Merlin Olsen
- Recitazione
- 15 settembre 1940 · Logan, Utah, USA
- 10 marzo 2010
Biografia
Merlin Jay Olsen (September 15, 1940 – March 11, 2010) was an American professional football player, announcer, and actor. For his entire 15-year professional football career (1962 - 1976), he was a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. He was selected to play in the Pro Bowl a then-record 14 times (surpassed only by Tom Brady). He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. As an actor, Olsen is best known for portraying farmer Jonathan Garvey on the fourth through seventh seasons of Little House on the Prairie (1977 - 1981). He went on to star as the title character in the Western series Father Murphy (1981 - 1983).
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Filmografia
- Joe Montana: Cool Under Pressure · In persona
- Aaron's Way · Aaron Miller
- Fathers and Sons
- Time Bomb · Jake Calahan
- Father Murphy · John Michael Murphy
- The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story · Todd Simms
- A Fire in the Sky · Stan Webster
- Mitchell · Benton
- La casa nella prateria · Jonathan Garvey
- Kung Fu · Perlee Skowrin
- The Brian Keith Show
- Ti combino qualcosa di grosso · Sgt. Fitzsimmons
- Uno spaccone chiamato Hark · Eli Jones
- Monday Night Football · Defensive Tackle, Left Defensive Tackle
- I due invincibili · Little George
- Shindig!
- Petticoat Junction