Olan Soule
Known for Acting · 141 credits
- Born
- 1909-02-28
- Died
- 1994-02-01
- Place of birth
- La Harpe, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Olan Soulé · Alan Soule
Biography
Olan Evart Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. Soule's voice work on television included his 15-year role (1968–1983) as Batman on several animated series that were either devoted to or involved the fictional "Dark Knight" superhero.
Soule married Norma Elizabeth Miller on September 29, 1929. They had two children and were married for 63 years, until Norma's death on July 1, 1992. His daughter Joann, was also an actress, under the name of Sydney Soule. Soule was a 32-degree Mason as well as a member of the Los Angeles Show Business Shrine Club (Al Malikah).
On February 1, 1994, Soule died at age 84 of lung cancer in Corona, California, at the home of his daughter, Joann, and son-in-law, Dr. David Henriksen. His burial took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. CLR
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Known For
TV Shows (79)
Perry Mason
1957
as Court Clerk
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as John Masters
The Love Boat
1977
as Harvey Grove
Bewitched
1964
as Doctor Passmore
The Fugitive
1963
as Chet Carter
The Rifleman
1958
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Ticket Agent
Dragnet
1951
Batman
1966
as Newscaster
Adam-12
1968
as Vernon Barber
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Bill
The Twilight Zone
1959
as IRS Man / Mr. Smiles (uncredited)
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Hotel Carlton Assistant Mgr. Cartwright
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Emergency!
1972
Simon & Simon
1981
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Stanley Benson / Coffee Salesman / Mr. Parks / Bert, The Barber
My Three Sons
1960
Fantasy Island
1978
as Proprietor
The F.B.I.
1965
as Gary Deuel
Cannon
1971
Daniel Boone
1964
as Silversmith
Studio One
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
1951
as Dr. Gettleman
The Big Valley
1965
as Telegraph Clerk
Rawhide
1959
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Bartender / Archie Warner
Gunsmoke
1955
as Barber / Waiter
77 Sunset Strip
1958
That Girl
1966
The Real McCoys
1957
Bat Masterson
1958
as Bartender
One Step Beyond
1959
as Stowaway
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Chemist / Art Dealer / Darlene's Daddy / Brother Fish / Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Addams Family
1964
as Harwood Widdy
Mister Ed
1961
Super Friends
1973
as Batman (voice)
Land of the Giants
1968
as Cameraman
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Mr. Danzig
Family Affair
1966
The Monkees
1966
as Waiter
Dragnet
1967
as Ray Murray
The Detectives
1959
The Rebel
1959
as Liam O'Shea
M Squad
1957
as Tailor
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Carmichael
Checkmate
1960
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Harry O
1974
The Millionaire
1955
as Teller
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Employer #2
McHale's Navy
1962
Banacek
1972
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
December Bride
1954
Pete and Gladys
1960
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Batman (voice)
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Sam / Clerk
Nichols
1971
as Mr. Goudge
Movies (62)
North by Northwest
1959
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Johnson
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Mr. Krull, boarder
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Saltillo
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
St. Ives
1976
as Station Man
Clash by Night
1952
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Second Editor (uncredited)
Dragnet
1954
as Ray Pinker
Queen Bee
1955
as Dr. Pearson
Monkey Business
1952
as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
as Additional Voices (voice)
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
13 West Street
1962
as Staff Member (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Cardinal's Secretary
Cult of the Cobra
1955
as Major Martin Fielding
While the City Sleeps
1956
as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
2002
as Batman (voice) (archive footage)
Phffft
1954
as Mr. Duncan (uncredited)
Branded
1950
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as Rube Cluck
Bells Are Ringing
1960
as Nervous Man (uncredited)
Dragnet
1969
as Wayne, Forensics Officer
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)
The Jerk, Too
1984
as Mr. Baxter
Beyond the Forest
1949
Hollywood Story
1951
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)
The Small One
1978
as Father (voice)
Human Desire
1954
as Lewis
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Atomic City
1952
as Mortie Fenton
Sunday in New York
1963
as Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Coroner
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Waiter (uncredited)
Ransom!
1956
as Bank Clerk
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as Dr. Bentley
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Flack (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
as Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Salon Technician (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby
Peggy
1950
as Simmons
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Tyson's Assistant (uncredited)
Looking for Love
1964
as Photographer (uncredited)
The Destructors
1968
as Mace (as Olan Soulé)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1972
as Additional Voices
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Eli Bence
You Never Can Tell
1951
as Dog House Salesman (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)
The Night Before Christmas
1968
as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Lt. Constable (uncredited)
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Captain Creavy
The Bubble
1966
as Watch Repairman
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
as Dr. Samuels
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal
1972
as Narrator
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956
as Narrator (voice)
And Of Course You
1968
as Narrator
Inky, the Crow
1969
as Narrator
The Hurrying Kind
1962
as Fred Welling
About Olan Soule
Olan Evart Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. Soule's voice work on television included his 15-year role (1968–1983) as Batman on several animated series that were either devoted to or involved the fictional "Dark Knight" superhero. Soule married Norma Elizabeth Miller on September 29, 1929. They had two children and were married for 63 years, until Norma's d… With 141 credits spanning from 1948 to 2002, Olan Soule has appeared in 62 films and 79 TV shows.
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- North by Northwest (1959) — as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Johnson
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — as Mr. Krull, boarder
- The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969) — as TV Reporter (uncredited)
- The Six Million Dollar Man (1973) — as Saltillo
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