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Nelson Olmsted, was an actor in films, recordings, radio and television from the 1950s to the 1970s. Sometimes billed as Nelson Olmstead, he was best known for an unusual NBC radio series, Sleep No More (1956–57), in which he narrated his own adaptations of terror tales and science-fantasy stories. Ben Grauer was the program's announcer.
Born
Wednesday, 28 January 1914
Died
Wednesday, 08 April 1992
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Paper Chase | Prof. Martin Kyle | 1978 |
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell | Judge | 1977 |
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | 1976 | |
The First Woman President | Thomas Marshall | 1974 |
Kojak | Manager | 1973 |
She Waits | Antique Dealer Kurawicz / Kurawicz | 1972 |
Emergency! | George | 1972 |
Nancy | Salon Man | 1970 |
Mission Impossible Versus the Mob | Janitor | 1969 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Photographer | 1969 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Paper Chase | Prof. Martin Kyle | 1978 |
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell | Judge | 1977 |
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident | 1976 | |
The First Woman President | Thomas Marshall | 1974 |
Kojak | Manager | 1973 |
She Waits | Antique Dealer Kurawicz / Kurawicz | 1972 |
Emergency! | George | 1972 |
Nancy | Salon Man | 1970 |
Mission Impossible Versus the Mob | Janitor | 1969 |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Photographer | 1969 |
It Takes a Thief | Store Manager | 1968 |
Fitzwilly | Simmons | 1967 |
Mannix | Claiburne | 1967 |
Judd for the Defense | Dr. Mannheim | 1967 |
The Reluctant Astronaut | Dr. Lowe | 1967 |
In Like Flint | Captain | 1967 |
The Invaders | Amos Foster | 1967 |
Mission: Impossible | Janitor | 1966 |
The Felony Squad | Carl Addison | 1966 |
Batman | John E. Carson | 1966 |
The Wild Wild West | Dr. Lake / Senator Rawls | 1965 |
The F.B.I. | Sully / Dr. Knight / Doctor / Adam Rogers | 1965 |
McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force | Col. Sutter | 1965 |
Dear Heart | Herb | 1964 |
Quick, Before It Melts | Scientist | 1964 |
Gomer Pyle: USMC | Colonel Matthews | 1964 |
Daniel Boone | Thaddeus King | 1964 |
Broadside | Cmdr. Arnold / The Base Doctor | 1964 |
Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. Oliver | 1963 |
The Great Adventure | Harding | 1963 |
Diary of a Madman | Dr. Borman | 1963 |
Should I Marry Outside My Faith? | 1962 | |
McHale's Navy | Captain Saunders / Colonel Wilcox / Doc Whitmore / Navy Doctor Moran / Officer Moran | 1962 |
The Eleventh Hour | Chairman / Dr. Kendall | 1962 |
Our Man Higgins | Chairman | 1962 |
Saints and Sinners | Logan | 1962 |
That Touch of Mink | Paul Hackett | 1962 |
Lad: A Dog | Dog Show Judge | 1962 |
Moon Pilot | Police Officer Dennis | 1962 |
The Outsider | Radio Announcer | 1961 |
Lover Come Back | District Attorney Wesson | 1961 |
The Gertrude Berg Show | Professor Teplitz / Dr. Teplitz | 1961 |
Window on Main Street | Dr. Blake | 1961 |
Ben Casey | Lawyer | 1961 |
Dr. Kildare | Captain Lindsay / Dr. John Shea / Mr. Pruyn | 1961 |
Hazel | Mr. Prichard / Mr. Wilcox | 1961 |
Peter Loves Mary | Dr. Travers | 1960 |
The Law and Mr. Jones | Fairchild | 1960 |
Dante | Carl Bricker | 1960 |
My Three Sons | Keith Ditmer | 1960 |
The Tom Ewell Show | Ben Ellis | 1960 |
Thriller | Father | 1960 |
The Chevy Mystery Show | Arthur Chandler | 1960 |
Hawaiian Eye | Dan Richards | 1959 |
The Twilight Zone | Scientist | 1959 |
Sunday Showcase | Ben Osborne | 1959 |
Bonanza | Appleton | 1959 |
Middle of the Night | Erskine | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Gordon Baylor | 1958 |
Sea Hunt | Marineland Aquarium Director | 1958 |
Maverick | Dr. Eli Sayles | 1957 |
Perry Mason | Doctor Lewis / Cartman Jasper / Arthur Colemar / Dr. Hunterlin | 1957 |
The Phil Silvers Show | Captain Masters, MD / Captain Masters / The Doctor / The Captain / Medical Officer / Capt. Hedges / Capt. Adams - Psychiatrist | 1955 |
Cheyenne | Jim Melville | 1955 |
Lassie | Surveyor / Ernie Evans / Doc Hargus | 1954 |
General Electric Theater | J.D. Evans / Reddeck | 1953 |
Death Valley Days | Prosecutor | 1952 |
Schlitz Playhouse | Steward / Narrator | 1951 |
Tales of Tomorrow | Dr. Carl Burgess | 1951 |
The Web | Will | 1950 |
Robert Montgomery Presents | Rutherford | 1950 |
The Big Story | Alfred E. Clark / Bill Miller / Prosecuting Attorney / Ralph Goll / the Prosecutor | 1949 |
Studio One | the District Attorney / Hotel Manager | 1948 |
The Philco Television Playhouse | (as Nelson Olmstead) / Mr. Arcularis | 1948 |
Kraft Theatre | Oliver Odry / Herbert Gage | 1947 |