Richard Bull (actor)

Infobox actor
name = Richard Bull
birthname = Richard Bull


imagesize = 150px
Caption = Richard Bull
birthdate = birth date and age|1924|6|26
birthplace = city-state|Zion|Illinois, U.S.
occupation = Film, stage, television actor
spouse = Barbara Collentine (1948–present)

Richard Bull (June 26, 1924) is an American film actor, stage actor and television actor.

He is best known for his performance as Nels Oleson on the NBC TV series "Little House on the Prairie" which aired from 1974 to 1983 and "Doc" on "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea".

Bull began his stage career at the famous Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. He left Los Angeles in 1994 with his wife Barbara "Bobbi" Collentine to live in Chicago.

Career

Bull has made nearly 100 film and tv appearances including:
* In television::* "" - (1966) as an agent for the Impossible Missions Force:* "Mannix" - (1968-1974) 7 episodes as 4 different characters:* "Bonanza" - (1969-1972) as Jess Hill (2 episodes) :* "The Streets of San Francisco" - (1973-1974) as the coroner:* "Barnaby Jones" - (1973-1976) 4 episodes as J.I. Fletcher:* * Wipeout (1976) as Sheriff Safian:* * Dead Man's Run as Mr. Moore:* * Blind Terror (1973) as Mr. Strather:* * Perchance to Kill (1973) as J.I. Fletcher:* "Hill Street Blues" - (1985) as Capt. Furillo's father:* "Highway to Heaven - (1985) as the doctor (2 episodes):* "Designing Women" - (1988) as Everett
* In film::* "Witless Protection" - (2008) as Sheriff Smoot:* "The Parallax View - (1974) as a Parallax Goon:* "High Plains Drifter" - (1973) as Asa Goodwin:* "Executive Action" - (1973) as a gunman on "Team A":* "The Andromeda Strain" - (1971) as an Air Force major:* "The Stalking Moon" - (1968) as the doctor:* "Moonfire" - (1970) as Leslie Russell

External links

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