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James Olson
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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…
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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.
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1990
The Family Man
TV show
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1989
Rachel River
Movie Jack Canon
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1987
Jake and the Fatman
TV show
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1986
One Police Plaza
Movie Whitney Zangline
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1985
North Beach and Rawhide
Movie Bill Cassidy
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1985
Commando
Movie Major General Franklin Kirby
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Clarence La Rue
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1984
The Parade
Movie Andy Janacek
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1983
Cave-In!
Movie Tom Arlen
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1982
Matt Houston
TV show
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1982
Amityville II: The Possession
Movie Father Adamsky
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1982
American Playhouse
TV show Jack Canon
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1981
Ragtime
Movie Father
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1980
The Silent Lovers
Movie Victor Seastrom
- 1979
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1978
Battlestar Galactica
TV show Thane
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1978
The Runaways
TV show
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1978
No Prince for My Cinderella
Movie Burt Williams
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1978
The Mafu Cage
Movie David
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1978
Project U.F.O.
TV show
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1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Movie Gen. George Armstrong Custer
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1977
The Spell
Movie Glenn
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1976
Law and Order
Movie Insp. Ed Shea
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1976
The Bionic Woman
TV show
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1975
Wonder Woman
TV show Wotan
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1975
Strange New World
Movie Surgeon
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1975
Man on the Outside
Movie Gerald Griffin
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1975
Someone I Touched
Movie Sam Hyatt
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1975
The Family Nobody Wanted
Movie Carl Doss
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1974
The Sex Symbol
Movie Calvin Bernard
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1974
The New Land
TV show
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1974
Police Woman
TV show
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1974
Harry O
TV show
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1974
Little House on the Prairie
TV show Reverend Jacob Danforth
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1974
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Movie McShane
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1974
Manhunter
Movie Walt Hovis
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1973
Legend in Granite
Movie Mas McGee
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1973
Police Story
TV show
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1973
Barnaby Jones
TV show Randall Stone
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1973
Incident on a Dark Street
Movie Joe Dubbs
