James Olson

Career timeline

1. 1930 · Born

   Born in Evanston, Illinois, USA

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Robert Montgomery Presents (TV)

3. 1959 · Breakthrough

   Bonanza (TV)

4. 1990 · Latest release

   The Family Man (TV)

5. 2022 · Died

   April 17, 2022

Career in numbers

7 1950s

12 1960s

37 1970s

12 1980s

1 1990s

• Drama54
• Crime20
• Tv Movie18
• Action & Adventure14
• Mystery11
• Western8

Highest-rated title Columbo 1971 8.1 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside James Olson in our catalogue.

Lawrence Dobkin

5 titles together

Robert Douglas

5 titles together

Buzz Kulik

4 titles together

Ted Post

3 titles together

Abner Biberman

3 titles together

Booker Bradshaw

2 titles together

J. Michael Straczynski

2 titles together

Michael Mann

2 titles together

John Astin

2 titles together

Herbert Wise

2 titles together

1. 1990 The Family Man TV
2. 1989 Rachel River as Jack Canon Movie
3. 1987 Jake and the Fatman 6.2 TV
4. 1986 One Police Plaza as Whitney Zangline Movie
5. 1985 North Beach and Rawhide as Bill Cassidy Movie
6. 1985 Commando as Major General Franklin Kirby 6.8 Movie
7. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Clarence La Rue 7.5 TV
8. 1984 The Parade as Andy Janacek Movie
9. 1983 Cave-In! as Tom Arlen Movie
10. 1982 Matt Houston 6.3 TV
11. 1982 Amityville II: The Possession as Father Adamsky 5.7 Movie
12. 1982 American Playhouse as Jack Canon TV
13. 1981 Ragtime as Father 7.0 Movie
14. 1979 Visions of Christmas Past Movie
15. 1978 Battlestar Galactica as Thane 7.1 TV
16. 1978 The Runaways TV
17. 1978 No Prince for My Cinderella as Burt Williams Movie
18. 1978 The Mafu Cage as David 5.9 Movie
19. 1978 Project U.F.O. TV
20. 1977 The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as Gen. George Armstrong Custer Movie
21. 1977 The Spell as Glenn 5.0 Movie
22. 1976 Law and Order as Insp. Ed Shea Movie
23. 1976 The Bionic Woman 7.0 TV
24. 1975 Wonder Woman as Wotan 7.0 TV
25. 1975 Strange New World as Surgeon Movie
26. 1975 Man on the Outside as Gerald Griffin Movie
27. 1975 Someone I Touched as Sam Hyatt Movie
28. 1975 The Family Nobody Wanted as Carl Doss Movie
29. 1974 The Sex Symbol as Calvin Bernard Movie
30. 1974 The New Land TV
31. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV
32. 1974 Little House on the Prairie as Reverend Jacob Danforth 8.0 TV
33. 1974 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as McShane Movie
34. 1974 Manhunter as Walt Hovis Movie
35. 1973 Police Story 7.0 TV
36. 1973 Barnaby Jones as Randall Stone 7.0 TV
37. 1973 Incident on a Dark Street as Joe Dubbs Movie
38. 1972 Kung Fu as Damion 7.7 TV
39. 1972 The Streets of San Francisco 7.1 TV
40. 1972 Maude as Sen. Bob Myers 6.9 TV
41. 1972 The Groundstar Conspiracy as Senator Stanton 6.2 Movie
42. 1971 Paper Man as Art Fletcher Movie
43. 1971 McMillan & Wife as W.T. Knox 6.9 TV
44. 1971 Columbo as Paul Rifkin 8.1 TV
45. 1971 Cannon 6.8 TV
46. 1971 Wild Rovers as Joe Billings 6.1 Movie
47. 1971 The Andromeda Strain as Dr. Mark Hall 7.1 Movie
48. 1970 San Francisco International Airport as Professor Theodore Tragis TV
49. 1970 Crescendo as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman 5.3 Movie
50. 1970 McCloud 7.2 TV
51. 1969 Moon Zero Two as Capt. William H. Kemp 4.9 Movie
52. 1969 Medical Center as Dave Toland TV
53. 1969 Hawaii Five-O as Mariss 7.2 TV
54. 1968 The Stalking Moon as Cavalry Officer (uncredited) 5.9 Movie
55. 1968 Lancer TV
56. 1968 Rachel, Rachel as Nick Kazlik 6.6 Movie
57. 1967 Mannix 6.9 TV
58. 1967 Ironside 6.8 TV
59. 1966 An Enemy of the People Movie
60. 1966 The Three Sisters as Baron Tuzenbach Movie
61. 1965 The F.B.I. as Sheriff Bill Temple 5.6 TV
62. 1960 Route 66 6.7 TV
63. 1959 Bonanza as Vance 7.5 TV
64. 1957 Have Gun, Will Travel 7.3 TV
65. 1957 The Strange One as Roger Gatt 6.5 Movie
66. 1956 The Sharkfighters as Ens. Harold Duncan Movie
67. 1955 Gunsmoke as Bede Stalcup 6.7 TV
68. 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as General George A. Custer TV
69. 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents as Capt. Dicer TV

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