James Olson
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Columbo
Paul Rifkin
1971
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Clarence La Rue
1984
Series
Bonanza
Vance
1959
Series
Ironside
1967
Series
Ironside
Marvin Bosner
1967
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
Mannix
Donald Jordan
1967
Series
Little House on the Prairie
Reverend Jacob Danforth
1974
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Mariss
1969
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Stoner
1969
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Bernie Brown
1969
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Travis Marshall
1969
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Kenneth Ames
1969
Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Series
The F.B.I.
Sheriff Bill Temple
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
George Breen
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Carl Slovich
1965
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
Capt. Dicer
1950
Series
American Playhouse
Jack Canon
1982
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Police Woman
1974
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Barnaby Jones
Randall Stone
1973
Series
Medical Center
Dave Toland
1969
Series
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Series
Matt Houston
1982
Series
Gunsmoke
Bede Stalcup
1955
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Series
The Streets of San Francisco
Dr. Jonas Rabb
1972
Series
The Rookies
1972
Series
McCloud
1970
Series
Police Story
1973
Series
The Bionic Woman
1976
Series
Harry O
1974
Series
Maude
Sen. Bob Myers
1972
Series
McMillan & Wife
W.T. Knox
1971
Series
Battlestar Galactica
Thane
1978
Series
Wonder Woman
Wotan
1975
Series
Lancer
1968
Film
Commando
Major General Franklin Kirby
1985
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
General George A. Custer
1951
Film
The Andromeda Strain
Dr. Mark Hall
1971
Film
Amityville II: The Possession
Father Adamsky
1982
Series
Project U.F.O.
1978
Film
The Mafu Cage
David
1978
Series
The Runaways
1978
Series
The Family Man
1990
Series
San Francisco International Airport
Professor Theodore Tragis
1970
Film
The Stalking Moon
Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
1968
Film
Ragtime
Father
1981
Film
Moon Zero Two
Capt. William H. Kemp
1969
Film
Wild Rovers
Joe Billings
1971
The New Land
1974
Film
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
1977
Film
Rachel, Rachel
Nick Kazlik
1968
Film
Strange New World
Surgeon
1975
Series
Kung Fu
Damion
1972
Film
An Enemy of the People
1966
Film
North Beach and Rawhide
Bill Cassidy
1985
Film
Manhunter
Walt Hovis
1974
Film
Incident on a Dark Street
Joe Dubbs
1973
Film
Man on the Outside
Gerald Griffin
1975
Film
The Parade
Andy Janacek
1984
Film
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
McShane
1974
Film
The Three Sisters
Baron Tuzenbach
1966
Film
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Senator Stanton
1972
Film
The Strange One
Roger Gatt
1957
Film
No Prince for My Cinderella
Burt Williams
1978
Film
Visions of Christmas Past
1979
Film
The Family Nobody Wanted
Carl Doss
1975
Film
Someone I Touched
Sam Hyatt
1975
Film
The Spell
Glenn
1977
Film
Paper Man
Art Fletcher
1971
Film
Law and Order
Insp. Ed Shea
1976
Film
The Silent Lovers
Victor Seastrom
1980
Film
The Sex Symbol
Calvin Bernard
1974
Film
Crescendo
Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
1970
Film
Rachel River
Jack Canon
1989
Film
The Sharkfighters
Ens. Harold Duncan
1956
Film
Cave-In!
Tom Arlen
1983
Film
One Police Plaza
Whitney Zangline
1986
Legend in Granite
Mas McGee
1973