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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Complicated Women
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/05/2003
Creepy Classics
Character:Old Man - (archive footage)
Release Date:01/10/1987
The Blob
Character:The Old Man
Release Date:10/09/1958
Bombers B-52
Character:Joe (uncredited)
Release Date:22/11/1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Character:Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1957
The Storm Rider
Character:Will Collins
Release Date:01/03/1957
The McConnell Story
Character:Sam
Release Date:29/09/1955
A Star Is Born
Character:Charley (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1954
Them!
Character:Jensen
Release Date:16/06/1954
So This Is Love
Character:Mailman
Release Date:15/07/1953
The Fabulous Senorita
Character:Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:31/03/1952
Fighting Coast Guard
Character:Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:31/05/1951
Santa Fe
Character:Dan Dugan
Release Date:01/04/1951
Charlie's Haunt
Character:Storyteller on Bench
Release Date:19/08/1950
Never a Dull Moment
Character:Hunter (uncredited)
Release Date:19/08/1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Character:
Release Date:19/05/1950
Rock Island Trail
Character:Saloonkeeper
Release Date:18/05/1950
Father Makes Good
Character:Milo Williams
Release Date:07/05/1950
The Nevadan
Character:Rusty (uncredited)
Release Date:11/01/1950
Mr. Soft Touch
Character:Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Release Date:28/07/1949
Leave It to Henry
Character:Milo Williams
Release Date:12/06/1949
Hellfire
Character:
Release Date:29/05/1949
Grand Canyon
Character:Windy
Release Date:19/05/1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character:Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Release Date:18/04/1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
Character:Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:21/01/1949
Last of the Wild Horses
Character:Remedy Williams
Release Date:27/12/1948
The Paleface
Character:Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Release Date:17/12/1948
Station West
Character:Cook
Release Date:01/09/1948
Relentless
Character:Veterinarian (uncredited)
Release Date:15/06/1948
The Dude Goes West
Character:Finnegan
Release Date:30/05/1948
The Return of the Whistler
Character:Jeff Anderson
Release Date:18/03/1948
I Walk Alone
Character:Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1947
Living in a Big Way
Character:Gardener
Release Date:10/06/1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Character:Gas Man
Release Date:07/03/1947
Angel and the Badman
Character:Bradley
Release Date:15/02/1947
Apache Rose
Character:Alkali
Release Date:15/02/1947
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Character:Marcus Le Blaine
Release Date:24/10/1946
Home Sweet Homicide
Character:Luke
Release Date:02/10/1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Character:Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:19/08/1946
Dakota
Character:Devlin's Driver
Release Date:15/12/1945
Fallen Angel
Character:Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Release Date:15/11/1945
Sing Your Way Home
Character:Steward
Release Date:14/11/1945
Senorita from the West
Character:Justice of Peace
Release Date:12/10/1945
Captain Eddie
Character:Census Taker
Release Date:18/06/1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Character:Dead Eye
Release Date:01/06/1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
Character:Pinky Snyder
Release Date:28/02/1945
Her Lucky Night
Character:Prince de la Mour
Release Date:09/02/1945
Grissly's Millions
Character:Andrews
Release Date:16/01/1945
She Gets Her Man
Character:Hank (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/1945
I'll Be Seeing You
Character:Train Vendor (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1944
Can't Help Singing
Character:Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:25/12/1944
The Town Went Wild
Character:Bit Part
Release Date:15/12/1944
Nothing But Trouble
Character:Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Release Date:06/12/1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Character:Moorehousse
Release Date:22/09/1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Character:Joe the Barber
Release Date:12/08/1944
Man from Frisco
Character:Eben Whelock
Release Date:15/06/1944
Bermuda Mystery
Character:Gas Station Owner
Release Date:01/05/1944
Twilight on the Prairie
Character:Jed (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:30/04/1944
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Character:Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
Release Date:10/11/1943
The Good Fellows
Character:Reynolds
Release Date:11/08/1943
The Sky's the Limit
Character:Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:13/07/1943
Dixie
Character:Mr. Deveraux
Release Date:23/06/1943
A Stranger in Town
Character:Homer Todds
Release Date:01/04/1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
Character:Sheriff (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Character:Jailer
Release Date:30/12/1942
Secrets of the Underground
Character:Oscar Mayberry
Release Date:18/12/1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Character:Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Release Date:10/10/1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Character:Jacob Diezel
Release Date:01/10/1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Character:Carpenter (uncredited)
Release Date:26/06/1942
Henry and Dizzy
Character:Frank Stevens
Release Date:05/06/1942
In Old California
Character:Undetermined Minor Role
Release Date:31/05/1942
Almost Married
Character:Bright
Release Date:22/05/1942
Dr. Broadway
Character:The Professor
Release Date:09/05/1942
Home in Wyomin'
Character:Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:29/04/1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Character:Jonathan Meek
Release Date:27/04/1942
This Gun for Hire
Character:Blair Fletcher
Release Date:24/04/1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
Character:Office Worker (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1942
Sappy Birthday
Character:
Release Date:05/02/1942
Two-Faced Woman
Character:Frank (uncredited)
Release Date:31/12/1941
You're in the Army Now
Character:Farmer
Release Date:25/12/1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Character:Dr. Williams
Release Date:18/11/1941
One Foot in Heaven
Character:Train Station Master (uncredited)
Release Date:01/11/1941
Buy Me That Town
Character:Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Release Date:03/10/1941
Belle Starr
Character:Jasper Trench
Release Date:12/09/1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Character:Corky
Release Date:18/07/1941
Chad Hanna
Character:Cisco Tridd
Release Date:25/12/1940
Just a Cute Kid
Character:Dr. Clump
Release Date:05/10/1940
Young People
Character:Station Master
Release Date:30/08/1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
Character:Pa Blower
Release Date:16/08/1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Character:Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Release Date:25/04/1940
Young Tom Edison
Character:Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Release Date:15/03/1940
Four Wives
Character:Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Release Date:22/12/1939
Days of Jesse James
Character:Muncie Undersheriff
Release Date:20/12/1939
Gone with the Wind
Character:A Carpetbagger Businessman
Release Date:15/12/1939
The Return of Doctor X
Character:Undertaker
Release Date:23/11/1939
One Hour To Live
Character:Clerk
Release Date:10/11/1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Character:Encyclopedia Salesman
Release Date:08/11/1939
Zenobia
Character:Attorney Culpepper
Release Date:21/04/1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Character:Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Release Date:18/02/1939
Made for Each Other
Character:Farmer (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1939
Sweethearts
Character:Appleby
Release Date:30/12/1938
Brother Rat
Character:Slim
Release Date:29/10/1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Character:Mr. X, the Safecracker
Release Date:21/10/1938
Little Tough Guy
Character:Baxter
Release Date:22/07/1938
When Were You Born
Character:Peter Finlay
Release Date:18/06/1938
Kentucky Moonshine
Character:Tom Slack
Release Date:20/05/1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Character:Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Release Date:07/04/1938
The Girl of the Golden West
Character:Trinidad Joe
Release Date:18/03/1938
Merrily We Live
Character:Jed Smith
Release Date:04/03/1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Character:Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
Release Date:11/02/1938
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Character:Stagecoach Driver
Release Date:31/12/1937
Nothing Sacred
Character:Baggage Man
Release Date:25/11/1937
Stand-In
Character:Hotel Manager
Release Date:29/10/1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Character:Doorman
Release Date:17/09/1937
Marry the Girl
Character:Southern sales manager
Release Date:13/07/1937
Mountain Music
Character:Pappy Burnside
Release Date:18/06/1937
Men in Exile
Character:Jones
Release Date:04/04/1937
Gold Diggers of 1937
Character:Dr. MacDuffy
Release Date:28/12/1936
Country Gentlemen
Character:Lawyer
Release Date:08/11/1936
The Longest Night
Character:Smythe, Floorwalker
Release Date:02/10/1936
Earthworm Tractors
Character:Mr. Blair
Release Date:24/07/1936
Satan Met a Lady
Character:Detective Dunhill
Release Date:22/07/1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Character:Wilbur Strong
Release Date:03/07/1936
The Big Noise
Character:Harrison
Release Date:22/06/1936
I Married a Doctor
Character:Dave Dyer
Release Date:25/04/1936
Snowed Under
Character:Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/1936
Road Gang
Character:Prison Farm Doctor
Release Date:28/03/1936
Man Hunt
Character:Court Starrett
Release Date:29/01/1936
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Character:Eaves
Release Date:19/12/1935
Dr. Socrates
Character:Bob Catlett
Release Date:19/10/1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Character:Dr. Croker
Release Date:05/10/1935
Little Big Shot
Character:Doc (uncredited)
Release Date:07/09/1935
Love Me Forever
Character:Carlton
Release Date:28/06/1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Character:Wilbur Strong
Release Date:13/04/1935
Naughty Marietta
Character:Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/1935
Folies Bergère
Character:Stage Manager
Release Date:22/02/1935
Wagon Wheels
Character:Bill O'Leary
Release Date:15/09/1934
Treasure Island
Character:Pirate of the Spanish Main
Release Date:17/08/1934
Little Women
Character:Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Release Date:24/11/1933
Golden Harvest
Character:Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Release Date:21/09/1933
Blondie Johnson
Character:Eddie
Release Date:25/02/1933
So Big!
Character:Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Release Date:30/04/1932
Cheaters at Play
Character:Secretary
Release Date:27/01/1932
Over the Hill
Character:Isaac as an Adult
Release Date:29/11/1931
Zander the Great
Character:Elmer Lovejoy
Release Date:01/05/1925
Janice Meredith
Character:Philemon
Release Date:08/12/1924
Danse macabre
Character:Death
Release Date:08/03/1922
Independence, B'Gosh
Character:Horation Whiffle
Release Date:08/12/1918
Romance and Brass Tacks
Character:
Release Date:29/09/1918
Hick Manhattan
Character:Hugh Columbus McGinty
Release Date:01/09/1918
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