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