James Olson: movies and TV shows
James Olson has 82 credits in the archive: 36 films and 46 TV series, from 1950 to 1990. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 1990 · busiest year: 1968 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | The Family Man | TV | 7.5 | 59 | |
| 1989 | Rachel River | Jack Canon | Film | 7.3 | 58 |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | TV | 6.2 | 56 | |
| 1986 | One Police Plaza | Whitney Zangline | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1985 | Commando | Major General Franklin Kirby | Film | 6.7 | 54 |
| 1985 | North Beach and Rawhide | Bill Cassidy | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Clarence La Rue | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1984 | The Parade | Andy Janacek | Film | 4.5 | 53 |
| 1983 | Cave-In! | Tom Arlen | Film | 4.6 | 52 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Jack Canon | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | TV | 6.3 | 51 | |
| 1982 | Amityville II: The Possession | Father Adamsky | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1981 | Ragtime | Father | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1980 | The Silent Lovers | Victor Seastrom | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1979 | Visions of Christmas Past | Film | — | 48 | |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Thane | TV | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1978 | Project U.F.O. | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1978 | The Runaways | TV | 6.5 | 47 | |
| 1978 | The Mafu Cage | David | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1978 | No Prince for My Cinderella | Burt Williams | Film | — | 47 |
| 1977 | The Spell | Glenn | Film | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1977 | The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | Gen. George Armstrong Custer | Film | 2.0 | 46 |
| 1976 | The Bionic Woman | TV | 7.0 | 45 | |
| 1976 | Law and Order | Insp. Ed Shea | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Wotan | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1975 | Someone I Touched | Sam Hyatt | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1975 | Strange New World | Surgeon | Film | 4.3 | 44 |
| 1975 | Man on the Outside | Gerald Griffin | Film | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1975 | The Family Nobody Wanted | Carl Doss | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | Reverend Jacob Danforth | TV | 7.9 | 43 |
| 1974 | Police Woman | TV | 6.4 | 43 | |
| 1974 | Harry O | TV | 5.2 | 43 | |
| 1974 | Manhunter | Walt Hovis | Film | 6.7 | 43 |
| 1974 | The New Land | TV | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1974 | The Sex Symbol | Calvin Bernard | Film | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1974 | A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | McShane | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Randall Stone | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1973 | Incident on a Dark Street | Joe Dubbs | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1973 | Legend in Granite | Mas McGee | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1972 | Maude | Sen. Bob Myers | TV | 6.9 | 41 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | TV | 7.0 | 41 | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Dr. Jonas Rabb | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1972 | Kung Fu | Damion | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1972 | The Groundstar Conspiracy | Senator Stanton | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1971 | Columbo | Paul Rifkin | TV | 8.1 | 40 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 40 | |
| 1971 | McMillan & Wife | W.T. Knox | TV | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Mark Hall | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1971 | Paper Man | Art Fletcher | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1971 | Wild Rovers | Joe Billings | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 39 | |
| 1970 | San Francisco International Airport | Professor Theodore Tragis | TV | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1970 | Crescendo | Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | Dave Toland | TV | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1969 | Moon Zero Two | Capt. William H. Kemp | Film | 4.9 | 38 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Mariss | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Stoner | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Bernie Brown | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Travis Marshall | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Kenneth Ames | TV | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1968 | Lancer | TV | 5.6 | 37 | |
| 1968 | The Stalking Moon | Cavalry Officer (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Nick Kazlik | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1967 | Ironside | TV | 6.9 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Marvin Bosner | TV | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1967 | Mannix | TV | 6.8 | 36 | |
| 1967 | Mannix | Donald Jordan | TV | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1966 | An Enemy of the People | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1966 | The Three Sisters | Baron Tuzenbach | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Sheriff Bill Temple | TV | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | George Breen | TV | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Carl Slovich | TV | 5.6 | 34 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 29 | |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Vance | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 26 | |
| 1957 | The Strange One | Roger Gatt | Film | 6.5 | 26 |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters | Ens. Harold Duncan | Film | 5.7 | 25 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bede Stalcup | TV | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | General George A. Custer | TV | 8.8 | 20 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Capt. Dicer | TV | 6.0 | 19 |