James Olson

James Olson

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1930-10-08
Deathday: 2022-04-17 (91 years old)

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

all 72

TV Shows 36

Movies 36

Major General Franklin Kirby
Commando

Commando (1985)

Movie
5.86
Dr. Leo Heller
Jigsaw

Jigsaw (1972)

TV
Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
Crescendo

Crescendo (1970)

Movie
Capt. William H. Kemp
Moon Zero Two

Moon Zero Two (1969)

Movie
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
The Stalking Moon

The Stalking Moon (1968)

Movie
Bernie Brown / Dr. Kenneth Ames / Travis Marshall / Stoner / Mariss
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

TV
5.45
Donald Jordan
Mannix

Mannix (1967)

TV
6.38
Marvin Bosner
Ironside

Ironside (1967)

TV
6
Sheriff Bill Temple / Carl Slovich / George Breen
The F.B.I.

The F.B.I. (1965)

TV
Bede Stalcup
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
General George A. Custer
Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)

TV
8.33
James OlsonJames Olson

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1930-10-08

Deathday
2022-04-17 (91 years old)

Birth Place
Evanston, United States

Citizenships
United States

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