James Olson

Personal Info

Birthday

October 8, 1930

Day of Death

2022-04-17

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Evanston, Illinois, USA

James Olson

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.

Known For

Columbo

Bonanza

Murder, She Wrote

Robert Montgomery Presents

Mannix

Hawaii Five-O

Ironside

Battlestar Galactica

Filmography

1988
Rachel River
as Jack Canon
1986
One Police Plaza
as Whitney Zangline
1985
North Beach and Rawhide
as Bill Cassidy
Commando
as Major General Franklin Kirby
1984
The Parade
as Andy Janacek
1983
Cave-In!
as Tom Arlen
1982
Amityville II: The Possession
as Father Adamsky
1981
Ragtime
as Father
1980
The Silent Lovers
as Victor Seastrom
1978
No Prince for My Cinderella
as Burt Williams
The Mafu Cage
as David
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
The Spell
as Glenn
1976
Law and Order
as Insp. Ed Shea
1975
Strange New World
as Surgeon
Man on the Outside
as Gerald Griffin
Someone I Touched
as Sam Hyatt
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Carl Doss
1974
The Sex Symbol
as Calvin Bernard
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as McShane
Manhunter
as Walt Hovis
1973
Legend in Granite
as Mas McGee
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe Dubbs
1972
The Groundstar Conspiracy
as Senator Stanton
1971
Paper Man
as Art Fletcher
Wild Rovers
as Joe Billings
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Mark Hall
1970
Crescendo
as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
1969
Moon Zero Two
as Capt. William H. Kemp
1968
The Stalking Moon
as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
Rachel, Rachel
as Nick Kazlik
1966
The Three Sisters
as Baron Tuzenbach
1957
The Strange One
as Roger Gatt
1956
The Sharkfighters
as Ens. Harold Duncan