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 1962 JB 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 mid1950s until 1990 when he retired On television Olson portrayed Mickey Mantle in The Life of Mickey Mantle His other TV appearances included guest roles on scores of shows including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre Ironside Murder She Wrote Little House on the Prairie Hawaii FiveO Battlestar Galactica Lou Grant The Bionic Woman Wonder Woman Mannix Bonanza Have GunWill Travel Marcus Welby MD Police Woman Barnaby Jones The New Land Columbo Maude The Virginian The Streets of San Francisco and Cannon Description above from the Wikipedia article James Olson actor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia