Richard K. Olsen

He was an actor, drama teacher, and church goer. Richard K. Olsen also helped establish The Wilmington Opera House Theater Company. Here he acted with Frank Capra Jr. in Arsenic and Old Lace, Brian Kerwin in Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, and football star Joe Namath performing Cactus Flower. The latter being the theater's first production in 1985. He starred in many Film/TV/Theater productions over the years. He even formed a drama ministry at The Myrtle Grove Presbyterian Church. He and his wife Barbara hosted a Sunday Morning Christian program on local radio station WAAV. He died in 2007 and is survived by his wife Barbara...along with four children and three grandchildren.