Olan Soule

Known For: Acting
Born: February 28, 1909
Place of Birth: La Harpe, Illinois, USA
Died: February 1, 1994

Olan Soule

Olan Evart Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. Soule's voice work on television included his 15-year role (1968–1983) as Batman on several animated series that were either devoted to or involved the fictional "Dark Knight" superhero. Soule married Norma Elizabeth Miller on September 29, 1929. They had two children and were married for 63 years, until Norma's death on July 1, 1992. His daughter Joann, was also an actress, under the name of Sydney Soule. Soule was a 32-degree Mason as well as a member of the Los Angeles Show Business Shrine Club (Al Malikah). On February 1, 1994, Soule died at age 84 of lung cancer in Corona, California, at the home of his daughter, Joann, and son-in-law, Dr. David Henri…

Filmography

Scooby-Doo Meets Batman

2002 · Batman (voice) (archive footage)

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show

1984

The Jerk, Too

1984 · Mr. Baxter

Just Our Luck

1983

Simon & Simon

1981

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

1979 · Pop

The World's Greatest Super Friends

1979

The Small One

1978 · Father (voice)

Battlestar Galactica

1978 · Carmichael

Challenge of the Super Friends

1978

Project U.F.O.

1978

Fantasy Island

1978 · Proprietor

The Love Boat

1977 · Harvey Grove

The All-New Super Friends Hour

1977

St. Ives

1976 · Station Man

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975 · Rube Cluck

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975 · Eli Bence

The Towering Inferno

1974 · Johnson

Harry O

1974

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Ticket Agent

Willie Dynamite

1974 · Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)

Super Friends

1973 · Batman (voice)

The Six Million Dollar Man

1973 · Saltillo

Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters

1972 · Additional Voices

Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal

1972 · Narrator

Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family

1972 · Additional Voices (voice)

Banacek

1972 · Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972 · Batman (voice)

Emergency!

1972

Nichols

1971 · Mr. Goudge

Cannon

1971

The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill

1971 · Dr. Samuels

Arnie

1970

The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County

1970 · Train Conductor (uncredited)

House on Greenapple Road

1970 · Coroner

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

1969 · TV Reporter (uncredited)

Inky, the Crow

1969 · Narrator

Dragnet

1969 · Wayne, Forensics Officer

The Night Before Christmas

1968 · Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)

Mayberry R.F.D.

1968 · Employer #2

Land of the Giants

1968 · Cameraman

Adam-12

1968 · Vernon Barber

The Adventures of Batman

1968 · Batman (voice)

The Destructors

1968 · Mace (as Olan Soulé)

And Of Course You

1968 · Narrator

Dragnet

1967 · Ray Murray

The Bubble

1966 · Watch Repairman

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966 · Dr. Apella

Family Affair

1966

The Monkees

1966 · Waiter

That Girl

1966

Batman

1966 · Newscaster

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The F.B.I.

1965 · Gary Deuel

The Big Valley

1965 · Telegraph Clerk

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

1965 · Second Editor (uncredited)

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

1964

Daniel Boone

1964 · Silversmith

The Addams Family

1964 · Harwood Widdy

Bewitched

1964 · Doctor Passmore

Looking for Love

1964 · Photographer (uncredited)

Sunday in New York

1963 · Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)

My Favorite Martian

1963

Petticoat Junction

1963 · Stanley Benson, Coffee Salesman, Mr. Parks, Bert, The Barber

The Fugitive

1963 · Chet Carter

It Happened at the World's Fair

1963 · Mr. Johnson (uncredited)

Days of Wine and Roses

1963 · Elevator Operator (uncredited)

McHale's Navy

1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · Bill

13 West Street

1962 · Staff Member (uncredited)

The Hurrying Kind

The Hurrying Kind

1962 · Fred Welling

Bachelor in Paradise

1961 · Waiter (uncredited)

Mister Ed

1961

Peter Loves Mary

Peter Loves Mary

1960

Angel

1960

Stagecoach West

1960 · Cal

The Andy Griffith Show

1960 · John Masters

My Three Sons

1960

Pete and Gladys

1960

Checkmate

1960

Bells Are Ringing

1960 · Nervous Man (uncredited)

Hell Bent for Leather

1960 · Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus

1960 · Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby

The Detectives

1959

The Rebel

1959 · Liam O'Shea

The Twilight Zone

1959 · IRS Man, Mr. Smiles (uncredited)

Johnny Ringo

1959 · Sam, Clerk

North by Northwest

1959 · Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

One Step Beyond

1959 · Stowaway

Rawhide

1959

77 Sunset Strip

1958

Bat Masterson

1958 · Bartender

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

Behind Closed Doors

1958 · Hotchkiss

The Rifleman

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Bartender, Archie Warner

The Notorious Mr. Monks

1958 · Court Clerk (uncredited)

The Real McCoys

1957

Perry Mason

1957 · Court Clerk

M Squad

1957 · Tailor

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957 · , Hotel Carlton Assistant Mgr. Cartwright

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957 · Mr. Danzig

Francis in the Haunted House

1956 · Dr. Bentley

Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers

1956 · Narrator (voice)

While the City Sleeps

1956 · Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

Ransom!

1956 · Bank Clerk

Queen Bee

1955 · Dr. Pearson

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Chemist, Art Dealer, Darlene's Daddy, Brother Fish, Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)

Gunsmoke

1955 · Barber, Waiter

Science Fiction Theatre

1955

Cult of the Cobra

1955 · Major Martin Fielding

The Millionaire

1955 · Teller

Phffft

1954 · Mr. Duncan (uncredited)

December Bride

1954

Dragnet

1954 · Ray Pinker

Captain Midnight

1954

Human Desire

1954 · Lewis

Francis Joins the WACS

1954 · Captain Creavy

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954 · Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Stanley Gibbs

City Detective

1953

Trouble Along the Way

1953 · Cardinal's Secretary

General Electric Theater

1953 · , Jack Townsend, Desk Clerk

Never Wave at a WAC

1953 · Lt. Constable (uncredited)

Monkey Business

1952 · Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Clash by Night

1952 · Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Atomic City

1952 · Mortie Fenton

Dragnet

1951

I Love Lucy

1951 · Dr. Gettleman

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

You Never Can Tell

1951 · Dog House Salesman (uncredited)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951 · Mr. Krull

Hollywood Story

1951 · Radio Commentator (uncredited)

Branded

1950

Peggy

1950 · Simmons

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town

1950 · Salon Technician (uncredited)

The Lady Takes a Sailor

1949 · Tyson's Assistant (uncredited)

Beyond the Forest

1949

It's a Great Feeling

1949 · Flack (uncredited)

Studio One

1948 · Doctor (uncredited)

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