Cast
Olin Howland
Acting
Cast
Olin Howland
Known for
Acting
Born
1886-02-09
From
Denver, Colorado, USA
Died
1959-09-20
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. 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.
★7.9
MOVIE1939
Gone with the Wind
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
★6.8
MOVIE1954
Them!
as Jensen
★7.4
MOVIE1949
Little Women
as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
★7.1
MOVIE1954
A Star Is Born
as Charley (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Young People
as Station Master
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Bermuda Mystery
as Gas Station Owner
★6.7
MOVIE1951
Fighting Coast Guard
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Zenobia
as Attorney Culpepper
★5.9
MOVIE1933
Blondie Johnson
as Eddie
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Angel and the Badman
as Bradley
★6.6
MOVIE1945
Fallen Angel
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1945
Grissly's Millions
as Andrews
★6.2
MOVIE1958
The Blob
as The Old Man
★5.9
MOVIE1941
Belle Starr
as Jasper Trench
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
as Stage Manager
★6.9
MOVIE1938
Merrily We Live
as Jed Smith
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Road Gang
as Prison Farm Doctor
★5.5
MOVIE1935
Naughty Marietta
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1943
Dixie
as Mr. Deveraux
★10.0
MOVIE1918
Hick Manhattan
as Hugh Columbus McGinty
★5.9
MOVIE1948
The Dude Goes West
as Finnegan
★6.6
MOVIE1947
I Walk Alone
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Nothing Sacred
as Baggage Man
★6.7
MOVIE1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Corky
★6.0
MOVIE1939
The Return of Doctor X
as Undertaker
★5.8
MOVIE1957
Bombers B-52
as Joe (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1938
The Mad Miss Manton
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
★5.6
MOVIE1945
Sing Your Way Home
as Steward (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1945
Dakota
as Devlin's Driver
★5.5
MOVIE1935
Love Me Forever
as Carlton
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective Dunhill
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
MOVIE1950
Charlie's Haunt
as Storyteller on Bench
★6.6
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
★6.4
MOVIE1941
Two-Faced Woman
as Frank (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
This Gun for Hire
as Blair Fletcher
★6.1
MOVIE1939
Made for Each Other
as Farmer (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1945
Her Lucky Night
as Prince de la Mour
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Buy Me That Town
as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
★6.4
MOVIE1948
Station West
as Cook
★6.8
MOVIE1933
Little Women
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Sappy Birthday
★6.0
MOVIE1947
Living in a Big Way
as Gardener
★6.1
MOVIE1948
The Paleface
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
★6.4
MOVIE1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Four Wives
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
★6.8
MOVIE1955
The McConnell Story
as Sam
★6.3
MOVIE1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1941
You're in the Army Now
as Farmer
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Nothing But Trouble
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1936
Snowed Under
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Brother Rat
as Slim
★5.3
MOVIE1938
When Were You Born
as Peter Finlay
★6.8
MOVIE1951
Santa Fe
as Dan Dugan
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Stand-In
as Hotel Manager
★6.5
MOVIE1944
Man from Frisco
as Eben Whelock
★6.9
MOVIE1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1950
Rock Island Trail
as Saloonkeeper
★5.7
MOVIE1932
So Big!
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1946
Home Sweet Homicide
as Luke
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Dr. Socrates
as Bob Catlett
MOVIE1918
Romance and Brass Tacks
★6.8
MOVIE1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
★6.5
MOVIE1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Jonathan Meek
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Dr. Broadway
as The Professor
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Mountain Music
as Pappy Burnside
★6.9
MOVIE1944
I'll Be Seeing You
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
★4.0
MOVIE1918
Independence, B'Gosh
as Horation Whiffle
★6.4
MOVIE1987
Creepy Classics
as Old Man - (archive footage)
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
★6.9
MOVIE2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
You Can't Escape Forever
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1942
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
★7.0
MOVIE1932
Cheaters at Play
as Secretary
★8.5
MOVIE1931
Over the Hill
as Isaac as an Adult
★4.3
MOVIE1953
So This Is Love
as Mailman
★7.3
MOVIE1940
Chad Hanna
as Cisco Tridd
★5.9
MOVIE1950
The Nevadan
as Rusty (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Stagecoach Driver
★5.6
MOVIE1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Sheriff (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Doorman
★5.1
MOVIE1934
Wagon Wheels
as Bill O'Leary
★5.3
MOVIE1945
She Gets Her Man
as Hank (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1936
The Big Noise
as Harrison
★5.4
MOVIE1936
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Blair
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Jailer
★5.2
MOVIE1938
Kentucky Moonshine
as Tom Slack
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Man Hunt
as Court Starrett
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Almost Married
as Bright
★6.8
MOVIE1944
In the Meantime, Darling
as Moorehousse
★6.5
MOVIE1952
The Fabulous Senorita
as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
★5.9
MOVIE1940
Young Tom Edison
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
★7.0
MOVIE1944
The Town Went Wild
as Bit Part
★7.0
MOVIE1942
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
as Trullers
★6.3
MOVIE1943
The Sky's the Limit
as Driver (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Dr. MacDuffy
★5.3
MOVIE1936
I Married a Doctor
as Dave Dyer
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Carpenter (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Just a Cute Kid
as Dr. Clump
★6.7
MOVIE1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Dead Eye
★8.0
MOVIE1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Pinky Snyder
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Country Gentlemen
as Lawyer
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Henry and Dizzy
as Frank Stevens
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Wilbur Strong
★6.0
MOVIE1944
Can't Help Singing
as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Senorita from the West
as Justice of Peace
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Hunter (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1945
Captain Eddie
as Census Taker
★8.5
MOVIE1942
Home in Wyomin'
as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
★10.0
MOVIE1949
Grand Canyon
as Windy
★7.3
MOVIE1935
Little Big Shot
as Doc (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Gas Man
★6.2
MOVIE1925
Zander the Great
as Elmer Lovejoy
★7.0
MOVIE1924
Janice Meredith
as Philemon
★8.0
MOVIE1943
The Good Fellows
as Reynolds
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Days of Jesse James
as Muncie Undersheriff
★6.9
MOVIE1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Encyclopedia Salesman
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Leave It to Henry
as Milo Williams
★7.0
MOVIE1957
The Storm Rider
as Will Collins
★6.5
MOVIE1939
One Hour to Live
as Clerk
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Twilight on the Prairie
as Jed (as Olin Howlin)
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Office Worker (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1948
Relentless
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1948
The Return of the Whistler
as Jeff Anderson
★5.6
MOVIE1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Dr. Williams
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Father Makes Good
as Milo Williams
★6.5
MOVIE1937
Marry the Girl
as Southern sales manager
★6.7
MOVIE1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
★5.3
MOVIE1938
The Girl of the Golden West
as Trinidad Joe
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Jacob Diezel
★6.3
MOVIE1943
A Stranger in Town
as Homer Todds
★5.8
MOVIE1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Eaves
★3.3
MOVIE1948
Last of the Wild Horses
as Remedy Williams
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Croker
★5.8
MOVIE1938
Sweethearts
as Appleby
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Secrets of the Underground
as Oscar Mayberry
★8.0
MOVIE1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Joe the Barber
★6.4
MOVIE1949
Hellfire
as Bartender (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Men in Exile
as Jones
★6.3
MOVIE1936
The Longest Night
as Smythe, Floorwalker
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Little Tough Guy
as Baxter
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Marcus Le Blaine
★6.4
MOVIE1947
Apache Rose
as Alkali
★7.2
MOVIE1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Strong
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Pa Blower
★6.2
MOVIE1922
Danse macabre
as Death