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