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Acting

James Olson

Career: Active from 1956 to 1989, with a break from 1957 to 1967, busiest in 1975 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 49/100

Highest rated: Rachel, Rachel
68/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 48 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

James Olson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Situational Comedy
1.6, average 2.7
Physical Comedy
1.2, average 2.4
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Dysfunctional Family 2
Slow Burn 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

71

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title

The Family Man

TV show

1980s

13 titles · average score 62

Rachel River

as Jack Canon

Jake and the Fatman

64

TV show

One Police Plaza

as Whitney Zangline

Commando

64

as Major General Franklin Kirby

North Beach and Rawhide

as Bill Cassidy

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Clarence La Rue

The Parade

as Andy Janacek

Amityville II: The Possession

42

as Father Adamsky

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Jack Canon

Matt Houston

64

TV show

Ragtime

70

as Father

The Silent Lovers

as Victor Seastrom

1970s

39 titles · average score 59

The Mafu Cage

59

as David

The Spell

47

as Glenn

Someone I Touched

49

as Sam Hyatt

The Family Nobody Wanted

as Carl Doss

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

as McShane

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as Reverend Jacob Danforth

Incident on a Dark Street

40

as Joe Dubbs

Legend in Granite

as Mas McGee

The Groundstar Conspiracy

50

as Senator Stanton

The Andromeda Strain

68

as Dr. Mark Hall

Columbo

83

TV show · as Paul Rifkin

Crescendo

41

as Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman

1960s

11 titles · average score 56

Moon Zero Two

33

as Capt. William H. Kemp

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Travis Marshall / Mariss

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Dave Toland

Rachel, Rachel

68

as Nick Kazlik

Lancer

63

TV show

The Stalking Moon

50

as Cavalry Officer (uncredited)

Ironside

45

TV show · as Marvin Bosner

Mannix

71

TV show · as Donald Jordan

The Three Sisters

as Baron Tuzenbach

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Carl Slovich / George Breen

Route 66

48

TV show

1950s

7 titles · average score 68

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Vance

Have Gun, Will Travel

78

TV show

The Strange One

57

as Roger Gatt

The Sharkfighters

40

as Ens. Harold Duncan

Gunsmoke

76

TV show · as Bede Stalcup

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as General George A. Custer

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show · as Capt. Dicer