James Olson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-10-08 (92 years old)

Deathday

2022-04-17

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 fro...

Acting

1971

The Andromeda Strain

as Dr. Mark Hall

1968

The Stalking Moon

as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

1981

Ragtime

as Father

1969

Moon Zero Two

as Capt. William H. Kemp

1968

Rachel, Rachel

as Nick Kazlik

1970

Crescendo

as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman

1972

The Groundstar Conspiracy

as Senator Stanton

1956

The Sharkfighters

as Ens. Harold Duncan

1978

1974

Manhunter

as Walt Hovis

1983

Cave-In!

as Tom Arlen

1974

The Sex Symbol

as Calvin Bernard

1975

Someone I Touched

as Sam Hyatt

1975

1975

1978

1975

Man on the Outside

as Gerald Griffin

1977

The Spell

as Glenn

1980

The Silent Lovers

as Victor Seastrom

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

as Gen. George Armstrong Custer

1988

Rachel River

as Jack Canon

1985

Commando

as Major General Franklin Kirby

1985

1973

Legend in Granite

as Mas McGee

1971

Wild Rovers

as Joe Billings

1984

The Parade

as Andy Janacek

1966

The Three Sisters

as Baron Tuzenbach

1971

Paper Man

as Art Fletcher

1986

One Police Plaza

as Whitney Zangline

1982

1976

Law and Order

as Insp. Ed Shea

1957

The Strange One

as Roger Gatt

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