
Known for
Acting
Born
October 8, 1930
Birthplace
Evanston, Illinois, USA
Died
April 17, 2022 (aged 91)
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 t...
1990
1989
as Jack Canon
1987
1986
as Whitney Zangline
1985
as Bill Cassidy
1985
as Major General Franklin Kirby
1984
1984
as Andy Janacek
1983
as Tom Arlen
1982
1982
as Father Adamsky
1982
1981
as Father
1980
as Victor Seastrom
1979
1978
1978
as Burt Williams
1978
1978
as David
1978
1977
as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
1977
as Glenn
1976
as Insp. Ed Shea
1976
1975