Richard William Bull (June 26, 1924 â€" February 3, 2014) was an American film, stage and television actor. He was best known for his performance as "Doc" on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie.
Personal life
Richard Bull began his stage career at the famous Goodman Theatre in Chicago. He left Los Angeles in 1994 with his wife Barbara "Bobbi" Collentine to live in Chicago.
Death
Bull died on the morning of February 3, 2014 at the Motion Picture Television Fund campus in Calabasas, California of pneumonia. He was 89 years old.
Career
Bull made nearly 100 film and TV appearances including:
Television
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- Harrigan and Son (1961) as Lawson in "They Were All in Step But Jim"
- The Eleventh Hour (1964) as Phil Whitman in "Sunday Father"
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968 TV Series) as The Doctor, various episodes
- Kentucky Jones (1965) as Harold Erkel in episodes "The Victim" and "The Return of Wong Lee"
- Blue Light (1966) in episode "Sacrifice!"
- Mission: Impossible (1966) as an agent for the Impossible Missions Force
- Mannix - (1968-1974) 7 episodes as 4 different characters
- Gomer Pyle, USMC (1966) as the psychologist in the episode "Gomer and the Little Space Men".
- 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
- Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983) as Nels Oleson
- 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
- Normal - (2003 film) as Roy, Sr.
Film
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- 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 President's Plane is Missing - (1973) as Flight Controller
- The Andromeda Strain - (1971) as an Air Force major
- The Stalking Moon - (1968) as the doctor
- Moonfire - (1970) as Leslie Russell
- The Satan Bug - (1965) As Federal Agent
References
External links
- Richard Bull at the Internet Movie Database
- Richard Bull at AllMovie
