Olin Howland
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-02-09
Day of Death
1959-09-20 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Olin 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.
Known For
Acting
(2003)
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
(1987)
Creepy Classics
as Old Man - (archive footage)
(1958)
The Blob
as The Old Man
(1957)
The Storm Rider
as Will Collins
(1957)
Bombers B-52
as Joe (uncredited)
(1957)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
(1955)
The McConnell Story
as Sam
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Charley (uncredited)
(1954)
Them!
as Jensen
(1953)
So This Is Love
as Mailman
(1952)
The Fabulous Senorita
as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
(1951)
Santa Fe
as Dan Dugan
(1951)
Fighting Coast Guard
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
(1950)
Rock Island Trail
as Saloonkeeper
(1950)
Never a Dull Moment
as Hunter (uncredited)
(1950)
Father Makes Good
as Milo Williams
(1950)
The Nevadan
as Rusty (uncredited)
(1950)
(1950)
Charlie's Haunt
as Storyteller on Bench
(1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
(1949)
Leave It to Henry
as Milo Williams
(1949)
(1949)
Mr. Soft Touch
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
(1949)
Grand Canyon
as Windy
(1949)
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
(1948)
Relentless
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
(1948)
The Paleface
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
(1948)
The Return of the Whistler
as Jeff Anderson
(1948)
Station West
as Cook
(1948)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Remedy Williams
(1948)
The Dude Goes West
as Finnegan
(1947)
Apache Rose
as Alkali
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Gas Man
(1947)
Angel and the Badman
as Bradley
(1947)
I Walk Alone
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
(1947)
Living in a Big Way
as Gardener
(1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
(1946)
Home Sweet Homicide
as Luke
(1946)
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Marcus Le Blaine
(1945)
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Pinky Snyder
(1945)
Dakota
as Devlin's Driver
(1945)
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Dead Eye
(1945)
Fallen Angel
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
(1945)
Senorita from the West
as Justice of Peace
(1945)
Sing Your Way Home
as Steward
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Census Taker
(1945)
Grissly's Millions
as Andrews
(1945)
Her Lucky Night
as Prince de la Mour
(1945)
She Gets Her Man
as Hank (uncredited)
(1944)
I'll Be Seeing You
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
(1944)
Twilight on the Prairie
as Jed (as Olin Howlin)
(1944)
The Town Went Wild
as Bit Part
(1944)
Man from Frisco
as Eben Whelock
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
(1944)
Nothing But Trouble
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
(1944)
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Joe the Barber
(1944)
Bermuda Mystery
as Gas Station Owner
(1944)
In the Meantime, Darling
as Moorehousse
(1943)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
(1943)
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Sheriff (uncredited)
(1943)
The Good Fellows
as Reynolds
(1943)
The Sky's the Limit
as Driver (uncredited)
(1943)
A Stranger in Town
as Homer Todds
(1943)
Dixie
as Mr. Deveraux
(1942)
This Gun for Hire
as Blair Fletcher
(1942)
Almost Married
as Bright
(1942)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Jonathan Meek
(1942)
Henry and Dizzy
as Frank Stevens
(1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Jacob Diezel
(1942)
Secrets of the Underground
as Oscar Mayberry
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
as The Professor
(1942)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Jailer
(1942)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Carpenter (uncredited)
(1942)
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
(1942)
You Can't Escape Forever
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
(1942)
Home in Wyomin'
as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
(1942)
(1942)
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Office Worker (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
(1941)
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Corky
(1941)
Two-Faced Woman
as Frank (uncredited)
(1941)
Belle Starr
as Jasper Trench
(1941)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Dr. Williams
(1941)
You're in the Army Now
as Farmer
(1941)
Buy Me That Town
as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
(1940)
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Pa Blower
(1940)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
(1940)
Young People
as Station Master
(1940)
Chad Hanna
as Cisco Tridd
(1940)
Just a Cute Kid
as Dr. Clump
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
(1939)
The Return of Doctor X
as Undertaker
(1939)
Four Wives
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
(1939)
Days of Jesse James
as Muncie Undersheriff
(1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Encyclopedia Salesman
(1939)
Made for Each Other
as Farmer (uncredited)
(1939)
One Hour To Live
as Clerk
(1939)
Zenobia
as Attorney Culpepper
(1939)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
(1938)
The Mad Miss Manton
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
(1938)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Tom Slack
(1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
(1938)
Little Tough Guy
as Baxter
(1938)
Sweethearts
as Appleby
(1938)
Brother Rat
as Slim
(1938)
Merrily We Live
as Jed Smith
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Trinidad Joe
(1938)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
(1938)
When Were You Born
as Peter Finlay
(1937)
Nothing Sacred
as Baggage Man
(1937)
Marry the Girl
as Southern sales manager
(1937)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Stagecoach Driver
(1937)
Stand-In
as Hotel Manager
(1937)
Mountain Music
as Pappy Burnside
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Doorman
(1937)
Men in Exile
as Jones
(1936)
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Dr. MacDuffy
(1936)
The Big Noise
as Harrison
(1936)
The Longest Night
as Smythe, Floorwalker
(1936)
I Married a Doctor
as Dave Dyer
(1936)
Man Hunt
as Court Starrett
(1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Strong
(1936)
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Blair
(1936)
Snowed Under
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
(1936)
Country Gentlemen
as Lawyer
(1936)
Road Gang
as Prison Farm Doctor
(1936)
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective Dunhill
(1935)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Wilbur Strong
(1935)
Little Big Shot
as Doc (uncredited)
(1935)
Dr. Socrates
as Bob Catlett
(1935)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Croker
(1935)
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Eaves
(1935)
Folies Bergère
as Stage Manager
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
(1935)
Love Me Forever
as Carlton
(1934)
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
(1934)
Wagon Wheels
as Bill O'Leary
(1933)
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
(1933)
Little Women
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
(1933)
Blondie Johnson
as Eddie
(1932)
So Big!
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
(1932)
Cheaters at Play
as Secretary
(1931)
Over the Hill
as Isaac as an Adult
(1925)
Zander the Great
as Elmer Lovejoy
(1924)
Janice Meredith
as Philemon
(1922)
Danse macabre
as Death
(1918)
Independence, B'Gosh
as Horation Whiffle
(1918)
Hick Manhattan
as Hugh Columbus McGinty
(1918)