Olin Howland
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: February 9, 1886
Day of Death: September 20, 1959 (74 years old)
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
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Actor Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Fallen Angel
Actor Pinky Snyder
Sheriff of Cimarron
Actor Dead Eye
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Actor Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)
Dakota
Actor Hank (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
Actor Andrews
Grissly's Millions
Actor Justice of Peace
Senorita from the West
Actor Census Taker
Captain Eddie
Actor Prince de la Mour
Her Lucky Night
Actor Steward
Sing Your Way Home
1944
Actor Bit Part
The Town Went Wild
Actor Train Vendor (uncredited)
I'll Be Seeing You
Actor Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Nothing But Trouble
Actor Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Can't Help Singing
Actor Joe the Barber
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Actor Gas Station Owner
Bermuda Mystery
Actor Moorehousse
In the Meantime, Darling
Actor Eben Whelock
Man from Frisco
Actor Jed (as Olin Howlin)
Twilight on the Prairie
1943
1942
Actor Office Worker (uncredited)
Blondie's Blessed Event
Actor Bright
Almost Married
Actor Blair Fletcher
This Gun for Hire
Actor
Sappy Birthday
Actor Jonathan Meek
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Actor Jailer
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Actor Jacob Diezel
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Actor Frank Stevens
Henry and Dizzy
Actor The professor
Dr. Broadway
Actor Oscar Mayberry
Secrets of the Underground
Actor Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
Home in Wyomin'
Actor Undetermined Minor Role
In Old California
Actor Carpenter (uncredited)
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Actor The Professor
Dr. Broadway
Actor Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
You Can't Escape Forever
1941
Actor Dr. Williams
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Actor Jasper Trench
Belle Starr
Actor Frank (uncredited)
Two-Faced Woman
Actor Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Buy Me That Town
Actor Corky
The Shepherd of the Hills
Actor Farmer
You're in the Army Now
Actor Train Station Master (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1940
1939
Actor A Carpetbagger Businessman
Gone with the Wind
Actor Encyclopedia Salesman
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Actor Attorney Culpepper
Zenobia
Actor Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Actor Farmer (uncredited)
Made for Each Other
Actor Muncie Undersheriff
Days of Jesse James
Actor Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Four Wives
Actor Undertaker
The Return of Doctor X
Actor Clerk
One Hour To Live
1938
Actor Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Actor Trinidad Joe
The Girl of the Golden West
Actor Tom Slack
Kentucky Moonshine
Actor Peter Finlay
When Were You Born
Actor Jed Smith
Merrily We Live
Actor Baxter
Little Tough Guy
Actor Mr. X, the Safecracker
The Mad Miss Manton
Actor Slim
Brother Rat
Actor Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Actor Appleby
Sweethearts
1937
1936
Actor Detective Dunhill
Satan Met a Lady
Actor Mr. Blair
Earthworm Tractors
Actor Wilbur Strong
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Actor Prison Farm Doctor
Road Gang
Actor Lawyer
Country Gentlemen
Actor Harrison
The Big Noise
Actor Court Starrett
Man Hunt
Actor Dave Dyer
I Married a Doctor
Actor Dr. MacDuffy
Gold Diggers of 1937
Actor Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Snowed Under
Actor Smythe, Floorwalker
The Longest Night
1935
Actor Carlton
Love Me Forever
Actor Dr. Croker
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Actor Bob Catlett
Dr. Socrates
Actor Stage Manager
Folies Bergère
Actor Doc (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
Actor Wilbur Strong
The Case of the Curious Bride
Actor Eaves
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Actor Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
