James Olson

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

He played General Franklin Kirby.

Life and career
Olson was born in Evanston, Illinois and graduated from Northwestern University. He performed stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters. He starred along side of Joanne Woodward in Academy Award nominated best picture Rachel, Rachel in 1966. Olson made numerous stage, feature film and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until the early 1990s.

Olson's television appearances include guest roles on scores of shows, including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre, 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, and Maude.