Olin Howland
Born
February 9, 1886
Died
September 20, 1959 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
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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)
2003

Creepy Classics
Old Man - (archive footage)
1987

The Blob
The Old Man
1958

Bombers B-52
Joe (uncredited)
1957

The Real McCoys
(5 episodes)
1957

The Spirit of St. Louis
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
1957

The Storm Rider
Will Collins
1957

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
(1 episode)
1956

The McConnell Story
Sam
1955

A Star Is Born
Charley (uncredited)
1954

Them!
Jensen
1954

So This Is Love
Mailman
1953

Mr. & Mrs. North
(2 episodes)
1952

Hopalong Cassidy
(1 episode)
1952

The Fabulous Senorita
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1952

I Love Lucy
Mr. Skinner · (1 episode)
1951

Fighting Coast Guard
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
1951

Santa Fe
Dan Dugan
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Pete Walters · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Bartender · (1 episode)
1950

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
1949

Grand Canyon
Windy
1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sam - Connecticut Postman (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 (as Olin Howlin)
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

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
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