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