Olsen's contributions to entrtainment

Hall of Famers Published on : 1/26/2010

The following list represents a portion of his contributions to entertainment:

“Aaron’s Way” (1988, TV)
“Fathers and Sons” (1986, TV)
“Time Bomb” (1984, TV)
“The Juggler of Notre Dam” (1984, TV)
“Father Murphy” (1981-83, TV)
“Little House on the Prairie” (1977-81, TV)
“Walking Tall” (1981, TV)
“The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story” (1980, TV)
“A Fire in the Sky” (1978, TV)
“Mitchell” (1975)
“Kung Fu” (1973, TV)
“The Brian Keith Show” (1972, TV)
“Something Big” (1971)
“One More Train to Rob” (1971, with brother Phil Olsen)
“Petticoat Junction” (1970, TV)
“The Undefeated” (1969, with John Wayne and Rock Hudson)
“The Tim McCarver Show” (2002)
“Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love” (1991, TV)
Super Bowl XXIII (color commentator)
Super Bowl XX (color commentator)
Super Bowl XVII (announcer)
Super Bowl XV (game analyst)
Super Bowl XIII (announcer)
1988 Rose Bowl (color commentator)
“Bob Hope’s All-Star Super Bowl Party” (1983)
“CHiPs” (1980, TV)
“The Hollywood Palace” (1967-68, TV, singing with the Fearsome Foursome)

Source: The Internet Movie Database, www.imdb.com

This article originally appeared in the Utah State magazine (Vol. 15, No. 4. Winter 2010). Reprinted with permission.