NCIS Fans in Los Angeles wouldn’t recognize Eric Christian Olsen from his time on Smallville. NCIS Eric Christian Olsen, who plays Marty Deeks in Los Angeles, made an appearance in Smallville with a totally different appearance.
Despite having ended after 14 seasons, the CBS police procedural left a lasting influence on viewers. With the love for him developing after meeting Kensi Blye (Daniela Ruah), Marty Deeks (played by Eric Christian Olsen) was considered as one of, if not the most popular agent, from the outset. The couple’s wedding day in season 10 with Hetty Lange (Linda Hunt) officiating the ceremony is still fondly remembered by viewers.
Of course, Olsen’s career started long before NCIS Los Angeles was even a thought, getting parts in some well known shows and films. Some of these minor roles he had were in ER, Turks, Get Real, Pearl Harbor and Arthur’s Quest. One of his most memorable parts was in The CW and Channel 4 series Smallville as the villain Harry Volk, also known as Harry Bolston, in season one’s Hourglass.
When Harry, who is a younger and clean shaven Olsen, was younger, he was a talented pianist who was in line to be recommended for a scholarship but his teacher shattered his dreams by choosing someone else and as revenge, he murdered the teacher’s son.
As a result, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison by a jury of local jurors, including none other than Hiram Kent. It was during his time in prison that Harry took up the hobby of learning about the descendants of families that resided in Smallville. He served 60 years behind bars but now seen as a harmless old man, he was released and moved into a retirement home in Smallville under the new name of Harry Bolston (George Murdock).
Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) volunteers there and was taking Harry, who was now in a wheelchair, around the grounds and by a koi pond when he asked her to leave him there so she could get his scarf.
When he bent to recover his lighter after dropping it during an attempt to smuggle a smoke, he and the wheelchair both went into the pond.
The radioactive meteorites in the pond prevented Harry from being electrocuted and instead caused him to be rejuvenated, going back to his younger state. Harry made the decision to murder the parents of those who had sentenced him to prison as a form of retaliation at this very moment.
Clark Kent (Tom Welling) was on that list but of course, he and his friends were able to defeat him before he could kill too many of the juror’s relatives.
Harry was knocked unconscious and died as he returned to his elderly state.