Acting
Olin Howland
EN, NL, FR cinema · 152 credits
Born
9 February 1886
Died
20 September 1959 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Denver, Colorado, USA
Also known as Olin Howlin · Olin Ross Howland
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.
Known for
Filmography
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
as Old Man - (archive footage)
The Blob
as The Old Man
The Storm Rider
as Will Collins
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
as Joe (uncredited)
Them!
as Jensen
A Star Is Born
as Charley (uncredited)
So This Is Love
as Mailman
The Fabulous Senorita
as Justice of the Peace
Santa Fe
as Dan Dugan
Fighting Coast Guard
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
The Nevadan
as Rusty (uncredited)
Charlie's Haunt
as Storyteller on Bench
Rock Island Trail
as Saloonkeeper
Father Makes Good
as Milo Williams
Never a Dull Moment
as Hunter (uncredited)
Hellfire
as Bartender (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Leave It to Henry
as Milo Williams
Mr. Soft Touch
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Grand Canyon
as Windy
Little Women
as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Station West
as Cook
The Dude Goes West
as Finnegan
Last of the Wild Horses
as Remedy Williams
The Return of the Whistler
as Jeff Anderson
Relentless
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Paleface
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Angel and the Badman
as Bradley
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Gas Man
I Walk Alone
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Apache Rose
as Alkali
Living in a Big Way
as Gardener
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Marcus Le Blaine
Fallen Angel
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Pinky Snyder
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Dead Eye
Dakota
as Devlin's Driver
She Gets Her Man
as Hank (uncredited)
Grissly's Millions
as Andrews
Senorita from the West
as Justice of Peace
Captain Eddie
as Census Taker
Her Lucky Night
as Prince de la Mour
Sing Your Way Home
as Steward (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
as Bit Part
I'll Be Seeing You
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Joe the Barber
Bermuda Mystery
as Gas Station Owner
In the Meantime, Darling
as Moorehousse
Man from Frisco
as Eben Whelock
Twilight on the Prairie
as Jed (as Olin Howlin)
The Good Fellows
as Reynolds
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
A Stranger in Town
as Homer Todds
The Sky's the Limit
as Driver (uncredited)
Dixie
as Mr. Deveraux
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Almost Married
as Bright
This Gun for Hire
as Blair Fletcher
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Jonathan Meek
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Jailer
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Jacob Diezel
Henry and Dizzy
as Frank Stevens
Secrets of the Underground
as Oscar Mayberry
Home in Wyomin'
as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Carpenter (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
as Professor
You Can't Escape Forever
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
as Trullers
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Dr. Williams
Belle Starr
as Jasper Trench
Two-Faced Woman
as Frank (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
You're in the Army Now
as Farmer
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
Young People
as Station Master
Chad Hanna
as Cisco Tridd
Young Tom Edison
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Just a Cute Kid
as Dr. Clump
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Pa Blower
Gone with the Wind
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Encyclopedia Salesman
Zenobia
as Attorney Culpepper
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Made for Each Other
as Farmer (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
as Muncie Undersheriff
Four Wives
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
as Undertaker
One Hour to Live
as Clerk
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
The Girl of the Golden West
as Trinidad Joe
Kentucky Moonshine
as Tom Slack
When Were You Born
as Peter Finlay
Merrily We Live
as Jed Smith
Little Tough Guy
as Baxter
The Mad Miss Manton
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Brother Rat
as Slim
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Sweethearts
as Appleby
Nothing Sacred
as Baggage Man
Stand-In
as Hotel Manager
Men in Exile
as Jones
Marry the Girl
as Southern sales manager
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Doorman
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Stagecoach Driver
Mountain Music
as Pappy Burnside
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective Dunhill
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Blair
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Strong
Road Gang
as Prison Farm Doctor
Country Gentlemen
as Lawyer
The Big Noise
as Harrison
Man Hunt
as Court Starrett
I Married a Doctor
as Dave Dyer
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Dr. MacDuffy
Snowed Under
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
The Longest Night
as Smythe, Floorwalker
Love Me Forever
as Carlton
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Croker
Dr. Socrates
as Bob Catlett
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Stage Manager
Little Big Shot
as Doc (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Wilbur Strong
Naughty Marietta
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Wagon Wheels
as Bill O'Leary
Blondie Johnson
as Eddie
Little Women
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Cheaters at Play
as Secretary
So Big!
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Over the Hill
as Isaac as an Adult
Zander the Great
as Elmer Lovejoy
Janice Meredith
as Philemon
Danse macabre
as Death
Hick Manhattan
as Hugh Columbus McGinty
Independence, B'Gosh
as Horation Whiffle