James Olson
Actor
8 de octubre de 1930 — 17 de abril de 2022 (91 años)
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.
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
| 2016 | O.J.: Made in America · as Father |
| 1990 | |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Rachel River · as Jack Canon |
| 1986 | One Police Plaza · as Whitney Zangline |
| 1985 | North Beach and Rawhide · as Bill Cassidy |
| 1985 | Commando · as Major General Franklin Kirby |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote · as Clarence La Rue |
| 1984 | The Parade · as Andy Janacek |
| 1983 | Cave in! · as Tom Arlen |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Amityville II: The Possession · as Father Adamsky |
| 1981 | Ragtime · as Father |
| 1980 | The Silent Lovers · as Victor Seastrom |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo · as Paul Vane |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible · as Polah |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear · as Paul Vane |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica · as Thane |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | The Mafu Cage · as DavidEn Plex |
| 1978 | |
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer · as Gen. George Armstrong Custer |
| 1977 | Lou Grant · as Archer Corwin |
| 1977 | The Spell · as Glenn |
| 1976 | Law and Order · as Insp. Ed Shea |
| 1976 | Most Wanted · as John Ryerson |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman · as Wotan |
| 1975 | Strange New World · as Surgeon |
| 1975 | Someone I Touched · as Sam Hyatt |
| 1975 | Caribe · as Matson |
| 1974 | The Missiles of October · as Mcgeorge Bundy - Special Assistant For National Security Affairs |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol · as Calvin Bernard |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Movin' On · as Ben Simms |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie · as Reverend Jacob Danforth |
| 1974 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn · as Mcshane |
| 1974 | Manhunter · as Walt Hovis |
| 1974 | Manhunter · as Cast |
| 1973 | Legend in Granite · as Mas Mcgee |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones · as Randall Stone |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street · as Joe DubbsEn Plex |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco · as Dr. Jonas Rabb |
| 1972 | Maude · as Sen. Bob Myers |
| 1972 | The Groundstar Conspiracy · as Senator Stanton |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Kung Fu · as Damion |
| 1971 | Paper Man · as Art Fletcher |
| 1971 | McMillan and Wife · as W.t. Knox |
| 1971 | Columbo · as Paul Rifkin |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers · as Joe Billings |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain · as Dr. Mark Hall |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport · as Professor Theodore Tragis |
| 1970 | Crescendo · as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | Moon Zero Two · as Capt. William H. Kemp |
| 1969 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers · as Cavan Searle |
| 1969 | Medical Center · as Dave Toland |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. · as George Baxter |
| 1968 | The Stalking Moon · as Cavalry Officer (uncredited) |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O · as Stoner |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel · as Nick Kazlik |
| 1967 | Mannix · as Donald Jordan |
| 1967 | Ironside · as Marvin Bosner |
| 1966 | The Three Sisters · as Baron Tuzenbach |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. · as George Breen |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse · as Hovstad |
| 1962 | The Doctors and the Nurses · as Edward Curtis |
| 1962 | The Virginian · as Hosea Mckinley |
| 1961 | The Defenders · as Dr. Frank Spencer |
| 1960 | Route 66En Plex |
| 1960 | Insight · as Dr. Blake |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week · as Harry |
| 1959 | Bonanza · as VanceEn Plex |
| 1957 | The Strange One · as Roger Gatt |
| 1957 | |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters · as Ens. Harold Duncan |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Les Thorpe |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater · as Cast |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Bede Stalcup |
| 1954 | Camera Three · as Cast |
| 1954 | Disneyland · as Chuck Williams |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame · as General George A. Custer |
| 1950 | The Armstrong Circle Theatre · as Allen Menkin |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents · as Capt. Dicer |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre · as Cast |