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James Olson

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10/8/1930, Evanston, Illinois

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James Olson

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James Olson began his film career in 1956 with "The Sharkfighters". Appearing on television from the late fifties thru until 1990. James Olson played intense characters often not liked by the audiences but so well done that he received much critical acclaim, as in the Oscar nominated film…more

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Star (10)

Role
- Commando
  Major General Franklin Kirby
  1985
- Amityville II: The Possession
  Father Adamsky
  1982
- The Spell
  Star
  1977
- Someone I Touched
  Star
  1975
- Incident on a Dark Street
  Star
  1973
- The Andromeda Strain
  Dr. Mark Hall
  1971
- Wild Rovers
  Joe Billings
  1971
- Crescendo
  Star
  1970
- Rachel, Rachel
  Star
  1968
- The Strange One
  Cadet Roger Gatt
  1957
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- Hawaii Five-O
  Dr Kenneth Ames
  - S 12: Ep 12 Labyrinth
    12/25/79
- Hawaii Five-O
  Wendell Stoner
  - S 11: Ep 6 A Distant Thunder
    11/9/78
- Hawaii Five-O
  Travis Marshall
  - S 8: Ep 13 Honor is an Unmarked Grave
    11/28/75
- Hawaii Five-O
  Bernard Brown
  - S 7: Ep 2 A Hawaiian Nightmare
    9/17/74
Guest Star (82)

Role
- Murder, She Wrote
  Clarence La Rue
  - S 7: Ep 6 A Body To Die For
    11/11/90
- Jake and the Fatman
  Dr. Robert Byers
  - S 1: Ep 14 It Had to Be You
    1/12/88
- Jake and the Fatman
  Unknown
- Hawaiian Heat
  Matthew Skyler
  - S 1: Ep 4 Inherited Trait
    10/12/84
- Matt Houston
  Calib Martin
  - S 3: Ep 2 Vanished
    9/28/84
- Matt Houston
  Calib Martin*
- Little House on the Prairie
  Rev. Edward Danforth
  - S 6: Ep 13 The Faith Healer
    11/19/79
- Project UFO
  Dr. Ted Sanders
  - S 2: Ep 7 Sighting 4020: The Island Incident
    11/30/78
- Greatest Heroes of the Bible
  Polah
  - S 1: Ep 1 Samson and Delilah
    11/14/78
- Battlestar Galactica
  Thane
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)
    10/29/78
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1)
    10/22/78
- Operation: Runaway
  Burt Williams
  - S 1: Ep 1 No Prince for My Cinderella
    4/27/78
- Lou Grant
  Corwin
  - S 1: Ep 19 Scandal
    2/13/78
- The Bionic Woman Classic
  Rod Kyler
  - S 3: Ep 4 Fembots in Las Vegas (2)
    10/1/77
  - S 3: Ep 3 Fembots in Las Vegas (1)
    9/24/77
- Most Wanted
  John Ryerson
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Ritual Killer
    2/12/77
- Wonder Woman
  Wotan
  - S 1: Ep 8 Last of the Two Dollar Bills
    1/8/77
- Police Woman (1978)
  Curry
  - S 3: Ep 6 Brainwash
    11/16/76
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Lawson
  - S 5: Ep 5 No Minor Vices
    11/4/76
- Most Wanted
  Guest Star
- Barnaby Jones
  Walter Cahill/Tom Brenner
  - S 5: Ep 1 Blood Vengeance
    10/7/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Mr. Townsend
  - S 5: Ep 4 Secrets for Sale
    12/7/75
- Cannon
  Judge Norman Killian
  - S 5: Ep 11 Wedding March
    11/19/75
- Maude
  Senator Robert "Bob" Myers
  - S 4: Ep 5 The Election
    10/6/75
  - S 4: Ep 4 Maude's Big Decision
    9/29/75
  - S 4: Ep 3 Rumpus in the Rumpus Room
    9/22/75
- Griff
  Gerald Griffin
  - S 1: Ep 0 Man On The Outside
    6/29/75
- Caribe
  Matson
  - S 1: Ep 9 One Second To Doom
    4/14/75
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Dr. Rabb
  - S 3: Ep 21 Asylum
    2/20/75
- Harry O
  Capt. Pete Jaklin
  - S 1: Ep 10 Material Witness
    11/14/74
- Kung Fu
  Damion
  - S 3: Ep 11 The Garments of Rage
    11/8/74
- Mannix
  Lassiter
  - S 8: Ep 2 Game Plan
    9/29/74
- Movin' On
  Ben Simms
  - S 1: Ep 3 Grit
    9/26/74
- The New Land
  Johansen
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Word Is: Persistance
    9/14/74
- The New Land
  Guest Star
- Police Woman (1978)
  Guest Star
- Manhunter
  Walt Hovis
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Manhunter-Pilot
    2/26/74
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  George Baxter
  - S 5: Ep 19 Angela's Nightmare
    2/5/74
- The F.B.I.
  Carl
  - S 9: Ep 15 The Betrayal
    2/3/74
- Police Story
  Walters
  - S 1: Ep 11 Man on the Rack
    12/11/73
- McMillan & Wife
  W.T. Knox
  - S 3: Ep 3 Free Fall to Terror
    11/11/73
- The Rookies (1972)
  Steve Wainz
  - S 2: Ep 7 A Matter of Justice
    10/22/73
- Barnaby Jones
  Randall Stone
  - S 2: Ep 6 Catch Me If You Can
    10/21/73
- Ironside
  David Wills
  - S 7: Ep 4 Fragile Is the House of Cards
    10/4/73
- Police Story
  Guest Star
- Barnaby Jones
  Walter Cahill/ Tom Brenner
- The Rookies (1972)
  Walter Bolton
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Good Die Young
    11/13/72
- Bonanza
  Vance
  - S 14: Ep 6 Ambush at Rio Lobo
    10/24/72
- Gunsmoke
  Bede Stalcup
  - S 18: Ep 7 The Fugitives
    10/23/72
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
  Loren Graham
  - S 1: Ep 3 The First Day of Forever
    9/30/72
- Columbo
  Paul Rifkin
  - S 2: Ep 1 Etude in Black
    9/17/72
- The Rookies (1972)
  Waiter Bolton
- Cannon
  Jim Relko
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Island Caper
    2/8/72
- Hawaii Five-O
  Bart Mariss
  - S 4: Ep 15 Bait Once, Bait Twice
    1/4/72
- McCloud
  Thomas Dane/Alan Roberts
  - S 2: Ep 4 The Disposal Man
    12/29/71
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  Cavan Searle
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Letter Of The Law
    12/26/71
- Ironside
  Bosner
  - S 5: Ep 2 Contract: Kill Ironside
    9/21/71
- Cannon
  Bucklind
- Medical Center
  Dave Toland
  - S 2: Ep 12 Accused
    12/2/70
- The F.B.I.
  George Breen
  - S 6: Ep 3 Escape to Terror
    10/4/70
- The F.B.I.
  Sheriff William Temple
  - S 5: Ep 18 Conspiracy of Corruption
    1/11/70
- Medical Center
  Guest Star
- The Bold Ones: The Lawyers
  Guest Star
- Mannix
  Donald Jordan
  - S 2: Ep 21 Odds Against Donald Jordan
    3/1/69
- The Virginian
  Hosea McKinley
  - S 7: Ep 20 The Land Dreamer
    2/26/69
- Lancer
  Alton Gannett
  - S 1: Ep 14 Death Bait
    1/14/69
- Bonanza
  Kelly Adams
  - S 10: Ep 15 Sweet Annie Laurie
    1/5/69
- Hawaii Five-O
  Wendell Stoner
- Hawaii Five-O
  Bernard Brown
- Hawaii Five-O
  Travis Marshall
- Hawaii Five-O
  Dr Kenneth Ames
- The Nurses (1962)
  Edward Curtis
  - S 3: Ep 23 Where There's Smoke
    3/9/65
- The Defenders (1961)
  Dr. Frank Spencer
  - S 3: Ep 5 Conspiracy of Silence
    10/26/63
- Route 66
  Thad School
  - S 3: Ep 27 What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant
    4/26/63
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Allen Menkin
  - S 14: Ep 2 Smash-Up
    10/10/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Linus Hale
  - S 2: Ep 2 Blood Country
    9/22/62
- The Virginian
  Guest Star
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Sgt. Harold Welby
  - S 12: Ep 14 Moment of Panic
    5/10/61
- The Play of the Week
  Pete Hazelmae
  - S 2: Ep 14 A Clearing in the Woods
    1/2/61
- Bonanza
  Vance Burnside
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Owen Deaver
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Five Books of Owen Deaver
    4/26/58
- Harbourmaster
  Charlie Potter
  - S 1: Ep 6 No Return a.k.a. Sanctuary
    10/31/57
- Harbourmaster
  Guest Star
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Capt. Dicer
  - S 8: Ep 13 The Young and the Beautiful
    12/10/56
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Mickey Mantle
  - S 10: Ep 3 The Life of Mickey Mantle
    10/3/56
- Kraft Television Theatre
  Guest Star

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Fan Reviews (1)

Whatever happened to ...? This definitely applies to the multi-talented James Olson. He could play the most sinister characters and in a heart beat play a sensitive wonderful man. Very gifted, I remember an episode of Movin' On called "Grit" he was brillimoreless

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By AprilFox, May 16, 2010

Definitely underrated all you have to do is watch anything James Olson did and you will see for yourself how commanding he was. Sometimes his portrayals scared the heck out of me he was that good. Other times he was soft, gentle and caring. He could play it all, I really enjoyed all his work.
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