James Olson, who starred opposite Joanne Woodward in 1968’s ‘Rachel, Rachel,’ and played a surgeon investigating a deadly alien organism in the 1971 sci-fi classic ‘The Andromeda Strain,’ died April 17 at his home in Malibu, California. He was 91
A familiar character on television and in film for four decades before retiring in 1990, Olson received his first national exposure in the title role of, following up that high-profile performance with guest appearances throughout the decade and into the 1960s among themThe Magical World of Disney.an Oscar-nominated drama produced and directed by Paul Newman starring Newman’s wife Joanne Woodward as a sexually repressed 35-year-old school teacher.
The Virginian, Medical Center, Columbo, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rookies, The F.B.I., Marcus Welby, M.D., Mannix, Kung Fu, Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman, Battlestar Galactica, Little House on the Prairie, Hawai Five-0While his roles tended to fall in dramatic series, he recurred for a several-episode arc on the Bea Arthur sitcomThe same year he appeared in, a poorly received Black Edwards Western starring William Holden and Ryan O’Neal.
In 1981, Olson appeared as Father in Miloš Forman’s all-star film adaptation of E.L. Doctorow’s best-selling novel, appearing alongside James Cagney, Mary Steenburgen, Howard Rollins, and many more. The following year, Olson played the priest Father Adamsky who attempts to drive out evil inBorn in Evanston, Illinois, Olson graduated from Northwestern University and, a
fter serving in the U.S. Army, settled in New York to study in Lee Strasberg’s Actor’s Studio.
Olson is survived by nieces Susan Baker and Robin Olson, nephew David James Olson, their spouses and three grandnephews.
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