Olin Howland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1886
- Died
- September 20, 1959 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Olin Ross Howland (February 10, 1886 – September 20, 1959) was an American film and theatre actor. Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest enlisted participants in the Civil War, and Mary C. Bunting. His older sister was the famous stage actress Jobyna Howland. From 1909 to 1927, Howland appeared on Broadway in musicals, occasionally performing in silent films. The musicals include Leave It to Jane (1917), Two Little Girls in Blue (1921) and Wildflower (1923). He was in the film Janice Meredith (1924) with Marion Davies. With the advent of sound films, his theatre background proved an asset, and he concentrated mostly on films thereafter, appearing in nearly two hundred movies between 1918 and 1958. Howland often played eccentric and rural roles in Hollywood. His parts were often small and uncredited, and he never got a leading role. He was a personal favorite of David O. Selznick, who cast him in his movies Nothing Sacred (1937) as a strange luggage man, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938, as the teacher Mr. Dobbins) and Gone with the Wind (1939) as a carpetbagger businessman. He also played in numerous westerns from Republic Pictures, including the John Wayne films In Old California (1942) and Angel and the Badman (1947). As a young man, Howland learned to fly at the Wright Flying School and soloed on a Wright Model B. This lent special sentiment in his scenes with James Stewart in the film The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), as Stewart was also a pilot in real life. The Spirit of St. Louis and Them (1954),where he played a drunken old man, and The Blob (1958) were his last films. He also played in telelevision shows during the 1950s. In 1958 and 1959, he was cast as Charley Perkins in five episodes of ABC's sitcom The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan. Howland never married and had no children. He worked until his death in Hollywood, California, at the age of 73.
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Filmography
Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
Movie · as Old Man - (archive footage)
The Blob
Movie · as The Old Man
The Storm Rider
Movie · as Will Collins
The Spirit of St. Louis
Movie · as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Movie · as Joe (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
TV · 5 eps
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV · 1 ep
The McConnell Story
Movie · as Sam
Them!
Movie · as Jensen
A Star Is Born
Movie · as Charley (uncredited)
So This Is Love
Movie · as Mailman
The Fabulous Senorita
Movie · as Justice of the Peace
Hopalong Cassidy
TV · 1 ep
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 2 eps
Santa Fe
Movie · as Dan Dugan
Fighting Coast Guard
Movie · as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
I Love Lucy
TV · as Mr. Skinner · 1 ep
The Nevadan
Movie · as Rusty (uncredited)
Charlie's Haunt
Movie · as Storyteller on Bench
Rock Island Trail
Movie · as Saloonkeeper
Father Makes Good
Movie · as Milo Williams
Never a Dull Moment
Movie · as Hunter (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Movie
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Sheriff, Pete Walters, Bartender · 1 ep
Hellfire
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
Movie · as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Leave It to Henry
Movie · as Milo Williams
Mr. Soft Touch
Movie · as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Grand Canyon
Movie · as Windy
Little Women
Movie · as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Station West
Movie · as Cook
The Dude Goes West
Movie · as Finnegan
Last of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Remedy Williams
The Return of the Whistler
Movie · as Jeff Anderson
Relentless
Movie · as Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Paleface
Movie · as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Angel and the Badman
Movie · as Bradley
Easy Come, Easy Go
Movie · as Gas Man
I Walk Alone
Movie · as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Apache Rose
Movie · as Alkali
Living in a Big Way
Movie · as Gardener
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Movie · as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Movie · as Marcus Le Blaine
Home Sweet Homicide
Movie · as Luke
Fallen Angel
Movie · as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Sheriff of Cimarron
Movie · as Pinky Snyder
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Movie · as Dead Eye
Dakota
Movie · as Devlin's Driver
She Gets Her Man
Movie · as Hank (uncredited)
Grissly's Millions
Movie · as Andrews
Senorita from the West
Movie · as Justice of Peace
Captain Eddie
Movie · as Census Taker
Her Lucky Night
Movie · as Prince de la Mour
Sing Your Way Home
Movie · as Steward (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
Movie · as Bit Part
I'll Be Seeing You
Movie · as Train Vendor (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
Movie · as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
Movie · as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Movie · as Joe the Barber
Bermuda Mystery
Movie · as Gas Station Owner
In the Meantime, Darling
Movie · as Moorehousse
Man from Frisco
Movie · as Eben Whelock
Twilight on the Prairie
Movie · as Jed (as Olin Howlin)
The Good Fellows
Movie · as Reynolds
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Movie · as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
A Stranger in Town
Movie · as Homer Todds
The Sky's the Limit
Movie · as Driver (uncredited)
Dixie
Movie · as Mr. Deveraux
The Falcon Strikes Back
Movie · as Sheriff (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Movie · as Office Worker (uncredited)
Almost Married
Movie · as Bright
This Gun for Hire
Movie · as Blair Fletcher
Sappy Birthday
Movie
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Movie · as Jonathan Meek
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Movie · as Jailer
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie · as Jacob Diezel
Henry and Dizzy
Movie · as Frank Stevens
Secrets of the Underground
Movie · as Oscar Mayberry
Home in Wyomin'
Movie · as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
In Old California
Movie · as Undetermined Minor Role
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Movie · as Carpenter (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
Movie · as Professor
You Can't Escape Forever
Movie · as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Movie · as Trullers
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Movie · as Dr. Williams
Belle Starr
Movie · as Jasper Trench
Two-Faced Woman
Movie · as Frank (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
Movie · as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
The Shepherd of the Hills
Movie · as Corky
You're in the Army Now
Movie · as Farmer
One Foot in Heaven
Movie · as Train Station Master (uncredited)
Young People
Movie · as Station Master
Chad Hanna
Movie · as Cisco Tridd
Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Just a Cute Kid
Movie · as Dr. Clump
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Movie · as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
Movie · as Pa Blower
Gone with the Wind
Movie · as A Carpetbagger Businessman
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie · as Encyclopedia Salesman
Zenobia
Movie · as Attorney Culpepper
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Movie · as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Made for Each Other
Movie · as Farmer (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
Movie · as Muncie Undersheriff
Four Wives
Movie · as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Movie · as Undertaker
One Hour to Live
Movie · as Clerk
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Movie · as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie · as Trinidad Joe
Kentucky Moonshine
Movie · as Tom Slack
When Were You Born
Movie · as Peter Finlay
Merrily We Live
Movie · as Jed Smith
Little Tough Guy
Movie · as Baxter
The Mad Miss Manton
Movie · as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Brother Rat
Movie · as Slim
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Movie · as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Sweethearts
Movie · as Appleby
Nothing Sacred
Movie · as Baggage Man
Stand-In
Movie · as Hotel Manager
Men in Exile
Movie · as Jones
Marry the Girl
Movie · as Southern sales manager
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie · as Doorman
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Movie · as Stagecoach Driver
Mountain Music
Movie · as Pappy Burnside
Satan Met a Lady
Movie · as Detective Dunhill
Earthworm Tractors
Movie · as Mr. Blair
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Movie · as Wilbur Strong
Road Gang
Movie · as Prison Farm Doctor
Country Gentlemen
Movie · as Lawyer
The Big Noise
Movie · as Harrison
Man Hunt
Movie · as Court Starrett
I Married a Doctor
Movie · as Dave Dyer
Gold Diggers of 1937
Movie · as Dr. MacDuffy
Snowed Under
Movie · as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
The Longest Night
Movie · as Smythe, Floorwalker
Love Me Forever
Movie · as Carlton
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Movie · as Dr. Croker
Dr. Socrates
Movie · as Bob Catlett
Folies Bergère de Paris
Movie · as Stage Manager
Little Big Shot
Movie · as Doc (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
Movie · as Wilbur Strong
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Movie · as Eaves
Naughty Marietta
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Treasure Island
Movie · as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Wagon Wheels
Movie · as Bill O'Leary
Blondie Johnson
Movie · as Eddie
Little Women
Movie · as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Movie · as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Cheaters at Play
Movie · as Secretary
So Big!
Movie · as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Over the Hill
Movie · as Isaac as an Adult
Zander the Great
Movie · as Elmer Lovejoy
Janice Meredith
Movie · as Philemon
Danse macabre
Movie · as Death
Hick Manhattan
Movie · as Hugh Columbus McGinty
Independence, B'Gosh
Movie · as Horation Whiffle
Romance and Brass Tacks
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