Olin Howland
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 9, 1886
- Died
- Sep 20, 1959 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Credits
- 158
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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.
Known for
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
A Carpetbagger Businessman
The Blob
1958Movie
The Old Man
Them!
1954Movie
Jensen
A Star Is Born
1954Movie
Charley (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951TV
Mr. Skinner
Little Women
1949Movie
Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Filmography
Complicated Women
2003Movie
Self (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
1987Movie
Old Man - (archive footage)
The Blob
1958Movie
The Old Man
Bombers B-52
1957Movie
Joe (uncredited)
The Real McCoys
1957TV
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957Movie
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
The Storm Rider
1957Movie
Will Collins
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956TV
The McConnell Story
1955Movie
Sam
A Star Is Born
1954Movie
Charley (uncredited)
Them!
1954Movie
Jensen
So This Is Love
1953Movie
Mailman
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952TV
Hopalong Cassidy
1952TV
The Fabulous Senorita
1952Movie
Justice of the Peace
I Love Lucy
1951TV
Mr. Skinner
Fighting Coast Guard
1951Movie
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Santa Fe
1951Movie
Dan Dugan
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Sheriff, Pete Walters, Bartender
Charlie's Haunt
1950Movie
Storyteller on Bench
Never a Dull Moment
1950Movie
Hunter (uncredited)
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950Movie
Rock Island Trail
1950Movie
Saloonkeeper
Father Makes Good
1950Movie
Milo Williams
The Nevadan
1950Movie
Rusty (uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
1949Movie
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Leave It to Henry
1949Movie
Milo Williams
Hellfire
1949Movie
Bartender (uncredited)
Grand Canyon
1949Movie
Windy
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949Movie
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Little Women
1949Movie
Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949Movie
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Last of the Wild Horses
1948Movie
Remedy Williams
The Paleface
1948Movie
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Station West
1948Movie
Cook
Relentless
1948Movie
Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Dude Goes West
1948Movie
Finnegan
The Return of the Whistler
1948Movie
Jeff Anderson
I Walk Alone
1947Movie
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
1947Movie
Gardener
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947Movie
Gas Man
Angel and the Badman
1947Movie
Bradley
Apache Rose
1947Movie
Alkali
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946Movie
Marcus Le Blaine
Home Sweet Homicide
1946Movie
Luke
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946Movie
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Dakota
1945Movie
Devlin's Driver
Fallen Angel
1945Movie
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Sing Your Way Home
1945Movie
Steward (uncredited)
Senorita from the West
1945Movie
Justice of Peace
Captain Eddie
1945Movie
Census Taker
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945Movie
Dead Eye
Sheriff of Cimarron
1945Movie
Pinky Snyder
Her Lucky Night
1945Movie
Prince de la Mour
Grissly's Millions
1945Movie
Andrews
She Gets Her Man
1945Movie
Hank (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
1944Movie
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
I'll Be Seeing You
1944Movie
Train Vendor (uncredited)
The Town Went Wild
1944Movie
Bit Part
Nothing But Trouble
1944Movie
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
1944Movie
Moorehousse
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944Movie
Joe the Barber
Man from Frisco
1944Movie
Eben Whelock
Bermuda Mystery
1944Movie
Gas Station Owner
Twilight on the Prairie
1944Movie
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943Movie
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
The Good Fellows
1943Movie
Reynolds
The Sky's the Limit
1943Movie
Driver (uncredited)
Dixie
1943Movie
Mr. Deveraux
A Stranger in Town
1943Movie
Homer Todds
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943Movie
Sheriff (uncredited)
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942Movie
Jailer
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
1942Movie
Trullers
Secrets of the Underground
1942Movie
Oscar Mayberry
You Can't Escape Forever
1942Movie
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942Movie
Jacob Diezel
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942Movie
Carpenter (uncredited)
Henry and Dizzy
1942Movie
Frank Stevens
In Old California
1942Movie
Undetermined Minor Role
Almost Married
1942Movie
Bright
Dr. Broadway
1942Movie
Professor
Home in Wyomin'
1942Movie
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942Movie
Jonathan Meek
This Gun for Hire
1942Movie
Blair Fletcher
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942Movie
Office Worker (uncredited)
Sappy Birthday
1942Movie
Two-Faced Woman
1941Movie
Frank (uncredited)
You're in the Army Now
1941Movie
Farmer
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941Movie
Dr. Williams
One Foot in Heaven
1941Movie
Train Station Master (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
1941Movie
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Belle Starr
1941Movie
Jasper Trench
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941Movie
Corky
Chad Hanna
1940Movie
Cisco Tridd
Just a Cute Kid
1940Movie
Dr. Clump
Young People
1940Movie
Station Master
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940Movie
Pa Blower
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940Movie
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940Movie
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Four Wives
1939Movie
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939Movie
Muncie Undersheriff
Gone with the Wind
1939Movie
A Carpetbagger Businessman
The Return of Doctor X
1939Movie
Undertaker
One Hour to Live
1939Movie
Clerk
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939Movie
Encyclopedia Salesman
Zenobia
1939Movie
Attorney Culpepper
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939Movie
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Made for Each Other
1939Movie
Farmer (uncredited)
Sweethearts
1938Movie
Appleby
Brother Rat
1938Movie
Slim
The Mad Miss Manton
1938Movie
Mr. X, the Safecracker
Little Tough Guy
1938Movie
Baxter
When Were You Born
1938Movie
Peter Finlay
Kentucky Moonshine
1938Movie
Tom Slack
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938Movie
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
1938Movie
Trinidad Joe
Merrily We Live
1938Movie
Jed Smith
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938Movie
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937Movie
Stagecoach Driver
Nothing Sacred
1937Movie
Baggage Man
Stand-In
1937Movie
Hotel Manager
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937Movie
Doorman
Marry the Girl
1937Movie
Southern sales manager
Mountain Music
1937Movie
Pappy Burnside
Men in Exile
1937Movie
Jones
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936Movie
Dr. MacDuffy
Country Gentlemen
1936Movie
Lawyer
The Longest Night
1936Movie
Smythe, Floorwalker
Earthworm Tractors
1936Movie
Mr. Blair
Satan Met a Lady
1936Movie
Detective Dunhill
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936Movie
Wilbur Strong
The Big Noise
1936Movie
Harrison
I Married a Doctor
1936Movie
Dave Dyer
Snowed Under
1936Movie
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Road Gang
1936Movie
Prison Farm Doctor
Man Hunt
1936Movie
Court Starrett
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935Movie
Eaves
Dr. Socrates
1935Movie
Bob Catlett
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935Movie
Dr. Croker
Little Big Shot
1935Movie
Doc (uncredited)
Love Me Forever
1935Movie
Carlton
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935Movie
Wilbur Strong
Naughty Marietta
1935Movie
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935Movie
Stage Manager
Wagon Wheels
1934Movie
Bill O'Leary
Treasure Island
1934Movie
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Little Women
1933Movie
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933Movie
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
1933Movie
Eddie
So Big!
1932Movie
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Cheaters at Play
1932Movie
Secretary
Over the Hill
1931Movie
Isaac as an Adult
Zander the Great
1925Movie
Elmer Lovejoy
Janice Meredith
1924Movie
Philemon
Danse macabre
1922Movie
Death
Independence, B'Gosh
1918Movie
Horation Whiffle
Romance and Brass Tacks
1918Movie
Hick Manhattan
1918Movie
Hugh Columbus McGinty