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James Olson

Acting 91 (deceased) years old Evanston, Illinois, USA ★ 1.8
Born: October 8, 1930
Died: April 17, 2022

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. 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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Known For

Columbo
Columbo Paul Rifkin 1971
Bonanza
Bonanza Vance 1959
Mannix
Mannix 1967
Mannix
Mannix Donald Jordan 1967
Ironside
Ironside 1967

Filmography

Acting Credits (80)

The Family Man
The Family Man 1990
Rachel River
Rachel River Jack Canon 1989
Jake and the Fatman
Jake and the Fatman 1987
One Police Plaza
One Police Plaza Whitney Zangline 1986
North Beach and Rawhide
North Beach and Rawhide Bill Cassidy 1985
Commando
Commando Major General Franklin Kirby 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote Clarence La Rue 1984
The Parade
The Parade Andy Janacek 1984
Cave-In!
Cave-In! Tom Arlen 1983
Matt Houston
Matt Houston 1982
Amityville II: The Possession
Amityville II: The Possession Father Adamsky 1982
Ragtime
Ragtime Father 1981
The Silent Lovers
The Silent Lovers Victor Seastrom 1980
Visions of Christmas Past
Visions of Christmas Past 1979
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica Thane 1978
No Prince for My Cinderella
No Prince for My Cinderella Burt Williams 1978
The Runaways
The Runaways 1978
The Mafu Cage
The Mafu Cage David 1978
Project U.F.O.
Project U.F.O. 1978
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer Gen. George Armstrong Custer 1977
The Spell
The Spell Glenn 1977
Law and Order
Law and Order Insp. Ed Shea 1976
The Bionic Woman
The Bionic Woman 1976
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman Wotan 1975
Strange New World
Strange New World Surgeon 1975
Man on the Outside
Man on the Outside Gerald Griffin 1975
Someone I Touched
Someone I Touched Sam Hyatt 1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted Carl Doss 1975
The Sex Symbol
The Sex Symbol Calvin Bernard 1974
The New Land
The New Land 1974
Police Woman
Police Woman 1974
Harry O
Harry O 1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn McShane 1974
Manhunter
Manhunter Walt Hovis 1974
Legend in Granite
Legend in Granite Mas McGee 1973
Police Story
Police Story 1973
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones Randall Stone 1973
Incident on a Dark Street
Incident on a Dark Street Joe Dubbs 1973
Kung Fu
Kung Fu Damion 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco Dr. Jonas Rabb 1972
Maude
Maude Sen. Bob Myers 1972
The Rookies
The Rookies 1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy
The Groundstar Conspiracy Senator Stanton 1972
Paper Man
Paper Man Art Fletcher 1971
McMillan & Wife
McMillan & Wife W.T. Knox 1971
Columbo
Columbo Paul Rifkin 1971
Cannon
Cannon 1971
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers Joe Billings 1971
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain Dr. Mark Hall 1971
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport Professor Theodore Tragis 1970
Crescendo
Crescendo Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman 1970
McCloud
McCloud 1970
Moon Zero Two
Moon Zero Two Capt. William H. Kemp 1969
Medical Center
Medical Center Dave Toland 1969
The Stalking Moon
The Stalking Moon Cavalry Officer (uncredited) 1968
Lancer
Lancer 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Mariss 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Stoner 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Bernie Brown 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Travis Marshall 1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O Dr. Kenneth Ames 1968
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel, Rachel Nick Kazlik 1968
Mannix
Mannix 1967
Mannix
Mannix Donald Jordan 1967
Ironside
Ironside 1967
Ironside
Ironside Marvin Bosner 1967
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People 1966
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters Baron Tuzenbach 1966
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. Sheriff Bill Temple 1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. George Breen 1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I. Carl Slovich 1965
Route 66
Route 66 1960
Bonanza
Bonanza Vance 1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
The Strange One
The Strange One Roger Gatt 1957
The Sharkfighters
The Sharkfighters Ens. Harold Duncan 1956
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke Bede Stalcup 1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame General George A. Custer 1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents Capt. Dicer 1950

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