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