Olin Howland
Known for Acting · 158 credits
- Born
- 1886-02-09
- Died
- 1959-09-20
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Also known as
- Olin Howlin · Olin Ross Howland
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (152)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
Them!
1954
as Jensen
Little Women
1949
as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
1945
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Treasure Island
1934
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
Zenobia
1939
as Attorney Culpepper
Young People
1940
as Station Master
Belle Starr
1941
as Jasper Trench
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Eddie
The Blob
1958
as The Old Man
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Charley (uncredited)
Bermuda Mystery
1944
as Gas Station Owner
Hick Manhattan
1918
as Hugh Columbus McGinty
Merrily We Live
1938
as Jed Smith
Road Gang
1936
as Prison Farm Doctor
Dixie
1943
as Mr. Deveraux
Her Lucky Night
1945
as Prince de la Mour
Little Women
1933
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Bradley
Folies Bergère de Paris
1935
as Stage Manager
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Andrews
Satan Met a Lady
1936
as Detective Dunhill
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Bombers B-52
1957
as Joe (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Sappy Birthday
1942
The Dude Goes West
1948
as Finnegan
Dakota
1945
as Devlin's Driver
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
This Gun for Hire
1942
as Blair Fletcher
I Walk Alone
1947
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
1939
as Undertaker
Cheaters at Play
1932
as Secretary
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Corky
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Gardener
In Old California
1942
as Undetermined Minor Role
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Two-Faced Woman
1941
as Frank (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
1941
as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Four Wives
1939
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
1939
as Farmer (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
I'll Be Seeing You
1944
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
The McConnell Story
1955
as Sam
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Love Me Forever
1935
as Carlton
The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Farmer
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Jailer
So This Is Love
1953
as Mailman
Sing Your Way Home
1945
as Steward (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
1937
as Baggage Man
Charlie's Haunt
1950
as Storyteller on Bench
Man from Frisco
1944
as Eben Whelock
Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945
as Dead Eye
Creepy Classics
1987
as Old Man - (archive footage)
Snowed Under
1936
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
1933
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Gas Man
Relentless
1948
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
1949
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
So Big!
1932
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
1945
as Hank (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
1938
as Tom Slack
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Wilbur Strong
Romance and Brass Tacks
1918
The Paleface
1948
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Station West
1948
as Cook
Gold Diggers of 1937
1936
as Dr. MacDuffy
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Chad Hanna
1940
as Cisco Tridd
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Driver (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
1939
as Muncie Undersheriff
Home Sweet Homicide
1946
as Luke
Santa Fe
1951
as Dan Dugan
Last of the Wild Horses
1948
as Remedy Williams
Hellfire
1949
as Bartender (uncredited)
When Were You Born
1938
as Peter Finlay
Mountain Music
1937
as Pappy Burnside
The Good Fellows
1943
as Reynolds
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942
as Carpenter (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
1935
as Doc (uncredited)
Captain Eddie
1945
as Census Taker
The Nevadan
1950
as Rusty (uncredited)
Independence, B'Gosh
1918
as Horation Whiffle
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Trinidad Joe
Dr. Broadway
1942
as The Professor
I Married a Doctor
1936
as Dave Dyer
Rock Island Trail
1950
as Saloonkeeper
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Jonathan Meek
Senorita from the West
1945
as Justice of Peace
A Stranger in Town
1943
as Homer Todds
Nothing But Trouble
1944
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
The Longest Night
1936
as Smythe, Floorwalker
Stand-In
1937
as Hotel Manager
Country Gentlemen
1936
as Lawyer
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Eaves
Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Hunter (uncredited)
Over the Hill
1931
as Isaac as an Adult
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as Moorehousse
Sheriff of Cimarron
1945
as Pinky Snyder
The Fabulous Senorita
1952
as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937
as Stagecoach Driver
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Bob Catlett
Brother Rat
1938
as Slim
Zander the Great
1925
as Elmer Lovejoy
Wagon Wheels
1934
as Bill O'Leary
Men in Exile
1937
as Jones
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946
as Marcus Le Blaine
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
as Office Worker (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Jacob Diezel
Marry the Girl
1937
as Southern sales manager
The Big Noise
1936
as Harrison
About Olin Howland
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 i… With 158 credits spanning from 1918 to 2003, Olin Howland has appeared in 152 films and 6 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as A Carpetbagger Businessman
- Them! (1954) — as Jensen
- Little Women (1949) — as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- Fallen Angel (1945) — as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
- Treasure Island (1934) — as Pirate of the Spanish Main
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