James Olson (born October 8, 1930) is a retired American actor.Olson
was born in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Northwestern
University. 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),
J.B. (1958), The Sin of Pat Muldoon (1957), and The Young and
Beautiful (1955).He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy
Award-nominated best picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous
stage, feature film and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until the
early 1990s.
was born in Evanston, Illinois, and graduated from Northwestern
University. 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),
J.B. (1958), The Sin of Pat Muldoon (1957), and The Young and
Beautiful (1955).He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy
Award-nominated best picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous
stage, feature film and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until the
early 1990s.
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