James Olson
Born October 08, 1930 (Age: 95)
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Evanston, Illinois, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Rachel River
1989
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as Jack Canon
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Age: 58
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
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as Bill Cassidy
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Age: 55
Commando
1985
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as Major General Franklin Kirby
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Age: 54
Amityville II: The Possession
1982
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as Father Adamsky
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Age: 51
Ragtime
1981
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as Father
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Age: 51
The Silent Lovers
1980
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as Victor Seastrom
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Age: 49
No Prince for My Cinderella
1978
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as Burt Williams
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Age: 47
The Mafu Cage
1978
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as David
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Age: 47
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
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as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
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Age: 47
Man on the Outside
1975
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as Gerald Griffin
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Age: 44
The Sex Symbol
1974
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as Calvin Bernard
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Age: 43
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
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as McShane
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Age: 43
Manhunter
1974
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as Walt Hovis
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Age: 43
No Image
Legend in Granite
1973
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as Mas McGee
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Age: 43
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
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as Joe Dubbs
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Age: 42
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972
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as Senator Stanton
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Age: 41
The Andromeda Strain
1971
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as Dr. Mark Hall
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Age: 40
Moon Zero Two
1969
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as Capt. William H. Kemp
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Age: 39
Rachel, Rachel
1968
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as Nick Kazlik
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Age: 37
The Sharkfighters
1956
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as Ens. Harold Duncan
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Age: 26