Mas McGee
  38. 1973Police StorySeries (1 episode)
  39. 1973Barnaby JonesSeries: Randall Stone (1 episode)
  40. 1973Incident on a Dark StreetFilm: Joe Dubbs
  41. 1972Kung FuSeries: Damion (1 episode)
  42. 1972The Streets of San FranciscoSeries: Dr. Jonas Rabb (2 episodes)
  43. 1972MaudeSeries: Sen. Bob Myers (1 episode)
  44. 1972The RookiesSeries (2 episodes)
  45. 1972The Groundstar ConspiracyFilm: Senator Stanton
  46. 1971Paper ManFilm: Art Fletcher
  47. 1971McMillan & WifeSeries: W.T. Knox (1 episode)
  48. 1971ColumboSeries: Paul Rifkin (1 episode)
  49. 1971CannonSeries (2 episodes)
  50. 1971Wild RoversFilm: Joe Billings
  51. 1971The Andromeda StrainFilm: Dr. Mark Hall
  52. 1970San Francisco International AirportSeries: Professor Theodore Tragis (1 episode)
  53. 1970CrescendoFilm: Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
  54. 1970McCloudSeries (1 episode)
  55. 1969Moon Zero TwoFilm: Capt. William H. Kemp
  56. 1969Medical CenterSeries: Dave Toland (1 episode)
  57. 1969Hawaii Five-OSeries: Mariss, Stoner, Bernie Brown, Travis Marshall, Dr. Kenneth Ames (1 episode)
  58. 1968The Stalking MoonFilm: Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
  59. 1968LancerSeries (1 episode)
  60. 1968Rachel, RachelFilm: Nick Kazlik
  61. 1967MannixSeries: Donald Jordan (1 episode)
  62. 1967IronsideSeries: Marvin Bosner (1 episode)
  63. 1966An Enemy of the PeopleFilm
  64. 1966The Three SistersFilm: Baron Tuzenbach
  65. 1965The F.B.I.Series: Sheriff Bill Temple, George Breen, Carl Slovich (1 episode)
  66. 1960Route 66Series (1 episode)
  67. 1959BonanzaSeries: Vance (1 episode)
  68. 1957Have Gun, Will TravelSeries (1 episode)
  69. 1957The Strange OneFilm: Roger Gatt
  70. 1956The SharkfightersFilm: Ens. Harold Duncan
  71. 1955GunsmokeSeries: Bede Stalcup (1 episode)
  72. 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries: General George A. Custer (1 episode)
  73. 1950Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries: Capt. Dicer (1 episode)

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