Olin Howland
Acting
🎂 1886-02-09
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.
Cast credits(158)
Mr. Skinner
1951
A Carpetbagger Businessman
1939
1956
Sheriff
1950
Pete Walters
1950
Bartender
1950
1957
Jailer
1942
1952
1952
Sam
1955
Joe (uncredited)
1957
Jacob Diezel
1942
Saloonkeeper
1950
Jensen
1954
The Old Man
1958
Hunter (uncredited)
1950
Doc (uncredited)
1935
Gas Station Owner
1944
Tom Slack
1938
Will Collins
1957
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
1946
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1933
Dan Dugan
1951
Blair Fletcher
1942
Bradley
1947
Charley (uncredited)
1954
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933
Alkali
1947
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1952
Cook
1948
Rusty (uncredited)
1950
Devlin's Driver
1945
Veterinarian (uncredited)
1948
Mr. X, the Safecracker
1938
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
1943
Oscar Mayberry
1942
Mr. Blair
1936
The Professor
1942
Self (archive footage)
2003
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
1949
Encyclopedia Salesman
1939
Finnegan
1948
Reynolds
1943
Frank Stevens
1942
Stage Manager
1935
Jasper Trench
1941
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
1945
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
1957
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
1944
Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Corky
1941
Gas Man
1947
Stagecoach Driver
1937
Eben Whelock
1944
Joe the Barber
1944
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
1940
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
1938
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
1947
Milo Williams
1950
1949
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
1948
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
1950
Jonathan Meek
1942
Sheriff (uncredited)
1943
Mailman
1953
Undertaker
1939
Bright
1942
Train Station Master (uncredited)
1941
Jeff Anderson
1948
Appleby
1938
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
1944
Frank (uncredited)
1941
Muncie Undersheriff
1939
Census Taker
1945
Harrison
1936
Station Master
1940
Farmer (uncredited)
1939
Dave Dyer
1936
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
1940
Office Worker (uncredited)
1942
Gardener
1947
Peter Finlay
1938
Justice of Peace
1945
Southern sales manager
1937
Wilbur Strong
1935
Carpenter (uncredited)
1942
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
1939
Lawyer
1936
Pappy Burnside
1937
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
1938
Milo Williams
1949
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
1942
Baxter
1938
Andrews
1945
Slim
1938
Attorney Culpepper
1939
Baggage Man
1937
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
1932
Cisco Tridd
1940
Mr. Deveraux
1943
Luke
1946
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
1939
Pa Blower
1940
Trinidad Joe
1938
Homer Todds
1943
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
1951
Train Vendor (uncredited)
1944
Court Starrett
1936
Doorman
1937
Isaac as an Adult
1931
Prison Farm Doctor
1936
Dr. Croker
1935
Farmer
1941
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
1944
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1935
Driver (uncredited)
1943
Dr. Williams
1941
Clerk
1939
Eddie
1933
Bob Catlett
1935
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
1949
Philemon
1924
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
1942
Dr. Clump
1940
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
Jed Smith
1938
Detective Dunhill
1936
Dead Eye
1945
Moorehousse
1944
Dr. MacDuffy
1936
Remedy Williams
1948
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
1941
Wilbur Strong
1936
Carlton
1935
Smythe, Floorwalker
1936
Eaves
1935
Old Man - (archive footage)
1987
1942
Steward
1945
Windy
1949
Bill O'Leary
1934
Pinky Snyder
1945
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
1949
Hank (uncredited)
1945
Jones
1937
Secretary
1932
Elmer Lovejoy
1925
Marcus Le Blaine
1946
Hotel Manager
1937
Prince de la Mour
1945
Death
1922
Bit Part
1944
Hugh Columbus McGinty
1918
1918
Horation Whiffle
1918
Storyteller on Bench
1950