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James Olson is a Actor American born on 8 october 1930 at Evanston (USA)

James Olson

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Nationality USA
Birth 8 october 1930 at Evanston (USA)
Death 17 april 2022 (at 91 years)

James Olson (born October 8, 1930) is an American actor.

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Filmography of James Olson (19 films)

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Commando
Commando (1985)
, 1h30
Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Children's films, Chase films
Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vernon Wells, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, David Patrick Kelly, James Olson
Roles Major General Franklin Kirby
Rating66% 3.349753.349753.349753.349753.34975
Retired Delta Force operator Colonel John Matrix is informed by his former superior Major General Franklin Kirby that all the other members of his unit have been killed by unknown mercenaries. The mercenaries, among them Bennett, an ex-member of Matrix's team fired for overt brutality in service, attack Matrix’s secluded mountain home and kidnap Matrix’s young daughter Jenny. While trying to intercept them, Matrix is also overpowered by the mercenaries.
One Police Plaza, 1h32
Directed by Jerry Jameson
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert Conrad, George Dzundza, James Olson, Jamey Sheridan, Larry Riley, Joe Grifasi
Roles Whitney Zangline
Rating54% 2.739212.739212.739212.739212.73921
L'enquête d'un ancien combattant de la police de la ville de New York sur le meurtre d'une femme révèle la corruption dans les hauts lieux
Cave-In!
Cave-In! (1983)
, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Dennis Cole, Susan Sullivan, Leslie Nielsen, James Olson, Ray Milland, Julie Sommars
Roles Tom Arlen
Rating52% 2.628262.628262.628262.628262.62826
A park ranger must lead a US senator, a disgraced cop, his wife, a manipulative professor and his daughter across five miles of dangerous terrain to escape an unstable cavern, unaware that the seventh member of the group is an armed and violent escaped convict.
Amityville II: The Possession, 1h44
Directed by Damiano Damiani
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors James Olson, Burt Young, Rutanya Alda, Diane Franklin, Jack Magner, Andrew Prine
Roles Father Adamsky
Rating56% 2.8015752.8015752.8015752.8015752.801575
The Montelli family; father Anthony (Young), mother Dolores (Alda), elder son Sonny (Magner), elder teenaged daughter Patricia (Franklin) and two younger kids, move into what they think would be the house of their dreams. Initially things begin well, but everything changes after it is discovered that there is a tunnel leading into the house - from where is unknown.
Ragtime
Ragtime (1981)
, 2h35
Directed by Miloš Forman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Politique
Actors James Cagney, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Elizabeth McGovern, Kenneth McMillan, Howard Rollins
Roles Father
Rating72% 3.6469253.6469253.6469253.6469253.646925
The film begins with a newsreel montage, depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as Harry Houdini, Theodore Roosevelt, and the architect Stanford White (Norman Mailer), as well as life in New York. The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist Coalhouse Walker, Jr. (Howard E. Rollins, Jr.). The millionaire industrialist Harry Kendall Thaw (Robert Joy), who makes a scene when White's latest creation, a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden, is unveiled. The model for the statue is Evelyn Nesbit (Elizabeth McGovern), a former chorus girl who is now Thaw's wife. Thaw becomes convinced White has corrupted Evelyn and humiliated him, and publicly shoots White, killing him.
The Mafu Cage
Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Théâtre, Films about apes, Films based on plays, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Lee Grant, Carol Kane, Will Geer, James Olson
Roles David
Rating59% 2.9584552.9584552.9584552.9584552.958455
Deux sœurs au comportement étrange vivent seules dans un hôtel particulier totalement délabré. Elles conservent, enfermé dans une cage, un singe qui leur vient de leur défunt père. Elles vivent passablement recluses dans leur hôtel, y construisant leur propre monde et évitant au possible le monde extérieur. Alors que l'une des deux sœurs semblent garder un esprit raisonnable, l'autre s'enfonce progressivement dans la folie et la barbarie…
The Missiles of October, 2h30
Directed by Anthony Page
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about families, Political films
Actors William Devane, Martin Sheen, Howard Da Silva, Ralph Bellamy, James Hong, Michael Lerner
Roles Special Assistant for National Security Affairs McGeorge Bundy
Rating80% 4.0339654.0339654.0339654.0339654.033965
Le film retrace la crise des missiles de Cuba.
The Groundstar Conspiracy, 1h43
Directed by Lamont Johnson
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford, Cliff Potts, James Olson, Tim O'Connor
Roles Senator Stanton
Rating60% 3.0021753.0021753.0021753.0021753.002175
Employee John David Welles attempts to steal rocket booster plans from the Groundstar facility. His attempt goes awry and he is badly disfigured in an explosion and barely escapes. He stumbles to the home of Nicole Devon, and collapses. She calls an ambulance, the authorities are alerted, and soon Welles is operated on, given plastic surgery and interrogated by a gung-ho government official named Tuxan. But Welles claims to have no memory of his crime. In fact, he claims no memory of his life at all, save for brief glimpses of a woman and small boy frolicking on a beach.
The Andromeda Strain, 2h11
Directed by Robert Wise, James Fargo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Roles Dr. Mark Hall
Rating71% 3.5989453.5989453.5989453.5989453.598945
Two crewmembers of the U.S. government's "Project Scoop" investigate the town of Piedmont, New Mexico, to retrieve the Scoop 7 satellite. They find townspeople dead in the streets and die themselves while reporting back to Scoop Mission Control. Suspecting the satellite may have brought back an extraterrestrial pathogen, Scoop Mission Control activates an elite scientific team it had previously recruited for just this type of emergency.
Paper Man
Paper Man (1971)
, 1h15
Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films about computing
Actors Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy, James Olson, Jason Wingreen, Dan Barton
Roles Art Fletcher
Rating59% 2.9540752.9540752.9540752.9540752.954075
Four college students (Dean Stockwell, Stefanie Powers, James Stacy, and Tina Chen) who take advantage of a credit card mistakenly issued to someone who does not even exist, then use their university's computer to counterfeit an entire identity and erase the charges they run up on it. None of them count on the computer seeming to have some ideas of its own, or on it commencing to murder them.
Wild Rovers, 2h16
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors William Holden, Ryan O'Neal, Karl Malden, Tom Skerritt, Leora Dana, Moses Gunn
Roles Joe Billings
Rating64% 3.247833.247833.247833.247833.24783
An aging cowboy, Ross Bodine, and a younger one, Frank Post, work on cattleman Walt Buckman's ranch in Montana. A neighboring sheepman, Hansen, is in a long-running feud with Buckman.
Crescendo
Crescendo (1970)
, 1h36
Directed by Alan Gibson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Stefanie Powers, James Olson, Joss Ackland, Margaretta Scott, Jane Lapotaire
Roles Georges Ryman / Jacques Ryman
Rating52% 2.609142.609142.609142.609142.60914
Drawn to the spectacular south of France to research the late composer Henry Ryman, music student Susan Roberts (Stefanie Powers) encounters his son, drug-addicted Georges (James Olson) and his eccentric family. Investigating the haunting strains of an unfinished Ryman concerto leads Susan to discover an empty piano… and a brutally savaged mannequin! Georges tells her she’s the lookalike of his lost love. But Susan may not be the only one at the villa with an eerie doppelgänger.
Moon Zero Two, 1h40
Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Sur la Lune, Films set in the future, Musical films, Political films, Dystopian films, Space opera
Actors James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Adrienne Corri, Bernard Bresslaw, Dudley Foster
Roles Capt. William H. Kemp
Rating45% 2.260912.260912.260912.260912.26091
In the year 2021, the moon is in the process of being colonized, and this new frontier is attracting a diverse group of people to settlements such as Moon City, Farside 5 and others.
Rachel, Rachel, 1h41
Directed by Paul Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Joanne Woodward, James Olson, Estelle Parsons, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kate Harrington, Donald Moffat
Roles Nick Kazlik
Rating70% 3.544343.544343.544343.544343.54434
Rachel Cameron (Joanne Woodward) is a shy, 35-year-old spinster schoolteacher living with her widowed mother in an apartment above the funeral home once owned by her father in a small town in Connecticut. School is out for summer vacation and Rachel figures it will just be another lonely and boring summer for her. (Its implied that she may even hate summer as her job provided somewhat of an escape from her rather domineering mother who's always trying to compare her to her sister who married a successful man.) Fellow unmarried teacher and best friend Calla Mackie (Estelle Parsons) persuades her to attend a revival meeting, where a visiting preacher encourages Rachel to express her need for the love of Jesus Christ. Rachel is overwhelmed by God's grace, baring so much pent-up emotion, that she is humbled after the service; comforting her, Calla suddenly begins to kiss Rachel passionately. Is Calla a lesbian, or did she merely react to the emotion of the moment? The film does not answer this question, but Rachel's reaction is to withdraw from the friendship for the time being.