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