James Olson
Biography: 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), J.B. (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 mid-1950s 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 Five-O; Battlestar Galactica; Lou Grant; The Bionic Woman; Wonder Woman; Mannix; Bonanza; Have Gun-Will Travel; Marcus Welby, M.D.; 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 08, 1930
Deathday: April 17, 2022
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The Andromeda Strain
1971-03-12
The Andromeda Strain
Overview: When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-12
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The Stalking Moon
1968-12-25
The Stalking Moon
Overview: While moving a group of Apaches to a Native American reservation in Arizona, an American scout named Sam Varner is surprised to find a white woman, Sarah Carver, living with the tribe. When Sam learns that she was taken captive by an Indian named Salvaje ten years ago, he attempts to escort Sarah and her half-Native American son to his home in New Mexico. However, it soon becomes clear that Salvaje is hot on their trail.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-25
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Ragtime
1981-11-20
Ragtime
Overview: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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Moon Zero Two
1969-10-20
Moon Zero Two
Overview: On the Moon in the year 2021, a former-astronaut-turned-salvager helps a millionaire space industrialist capture a 6000-ton sapphire asteroid, while also assisting a woman in finding her missing miner/prospector brother
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-20
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Rachel, Rachel
1968-08-26
Rachel, Rachel
Overview: Rachel is a 35 year old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-26
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Incident on a Dark Street
1973-01-13
Incident on a Dark Street
Overview: A small-time hood is murdered just as he is about to blow the whistle on an organized crime ring.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-13
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Crescendo
1970-06-07
Crescendo
Overview: An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-07
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The Groundstar Conspiracy
1972-06-12
The Groundstar Conspiracy
Overview: A break-in and sabotage attempt occurs at a top secret research institute and the culprit is cornered and captured. The problem is that he's been badly injured and claims to have lost his memory entirely. A cat-and-mouse game ensues between investigator Tuxan, the mystery intruder Welles and the people who sent him on the mission.
Genres: Action Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-12
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The Sharkfighters
1956-11-01
The Sharkfighters
Overview: Landing on a small island not far from Havana, Cuba, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves joins a Navy scientific project engaged in finding an effective shark repellent to help save the lives of WWII military personnel stranded in shark-infested waters. His zeal for completing the project as fast as possible is explained by his having lost a large percentage of his crew to sharks when his ship was sunk by the Japanese. Against the advice of the others on the project, Staves demands that the new repellent be tested on a live subject surrounded by hungry sharks and will allow no one but himself to be the test subject!
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-01
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No Prince for My Cinderella
1978-04-27
No Prince for My Cinderella
Overview: Tv pilot of the show The Runaways. A friend of McKay’s who is a cop asks for his help when his daughter is missing. It turns out she has split personalities.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-27
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Manhunter
1974-02-26
Manhunter
Overview: Pilot movie for the short-lived TV series set in the 1930's about a World War I ex-marine-turned-bounty-hunter, named Dave Barrett, who goes after two Bonnie-and-Clyde style bank robbers who murdered his former girlfriend.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-26
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Cave-In!
1983-06-19
Cave-In!
Overview: A party of tourists -- including a state senator, a park ranger who was her one-time lover, a cantankerous professor, and an escaped convict -- are trapped deep inside the caverns of an unnamed national park, rescued briefly, and then caught in a second cave-in.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-19
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The Sex Symbol
1974-09-17
The Sex Symbol
Overview: A thinly-disguised version of the life of Marilyn Monroe, detailing her ups and downs in life and how her erratic behavior contributed to her deteriorating career.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-17
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Someone I Touched
1975-02-26
Someone I Touched
Overview: A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-26
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The Family Nobody Wanted
1975-02-19
The Family Nobody Wanted
Overview: A minister and his wife take in poor and troubled children that nobody else wants and soon they find themselves with a family of a dozen kids.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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Visions of Christmas Past
1979-12-28
Visions of Christmas Past
Overview: A 95-minute TV movie spin-off from the short-lived TV series Shirley (1979), starring Shirley Jones. Shirley is caught up in memories of her late husband as she sets off in a snow storm to buy a Christmas tree for her family.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-28
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Strange New World
1975-07-13
Strange New World
Overview: In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-13
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The Mafu Cage
1978-03-19
The Mafu Cage
Overview: Two strange sisters live in a crumbling mansion, where they keep a pet ape, which belonged to their late father, locked in a cage. While one of the sisters seems to be keeping her head on straight, as it were, the other appears to be sinking further and further into barbarism and insanity.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-19
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Man on the Outside
1975-06-29
Man on the Outside
Overview: A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate killer in this pilot for Lorne Greene's brief "Griff" series, which went off the air 18 months before this film was aired.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-06-29
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The Spell
1977-02-20
The Spell
Overview: A distraught mother must cope with her embittered daughter who has the ability to cause "accidents" to happen.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-20
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The Silent Lovers
1980-05-20
The Silent Lovers
Overview: The story of the ill-fated romance between Greta Garbo and John Gilbert.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-20
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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977-12-01
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Overview: General Custer is on trial for the deaths of his men at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-01
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Rachel River
1988-01-01
Rachel River
Overview: A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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Commando
1985-10-03
Commando
Overview: John Matrix, the former leader of a special commando strike force that always got the toughest jobs done, is forced back into action when his young daughter is kidnapped. To find her, Matrix has to fight his way through an array of punks, killers, one of his former commandos, and a fully equipped private army. With the help of a feisty stewardess and an old friend, Matrix has only a few hours to overcome his greatest challenge: finding his daughter before she's killed.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-03
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North Beach and Rawhide
1985-11-12
North Beach and Rawhide
Overview: "Boys Town" drama about a man named Rawhide MacGregor, a one-time ex-convict who runs a cattle ranch as a correctional facility for urban juvenile delinquents where he tries through a variety of means and choirs to redeem them from their trouble-making ways.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-12
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Legend in Granite
1973-12-14
Legend in Granite
Overview: Follows Vince Lombardi's football career from one of Fordham University's legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite" to one of American football's greatest professional coaches.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-14
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An Enemy of the People
1966-12-02
An Enemy of the People
Overview: Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are contaminated. But with the community relying on the spa for tourist dollars, his warning to the powers-that-be falls on deaf ears.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-02
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Wild Rovers
1971-06-23
Wild Rovers
Overview: Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a better life than wrangling cows. When one of their fellow cowboys is killed in a corral accident, Post suggests a way into a better life for himself and his friend: robbing a bank. Bodine reluctantly joins in the plan and the two contrive to rob the local bank. They make good their escape initially, but Walt Buckman and his two sons, John and Paul, are incensed at this betrayal by their own trusted employees. John and Paul set out to bring Bodine and Post to justice.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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The Parade
1984-02-29
The Parade
Overview: When her estranged, drifter husband Matt returns after spending seven years in prison to ask her to let him be a part of her life again, Rachel Kirby's life is thrown into turmoil, which also affects her teenage daughter and mother.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-29
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The Three Sisters
1966-01-01
The Three Sisters
Overview: In a small Russian town at the turn of the century, three sisters and their brother live but dream daily of their return to their former home in Moscow, where life is charming and stimulating meaningful. But for now they exist in a malaise of dissatisfaction. Soldiers from the local military post provide them some companionship and society, but nothing can suffice to replace Moscow in their hopes. Andrei marries a provincial girl, Natasha, and begins to settle into a life of much less meaning than he had hoped. Natasha begins to run the family her way. Masha, though married, yearns for the sophisticated life and begins a dalliance with Vershinin, an army officer with a sick and suicidal wife. Even Irina, the freshest, most optimistic of the sisters, begins to waver in her dreams until, finally, tragedy strikes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Paper Man
1971-11-12
Paper Man
Overview: A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Mystery TV Movie Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-11-12
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One Police Plaza
1986-11-29
One Police Plaza
Overview: A veteran New York City Police Lieutenant's investigation of a woman's murder uncovers corruption in high places.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-29
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Amityville II: The Possession
1982-09-24
Amityville II: The Possession
Overview: Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of paranormal experiences. When the abusive Anthony wrongly places the blame on their children, Dolores recruits a local Catholic priest to exorcise the house.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-24
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Law and Order
1976-05-06
Law and Order
Overview: Story follows three generations of a family in the New York City Police Department.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
1974-03-27
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Overview: The story of a family living in a New York City slum in 1912, headed by a loving but alcoholic father and a strong-willed mother.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-27
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The Strange One
1957-04-12
The Strange One
Overview: A military school student develops a destructive power over his fellow cadets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-12
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