James Olson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-10-08

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. (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.

Known For

  • Columbo

    Columbo

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • Have Gun, Will Travel

    Have Gun, Will Travel

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Matt Houston

    Matt Houston

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Jake and the Fatman

    Jake and the Fatman

  • Medical Center

    Medical Center

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Harry O

    Harry O

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • The Streets of San Francisco

    The Streets of San Francisco

  • The Bionic Woman

    The Bionic Woman

  • McMillan & Wife

    McMillan & Wife

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Battlestar Galactica

    Battlestar Galactica

  • Maude

    Maude

  • Police Story

    Police Story

  • Commando

    Commando

  • Lancer

    Lancer

  • Strange New World

    Strange New World

  • The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

    The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

  • The Three Sisters

    The Three Sisters

  • The Groundstar Conspiracy

    The Groundstar Conspiracy

  • Amityville II: The Possession

    Amityville II: The Possession

  • The Family Man

    The Family Man

  • The Andromeda Strain

    The Andromeda Strain

  • Project U.F.O.

    Project U.F.O.

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Rachel, Rachel

    Rachel, Rachel

  • The Silent Lovers

    The Silent Lovers

  • Legend in Granite

    Legend in Granite

  • Paper Man

    Paper Man

  • Ragtime

    Ragtime

  • The Runaways

    The Runaways

  • Crescendo

    Crescendo

  • The Stalking Moon

    The Stalking Moon

  • The Parade

    The Parade

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • The Spell

    The Spell

  • Rachel River

    Rachel River

  • The Mafu Cage

    The Mafu Cage

  • Manhunter

    Manhunter

  • The Sharkfighters

    The Sharkfighters

  • The New Land

    The New Land

  • Man on the Outside

    Man on the Outside

  • No Prince for My Cinderella

    No Prince for My Cinderella

  • Cave-In!

    Cave-In!

  • Someone I Touched

    Someone I Touched

  • Moon Zero Two

    Moon Zero Two

  • The Family Nobody Wanted

    The Family Nobody Wanted

  • North Beach and Rawhide

    North Beach and Rawhide

  • Kung Fu

    Kung Fu

  • Incident on a Dark Street

    Incident on a Dark Street

  • The Sex Symbol

    The Sex Symbol

  • One Police Plaza

    One Police Plaza

  • Visions of Christmas Past

    Visions of Christmas Past

  • An Enemy of the People

    An Enemy of the People

  • Wild Rovers

    Wild Rovers

  • The Strange One

    The Strange One

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn