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