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Olin Howland

Born · February 9, 1886

Died · September 20, 1959 (73 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA

Bio

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

Complicated Women

Self (archive footage)

6.7

2003

Creepy Classics

3.7

1956

The McConnell Story

Sam

6.3

1955

A Star Is Born

Charley (uncredited)

7.1

1954

Them!

Jensen

6.8

1954

So This Is Love

Mailman

4.5

1953

Mr. & Mrs. North

(2 episodes)

4.3

1952

Hopalong Cassidy

(1 episode)

5.2

1952

The Fabulous Senorita

Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)

6.0

1952

I Love Lucy

Mr. Skinner · (1 episode)

7.9

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)

6.5

1951

Santa Fe

Dan Dugan

6.8

1951

Lux Video Theatre

Sheriff · (1 episode)

6.0

1950

Lux Video Theatre

6.0

1949

Hellfire

5.8

1949

Grand Canyon

Windy

0.0

1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)

6.3

1949

Bad Men of Tombstone

Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)

6.3

1949

Last of the Wild Horses

Remedy Williams

2.6

1948

The Paleface

Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

6.1

1948

Station West

Cook

6.1

1948

Relentless

Veterinarian (uncredited)

6.2

1948

The Dude Goes West

Finnegan

5.8

1948

The Return of the Whistler

Jeff Anderson

5.9

1948

I Walk Alone

Ed the Watchman (uncredited)

6.5

1947

Living in a Big Way

Gardener

5.0

1947

Easy Come, Easy Go

Gas Man

0.0

1947

Angel and the Badman

Bradley

6.4

1947

Apache Rose

Alkali

6.2

1947

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

Marcus Le Blaine

5.8

1946

Home Sweet Homicide

Luke

4.7

1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

7.1

1946

Dakota

Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)

5.1

1945

Fallen Angel

Joe Ellis (uncredited)

6.4

1945

Sing Your Way Home

Steward

5.2

1945

Senorita from the West

Justice of Peace

5.0

1945

Captain Eddie

Census Taker

6.0

1945

Santa Fe Saddlemates

Dead Eye

5.0

1945

Sheriff of Cimarron

Pinky Snyder

6.0

1945

Her Lucky Night

Prince de la Mour

4.5

1945

Grissly's Millions

Andrews

6.0

1945

She Gets Her Man

Hank (uncredited)

3.7

1945

I'll Be Seeing You

Train Vendor (uncredited)

7.0

1944

Can't Help Singing

Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)

5.1

1944

The Town Went Wild

Bit Part

5.0

1944

Nothing But Trouble

Painter's Foreman (uncredited)

6.0

1944

In the Meantime, Darling

Moorehousse

5.0

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

Joe the Barber

0.0

1944

Man from Frisco

Eben Whelock

6.0

1944

Bermuda Mystery

Gas Station Owner

6.0

1944

Twilight on the Prairie

Jed (as Olin Howlin)

0.0

1944

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver

6.4

1943

The Good Fellows

Reynolds

0.0

1943

The Sky's the Limit

Driver (uncredited)

6.2

1943

Dixie

Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin)

3.0

1943

A Stranger in Town

Homer Todds

6.5

1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

Sheriff (uncredited)

5.6

1943

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Jailer

7.0

1942

Secrets of the Underground

Oscar Mayberry

0.0

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

Cemetery Organist (uncredited)

5.4

1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Jacob Diezel

0.0

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

Carpenter (uncredited)

5.8

1942

Henry and Dizzy

Frank Stevens

0.0

1942

In Old California

Undetermined Minor Role

5.1

1942

Almost Married

Bright

0.0

1942

Dr. Broadway

The professor

5.0

1942

Dr. Broadway

The Professor

5.0

1942

Home in Wyomin'

Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)

8.0

1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Jonathan Meek

6.4

1942

This Gun for Hire

Blair Fletcher

6.9

1942

Blondie's Blessed Event

Office Worker (uncredited)

7.3

1942

Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)

5.1

1939

Days of Jesse James

Muncie Undersheriff

5.5

1939

Gone with the Wind

A Carpetbagger Businessman

7.9

1939

The Return of Doctor X

Undertaker

5.9

1939

One Hour To Live

Clerk

0.0

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Encyclopedia Salesman

6.5

1939

Zenobia

Attorney Culpepper

4.6

1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Police Sergeant Entwhistle

6.2

1939

Made for Each Other

Farmer (uncredited)

6.2

1939

Sweethearts

Appleby

5.5

1938

Brother Rat

Slim

5.0

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

Mr. X, the Safecracker

6.4

1938

Little Tough Guy

Baxter

6.0

1938

When Were You Born

Peter Finlay

5.2

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

Tom Slack

5.3

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

6.3

1938

The Girl of the Golden West

Trinidad Joe

4.6

1938

Merrily We Live

Jed Smith

7.1

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster

6.5

1938

The Bad Man of Brimstone

Stagecoach Driver

6.0

1937

Nothing Sacred

Baggage Man

6.2

1937

Stand-In

Hotel manager

6.3

1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Doorman

6.0

1937

Marry the Girl

Southern sales manager

5.0

1937

Mountain Music

Pappy Burnside

6.5

1937

Men in Exile

Jones

4.8

1937

Gold Diggers of 1937

Dr. MacDuffy

5.8

1936

Country Gentlemen

Lawyer

6.5

1936

The Longest Night

Smythe, Floorwalker

5.7

1936

Earthworm Tractors

Mr. Blair

5.0

1936

Satan Met a Lady

Detective Dunhill

5.9

1936

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Wilbur Strong

6.8

1936

The Big Noise

Harrison

5.0

1936

I Married a Doctor

Dave Dyer

4.7

1936

Snowed Under

Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)

7.0

1936

Road Gang

Prison Farm Doctor

6.5

1936

Man Hunt

Court Starrett

0.0

1936

The Widow from Monte Carlo

Eaves

5.0

1935

Dr. Socrates

Bob Catlett

6.4

1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Dr. Croker

6.0

1935

Little Big Shot

Doc (uncredited)

6.0

1935

Love Me Forever

Carlton

4.8

1935

The Case of the Curious Bride

Wilbur Strong

6.0

1935

Naughty Marietta

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

5.1

1935

Folies Bergère

Stage Manager

5.5

1935

Wagon Wheels

Bill O'Leary

5.1

1934

Treasure Island

Pirate of the Spanish Main

6.5

1934

Little Women

Mr. Davis (uncredited)

6.8

1933

Golden Harvest

Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

5.0

1933

Blondie Johnson

Eddie

6.1

1933

So Big!

Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)

5.8

1932

Cheaters at Play

Secretary

0.0

1932

Over the Hill

Isaac as an Adult

8.2

1931

Zander the Great

Elmer Lovejoy

5.5

1925

Janice Meredith

Philemon

5.0

1924

Danse macabre

Death

6.1

1922

Independence, B'Gosh

Horation Whiffle

4.0

1918

Romance and Brass Tacks

0.0

1918

Hick Manhattan

Hugh Columbus McGinty

0.0

1918