James Olson
Acting
Born: 1930-10-08 · Evanston, Illinois, USA
Died: 2022-04-17
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 alongs
🎬 Movies (30)
Rachel River
1989
Jack Canon
One Police Plaza
1986
Whitney Zangline
Commando
1985
Major General Franklin Kirby
North Beach and Rawhide
1985
Bill Cassidy
The Parade
1984
Andy Janacek
Cave-In!
1983
Tom Arlen
Amityville II: The Possession
1982
Father Adamsky
Ragtime
1981
Father
The Silent Lovers
1980
Victor Seastrom
Visions of Christmas Past
1979
No Prince for My Cinderella
1978
Burt Williams
The Mafu Cage
1978
David
The Spell
1977
Glenn
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Law and Order
1976
Insp. Ed Shea
Someone I Touched
1975
Sam Hyatt
The Family Nobody Wanted
1975
Carl Doss
Strange New World
1975
Surgeon
Man on the Outside
1975
Gerald Griffin
Manhunter
1974
Walt Hovis
The Sex Symbol
1974
Calvin Bernard
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974
McShane
Incident on a Dark Street
1973
Joe Dubbs
Legend in Granite
1973
Mas McGee
The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972
Senator Stanton
The Andromeda Strain
1971
Dr. Mark Hall
Wild Rovers
1971
Joe Billings
Paper Man
1971
Art Fletcher
Crescendo
1970
Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
Moon Zero Two
1969
Capt. William H. Kemp
📺 TV Shows (30)
The Family Man
1990
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Clarence La Rue
Matt Houston
1982
Project U.F.O.
1978
The Runaways
1978
Battlestar Galactica
1978
Thane
The Bionic Woman
1976
Wonder Woman
1975
Wotan
Harry O
1974
Police Woman
1974
The New Land
1974
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Reverend Jacob Danforth
Police Story
1973
Barnaby Jones
1973
Randall Stone
The Rookies
1972
Maude
1972
Sen. Bob Myers
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Dr. Jonas Rabb
Kung Fu
1972
Damion
Columbo
1971
Paul Rifkin
Cannon
1971
McMillan & Wife
1971
W.T. Knox
McCloud
1970
San Francisco International Airport
1970
Professor Theodore Tragis
Medical Center
1969
Dave Toland
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Dr. Kenneth Ames
Lancer
1968
Mannix
1967
Donald Jordan
Ironside
1967
Marvin Bosner
The F.B.I.
1965
Carl Slovich