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 police...

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Amityville II: The Possession

Amityville II: The Possession

... 1982

Fullname:

James Olson

Date of Birth:

1930-10-08

Country:

Evanston, Illinois, U.S.

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James Olson

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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James Olson

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The Seasoning House

The Seasoning House

... 2012

The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women

... 1977

Warsaw 44

Warsaw 44

... 2014

Ashes

Ashes

... 2024

Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out

... 2017

Pray for Death

Pray for Death

... 1985

A Man Called Ahok

A Man Called Ahok

... 2018

Battle of the Warriors

Battle of the Warriors

... 2006

Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

... 2017