Richard Anderson

Deceased · Born: Aug 8, 1926 · Died: Aug 31, 2017

Personal Details

Born Aug 8, 1926 Long Branch, New Jersey, USA

Spouse

Katharine Thalberg
( Oct 30, 1961 to May 1, 1973 )
Carol Lee Ladd
( Jan 22, 1955 to Apr 9, 1956 )

Biography

Richard Norman Anderson (born August 8, 1926) was an American film and television actor. Among his best-known roles is his portrayal of Oscar Goldman, the boss of Steve Austin (Lee Majors) and Jaime Sommers (Lindsay Wagner) in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series and their subsequent television movies: The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1987), Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman (1989) andBionic Ever After? (1994).

Career

acting

2018

Rottentail as Thomas

2010

The Prometheus Project

The Prometheus Project as Marquez

2003

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films

Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films as Husband

1996

In the Lake of the Woods

In the Lake of the Woods as Claude Rasmussen

1994

Bionic Ever After?

Bionic Ever After? as Oscar Goldman

The Glass Shield

The Glass Shield as Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey

1993

Gettysburg as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade

1990

Lucky Chances as Mr. Duke

1989

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1988

Stranger on My Land

Stranger on My Land as Maj. Walters

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote as Lew Bracken

1987

The Stepford Children

The Stepford Children as Lawrence Danton

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman

The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1985

Perry Mason Returns

Perry Mason Returns as Ken Braddock

Kane & Abel as Alan Lloyd

The A-Team as Dr. A.M. Richter

1984

Cover Up as Henry Towler

Cover Up as Henry Towler

1982

Knight Rider as Dr. Ralph Wesley

Knight Rider as Dr. Ralph Wesley

1980

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough

Dan August: Once Is Never Enough as Chief George Untermeyer

Condominium as Henry Churchbridge

1979

Murder by Natural Causes

Murder by Natural Causes as George Brubaker

The French Atlantic Affair

The French Atlantic Affair as Terrence Crown

1978

The Immigrants as Thomas Seldon

Pearl as Cmdr. Michael North

The Love Boat as Art Akers

1976

The Bionic Woman

The Bionic Woman as Oscar Goldman

1974

Black Eye as Dole

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man as Oscar Goldman

1973

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Oscar Goldman

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Oscar Goldman

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime as Roger Goldsmith

The Night Strangler

The Night Strangler as Dr. Richard Malcolm

1972

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole

Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole as Dr. Ben Cole

The Longest Night

The Longest Night as Harvey Eaton

The Astronaut as Dr. Wylie

The Honkers as Royce Owens

Hawaii Five-O as Eugene Goodman

1971

Doctors' Wives as D.A. Douglas

Dead Men Tell No Tales

Dead Men Tell No Tales as Tom Austin

Columbo as Bryce Chadwick

1970

Along Came a Spider

Along Came a Spider as District Attorney Freiberg

Menace on the Mountain

Menace on the Mountain as Maj. Galt

Macho Callahan as Officer

Dan August as Chief George Untermeyer

1969

Land of the Giants

Land of the Giants as Joe Simmons

1968

The Big Valley as Warden Garreck

Daniel Boone as Sergeant Rafferty

1967

The Ride to Hangman's Tree

The Ride to Hangman's Tree as Carlson

The Invaders as Blake

The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

Bonanza as Jamison Fillmore

1966

Seconds as Dr. Innes

The Green Hornet

The Green Hornet as Phil Trager

1965

Perry Mason as Lt. Steve Drumm

1964

Kitten with a Whip

Kitten with a Whip as Grant

The Fugitive as Chief Barney Vilattic

Gunsmoke as Gregorio

1963

A Gathering of Eagles

A Gathering of Eagles as Col. Ralph Josten

Johnny Cool as Correspondent

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Eddie Turtin

1961

1960

The Wackiest Ship in the Army

The Wackiest Ship in the Army as Dennis Foster

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive as Tom

1959

The Gunfight at Dodge City

The Gunfight at Dodge City as Dave Rudabaugh

Compulsion as Max Steiner

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman as Lee Talent

1958

The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer as Alan Stewart

Curse of the Faceless Man

Curse of the Faceless Man as Dr. Paul Mallon

1957

Paths of Glory as Maj. Saint-Auban

The Buster Keaton Story

The Buster Keaton Story as Tom McAffee

1956

A Cry in the Night

A Cry in the Night as Owen Clark

Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet as Chief Engineer Quinn

The Search for Bridey Murphy

The Search for Bridey Murphy as Dr. Deering

1955

It's a Dog's Life

It's a Dog's Life as George Oakley

1953

Give a Girl a Break

Give a Girl a Break as Burton Bradshaw

The Story of Three Loves

The Story of Three Loves as Marcel

Dream Wife as Henry Malvine

I Love Melvin as Harry Flack

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo as Lieutenant Beecher

1952

Fearless Fagan as Capt. Daniels

Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners as Father Victor Carducci

Scaramouche as Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)

Just This Once as Tom Winters

1951

Rich, Young and Pretty

Rich, Young and Pretty as Bob Lennart

Across the Wide Missouri

Across the Wide Missouri as Dick

No Questions Asked

No Questions Asked as Detective Walter O'Bannion

The People Against O'Hara

The People Against O'Hara as Jeff Chapman

Cause for Alarm!

Cause for Alarm! as Lonesome Sailor

Grounds for Marriage

Grounds for Marriage as Tommy

The Unknown Man

The Unknown Man as Bob Masen

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

1950

The Magnificent Yankee

The Magnificent Yankee as Reynolds

The Vanishing Westerner

The Vanishing Westerner as Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson

appearances

2010

When the World Breaks

When the World Breaks

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger