James Olson
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...
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...
Known For
Commando
as Major General Franklin Kirby
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Mark Hall
Amityville II: The Possession
as Father Adamsky
Cast Credits
Rachel River
as Jack Canon
One Police Plaza
as Whitney Zangline
North Beach and Rawhide
as Bill Cassidy
Commando
as Major General Franklin Kirby
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
No Prince for My Cinderella
as Burt Williams
The Mafu Cage
as David
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as Gen. George Armstrong Custer
The Spell
as Glenn
Law and Order
as Insp. Ed Shea
Strange New World
as Surgeon
Man on the Outside
as Gerald Griffin
Someone I Touched
as Sam Hyatt
The Family Nobody Wanted
as Carl Doss
The Sex Symbol
as Calvin Bernard
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
as McShane
Manhunter
as Walt Hovis
Legend in Granite
as Mas McGee
Incident on a Dark Street
as Joe Dubbs
The Groundstar Conspiracy
as Senator Stanton
Paper Man
as Art Fletcher
Wild Rovers
as Joe Billings
The Andromeda Strain
as Dr. Mark Hall
Crescendo
as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
Moon Zero Two
as Capt. William H. Kemp