
James Olson
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.
Known For






Credits
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The Family Man 1990★ 6.2
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Rachel River 1988Jack Canon★ 7
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Jake and the Fatman 1987★ 6.1
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One Police Plaza 1986Whitney Zangline★ NR
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Bill Cassidy★ NR
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Commando 1985Major General Franklin Kirby★ 6.7
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Murder, She Wrote 1984Clarence La Rue★ 7.5
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The Parade 1984Andy Janacek★ 1
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Cave-In! 1983Tom Arlen★ 3.3
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Matt Houston 1982★ 6.2
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Father Adamsky★ 5.7
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Ragtime 1981Father★ 7
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The Silent Lovers 1980Victor Seastrom★ 3.5
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★ NR
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Battlestar Galactica 1978Thane★ 7.1
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Burt Williams★ NR
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The Runaways 1978★ 5
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The Mafu Cage 1978David★ 6.1
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Project U.F.O. 1978★ 6.7
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Gen. George Armstrong Custer★ 2
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The Spell 1977Glenn★ 5
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Law and Order 1976Insp. Ed Shea★ NR
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The Bionic Woman 1976★ 7
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Wonder Woman 1975Wotan★ 7
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Strange New World 1975Surgeon★ 3.7
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Man on the Outside 1975Gerald Griffin★ NR
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Someone I Touched 1975Sam Hyatt★ 5.4
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Carl Doss★ 5.8
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The Sex Symbol 1974Calvin Bernard★ 3
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The New Land 1974★ 5
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Police Woman 1974★ 6.3
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Harry O 1974★ 4.6
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McShane★ NR
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Manhunter 1974Walt Hovis★ 6.5
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Legend in Granite 1973Mas McGee★ NR
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Police Story 1973★ 6.9
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Barnaby Jones 1973Randall Stone★ 6.9
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Joe Dubbs★ 5
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Kung Fu 1972Damion★ 7.7
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★ 6.9
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Maude 1972★ 6.7
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The Rookies 1972★ 6.8
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Senator Stanton★ 6.2
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Paper Man 1971Art Fletcher★ 5.8
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McMillan & Wife 1971W.T. Knox★ 6.9
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Columbo 1971Paul Rifkin★ 8.1
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Cannon 1971★ 6.5
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Wild Rovers 1971Joe Billings★ 6.3
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The Andromeda Strain 1971Dr. Mark Hall★ 7
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Crescendo 1970Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman★ 5.1
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McCloud 1970★ 7.1
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Moon Zero Two 1969Capt. William H. Kemp★ 4.9
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Medical Center 1969Dave Toland★ 6.1
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The Stalking Moon 1968Cavalry Officer (uncredited)★ 5.9
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Lancer 1968★ 4.7
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Hawaii Five-O 1968Mariss★ 7.1
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Rachel, Rachel 1968Nick Kazlik★ 6.6
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Mannix 1967★ 6.7
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Ironside 1967★ 6.8
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★ NR
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The Three Sisters 1966Baron Tuzenbach★ NR
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The F.B.I. 1965Sheriff Bill Temple★ 5.5
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Route 66 1960★ 6.3
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Bonanza 1959Vance★ 7.5
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★ 7.4
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The Strange One 1957Roger Gatt★ 6.4
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The Sharkfighters 1956Ens. Harold Duncan★ 5.3
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Gunsmoke 1955Bede Stalcup★ 6.6
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General George A. Custer★ 8.6
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Capt. Dicer★ 5.6