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).
Known For
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Chief Engineer Quinn
Paths of Glory
(1957)
Maj. Saint-Auban
Gettysburg
(1993)
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Captain John B. Earle
The Player
(1992)
Richard Anderson
Scaramouche
(1952)
Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
Compulsion
(1959)
Max Steiner
Seconds
(1966)
Dr. Innes
The Long, Hot Summer
(1958)
Alan Stewart
Escape from Fort Bravo
(1953)
Lieutenant Beecher
Seven Days in May
(1964)
Col. Murdock
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Correspondent
Macho Callahan
(1971)
Officer
Storm Warning
(1951)
Interne (uncredited)
Dream Wife
(1953)
Henry Malvine
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1987)
Oscar Goldman
Full Filmography
Acting
The Vanishing Westerner
(1950)
Deputy Sheriff Jeff Jackson
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950)
Reynolds
Across the Wide Missouri
(1951)
Dick
The People Against O'Hara
(1951)
Jeff Chapman
Cause for Alarm!
(1951)
Lonesome Sailor
The Unknown Man
(1951)
Bob Masen
No Questions Asked
(1951)
Detective Walter O'Bannion
Payment on Demand
(1951)
Jim Boland
Rich, Young and Pretty
(1951)
Bob Lennart
Grounds for Marriage
(1951)
Tommy
Storm Warning
(1951)
Interne (uncredited)
Go for Broke!
(1951)
Lieutenant
Scaramouche
(1952)
Philippe de Valmorin (Marcus Brutus)
Holiday for Sinners
(1952)
Father Victor Carducci
Fearless Fagan
(1952)
Capt. Daniels
Just This Once
(1952)
Tom Winters
Escape from Fort Bravo
(1953)
Lieutenant Beecher
Give a Girl a Break
(1953)
Burton Bradshaw
The Story of Three Loves
(1953)
Marcel
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Harry Flack
Dream Wife
(1953)
Henry Malvine
The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres
(1953)
narrator
The Student Prince
(1954)
Lucas
Betrayed
(1954)
John (uncredited)
Hit the Deck
(1955)
Lt. Jackson
It's a Dog's Life
(1955)
George Oakley
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Chief Engineer Quinn
A Cry in the Night
(1956)
Owen Clark
The Search for Bridey Murphy
(1956)
Dr. Deering
Three Brave Men
(1956)
Lt. Bill Horton
Paths of Glory
(1957)
Maj. Saint-Auban
The Buster Keaton Story
(1957)
Tom McAffee
The Long, Hot Summer
(1958)
Alan Stewart
Curse of the Faceless Man
(1958)
Dr. Paul Mallon
Compulsion
(1959)
Max Steiner
The Gunfight at Dodge City
(1959)
Dave Rudabaugh
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
(1960)
Dennis Foster
Johnny Cool
(1963)
Correspondent
A Gathering of Eagles
(1963)
Col. Ralph Josten
Seven Days in May
(1964)
Col. Murdock
Kitten with a Whip
(1964)
Grant
Seconds
(1966)
Dr. Innes
Ghostbreakers
(1967)
Timothy Selfridge
The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk
(1967)
Fenton Hardy
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
(1967)
Carlson
Tora! Tora! Tora!
(1970)
Captain John B. Earle
Along Came a Spider
(1970)
District Attorney Freiberg
Menace on the Mountain
(1970)
Maj. Galt
Doctors' Wives
(1971)
D.A. Douglas
Dead Men Tell No Tales
(1971)
Tom Austin
Macho Callahan
(1971)
Officer
The Astronaut
(1972)
Dr. Wylie
The Honkers
(1972)
Royce Owens
The Longest Night
(1972)
Harvey Eaton
Play It as It Lays
(1972)
Les Goodwin
Say Goodbye, Maggie Cole
(1972)
Dr. Ben Cole
The Night Strangler
(1973)
Dr. Richard Malcolm
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
(1973)
Oscar Goldman
The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping
(1973)
Oscar Goldman
Partners in Crime
(1973)
Roger Goldsmith
Jarrett
(1973)
Spencer Loomis
Black Eye
(1974)
Dole
Never Give Up
(1978)
US green beret officer
The Immigrants
(1978)
Thomas Seldon
Murder by Natural Causes
(1979)
George Brubaker
Dan August: Once Is Never Enough
(1980)
Chief George Untermeyer
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
(1982)
Dr. Ralph Wesley
Cover Up
(1984)
Henry Towler
Perry Mason Returns
(1985)
Ken Braddock
The Stepford Children
(1987)
Lawrence Danton
The Return of the Six-Million-Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1987)
Oscar Goldman
Hoover vs. the Kennedys: The Second Civil War
(1987)
Lyndon Johnson
Stranger on My Land
(1988)
Maj. Walters
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1989)
Oscar Goldman
The Player
(1992)
Richard Anderson
Gettysburg
(1993)
Maj. Gen. George G. Meade
Bionic Ever After?
(1994)
Oscar Goldman
The Glass Shield
(1994)
Watch Cmmdr. Clarence Massey
In the Lake of the Woods
(1996)
Claude Rasmussen
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films
(2003)
Husband (archive footage)
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
(2006)
Self
The Frankenstein Syndrome
(2010)
Marquez
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
(2010)
Himself
Rottentail
(2018)
Thomas
Hollywood in the Atomic Age – Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
(2021)
Self
Production
Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman
(1989)
Co-Producer
Bionic Ever After?
(1994)
Co-Executive Producer
Writing