James Olson1930 - 2022

usually

Actor

Popularity

2.7

Famous

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.

Credits

Rachel River
Rachel River

1988

Drama

as Jack Canon

7
0.2
One Police Plaza
One Police Plaza

1986

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Whitney Zangline

0
0.2
North Beach and Rawhide
North Beach and Rawhide

1985

TV Movie

as Bill Cassidy

0
0.1
Commando
Commando

1985

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Major General Franklin Kirby

6.7
6.3
The Parade
The Parade

1984

Drama • TV Movie

as Andy Janacek

0
0.3
Cave-In!
Cave-In!

1983

Action • Adventure • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Tom Arlen

4.5
0.4
Amityville II: The Possession
Amityville II: The Possession

1982

Horror • Thriller

as Father Adamsky

5.7
1.8
Ragtime
Ragtime

1981

Drama • History

as Father

7
1.2
The Silent Lovers
The Silent Lovers

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Victor Seastrom

2
0.2
Visions of Christmas Past
Visions of Christmas Past

1979

Drama • TV Movie

0
0.3
No Prince for My Cinderella
No Prince for My Cinderella

1978

Drama

as Burt Williams

0
0.1
The Mafu Cage
The Mafu Cage

1978

Horror • Thriller

as David

6.3
0.4
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Gen. George Armstrong Custer

0
0.1
The Spell
The Spell

1977

Horror • TV Movie

as Glenn

5
0.4
Law and Order
Law and Order

1976

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Insp. Ed Shea

0
0.2
Strange New World
Strange New World

1975

Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Surgeon

3.5
0.3
Man on the Outside
Man on the Outside

1975

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Gerald Griffin

0
0.1
Someone I Touched
Someone I Touched

1975

Drama • TV Movie

as Sam Hyatt

5.4
0.2
The Family Nobody Wanted
The Family Nobody Wanted

1975

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Carl Doss

5.8
0.3
The Sex Symbol
The Sex Symbol

1974

Drama • TV Movie

as Calvin Bernard

3
0.3
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

1974

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as McShane

0
0.2
Manhunter
Manhunter

1974

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Walt Hovis

6.5
0.3
Legend in Granite
Legend in Granite

1973

Drama • TV Movie

as Mas McGee

0
0.4
Incident on a Dark Street
Incident on a Dark Street

1973

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Joe Dubbs

5
0.9
The Groundstar Conspiracy
The Groundstar Conspiracy

1972

Action • Mystery • Thriller

as Senator Stanton

6.2
0.5
Paper Man
Paper Man

1971

Drama • Horror • Mystery • Science Fiction • TV Movie • Thriller

as Art Fletcher

6.3
0.4
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers

1971

Action • Western

as Joe Billings

6.3
0.6
The Andromeda Strain
The Andromeda Strain

1971

Science Fiction • Thriller

as Dr. Mark Hall

7
2.1
Crescendo
Crescendo

1970

Horror • Thriller

as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman

5.1
0.4
Moon Zero Two
Moon Zero Two

1969

Science Fiction

as Capt. William H. Kemp

5
0.4
The Stalking Moon
The Stalking Moon

1968

Western

as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

5.9
0.6
Rachel, Rachel
Rachel, Rachel

1968

Drama • Romance

as Nick Kazlik

6.6
0.6
An Enemy of the People
An Enemy of the People

1966

Drama • TV Movie

0
0.2
The Three Sisters
The Three Sisters

1966

Drama

as Baron Tuzenbach

0
0.3
The Strange One
The Strange One

1957

Drama

as Roger Gatt

6.4
0.3
The Sharkfighters
The Sharkfighters

1956

Adventure

as Ens. Harold Duncan

5.3
0.1

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