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James OlsonTy Olsson

Olson
Role:	Thane
BSG Universe:	Original Series
Date of Birth:	October 8, 1930
Date of Death:	April 17, 2022
Age at Death:	91
Nationality:	USA
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James R. Olson (October 8, 1930―April 17, 2022) was an American actor who portrayed Thane in the Original Series' "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero".

Olson was known for both his 6 ft., 3 in. rugged stature and deep gravel-toned voice, bringing both his physical and vocal talents to radio, stage and screen throughout the decades.

Olson is better known to most audiences for his role in 1971's genre film The Andromeda Strain and his various guest appearances in television, ranging from Playhouse 90 (1960) to Mannix (1969 & 1974) to The Bionic Woman (1977), up to his final on-screen role in 1990's Murder, She Wrote.

Career

Born in Evanston, Illinois, Olson graduated from Evanston Township High School and Northwestern University. During his childhood, he recorded radio jingles in Chicago and made his first stage debut (at age 12) in the Evanston Children's Theater production Hans Brinkler and the Silver Skates, later transitioning in theater fully during his undergraduate period at Northwestern.

Following his service in the U.S. Army as a Military Police officer from 1952 to 1954, he began his career with his debut in the 1956 film The Sharkfighters. Throughout his career, he appeared in numerous television series, including Have Gun – Will Travel, Mannix, Hawaii Five-O, McCloud, Columbo, and Little House on the Prairie.

His breakthrough role was in 1968's Oscar-nominated film Rachel, Rachel, produced and directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman's wife Joanne Woodward. Olson portrayed Nick Kazlik, the foil who romances and later rejects Woodward's sexually-repressed schoolteacher character.

Olson first acted with Lorne Greene in two episodes of Bonanza, "Sweet Annie Laurie" (1969) and "Ambush and Rio Lobo" (1972), and later with Richard Hatch on The Streets of San Francisco in the 1976 episode "No Minor Voices," later reuniting with both actors on 1978's Battlestar Galactica for the two-parter "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero."

He later had a recurring role on Glen A. Larson's 1979 series B.J. and the Bear and The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, portraying the criminal mastermind Paul Vane over three episodes.

During the last decade of his career, Olson appeared in the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Commando.

His final on-screen role was as Clarence La Rue in Murder, She Wrote's 1990 episode "A Body to Die For."

Personal Life

Following his retirement, Olson remained an active aficionado of film and theater, regularly traveling to both London and New York up until his passing.

Never having married, Olson passed away at the age of 91 in his Malibu, California home on April 17, 2022 from natural causes. Surviving him are his nieces Susan Baker and Robin Olson, nephew David James Olson, their spouses and three grandnephews.

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External Links

• James Olson article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Portrays:	Aaron Kelly Osiris helmsman
Date of Birth:	January 28, 1974
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Age:	51
Nationality:	CAN
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Ty Olsson is the Canadian actor who portrays Captain Aaron Kelly in the Re-imagined Series and the Osiris helmsman in Blood and Chrome.

Olsson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He attended Canterbury High School, known primarily for the arts, then went on to graduate from Langara College's highly regarded Studio 58, in 1997.

Olsson has appeared in TV productions such as Atomic Train, Stargate SG-1, Flight 93, Dead Like Me, and Just Cause. Some of his cinematic credits include Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Lake Placid, Ignition, Valentine, X2 (X-Men 2), and Walking Tall.

Olsson is married to Leanna Nash, with whom he had two daughters, Mackenzie and Dagan Hunter.

Special Skills

Fitness and athletics, animation voices, drama therapy, tap dance, mask work, stage fighting, skilled canoeist and outdoorsman.

Filmography

• Men In Trees - Sam the Plow Guy
• Battlestar Galactica - LSO Capt. Aaron Kelly
• Class of the Titans - Herry
• Being Ian - Kyle Kelley
• Flight 93 - Mark Bingham
• X2 - Mitchell Laurio
• Eight Days to Live - Craig
• RV - Diablo Pass Officer
• Firewall - Airport Traffic Officer
• Chaos - Dammond Richards
• Just Friends - Tim
• The Score - Owen
• Supernatural - Eli
• Transformers Energon - Downshift
• Dragon Tales - Ord
• Flash Gordon - Vultan
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Chief John Hamil
• V (2009–2011) - Jeffrey

External links

• LONG Ty Olsson interview at GALACTICA.TV site

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