Merlin Olsen

Acting

Merlin Olsen

Born 1940-09-15 Logan, Utah, USA 7 films

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…

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Filmography

7 films

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Time Bomb poster

A gang of terrorists tries to hijack a truck carrying plutonium.

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Time Bomb

★ 6.3 1984

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story poster

This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States subsequently w…

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The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

★ 0.0 1980

A Fire in the Sky poster

Astronomers discover a comet that they believe will crash into Phoenix, Arizona. They attempt to wa…

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A Fire in the Sky

★ 5.8 1978

Mitchell poster

A tough-guy cop pursues two drug runners across the city to bust a large syndicate. Very much an a…

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Mitchell

★ 3.3 1975

Something Big poster

Joe Baker has a dream. He wants to do 'something big.' When he needs a Gatling gun to accomplish th…

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Something Big

★ 5.4 1971

One More Train to Rob poster

Harker Flet and compatriots Timothy X. Nolan and Katy, along with three other men, steal $40,000 in…

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One More Train to Rob

★ 5.4 1971

The Undefeated poster

After the Civil War, ex-Union Colonel John Henry Thomas and ex-Confederate Colonel James Langdon ar…

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The Undefeated

★ 6.3 1969