Little House on the Prairie NBC TV Cast Information
In films from the mid-'60s, American actor Richard
Bull was seen in The Satan Bug (1965), The Thomas Crown Affair
(1968), Secret Life of an American Wife (1969), Newman's Law (1971),
and several other major Hollywood productions. Many of these roles
were bits or atmosphere characters: guards, policemen, and the like.
Television afforded Bull larger character roles, especially in the
sitcom field.
Within a ten-year period (1964-1974), he guest starred on Gidget,
Family Affair, Gomer Pyle, USMC, The Andy Griffith Show, My 3 Sons,
Room 222, and Bewitched (as pilgrim John Alden in a "flashback"
episode).
Richard had a recurring role as a ship's doctor on the mid-'60s
fantasy weekly Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.
From 1974 through 1982, Richard Bull played store proprietor Nels
Oleson, the even-tempered, long-suffering husband of overbearing
Harriet Oleson on Little House on the Prairie.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
