Olin Howland
- Acting
- February 9, 1886 · Denver, Colorado, USA
- September 20, 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.
Known for
Filmography
- Complicated Women · Self
- Creepy Classics · Old Man - (archive footage)
- The Blob · The Old Man
- Bombers B-52 · Joe (uncredited)
- The Real McCoys
- The Spirit of St. Louis · Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
- The Storm Rider · Will Collins
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The McConnell Story · Sam
- A Star Is Born · Charley (uncredited)
- Them! · Jensen
- So This Is Love · Mailman
- Mr. & Mrs. North
- Hopalong Cassidy
- The Fabulous Senorita · Justice of the Peace
- I Love Lucy · Mr. Skinner
- Fighting Coast Guard · Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
- Santa Fe · Dan Dugan
- Lux Video Theatre · Sheriff, Pete Walters
- Charlie's Haunt · Storyteller on Bench
- Never a Dull Moment · Hunter (uncredited)
- A Ticket to Tomahawk
- Rock Island Trail · Saloonkeeper
- Father Makes Good · Milo Williams
- The Nevadan · Rusty (uncredited)
- Mr. Soft Touch · Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
- Leave It to Henry · Milo Williams
- Hellfire · Bartender (uncredited)
- Grand Canyon · Windy
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
- Little Women · Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)
- Bad Men of Tombstone · Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
- Last of the Wild Horses · Remedy Williams
- The Paleface · Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
- Station West · Cook
- Relentless · Veterinarian (uncredited)
- The Dude Goes West · Finnegan
- The Return of the Whistler · Jeff Anderson
- I Walk Alone · Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
- Living in a Big Way · Gardener
- Easy Come, Easy Go · Gas Man
- Angel and the Badman · Bradley
- Apache Rose · Alkali
- Crime Doctor's Man Hunt · Marcus Le Blaine
- Home Sweet Homicide · Luke
- The Strange Love of Martha Ivers · Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
- Dakota · Devlin's Driver
- Fallen Angel · Joe Ellis (uncredited)
- Sing Your Way Home · Steward (uncredited)
- Senorita from the West · Justice of Peace
- Captain Eddie · Census Taker
- Santa Fe Saddlemates · Dead Eye
- Sheriff of Cimarron · Pinky Snyder
- Her Lucky Night · Prince de la Mour
- Grissly's Millions · Andrews
- She Gets Her Man · Hank (uncredited)
- Can't Help Singing · Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
- I'll Be Seeing You · Train Vendor (uncredited)
- The Town Went Wild · Bit Part
- Nothing But Trouble · Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
- In the Meantime, Darling · Moorehousse
- Sing, Neighbor, Sing · Joe the Barber
- Man from Frisco · Eben Whelock
- Bermuda Mystery · Gas Station Owner
- Twilight on the Prairie · Jed (as Olin Howlin)
- The Falcon and the Co-Eds · Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
- The Good Fellows · Reynolds
- The Sky's the Limit · Driver (uncredited)
- Dixie · Mr. Deveraux
- A Stranger in Town · Homer Todds
- The Falcon Strikes Back · Sheriff (uncredited)
- Ridin' Down the Canyon · Jailer
- When Johnny Comes Marching Home · Trullers
- Secrets of the Underground · Oscar Mayberry
- You Can't Escape Forever · Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Jacob Diezel
- Ten Gentlemen from West Point · Carpenter (uncredited)
- Henry and Dizzy · Frank Stevens
- In Old California · Undetermined Minor Role
- Almost Married · Bright