Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman in The Six Million Dollar Man

Oscar Goldman is the name of a fictional character portrayed by Richard Anderson in both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman television series. Image File history File links Oscargoldman. ... Image File history File links Oscargoldman. ... Opening scene from The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the book Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to... Opening scene from The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man was an American television series about a cyborg working for a U.S. secret service called OSI. The show was based on the book Cyborg from Martin Caidin, and aired on the ABC network from 1973 to... The Bionic Woman was a television series which spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ...

Goldman was the government superior of Steve Austin, and apparently part of the group responsible for having Steve implanted with bionics. A man with a cool demeanor, he was alternatively a warm fatherly figure and occasionally a calculating bureaucrat. The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... Bionics (also known as Biomimetics, Biognosis or Biomimicry, a short form of Biomechanics - from the Greek word bios - pronounced vios - which means life, and the word mechanics) is the application of methods and systems found in nature to the study and design of engineering systems and modern technology. ... A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the government. ...

Based in Washington DC, Goldman worked for an agency called OSI, which bore some resemblance to the Central Intelligence Agency, and the real-life Office of Scientific Intelligence that operated within it. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI) was the name of a department of the Central Intelligence Agency now called the Directorate of Science and Technology. ...

Oscar Goldman was a snappy dresser, who had a propensity for loud patterns (which were in style at the time). His briefcase featured in many episodes, as he would often just open it to produce a solution to various problems. For example, always prepared, Goldman would spare bionic parts on hand in the briefcase.

Goldman appeared in almost all of the episodes of both series. He did not appear in the the original tv movie ran on ABC that served as a kind of pilot for The Six Million Dollar Man. In that story, the relationship between Steve Austin and his superior officer is less friendly than the relationship he would later have with Oscar. In the movie, Oliver Spencerof the OSO (portrayed by Darren McGavin) was a less sympathetic figure. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... McGavin as Kolchak in The Night Stalker (1972) Darren McGavin (born May 7, 1922 in San Joaquin, California), is an actor who first appeared in the movie A Song to Remember (1945) and moved on to a wide variety of TV and movie roles. ...

Oscar Goldman first appeared in the second Steve Austin television movie which was entitled The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War and aired on October 23, 1973. October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

His last appearance, chronologically, was in the final episode of The Bionic Woman, entitled On the Run which aired on May 13, 1978 at the end of the third season. His last appearance on The Six Million Dollar Man was in the fifth season episode The Moving Mountain which aired on March 6, 1978. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Richard Anderson is one of the few actors to portray the same character in two different television series running concurrently, when The Bionic Woman spun off from The Six Million Dollar Man in January 1976. He continued to star in the show, even after The Bionic Woman was moved to a rival network, NBC. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ...

The character of Oscar Goldman also appeared in three highly rated two-hour tv movie sequels to the series: The Return of the Six Million Dollar Man and the Bionic Woman, Bionic Showdown, and Bionic Ever After.