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James Olson
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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

7.054

The Andromeda Strain
1971-03-12

The Stalking Moon

5.891

The Stalking Moon
1968-12-25

7.018

Ragtime
1981-11-20

4.866

Moon Zero Two
1969-10-26

6.606

Rachel, Rachel
1968-08-26

Incident on a Dark Street

5.333

Incident on a Dark Street
1973-01-12

5.2

Crescendo
1970-06-07

The Groundstar Conspiracy

6.273

The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972-06-12

The Sharkfighters

5.7

The Sharkfighters
1956-11-01

No Prince for My Cinderella

0

No Prince for My Cinderella
1978-04-27

6.667

Manhunter
1974-02-26

4.625

Cave-In!
1983-06-19

4

The Sex Symbol
1974-09-17

Someone I Touched

5.111

Someone I Touched
1975-02-26

The Family Nobody Wanted

6.4

The Family Nobody Wanted
1975-02-19

Visions of Christmas Past

0

Visions of Christmas Past
1979-12-28

Strange New World

4.25

Strange New World
1975-07-13

5.933

The Mafu Cage
1978-03-19

Man on the Outside

8

Man on the Outside
1975-06-29

5.015

The Spell
1977-02-20

The Silent Lovers

4.667

The Silent Lovers
1980-05-20

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

2

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

7.3

Rachel River
1989-02-20

6.706

Commando
1985-10-03

North Beach and Rawhide

6

North Beach and Rawhide
1985-11-12

Legend in Granite

8

Legend in Granite
1973-12-14

An Enemy of the People

10

An Enemy of the People
1966-12-02

6.144

Wild Rovers
1971-06-23

4.5

The Parade
1984-02-29

The Three Sisters

7.5

The Three Sisters
1966-01-01

6.077

Paper Man
1971-11-12

One Police Plaza

9

One Police Plaza
1986-11-29

Amityville II: The Possession

5.759

Amityville II: The Possession
1982-09-24

8

Law and Order
1976-05-06

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

10

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974-03-27

The Strange One

6.52

The Strange One
1957-04-12

8.069

Columbo
1971-09-15

6.9

The Rookies
1972-09-11

5.6

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

The Bionic Woman

6.985

The Bionic Woman
1976-01-14

7.182

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.7

Route 66
1960-10-07

6.9

Maude
1972-09-12

The Streets of San Francisco

7.019

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.759

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.7

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.016

Wonder Woman
1975-11-07

Jake and the Fatman

6.185

Jake and the Fatman
1987-09-26

6.675

Cannon
1971-09-14

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

6.857

Ironside
1967-03-28

5.167

Harry O
1974-09-12

6.439

Police Woman
1974-09-13

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.314

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

7

Police Story
1973-03-20

7

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

5.583

Lancer
1968-09-24

7.189

McCloud
1970-02-17

6.3

Matt Houston
1982-09-26

Robert Montgomery Presents

6

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950-01-30

5

The New Land
1974-09-14

5.6

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

7.182

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.182

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.182

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.182

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

6.759

Mannix
1967-09-16

6.5

The Runaways
1978-04-27

6.857

Ironside
1967-03-28

McMillan & Wife

7

McMillan & Wife
1971-09-29

7.54

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Streets of San Francisco

7.019

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

7.5

The Family Man
1990-09-11

7

Barnaby Jones
1973-01-28

Murder, She Wrote

7.52

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

Battlestar Galactica

7.1

Battlestar Galactica
1978-09-17

5.6

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

6.357

Medical Center
1969-09-24

7.685

Kung Fu
1972-10-14

San Francisco International Airport

7

San Francisco International Airport
1970-10-28

Little House on the Prairie

8

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12