Personal Info
James Olson
Acting
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 nu…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Rachel River
as Jack Canon
One Police Plaza
as Whitney Zangline
Commando
as Major General Franklin Kirby
North Beach and Rawhide
as Bill Cassidy
The Parade
as Andy Janacek
Cave-In!
as Tom Arlen
Amityville II: The Possession
as Father Adamsky
Ragtime
as Father
The Silent Lovers
as Victor Seastrom
Visions of Christmas Past
TV Shows
The Family Man
1 ep.
Jake and the Fatman
1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Clarence La Rue · 1 ep.
Matt Houston
1 ep.
Battlestar Galactica
as Thane · 2 ep.
The Runaways
1 ep.
Project U.F.O.
1 ep.
The Bionic Woman
2 ep.
Wonder Woman
as Wotan · 1 ep.
Little House on the Prairie
as Reverend Jacob Danforth · 1 ep.
