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James Olson
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Acting
Birthday
1930-10-08,Evanston, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Andromeda Strain

7.049

The Andromeda Strain
1971-03-12

The Stalking Moon

5.9

The Stalking Moon
1968-12-25

7

Ragtime
1981-11-20

5

Moon Zero Two
1969-10-20

6.5

Rachel, Rachel
1968-08-26

Incident on a Dark Street

5

Incident on a Dark Street
1973-01-13

5.1

Crescendo
1970-06-07

The Groundstar Conspiracy

6.2

The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972-06-12

The Sharkfighters

5.3

The Sharkfighters
1956-11-01

No Prince for My Cinderella

0

No Prince for My Cinderella
1978-04-27

7

Manhunter
1974-02-26

4.5

Cave-In!
1983-06-19

3

The Sex Symbol
1974-09-17

Someone I Touched

5.4

Someone I Touched
1975-02-26

The Family Nobody Wanted

5.8

The Family Nobody Wanted
1975-02-19

Visions of Christmas Past

0

Visions of Christmas Past
1979-12-28

Strange New World

3.5

Strange New World
1975-07-13

6.3

The Mafu Cage
1978-03-19

Man on the Outside

0

Man on the Outside
1975-06-29

4.9

The Spell
1977-02-20

The Silent Lovers

2

The Silent Lovers
1980-05-20

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

0

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977-12-01

7

Rachel River
1988-01-01

6.687

Commando
1985-10-03

North Beach and Rawhide

0

North Beach and Rawhide
1985-11-12

Legend in Granite

0

Legend in Granite
1973-12-14

An Enemy of the People

0

An Enemy of the People
1966-12-02

6.3

Wild Rovers
1971-06-23

0

The Parade
1984-02-29

The Three Sisters

0

The Three Sisters
1966-01-01

6.3

Paper Man
1971-11-12

One Police Plaza

0

One Police Plaza
1986-11-29

Amityville II: The Possession

5.648

Amityville II: The Possession
1982-09-24

0

Law and Order
1976-05-06

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

0

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974-03-27

The Strange One

6.4

The Strange One
1957-04-12

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

7.6

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

The Bionic Woman

7

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.4

Route 66
1960-10-07

6.7

Maude
1972-09-12

The Streets of San Francisco

7

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7

Wonder Woman
1975-11-07

Jake and the Fatman

5.9

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

6.455

Cannon
1971-09-14

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

4.6

Harry O
1974-09-12

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

6.3

Police Woman
1974-09-13

7.1

Police Story
1973-03-20

6.7

Project U.F.O.
1978-02-19

4.7

Lancer
1968-09-24

7.1

McCloud
1970-02-17

6.2

Matt Houston
1982-09-26

Robert Montgomery Presents

4.333

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

5

The New Land
1974-09-14

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.7

Mannix
1967-09-16

5

The Runaways
1978-04-27

6.9

Ironside
1967-03-28

McMillan and Wife

7.3

McMillan and Wife
1971-09-29

7.5

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Streets of San Francisco

7

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.25

The Family Man
1990-09-11

6.9

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

Murder, She Wrote

7.6

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

Battlestar Galactica

7.1

Battlestar Galactica
1978-09-17

5.4

The F.B.I.
1965-09-19