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.
TV Shows(6)
Movies(151)
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Creepy Classics
Old Man - (archive footage)
1987
The Blob
The Old Man
1958
Bombers B-52
Joe (uncredited)
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
1957
The Storm Rider
Will Collins
1957
The McConnell Story
Sam
1955
A Star Is Born
Charley (uncredited)
1954
Them!
Jensen
1954
So This Is Love
Mailman
1953
The Fabulous Senorita
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1952
Fighting Coast Guard
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
1951
Santa Fe
Dan Dugan
1951
Charlie's Haunt
Storyteller on Bench
1950
Never a Dull Moment
Hunter (uncredited)
1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
Rock Island Trail
Saloonkeeper
1950
Father Makes Good
Milo Williams
1950
The Nevadan
Rusty (uncredited)
1950
Mr. Soft Touch
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
1949
Leave It to Henry
Milo Williams
1949
Hellfire
Bartender (uncredited)
1949
Grand Canyon
Windy
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
1949
Little Women
Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
1949
Last of the Wild Horses
Remedy Williams
1948
The Paleface
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
1948
Station West
Cook
1948
Relentless
Veterinarian (uncredited)
1948
The Dude Goes West
Finnegan
1948
The Return of the Whistler
Jeff Anderson
1948
I Walk Alone
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
1947
Living in a Big Way
Gardener
1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Gas Man
1947
Angel and the Badman
Bradley
1947
Apache Rose
Alkali
1947
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Marcus Le Blaine
1946
Home Sweet Homicide
Luke
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
1946
Dakota
Devlin's Driver
1945
Fallen Angel
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
1945
Sing Your Way Home
Steward
1945
Senorita from the West
Justice of Peace
1945
Captain Eddie
Census Taker
1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Dead Eye
1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
Pinky Snyder
1945
Her Lucky Night
Prince de la Mour
1945
Grissly's Millions
Andrews
1945
She Gets Her Man
Hank (uncredited)
1945
I'll Be Seeing You
Train Vendor (uncredited)
1944
Can't Help Singing
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
1944
The Town Went Wild
Bit Part
1944
Nothing But Trouble
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Moorehousse
1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Joe the Barber
1944
Man from Frisco
Eben Whelock
1944
Bermuda Mystery
Gas Station Owner
1944
Twilight on the Prairie
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
1944
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
1943
The Good Fellows
Reynolds
1943
The Sky's the Limit
Driver (uncredited)
1943
Dixie
Mr. Deveraux
1943
A Stranger in Town
Homer Todds
1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
Sheriff (uncredited)
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Jailer
1942
Secrets of the Underground
Oscar Mayberry
1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Jacob Diezel
1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Carpenter (uncredited)
1942
Henry and Dizzy
Frank Stevens
1942
In Old California
Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Almost Married
Bright
1942
Dr. Broadway
The Professor
1942
Home in Wyomin'
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Jonathan Meek
1942
This Gun for Hire
Blair Fletcher
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
Office Worker (uncredited)
1942
Sappy Birthday
1942
Two-Faced Woman
Frank (uncredited)
1941
You're in the Army Now
Farmer
1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Dr. Williams
1941
One Foot in Heaven
Train Station Master (uncredited)
1941
Buy Me That Town
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
1941
Belle Starr
Jasper Trench
1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Corky
1941
Chad Hanna
Cisco Tridd
1940
Just a Cute Kid
Dr. Clump
1940
Young People
Station Master
1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
Pa Blower
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
1940
Young Tom Edison
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
1940
Four Wives
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
1939
Days of Jesse James
Muncie Undersheriff
1939
Gone with the Wind
A Carpetbagger Businessman
1939
The Return of Doctor X
Undertaker
1939
One Hour to Live
Clerk
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Encyclopedia Salesman
1939
Zenobia
Attorney Culpepper
1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
1939
Made for Each Other
Farmer (uncredited)
1939
Sweethearts
Appleby
1938
Brother Rat
Slim
1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Mr. X, the Safecracker
1938
Little Tough Guy
Baxter
1938
When Were You Born
Peter Finlay
1938
Kentucky Moonshine
Tom Slack
1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
1938
The Girl of the Golden West
Trinidad Joe
1938
Merrily We Live
Jed Smith
1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Stagecoach Driver
1937
Nothing Sacred
Baggage Man
1937
Stand-In
Hotel Manager
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Doorman
1937
Marry the Girl
Southern sales manager
1937
Mountain Music
Pappy Burnside
1937
Men in Exile
Jones
1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
Dr. MacDuffy
1936
Country Gentlemen
Lawyer
1936
The Longest Night
Smythe, Floorwalker
1936
Earthworm Tractors
Mr. Blair
1936
Satan Met a Lady
Detective Dunhill
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Wilbur Strong
1936
The Big Noise
Harrison
1936
I Married a Doctor
Dave Dyer
1936
Snowed Under
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
Road Gang
Prison Farm Doctor
1936
Man Hunt
Court Starrett
1936
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Eaves
1935
Dr. Socrates
Bob Catlett
1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Dr. Croker
1935
Little Big Shot
Doc (uncredited)
1935
Love Me Forever
Carlton
1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Wilbur Strong
1935
Naughty Marietta
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
Stage Manager
1935
Wagon Wheels
Bill O'Leary
1934
Treasure Island
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
Little Women
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1933
Golden Harvest
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933
Blondie Johnson
Eddie
1933
So Big!
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
1932
Cheaters at Play
Secretary
1932
Over the Hill
Isaac as an Adult
1931
Zander the Great
Elmer Lovejoy
1925
Janice Meredith
Philemon
1924
Danse macabre
Death
1922
Independence, B'Gosh
Horation Whiffle
1918
Romance and Brass Tacks
1918
Hick Manhattan
Hugh Columbus McGinty
1918