James Olson
Acting
1930-10-08 · 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.
Filmography
The Family Man
1990 · Series
Rachel River
1989 · Movie
Jake and the Fatman
1987 · Series
One Police Plaza
1986 · Movie
North Beach and Rawhide
1985 · Movie
Commando
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
The Parade
1984 · Movie
Cave-In!
1983 · Movie
Matt Houston
1982 · Series
Amityville II: The Possession
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Ragtime
1981 · Movie
The Silent Lovers
1980 · Movie
Visions of Christmas Past
1979 · Movie
Battlestar Galactica
1978 · Series
The Runaways
1978 · Series
No Prince for My Cinderella
1978 · Movie
The Mafu Cage
1978 · Movie
Project U.F.O.
1978 · Series
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977 · Movie
The Spell
1977 · Movie
Law and Order
1976 · Movie
The Bionic Woman
1976 · Series
Wonder Woman
1975 · Series
Strange New World
1975 · Movie
Man on the Outside
1975 · Movie
Someone I Touched
1975 · Movie
The Family Nobody Wanted
1975 · Movie
The Sex Symbol
1974 · Movie
The New Land
1974 · Series
Police Woman
1974 · Series
Harry O
1974 · Series
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · Series
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974 · Movie
Manhunter
1974 · Movie
Legend in Granite
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
Incident on a Dark Street
1973 · Movie
Kung Fu
1972 · Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Maude
1972 · Series
The Rookies
1972 · Series
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972 · Movie
Paper Man
1971 · Movie
McMillan & Wife
1971 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
Wild Rovers
1971 · Movie
The Andromeda Strain
1971 · Movie
San Francisco International Airport
1970 · Series
Crescendo
1970 · Movie
McCloud
1970 · Series
Moon Zero Two
1969 · Movie
Medical Center
1969 · Series
The Stalking Moon
1968 · Movie
Lancer
1968 · Series
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Rachel, Rachel
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
An Enemy of the People
1966 · Movie
The Three Sisters
1966 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Route 66
1960 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
The Strange One
1957 · Movie
The Sharkfighters
1956 · Movie
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Series