About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1930-10-08
Place of birth:
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Website:
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James Olson

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1988 Rachel River Actor Jack Canon 59
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1986 One Police Plaza Actor Whitney Zangline N/A
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1985 North Beach and Rawhide Actor Bill Cassidy N/A
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1985 Commando Actor Major General Franklin Kirby 65
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1984 The Parade Actor Andy Janacek N/A
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1983 Cave-In! Actor Tom Arlen 58
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1982 Amityville II: The Possession Actor Father Adamsky 57
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1981 Ragtime Actor Father 61
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1980 The Silent Lovers Actor Victor Seastrom 59
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1979 Visions of Christmas Past Actor N/A
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1978 No Prince for My Cinderella Actor Burt Williams N/A
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1978 The Mafu Cage Actor David 59
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1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer Actor Gen. George Armstrong Custer N/A
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1977 The Spell Actor Glenn 58
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1976 Law and Order Actor Insp. Ed Shea N/A
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1975 Strange New World Actor Surgeon 58
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1975 Man on the Outside Actor Gerald Griffin N/A
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1975 Someone I Touched Actor Sam Hyatt 59
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1975 The Family Nobody Wanted Actor Carl Doss 58
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1974 The Sex Symbol Actor Calvin Bernard 58
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1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Actor McShane N/A
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1974 Manhunter Actor Walt Hovis 59
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1973 Legend in Granite Actor Mas McGee N/A
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1973 Incident on a Dark Street Actor Joe Dubbs 58
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1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy Actor Senator Stanton 59
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1971 Paper Man Actor Art Fletcher 59
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1971 Wild Rovers Actor Joe Billings 59
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1971 The Andromeda Strain Actor Dr. Mark Hall 65
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1970 Crescendo Actor Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman 58
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1969 Moon Zero Two Actor Capt. William H. Kemp 58
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1968 The Stalking Moon Actor Cavalry Officer (uncredited) 58
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1968 Rachel, Rachel Actor Nick Kazlik 59
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1966 An Enemy of the People Actor N/A
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1966 The Three Sisters Actor Baron Tuzenbach N/A
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1957 The Strange One Actor Roger Gatt 59
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1956 The Sharkfighters Actor Ens. Harold Duncan 58
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