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James Olson (October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022)[1][2] was an American actor.

James Olson
Olson in Paper Man.
Born	James Olson (1930-10-08)October 8, 1930 Evanston, Illinois
Died	April 17, 2022(2022-04-17) (aged 91) Malibu, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1956-1990

Life and career

Olson was born in Evanston, Illinois.[1] From 1952 until 1954, he was a military policeman in the United States Army.[3] He performed stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters.[4]

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).[1]

He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture Rachel, Rachel[5] 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.[3] 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; and The Streets of San Francisco " Cannon".

Personal life and death

Olson died at his home in Malibu, California on April 17, 2022, at the age of 91. He was survived by two nieces, Susan Baker and Robin Olson, a nephew, David James Olson, and three grandnephews.[6]

Selected filmography

• The Sharkfighters (1956) as Ens. Harold Duncan
• The Strange One (1957) as Roger Gatt
• The Three Sisters (1966) as Baron Tuzenbach
• Rachel, Rachel (1968) as Nick Kazlik
• The Stalking Moon (1968) as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)
• Moon Zero Two (1969) as Kemp
• Crescendo (1970) as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
• The Andromeda Strain (1971) as Dr. Mark Hall
• Wild Rovers (1971) as Joe Billings
• Paper Man (1971) as Art Fletcher
• Columbo: Etude in Black (1972, TV movie) as Paul Rifkin
• The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) as Sen. Stanton
• The Missiles of October (1974, TV movie) as McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
• The Spell (1977) as Glenn
• The Mafu Cage (1978) as David
• Ragtime (1981) as Father
• Amityville II: The Possession (1982) as Father Adamsky
• Cave-In! (1983) as Tom Arlen
• Commando (1985) as Major General Franklin Kirby
• Rachel River (1987) as Jack Canon

References

External links

• James Olson at IMDb
• James Olson at the TCM Movie Database
• James Olson at the Internet Broadway Database
• James Olson at Internet Off-Broadway Database
• James Olson at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection

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James R. Olson (* 8. Oktober 1930 in Evanston, Illinois; † 17. April 2022 in Malibu, Kalifornien[1]) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, dessen Schauspielkarriere über 90 Rollen in Produktionen für Film und Fernsehen umfasst. Bekannt wurde er in den 1960er, 1970er und 1980er Jahren durch Kinofilme wie Die Liebe eines Sommers, Andromeda – Tödlicher Staub aus dem All oder Amityville II – Der Besessene.[2]

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