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