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Olin Howland

Olin Howland

Born on February 9th, 1886

Denver, Colorado, USA

Died on September 20th, 1959

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.

Filmography

Complicated Women

2003

Self (archive footage)

Creepy Classics

1987

Old Man - (archive footage)

The Blob

1958

The Old Man

Bombers B-52

1957

Joe (uncredited)

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957

Surplus Dealer (uncredited)

The Storm Rider

1957

Will Collins

The McConnell Story

1955

Sam

A Star Is Born

1954

Charley (uncredited)

Them!

1954

Jensen

So This Is Love

1953

Mailman

The Fabulous Senorita

1952

Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)

Fighting Coast Guard

1951

Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)

Santa Fe

1951

Dan Dugan

Charlie's Haunt

1950

Storyteller on Bench

Never a Dull Moment

1950

Hunter (uncredited)

Rock Island Trail

1950

Saloonkeeper

Father Makes Good

1950

Milo Williams

The Nevadan

1950

Rusty (uncredited)

Mr. Soft Touch

1949

Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)

Leave It to Henry

1949

Milo Williams

Hellfire

1949

Character TBA

Grand Canyon

1949

Windy

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)

Bad Men of Tombstone

1949

Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)

Last of the Wild Horses

1948

Remedy Williams

The Paleface

1948

Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

Station West

1948

Cook

Relentless

1948

Veterinarian (uncredited)

The Dude Goes West

1948

Finnegan

The Return of the Whistler

1948

Jeff Anderson

I Walk Alone

1947

Ed the Watchman (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way

1947

Gardener

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947

Gas Man

Angel and the Badman

1947

Bradley

Apache Rose

1947

Alkali

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

1946

Marcus Le Blaine

Home Sweet Homicide

1946

Luke

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946

Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

Dakota

1945

Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)

Fallen Angel

1945

Joe Ellis (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home

1945

Steward

Senorita from the West

1945

Justice of Peace

Captain Eddie

1945

Census Taker

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945

Dead Eye

Sheriff of Cimarron

1945

Pinky Snyder

Her Lucky Night

1945

Prince de la Mour

Grissly's Millions

1945

Andrews

She Gets Her Man

1945

Hank (uncredited)

I'll Be Seeing You

1944

Train Vendor (uncredited)

Can't Help Singing

1944

Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)

The Town Went Wild

1944

Bit Part

Nothing But Trouble

1944

Painter's Foreman (uncredited)

In the Meantime, Darling

1944

Moorehousse

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

1944

Joe the Barber

Man from Frisco

1944

Eben Whelock

Bermuda Mystery

1944

Gas Station Owner

Twilight on the Prairie

1944

Jed (as Olin Howlin)

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

1943

Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver

The Good Fellows

1943

Reynolds

The Sky's the Limit

1943

Driver (uncredited)

Dixie

1943

Mr. Deveraux

A Stranger in Town

1943

Homer Todds

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943

Sheriff (uncredited)

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942

Jailer

Secrets of the Underground

1942

Oscar Mayberry

You Can't Escape Forever

1942

Cemetery Organist (uncredited)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

Jacob Diezel

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942

Carpenter (uncredited)

Henry and Dizzy

1942

Frank Stevens

In Old California

1942

Undetermined Minor Role

Almost Married

1942

Bright

Dr. Broadway

1942

The professor

Dr. Broadway

1942

The Professor

Home in Wyomin'

1942

Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942

Jonathan Meek

This Gun for Hire

1942

Blair Fletcher

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942

Office Worker (uncredited)

Sappy Birthday

1942

Character TBA

Two-Faced Woman

1941

Frank (uncredited)

You're in the Army Now

1941

Farmer

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941

Dr. Williams

One Foot in Heaven

1941

Train Station Master (uncredited)

Buy Me That Town

1941

Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)

Belle Starr

1941

Jasper Trench

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941

Corky

Chad Hanna

1940

Cisco Tridd

Just a Cute Kid

1940

Dr. Clump

Young People

1940

Station Master

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940

Pa Blower

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940

Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison

1940

Telegrapher (Indian Attack)

Four Wives

1939

Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)

Days of Jesse James

1939

Muncie Undersheriff

Gone with the Wind

1939

A Carpetbagger Businessman

The Return of Doctor X

1939

Undertaker

One Hour To Live

1939

Clerk

Blondie Brings Up Baby

1939

Encyclopedia Salesman

Zenobia

1939

Attorney Culpepper

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939

Police Sergeant Entwhistle

Made for Each Other

1939

Farmer (uncredited)

Sweethearts

1938

Appleby

Brother Rat

1938

Slim

The Mad Miss Manton

1938

Mr. X, the Safecracker

Little Tough Guy

1938

Baxter

When Were You Born

1938

Peter Finlay

Kentucky Moonshine

1938

Tom Slack

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938

Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

The Girl of the Golden West

1938

Trinidad Joe

Merrily We Live

1938

Jed Smith

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938

Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster

The Bad Man of Brimstone

1937

Stagecoach Driver

Nothing Sacred

1937

Baggage Man

Stand-In

1937

Hotel manager

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937

Doorman

Marry the Girl

1937

Southern sales manager

Mountain Music

1937

Pappy Burnside

Men in Exile

1937

Jones

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936

Dr. MacDuffy

Country Gentlemen

1936

Lawyer

The Longest Night

1936

Smythe, Floorwalker

Earthworm Tractors

1936

Mr. Blair

Satan Met a Lady

1936

Detective Dunhill

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936

Wilbur Strong

The Big Noise

1936

Harrison

I Married a Doctor

1936

Dave Dyer

Snowed Under

1936

Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)

Road Gang

1936

Prison Farm Doctor

Man Hunt

1936

Court Starrett

The Widow from Monte Carlo

1935

Eaves

Dr. Socrates

1935

Bob Catlett

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

Dr. Croker

Little Big Shot

1935

Doc (uncredited)

Love Me Forever

1935

Carlton

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935

Wilbur Strong

Naughty Marietta

1935

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Folies Bergère

1935

Stage Manager

Wagon Wheels

1934

Bill O'Leary

Treasure Island

1934

Pirate of the Spanish Main

Little Women

1933

Mr. Davis (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

1933

Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

1933

Eddie

So Big!

1932

Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)

Cheaters at Play

1932

Secretary

Over the Hill

1931

Isaac as an Adult

Zander the Great

1925

Elmer Lovejoy

Janice Meredith

1924

Philemon

Danse macabre

1922

Death

Independence, B'Gosh

1918

Horation Whiffle

Romance and Brass Tacks

1918

Character TBA

Hick Manhattan

1918

Hugh Columbus McGinty