Ken Olandt

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|birth_name = Kenneth Andrew Olandt

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|4|22}}

|birth_place = Richmond, California, U.S.

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Actor
producer
executive producer}}

|yearsactive = 1983–present

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Kenneth Andrew Olandt (born April 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, executive producer and businessman. He was born in Richmond, California, to Robert and Beverly Olandt.

Ken Olandt is best known for his lead starring role as Detective Zachary Stone in the syndicated series, Super Force (1990–1992, 48 episodes).{{cite book | title=Cycle World Magazine | issn=0011-4286 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eToxUA1LZbsC&pg=RA2-PA31 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=2-PA31}}{{cite book | last=Terrace | first=V. | title=Crime Fighting Heroes of Television: Over 10,000 Facts from 151 Shows, 1949-2001 | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2002 | isbn=978-0-7864-1395-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iUqnCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA165 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=165}} He played male stripper Larry Kazamias in the comedy film Summer School.{{cite book | last=Collum | first=J.P. | title=Assault of the Killer B's: Interviews with 20 Cult Film Actresses | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-7864-8041-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g2OeOijk02kC&pg=PA108 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=108}} He appeared in the 1993 horror film, Leprechaun, and had a recurring role as "Dooley" in the second season of Riptide (1984).{{cite book | last=Abbott | first=J. | title=Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers | year=2009 | isbn=978-0-7864-5401-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dc0TF0GHAmAC&pg=PA185 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=185}} He guest-starred as Lydia's innocent alien brother Nigel, in a 1985 episode of V. He made guest appearances on such shows as Supercarrier,{{cite book | last=Hyde-White | first=A. | title=In the Volume: My Life in Film and Tv | publisher=Archway Publishing | year=2022 | isbn=978-1-6657-3035-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmySEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT179 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=179}} Hotel, Rags to Riches, The Young and the Restless, 21 Jump Street, Highway to Heaven, Matt Houston, The Fall Guy, The A-Team, Pacific Blue, JAG, Murder, She Wrote, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Due to his commitment with Unified Film Organization, which he co-founded, Olandt suspended his acting career to focus on producing, finance, and foreign licensing. The company produced three movies a year and eventually was sold in 2000 to a publicly-held German distribution company. The sale took the company to Bulgaria, at which point Olandt sold his operation.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}

Filmography

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rowspan=1| 1983

| Matt Houston

| Scottie

| James L. Conway

| TV series (1 Episode: "Butterfly")

rowspan=4| 1984

| Summer

| Bobby Wilson

| Allan Arkush

| TV movie

Highway to Heaven

| Deke Larson Jr.

| Michael Landon

| TV series (2 episodes)

The Impostor

| Snyder

| Michael Pressman

| TV movie

Hotel

| Eugene

| Joseph B. Wallenstein

| TV series (1 Episode: "Lifelines")

rowspan=1| 1984-85

| Riptide

| Kirk Dooley

| Several directors

| TV series (10 episodes)

rowspan=5| 1985

| The Fall Guy

| Jack Castin

| Ted Lange

| TV series (1 Episode: "Spring Break")

| Nigel

| Cliff Bole

| TV series (1 Episode: "The Secret Underground")

Finder of Lost Loves

| Jake Turner

| Don Chaffey

| TV series (1 Episode: "Broken Promises")

The Love Boat

| Don Phillips

| Richard Kinon

| TV series (2 episodes)

The A-Team

| Kid Harmon

| Sidney Hayers

| TV series (1 Episode: "Blood, Sweat, and Cheers"){{cite book | last=Gianakos | first=L.J. | title=Television Drama Series Programming: A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1984-1986 | publisher=Scarecrow Press | series=G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series | issue=v. 6 | year=1992 | isbn=978-0-8108-2601-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U8JkAAAAMAAJ | language=eu | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=}}

rowspan=5| 1986

| New Love, American Style

| Doctor

| TV series (1 Episode: "Love and the F.M. Doctor")

Airwolf

| Cecil Carnes Jr.

| Vincent McEveety

| TV series (1 Episode: "Wildfire")

April Fool's Day

| Rob

| Fred Walton

The New Gidget

| Ronnie

| Robert Chenault

| TV series (1 Episode: "Windsurfing Lesson")

Simon & Simon

| Jim Dacody / Billy Whicksam

| Vincent McEveety (2)

| TV series (2 episodes)

rowspan=5| 1987

| Summer School

| Larry Kazamias

| Carl Reiner

Rags to Riches

| Sean Howland

| Bruce Seth Green

| TV series (1 Episode: "Once in a Lifeguard")

Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge

| Lieutenant Dexter

| Vincent McEveety (3)

| TV movie

The Law & Harry McGraw

| Woody

| TV series (1 Episode: "Yankee Boodle Dandy")

Hotel

| Tony Chapman

| Jerome Courtland

| TV series (1 Episode: "Fatal Attraction")

1988

| Supercarrier

| Lieutenant Jack 'Sierra' DePalma

| Several directors

| TV series (8 episodes)

rowspan=2| 1989

| Knight & Daye

| Brad

| Jeffrey Ganz

| TV series (1 Episode: "New York! New York?")

21 Jump Street

| Evan Roberts

| Daniel Attias

| TV series (1 Episode: "Stand by Your Man")

rowspan=3| 1990

| Murder, She Wrote

| Kevin Tarkington

| John Llewellyn Moxey

| TV series (1 Episode: "The Fixer-Upper")

Laker Girls

| Rick

| Bruce Seth Green (2)

| TV movie

Super Force

| Detective Zachary Stone

| Richard Compton

| TV movie

rowspan=1| 1991

| Soldier's Fortune

| Randy

| Arthur N. Mele

rowspan=1| 1990-92

| Super Force

| Detective Zachary Stone

| Several directors

| TV series (48 episodes)

rowspan=2| 1993

| Leprechaun

| Nathan Murphy

| Mark Jones

Doogie Howser, M.D.

| Dr. Tom Shepherd

| David Carson

| TV series (1 Episode: "Dorky Housecall, M.D.")

rowspan=3| 1994

| Star Trek: The Next Generation

| Jason Vigo

| Les Landau

| TV series (1 Episode: "Bloodlines"){{cite book | last=Nemecek | first=L. | title=The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion: Revised Edition | publisher=Pocket Books/Star Trek | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-7434-7657-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ge_QJ2eM3KcC&pg=PT456 | access-date=2024-08-21 | page=456}}

Sisters

| Joe

| Janet G. Knutsen

| TV series (1 Episode: "Heroes")

Power Play

| Cody Harris

| Rocky Lane

rowspan=4| 1995

| Ellen

| Alternate Juror #16

| Tom Cherones

| TV series (1 Episode: "The Apartment Hunt")