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Little House on the Prairie Actor Richard Bull Dies
people.com ^ | 02/04/2014 | STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN

Posted on 02/04/2014 1:06:09 PM PST by massmike

Richard Bull, a character actor who played shopkeeper Nels Oleson on the 1974-83 TV favorite Little House on the Prairie, died Monday. He was 89.

"This man will be missed," the show's star, Melissa Gilbert, Tweeted. "Goodbye Richard working with you was such a joy but nearly as joyful as being your friend."

Bull was born in Zion, Ill., on June 26, 1924, and in 1948 married actress Barbara Collentine, according to a 2009 Yahoo biographical sketch.

On the NBC show about the Ingalls family in the American West of the 1800s, actress Scottie MacGregor played Bull's wife, Harriet Oleson, and Nels was known as her "long-suffering husband."

He is survived by Collentine, whose own TV roles include those on Hotel, Newhart and St. Elsewhere – as well as a stint as the character Edna Mills on Little House.

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KEYWORDS: littlehouse; mroleson; obituary
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To: massmike

Scottie? I thought the wife’s name was Katherine McGregor.


21 posted on 02/04/2014 2:29:47 PM PST by Nea Wood
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To: VanDeKoik

When it came out on DVD we bought the entire set. My girls were not born when it was on. Television had rotted so bad by the time they were born that we gave up on broadcast garbage. I have purchased several of my favorite shows on DVD and we watch them in chronological order to the end and then start a different show. Takes us more than a year to go through the old shows in our collection. Long enough to dim the memory and enjoy them again.


22 posted on 02/04/2014 2:46:02 PM PST by spudville
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To: vladimir998

I hear ya

RIP


23 posted on 02/04/2014 3:21:16 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Red_Devil 232

She actually a comedian she does comedy routine talk about her experience as child actor


24 posted on 02/04/2014 3:24:30 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: Nea Wood

She goes by both names, Scotty and Katherine.


25 posted on 02/04/2014 3:25:31 PM PST by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: massmike
He was perfectly cast in the role of Nels Oleson. On the surface a whipped sissy, but you always knew he was principled and decent, and he never quite let Harriet beat him down.

RIP.

26 posted on 02/04/2014 3:32:52 PM PST by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
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To: Red_Devil 232
"I think Nellie Oleson grew up to be Nancy Pelosi."

No, this:


27 posted on 02/04/2014 3:37:56 PM PST by PLMerite
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To: PLMerite

Not bad Nellie...all grown up I see.

Wonder if thats a wig.

RIP Mr Bull,you made a lot of people smile

with your comebacks to Harriet.


28 posted on 02/04/2014 3:54:55 PM PST by Harold Shea (RVN `70 - `71)
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To: massmike
Rest in peace Mr. Bull.


29 posted on 02/04/2014 4:10:36 PM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: massmike

RIP.


30 posted on 02/04/2014 5:10:22 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: Red_Devil 232

Neliie Oleson had more charm, likability, intelligence, and maturity than Nancy Pelosi.


31 posted on 02/04/2014 5:11:20 PM PST by ReformationFan
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To: massmike

Bull had a small part in my all time favorite western - High Plains Drifter.


32 posted on 02/04/2014 6:17:10 PM PST by DemforBush (A Repo Man is *always* intense.)
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To: massmike

Enjoyed his work on LHOTP. RIP.


33 posted on 02/04/2014 8:12:36 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: DemforBush

He had a small part in one of my favorite movies - The Thomas Crown Affair (the original).


34 posted on 02/04/2014 9:37:37 PM PST by GOPsterinMA (You're a very weird person, Yossarian.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
OK, who else was thinking this guy died?

I never watched much Little House and, yes, that's exactly who sprang to mind.

35 posted on 02/05/2014 7:40:40 AM PST by ConfusedAndLovingIt
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