James Olson
Born
October 8, 1930
Died
April 17, 2022 (91 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Evanston, Illinois, USA
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.
The Family Man
(1 episode)
1990
Rachel River
Jack Canon
1988
Jake and the Fatman
(1 episode)
1987
One Police Plaza
Whitney Zangline
1986
North Beach and Rawhide
Bill Cassidy
1985
Commando
Major General Franklin Kirby
1985
Murder, She Wrote
Clarence La Rue · (1 episode)
1984
The Parade
Andy Janacek
1984
Cave-In!
Tom Arlen
1983
Matt Houston
(1 episode)
1982
Amityville II: The Possession
Father Adamsky
1982
Ragtime
Father
1981
The Silent Lovers
Victor Seastrom
1980
Visions of Christmas Past
1979
Battlestar Galactica
Thane · (2 episodes)
1978
No Prince for My Cinderella
Burt Williams
1978
The Runaways
(1 episode)
1978
The Mafu Cage
David
1978
Project U.F.O.
(1 episode)
1978
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
1977
The Spell
Glenn
1977
Law and Order
Insp. Ed Shea
1976
The Bionic Woman
(2 episodes)
1976
Wonder Woman
Wotan · (1 episode)
1975
Strange New World
Surgeon
1975
Man on the Outside
Gerald Griffin
1975
Someone I Touched
Sam Hyatt
1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
Carl Doss
1975
The Sex Symbol
Calvin Bernard
1974
The New Land
(1 episode)
1974
Police Woman
(1 episode)
1974
Harry O
(1 episode)
1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
McShane
1974
Manhunter
Walt Hovis
1974
Legend in Granite
Mas McGee
1973
Police Story
(1 episode)
1973
Barnaby Jones
Randall Stone · (1 episode)
1973
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe Dubbs
1973
Kung Fu
Damion · (1 episode)
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
(2 episodes)
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Dr. Jonas Rabb · (1 episode)
1972
Maude
(1 episode)
1972
The Rookies
(2 episodes)
1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Senator Stanton
1972
Paper Man
Art Fletcher
1971
McMillan & Wife
W.T. Knox · (1 episode)
1971
Columbo
Paul Rifkin · (1 episode)
1971
Cannon
(2 episodes)
1971
Wild Rovers
Joe Billings
1971
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Mark Hall
1971
Crescendo
Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
1970
McCloud
(1 episode)
1970
Moon Zero Two
Capt. William H. Kemp
1969
Medical Center
Dave Toland · (1 episode)
1969
The Stalking Moon
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
1968
Lancer
(1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Mariss · (1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Stoner · (1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Bernie Brown · (1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Travis Marshall · (1 episode)
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Kenneth Ames · (1 episode)
1968
Rachel, Rachel
Nick Kazlik
1968
Mannix
(1 episode)
1967
Mannix
Donald Jordan · (1 episode)
1967
Ironside
(1 episode)
1967
Ironside
Marvin Bosner · (1 episode)
1967
An Enemy of the People
1966
The Three Sisters
Baron Tuzenbach
1966
The F.B.I.
Sheriff Bill Temple · (1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
George Breen · (1 episode)
1965
The F.B.I.
Carl Slovich · (1 episode)
1965
Route 66
(1 episode)
1960
Bonanza
Vance · (1 episode)
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1 episode)
1957
The Strange One
Roger Gatt
1957
The Sharkfighters
Ens. Harold Duncan
1956
Gunsmoke
Bede Stalcup · (1 episode)
1955
Hallmark Hall of Fame
General George A. Custer · (1 episode)
1951
Robert Montgomery Presents
Capt. Dicer · (1 episode)
1950