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Christopher Olsen, or Chris Olsen is a Actor American born on 19 september 1946 at Los Angeles (USA)
Christopher Olsen (born September 19, 1946) is a former American child actor.
Olsen is perhaps best known as the kidnapped boy in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Other roles include The Fastest Gun Alive, with Glenn Ford; Return To Warbow, with Phil Carey; James Mason's son in Bigger Than Life; and Robert Stack's son in The Tarnished Angels.
He also appeared in numerous television series episodes, including Cheyenne, Lassie, The Millionaire, Make Room for Daddy, and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
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Birth name Christopher Robin Olsen
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1946 (78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 september 1946 (78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Olsen is perhaps best known as the kidnapped boy in The Man Who Knew Too Much. Other roles include The Fastest Gun Alive, with Glenn Ford; Return To Warbow, with Phil Carey; James Mason's son in Bigger Than Life; and Robert Stack's son in The Tarnished Angels.
He also appeared in numerous television series episodes, including Cheyenne, Lassie, The Millionaire, Make Room for Daddy, and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
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The Tall T (1957)
, 1h18Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Maureen O'Sullivan, Richard Boone, Skip Homeier, Arthur Hunnicutt, Henry Silva
Roles Jeff (uncredited)
Rating72%
Passing a stagecoach way station on his journey into town, Pat Brennan (Randolph Scott) agrees to return with some store bought candy for the friendly station manager's young son. At a ranch where he once worked, Brennan tries to buy a bull, but is talked into riding one. If he wins, he gets the bull. If he loses he has to give up his horse. Brennan loses, and is force to walk home, carrying his saddle.
The Tarnished Angels (1957)
, 1h27Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Jack Carson, Robert Middleton, Alan Reed
Roles Jack Shumann
Rating70%
Disillusioned World War I flying ace Roger Shumann (Robert Stack) spends his days during the Great Depression making appearances as a barnstorming pilot at rural airshows with his parachutist wife LaVerne (Dorothy Malone) and worshipful son Jack (Christopher Olsen) and mechanic Jiggs (Jack Carson) in tow.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
, 1h35Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about psychiatry, Children's films
Actors James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon, Christopher Olsen, or Chris Olsen, Roland Winters
Roles Richie Avery
Rating73%
Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery (James Mason), who has been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what is diagnosed as polyarteritis nodosa, a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
, 2hDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Political films
Actors James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Truman
Roles Hank McKenna
Rating74%
An American family—Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), his wife, popular singer Josephine Conway "Jo" McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen)--are vacationing in Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin), who seems friendly, but Jo is suspicious of his many questions and evasive answers and thinks that he is hiding something. Louis offers to take the McKennas out to dinner but cancels when a sinister-looking man knocks at the McKennas' hotel-room door claiming to be looking for another guest's room. Later, at a local restaurant, the McKennas meet English couple Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) and Edward Drayton (Bernard Miles), who strike up a conversation with the McKennas, who are surprised to see Bernard arrive and sit at another table apparently ignoring them.
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
, 1h36Directed by Russell Rouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, Broderick Crawford, Russ Tamblyn, Allyn Joslyn, Leif Erickson
Roles Bobby Tibbs
Rating70%
Son of a notorious fast drawing Sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Glenn Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) settle down in the peaceful town of Cross Creek under assumed identities to avoid having to continually face men out to become famous for shooting down the "fastest gun alive." Now known as George Temple, he becomes a mild-mannered teetotal shopkeeper, little respected by the other townsfolk.
The Naked Hills (1956)
, 1h12Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors David Wayne, Keenan Wynn, James Barton, James Barton, Jim Backus, Denver Pyle
Roles Billy as a Boy
Rating55%
Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.
Crashout (1955)
, 1h29Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors William Bendix, John Arthur Kennedy, Luther Adler, William Talman, Gene Evans, Marshall Thompson
Roles Timmy Mosher
Rating69%
Convict Van Duff is the leader of a large-scale prison break. The breakout works as the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison.
The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
, 1h36Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Marjorie Main, Keenan Wynn, Moroni Olsen, Madge Blake
Roles Tommy
Rating69%
As Nicholas Collini (Desi Arnaz) takes a new job as a civil engineer, his new bride Tacy (Lucille Ball) comes up with an idea to buy a trailer to travel around the USA to various work projects on which Nicky is employed, as well as to save money that would otherwise be spent on a house. Tacy also hopes to haul the trailer themselves to Nicky's new place of work in Colorado, as part of their honeymoon trip to the Sierra Nevada mountains. But the honeymoon trip, as well as happenings leading up to it, rapidly become a catalog of disasters.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953)
, 1h58Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
Roles Amiel's Boy (uncredited)
Rating77%
In Hollywood, screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) each refuse to speak by phone to Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in Paris. Movie producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) gathers them in his office and explains that Shields was calling them because he has a new film idea and he wants the three of them for the project. Shields cannot get financing on his own, but with their names attached, there would be no problem. Pebbel asks the three to allow him to get Shields on the phone before they give their final answer.
Arena (1953)
, 1h23Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Sports films
Actors Gig Young, Jean Hagen, Polly Bergen, Harry Morgan, Barbara Lawrence, Robert Horton
Roles Boy
Rating53%
Hob Danvers comes to a Tucson, Arizona rodeo with Sylvia Lorgan in tow. Hob has been separated from wife Ruth for two years, and doesn't realize she intends to be at the rodeo.
The Marrying Kind (1952)
, 1h32Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ruth Gordon, Sheila Bond
Roles Joey Keefer
Rating68%
The ups and downs of marriage and commitment are realized as a disgruntled and grieving couple recount their marriage to the divorce judge. As the judge attempts to decipher whether or not their love for one another is gone, key moments of their lives together are remembered in this witty comedy/drama.
I'll See You in My Dreams (1951)
, 1h50Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason, Mary Wickes
Roles Donald, at age 4
Rating67%
Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) is the prolific tunesmith, whose fortunes take an upswing in 1908 when he meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy (Doris Day). Kahn's career ascends to spectacular heights via such hits as Pretty Baby, My Buddy, Toot Toot Tootsie and "Makin' Whoopee, only to go into eclipse when he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.
A Life of Her Own (1950)
, 1h48Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lana Turner, Ray Milland, Louis Calhern, Ann Dvorak, Barry Sullivan, Tom Ewell
Roles Pete, Maggie's Son
Rating61%
Lily Brannel James leaves her small home town in Kansas for New York City, and she is hired by the Thomas Caraway Model Agency. She befriends former top model Mary Ashlon, who becomes her mentor. Mary is depressed about her foundering career and, following a night of excessive drinking, she commits suicide.
The Iron Curtain (1948)
, 1h27Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Documentary
Themes Spy films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, June Havoc, Edna Best, Berry Kroeger, Stefan Schnabel
Roles Andrei Gouzenko
Rating62%
Igor Gouzenko (Dana Andrews), an expert at deciphering codes, comes to the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, Canada in wartime 1943, along with a Soviet military colonel, Trigorin (Frederic Tozere), and a major, Kulin (Eduard Franz), to set up a base of operations.