Actor

James Olson

October 8, 1930 · Evanston, Illinois, USA

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.

Notable work

6.7
Commando (1985)
as Major General Franklin Kirby and as Professor Theodore Tragis
8
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Reverend Jacob Danforth
8.1
Columbo (1971)
as Paul Rifkin
7
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
as Dr. Mark Hall
7
Wonder Woman (1975)
as Wotan
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Vance
7.5
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
as Clarence La Rue
5.8
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
as Father Adamsky

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