Olin Howland
Known for Acting · 157 credits
- Born
- 1886-02-09
- Died
- 1959-09-20
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (151)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
Little Women
1949
as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Them!
1954
as Jensen
The Blob
1958
as The Old Man
Fallen Angel
1945
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Little Women
1933
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Charley (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
I Walk Alone
1947
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Dakota
1945
as Devlin's Driver
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Bradley
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Relentless
1948
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
1939
as Undertaker
Sweethearts
1938
as Appleby
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Blair Fletcher
Stand-In
1937
as Hotel Manager
Belle Starr
1941
as Jasper Trench
Zenobia
1939
as Attorney Culpepper
Station West
1948
as Cook
Young People
1940
as Station Master
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Janice Meredith
1924
as Philemon
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Hunter (uncredited)
Bermuda Mystery
1944
as Gas Station Owner
Creepy Classics
1987
as Old Man - (archive footage)
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Baggage Man
The Nevadan
1950
as Rusty (uncredited)
Brother Rat
1938
as Slim
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Eddie
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Corky
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Jonathan Meek
Chad Hanna
1940
as Cisco Tridd
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Detective Dunhill
Hellfire
1949
as Bartender (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Four Wives
1939
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
In Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Bob Catlett
Bombers B-52
1957
as Joe (uncredited)
Hick Manhattan
1918
as Hugh Columbus McGinty
Merrily We Live
1938
as Jed Smith
The Dude Goes West
1948
as Finnegan
Little Big Shot
1935
as Doc (uncredited)
The McConnell Story
1955
as Sam
Made for Each Other
1939
as Farmer (uncredited)
Santa Fe
1951
as Dan Dugan
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Wilbur Strong
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Stage Manager
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Gardener
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Carpenter (uncredited)
So Big!
1932
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Two-Faced Woman
1941
as Frank (uncredited)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Doorman
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Grand Canyon
1949
as Windy
Henry and Dizzy
1942
as Frank Stevens
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Dr. MacDuffy
Man from Frisco
1944
as Eben Whelock
Dixie
1943
as Mr. Deveraux
The Good Fellows
1943
as Reynolds
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Sheriff (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Snowed Under
1936
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
So This Is Love
1953
as Mailman
The Town Went Wild
1944
as Bit Part
Danse macabre
1922
as Death
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Wilbur Strong
Road Gang
1936
as Prison Farm Doctor
When Were You Born
1938
as Peter Finlay
The Return of the Whistler
1948
as Jeff Anderson
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Marry the Girl
1937
as Southern sales manager
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Encyclopedia Salesman
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Dr. Williams
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
1944
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Muncie Undersheriff
Earthworm Tractors
1936
as Mr. Blair
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Eaves
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Jacob Diezel
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Saloonkeeper
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Andrews
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Driver (uncredited)
The Paleface
1948
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Dead Eye
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as Dr. Croker
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
as Tom Slack
Senorita from the West
1945
as Justice of Peace
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Home Sweet Homicide
1946
as Luke
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Remedy Williams
The Longest Night
1936
as Smythe, Floorwalker
Home in Wyomin'
1942
as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Jailer
A Stranger in Town
1943
as Homer Todds
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Moorehousse
The Storm Rider
1957
as Will Collins
She Gets Her Man
1945
as Hank (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Dr. Broadway
1942
as The Professor
Sing Your Way Home
1945
as Steward
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Trinidad Joe
Country Gentlemen
1936
as Lawyer
Apache Rose
1947
as Alkali
Captain Eddie
1945
as Census Taker
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Farmer
Secrets of the Underground
1942
as Oscar Mayberry
About Olin 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 i… With 157 credits spanning from 1918 to 2003, Olin Howland has appeared in 151 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as A Carpetbagger Businessman
- Little Women (1949) — as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- Them! (1954) — as Jensen
- The Blob (1958) — as The Old Man
- Fallen Angel (1945) — as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
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