James Olson (October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022) was an American actor.
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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Rachel River
Character:Jack Canon
Release Date:20/02/1989
One Police Plaza
Character:Whitney Zangline
Release Date:29/11/1986
North Beach and Rawhide
Character:Bill Cassidy
Release Date:12/11/1985
Commando
Character:Major General Franklin Kirby
Release Date:03/10/1985
The Parade
Character:Andy Janacek
Release Date:29/02/1984
Cave-In!
Character:Tom Arlen
Release Date:19/06/1983
Amityville II: The Possession
Character:Father Adamsky
Release Date:24/09/1982
Ragtime
Character:Father
Release Date:20/11/1981
The Silent Lovers
Character:Victor Seastrom
Release Date:20/05/1980
Visions of Christmas Past
Character:
Release Date:28/12/1979
No Prince for My Cinderella
Character:Burt Williams
Release Date:27/04/1978
The Mafu Cage
Character:David
Release Date:19/03/1978
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Character:Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Release Date:01/12/1977
The Spell
Character:Glenn
Release Date:20/02/1977
Law and Order
Character:Insp. Ed Shea
Release Date:06/05/1976
Strange New World
Character:Surgeon
Release Date:13/07/1975
Man on the Outside
Character:Gerald Griffin
Release Date:29/06/1975
Someone I Touched
Character:Sam Hyatt
Release Date:26/02/1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
Character:Carl Doss
Release Date:19/02/1975
The Sex Symbol
Character:Calvin Bernard
Release Date:17/09/1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character:McShane
Release Date:27/03/1974
Manhunter
Character:Walt Hovis
Release Date:26/02/1974
Legend in Granite
Character:Mas McGee
Release Date:14/12/1973
Incident on a Dark Street
Character:Joe Dubbs
Release Date:12/01/1973
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Character:Senator Stanton
Release Date:12/06/1972
Paper Man
Character:Art Fletcher
Release Date:12/11/1971
Wild Rovers
Character:Joe Billings
Release Date:23/06/1971
The Andromeda Strain
Character:Dr. Mark Hall
Release Date:12/03/1971
Crescendo
Character:Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
Release Date:07/06/1970
Moon Zero Two
Character:Capt. William H. Kemp
Release Date:26/10/1969
The Stalking Moon
Character:Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1968
Rachel, Rachel
Character:Nick Kazlik
Release Date:26/08/1968
An Enemy of the People
Character:
Release Date:02/12/1966
The Three Sisters
Character:Baron Tuzenbach
Release Date:01/01/1966
The Strange One
Character:Roger Gatt
Release Date:12/04/1957
The Sharkfighters
Character:Ens. Harold Duncan
Release Date:01/11/1956
Television Appearances
The Family Man
Character:
Jake and the Fatman
Character:
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Clarence La Rue
Matt Houston
Character:
Battlestar Galactica
Character:Thane
The Runaways
Character:
Project U.F.O.
Character:
The Bionic Woman
Character:
Wonder Woman
Character:Wotan
The New Land
Character:
Police Woman
Character:
Harry O
Character:
Police Story
Character:
Barnaby Jones
Character:Randall Stone
Kung Fu
Character:Damion
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:
The Streets of San Francisco
Character:Dr. Jonas Rabb
Maude
Character:Sen. Bob Myers
The Rookies
Character:
McMillan & Wife
Character:W.T. Knox
Columbo
Character:Paul Rifkin
Cannon
Character:
San Francisco International Airport
Character:Professor Theodore Tragis
McCloud
Character:
Medical Center
Character:Dave Toland
Lancer
Character:
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Mariss
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Stoner
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Bernie Brown
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Travis Marshall
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Dr. Kenneth Ames
Mannix
Character:
Mannix
Character:Donald Jordan
Ironside
Character:
Ironside
Character:Marvin Bosner
The F.B.I.
Character:Sheriff Bill Temple
The F.B.I.
Character:George Breen
The F.B.I.
Character:Carl Slovich
Route 66
Character:
Bonanza
Character:Vance
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Bede Stalcup
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:General George A. Custer
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:Capt. Dicer
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