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Olin Howland
Also known as: Olin Howlin, Olin Ross Howland
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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1886
Day of Death
September 20, 1959
Age at Death
73 years old
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Popularity Score
0.6
Filmography
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003Movie
Creepy Classics
Old Man - (archive footage)
1987Movie
The Blob
The Old Man
1958Movie
The Storm Rider
Will Collins
1957Movie
The Spirit of St. Louis
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
1957Movie
Bombers B-52
Joe (uncredited)
1957Movie
The Real McCoys
1957TV
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The McConnell Story
Sam
1955Movie
Them!
Jensen
1954Movie
A Star Is Born
Charley (uncredited)
1954Movie
So This Is Love
Mailman
1953Movie
The Fabulous Senorita
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1952Movie
Hopalong Cassidy
1952TV
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
Santa Fe
Dan Dugan
1951Movie
Fighting Coast Guard
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
1951Movie
I Love Lucy
Mr. Skinner
1951TV
The Nevadan
Rusty (uncredited)
1950Movie
Charlie's Haunt
Storyteller on Bench
1950Movie
Rock Island Trail
Saloonkeeper
1950Movie
Father Makes Good
Milo Williams
1950Movie
Never a Dull Moment
Hunter (uncredited)
1950Movie
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950Movie
Lux Video Theatre
Sheriff
1950TV
Hellfire
Bartender (uncredited)
1949Movie
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
1949Movie
Bad Men of Tombstone
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
1949Movie
Leave It to Henry
Milo Williams
1949Movie
Mr. Soft Touch
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
1949Movie
Grand Canyon
Windy
1949Movie
Little Women
Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1949Movie
Station West
Cook
1948Movie
The Dude Goes West
Finnegan
1948Movie
Last of the Wild Horses
Remedy Williams
1948Movie
The Return of the Whistler
Jeff Anderson
1948Movie
Relentless
Veterinarian (uncredited)
1948Movie
The Paleface
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
1948Movie
Angel and the Badman
Bradley
1947Movie
Easy Come, Easy Go
Gas Man
1947Movie
I Walk Alone
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
1947Movie
Apache Rose
Alkali
1947Movie
Living in a Big Way
Gardener
1947Movie
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
1946Movie
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Marcus Le Blaine
1946Movie
Home Sweet Homicide
Luke
1946Movie
Fallen Angel
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
1945Movie
Sheriff of Cimarron
Pinky Snyder
1945Movie
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Dead Eye
1945Movie
Dakota
Devlin's Driver
1945Movie
She Gets Her Man
Hank (uncredited)
1945Movie
Grissly's Millions
Andrews
1945Movie
Senorita from the West
Justice of Peace
1945Movie
Captain Eddie
Census Taker
1945Movie
Her Lucky Night
Prince de la Mour
1945Movie
Sing Your Way Home
Steward (uncredited)
1945Movie
The Town Went Wild
Bit Part
1944Movie
I'll Be Seeing You
Train Vendor (uncredited)
1944Movie
Nothing But Trouble
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
1944Movie
Can't Help Singing
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
1944Movie
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Joe the Barber
1944Movie
Bermuda Mystery
Gas Station Owner
1944Movie
In the Meantime, Darling
Moorehousse
1944Movie
Man from Frisco
Eben Whelock
1944Movie
Twilight on the Prairie
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
1944Movie
The Good Fellows
Reynolds
1943Movie
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
1943Movie
A Stranger in Town
Homer Todds
1943Movie
The Sky's the Limit
Driver (uncredited)
1943Movie
Dixie
Mr. Deveraux
1943Movie
The Falcon Strikes Back
Sheriff (uncredited)
1943Movie
Blondie's Blessed Event
Office Worker (uncredited)
1942Movie
Almost Married
Bright
1942Movie
This Gun for Hire
Blair Fletcher
1942Movie
Sappy Birthday
1942Movie
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Jonathan Meek
1942Movie
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Jailer
1942Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Jacob Diezel
1942Movie
Henry and Dizzy
Frank Stevens
1942Movie
Secrets of the Underground
Oscar Mayberry
1942Movie
Home in Wyomin'
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
1942Movie
In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role
1942Movie
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Carpenter (uncredited)
1942Movie
Dr. Broadway
The Professor
1942Movie
You Can't Escape Forever
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
1942Movie
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Trullers
1942Movie
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Dr. Williams
1941Movie
Belle Starr
Jasper Trench
1941Movie
Two-Faced Woman
Frank (uncredited)
1941Movie
Buy Me That Town
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
1941Movie
The Shepherd of the Hills
Corky
1941Movie
You're in the Army Now
Farmer
1941Movie
One Foot in Heaven
Train Station Master (uncredited)
1941Movie
Young People
Station Master
1940Movie
Chad Hanna
Cisco Tridd
1940Movie
Young Tom Edison
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
1940Movie
Just a Cute Kid
Dr. Clump
1940Movie
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
1940Movie
Comin' Round the Mountain
Pa Blower
1940Movie
Gone with the Wind
A Carpetbagger Businessman
1939Movie
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Encyclopedia Salesman
1939Movie
Zenobia
Attorney Culpepper
1939Movie
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
1939Movie
Made for Each Other
Farmer (uncredited)
1939Movie
Days of Jesse James
Muncie Undersheriff
1939Movie
Four Wives
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
1939Movie
The Return of Doctor X
Undertaker
1939Movie
One Hour to Live
Clerk
1939Movie
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
1938Movie
The Girl of the Golden West
Trinidad Joe
1938Movie
Kentucky Moonshine
Tom Slack
1938Movie
When Were You Born
Peter Finlay
1938Movie
Merrily We Live
Jed Smith
1938Movie
Little Tough Guy
Baxter
1938Movie
The Mad Miss Manton
Mr. X, the Safecracker
1938Movie
Brother Rat
Slim
1938Movie
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
1938Movie
Sweethearts
Appleby
1938Movie
Nothing Sacred
Baggage Man
1937Movie
Stand-In
Hotel Manager
1937Movie
Men in Exile
Jones
1937Movie
Marry the Girl
Southern sales manager
1937Movie
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Doorman
1937Movie
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Stagecoach Driver
1937Movie
Mountain Music
Pappy Burnside
1937Movie
Satan Met a Lady
Detective Dunhill
1936Movie
Earthworm Tractors
Mr. Blair
1936Movie
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Wilbur Strong
1936Movie
Road Gang
Prison Farm Doctor
1936Movie
Country Gentlemen
Lawyer
1936Movie
The Big Noise
Harrison
1936Movie
Man Hunt
Court Starrett
1936Movie
I Married a Doctor
Dave Dyer
1936Movie
Gold Diggers of 1937
Dr. MacDuffy
1936Movie
Snowed Under
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
1936Movie
The Longest Night
Smythe, Floorwalker
1936Movie
Love Me Forever
Carlton
1935Movie
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Dr. Croker
1935Movie
Dr. Socrates
Bob Catlett
1935Movie
Folies Bergère de Paris
Stage Manager
1935Movie
Little Big Shot
Doc (uncredited)
1935Movie
The Case of the Curious Bride
Wilbur Strong
1935Movie
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Eaves
1935Movie
Naughty Marietta
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1935Movie
Treasure Island
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934Movie
Wagon Wheels
Bill O'Leary
1934Movie
Blondie Johnson
Eddie
1933Movie
Little Women
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1933Movie
Golden Harvest
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933Movie
Cheaters at Play
Secretary
1932Movie
So Big!
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
1932Movie
Over the Hill
Isaac as an Adult
1931Movie
Zander the Great
Elmer Lovejoy
1925Movie
Janice Meredith
Philemon
1924Movie
Danse macabre
Death
1922Movie
Hick Manhattan
Hugh Columbus McGinty
1918Movie
Independence, B'Gosh
Horation Whiffle
1918Movie
Romance and Brass Tacks
1918Movie