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