Olan 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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Known For

Waiter (uncredited)

Bachelor in Paradise

Mr. Johnson (uncredited)

It Happened at the World's Fair

Father (voice)

The Small One

Major Martin Fielding

Cult of the Cobra

Ray Pinker

Dragnet

Salon Technician (uncredited)

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

Branded

Photographer (uncredited)

Looking for Love

Dog House Salesman (uncredited)

You Never Can Tell

Eli Bence

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

Staff Member (uncredited)

13 West Street

Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

Monkey Business

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Clash by Night

Captain Creavy

Francis Joins the WACS

Beyond the Forest

Mace (as Olan Soulé)

The Destructors

Dr. Samuels

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

Lt. Constable (uncredited)

Never Wave at a WAC

Fred Welling

The Hurrying Kind

Mr. Duncan (uncredited)

Phffft

Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Don't Bother to Knock

Wayne, Forensics Officer

Dragnet

Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)

Sunday in New York

Lewis

Human Desire

Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

North by Northwest

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Days of Wine and Roses

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Cincinnati Kid

Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)

Willie Dynamite

Narrator

Inky, the Crow

Narrator

Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal

Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)

The Great Diamond Robbery

Cardinal's Secretary

Trouble Along the Way

Simmons

Peggy

Batman (voice) (archive footage)

Scooby-Doo Meets Batman

Crime Scene Technician

Homicide

Johnson

The Towering Inferno

Mortie Fenton

The Atomic City

Mr. Krull, boarder

The Day the Earth Stood Still

TV Reporter (uncredited)

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Rube Cluck

The Apple Dumpling Gang

Dr. Pearson

Queen Bee

Bank Clerk

Ransom!

Second Editor (uncredited)

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

Radio Commentator (uncredited)

Hollywood Story

Nervous Man (uncredited)

Bells Are Ringing

Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)

Hell Bent for Leather

Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

Narrator (voice)

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers

Watch Repairman

The Bubble

Dr. Bentley

Francis in the Haunted House

Coroner

House on Greenapple Road

Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

The Night Before Christmas

Saltillo

The Six Million Dollar Man

Court Clerk (uncredited)

The Notorious Mr. Monks

Station Man

St. Ives

Flack (uncredited)

It's a Great Feeling

Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

Additional Voices (voice)

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

Poker Player

House of Games

Narrator

And Of Course You

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

61

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-02-28

Place of Birth

La Harpe, Illinois, USA

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