---
name: "Christopher Olsen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-olsen"
fi1m_id: "christopher-olsen"
imdb_id: "nm0647606"
tmdb_id: 8242
wikidata_id: "Q5112996"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 September 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T07:48:13.333410+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher Olsen

## Identity

Christopher Olsen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-olsen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-olsen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0647606
- **TMDB ID:** 8242
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5112996
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112996, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8242

Actor. Born 19 September 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 September 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Also known as:** Christie Olsen, Chris Olsen, Christy Olson, Chris Olson, Christopher Robin Olsen
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5112996, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647606/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8242

## Biography

Christopher Olsen is a former American child actor. Born in Los Angeles, California, in 1946, he began appearing in films as an infant in 1948 and worked in the industry until around 1960.

He played Hank McKenna in *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956) and Richie Avery in *Bigger Than Life* (1956). Other film roles include *The Fastest Gun Alive* (1956), *The Tall T* (1957) and *The Tarnished Angels* (1957). He also appeared in television episodes of series including *Lassie*, *Cheyenne* and *The Danny Thomas Show*.

Olsen is the brother of actors Larry Olsen and Susan Olsen.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), Fi1m 85, as Richie Avery — [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), Fi1m 74, as Hank McKenna — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Return to Warbow* (1958), as David Fallam
- *The Tarnished Angels* (1957), as Jack Shumann
- *The Tall T* (1957), as Jeff (uncredited)
- *Bigger Than Life* (1956), as Richie Avery — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/bigger-than-life.md)
- *The Fastest Gun Alive* (1956), as Bobby Tibbs
- *The Naked Hills* (1956), as Billy as a Boy
- *The Man Who Knew Too Much* (1956), as Hank McKenna — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-knew-too-much.md)
- *Holiday Affair* (1955), as Timmy Ennis
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, Actor
- *Crashout* (1955), as Timmy Mosher
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Wilbur - Orphan, David
- *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Long, Long Trailer* (1954), as Tommy (uncredited)
- *Arena* (1953), as Boy
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), as Amiel's Boy (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bad-and-the-beautiful.md)
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Mattie Hepburn, Steve
- *The Marrying Kind* (1952), as Joey Keefer
- *I'll See You in My Dreams* (1951), as Donald, at age 4
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Timmy Ennis
- *A Life of Her Own* (1950), as Pete, Maggie's Son
- *The Iron Curtain* (1948), as Andrei Gouzenko

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