Olin 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.
Known For
A Carpetbagger Businessman
Gone with the Wind
Encyclopedia Salesman
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Office Worker (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Eddie
Blondie Johnson
Jensen
Them!
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bit Part
The Town Went Wild
Train Vendor (uncredited)
I'll Be Seeing You
Reynolds
The Good Fellows
Bradley
Angel and the Badman
Bright
Almost Married
The Old Man
The Blob
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
Detective Dunhill
Satan Met a Lady
Cook
Station West
Baggage Man
Nothing Sacred
Trinidad Joe
The Girl of the Golden West
Mr. Blair
Earthworm Tractors
Blair Fletcher
This Gun for Hire
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Little Women
Dr. Williams
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Can't Help Singing
Jasper Trench
Belle Starr
Old Man - (archive footage)
Creepy Classics
Hugh Columbus McGinty
Hick Manhattan
Romance and Brass Tacks
Horation Whiffle
Independence, B'Gosh
Sappy Birthday
Rusty (uncredited)
The Nevadan
Station Master
Young People
Jonathan Meek
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Hellfire
Attorney Culpepper
Zenobia
Carlton
Love Me Forever
Jailer
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Dr. Croker
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Sam
The McConnell Story
Dan Dugan
Santa Fe
Hotel Manager
Stand-In
Wilbur Strong
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Homer Todds
A Stranger in Town
Jones
Men in Exile
Will Collins
The Storm Rider
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Southern sales manager
Marry the Girl
Prison Farm Doctor
Road Gang
Lawyer
Country Gentlemen
Bob Catlett
Dr. Socrates
Tom Slack
Kentucky Moonshine
Peter Finlay
When Were You Born
Gas Man
Easy Come, Easy Go
Mailman
So This Is Love
Driver (uncredited)
The Sky's the Limit
Isaac as an Adult
Over the Hill
Jed Smith
Merrily We Live
Baxter
Little Tough Guy
Jacob Diezel
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mr. X, the Safecracker
The Mad Miss Manton
Finnegan
The Dude Goes West
Cisco Tridd
Chad Hanna
Storyteller on Bench
Charlie's Haunt
Stage Manager
Folies Bergère
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Treasure Island
Doc (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
Frank (uncredited)
Two-Faced Woman
Joe the Barber
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
I Walk Alone
Slim
Brother Rat
Mr. Deveraux
Dixie
Elmer Lovejoy
Zander the Great
Remedy Williams
Last of the Wild Horses
Charley (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Harrison
The Big Noise
Frank Stevens
Henry and Dizzy
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Farmer (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Secretary
Cheaters at Play
Muncie Undersheriff
Days of Jesse James
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Four Wives
Undertaker
The Return of Doctor X
Pinky Snyder
Sheriff of Cimarron
Alkali
Apache Rose
Dead Eye
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Philemon
Janice Meredith
Death
Danse macabre
Gas Station Owner
Bermuda Mystery
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Young Tom Edison
Moorehousse
In the Meantime, Darling
Devlin's Driver
Dakota
Court Starrett
Man Hunt
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Dr. Clump
Just a Cute Kid
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Buy Me That Town
Oscar Mayberry
Secrets of the Underground
Jeff Anderson
The Return of the Whistler
Hank (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
Dave Dyer
I Married a Doctor
Eben Whelock
Man from Frisco
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Doorman
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
Wilbur Strong
The Case of the Curious Bride
Saloonkeeper
Rock Island Trail
Andrews
Grissly's Millions
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
Home in Wyomin'
Corky
The Shepherd of the Hills
Justice of Peace
Senorita from the West
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
Twilight on the Prairie
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Bad Men of Tombstone
Undetermined Minor Role
In Old California
Carpenter (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Dr. MacDuffy
Gold Diggers of 1937
Joe (uncredited)
Bombers B-52
Eaves
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women
Stagecoach Driver
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Veterinarian (uncredited)
Relentless
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Fighting Coast Guard
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
So Big!
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
The Paleface
Gardener
Living in a Big Way
Marcus Le Blaine
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Appleby
Sweethearts
Milo Williams
Father Makes Good
The Professor
Dr. Broadway
Sheriff (uncredited)
The Falcon Strikes Back
Bill O'Leary
Wagon Wheels
Milo Williams
Leave It to Henry
Luke
Home Sweet Homicide
Census Taker
Captain Eddie
Clerk
One Hour To Live
Prince de la Mour
Her Lucky Night
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Pappy Burnside
Mountain Music
Farmer
You're in the Army Now
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
The Fabulous Senorita
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Smythe, Floorwalker
The Longest Night
Train Station Master (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
Windy
Grand Canyon
Steward
Sing Your Way Home
Hunter (uncredited)
Never a Dull Moment
Pa Blower
Comin' Round the Mountain
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
150
Gender
Male
Birthday
1886-02-09
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
Olin Howlin