Olin Howland

Known For: Acting
Born: February 9, 1886
Place of Birth: Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: September 20, 1959

Olin Howland

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 …

Filmography

Complicated Women

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Creepy Classics

1987 · Old Man - (archive footage)

The Blob

1958 · The Old Man

Bombers B-52

1957 · Joe (uncredited)

The Real McCoys

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

1957 · Surplus Dealer (uncredited)

The Storm Rider

1957 · Will Collins

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956

The McConnell Story

1955 · Sam

A Star Is Born

1954 · Charley (uncredited)

Them!

1954 · Jensen

So This Is Love

1953 · Mailman

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

Hopalong Cassidy

1952

The Fabulous Senorita

1952 · Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)

I Love Lucy

1951 · Mr. Skinner

Fighting Coast Guard

1951 · Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)

Santa Fe

1951 · Dan Dugan

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1950 · Sheriff, Pete Walters, Bartender

Charlie's Haunt

1950 · Storyteller on Bench

Never a Dull Moment

1950 · Hunter (uncredited)

A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

Rock Island Trail

1950 · Saloonkeeper

Father Makes Good

1950 · Milo Williams

The Nevadan

1950 · Rusty (uncredited)

Mr. Soft Touch

1949 · Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)

Leave It to Henry

1949 · Milo Williams

Hellfire

1949 · Bartender (uncredited)

Grand Canyon

1949 · Windy

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949 · Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)

Little Women

1949 · Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Bad Men of Tombstone

1949 · Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)

Last of the Wild Horses

1948 · Remedy Williams

The Paleface

1948 · Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

Station West

1948 · Cook

Relentless

1948 · Veterinarian (uncredited)

The Dude Goes West

1948 · Finnegan

The Return of the Whistler

1948 · Jeff Anderson

I Walk Alone

1947 · Ed the Watchman (uncredited)

Living in a Big Way

1947 · Gardener

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 · Gas Man

Angel and the Badman

1947 · Bradley

Apache Rose

1947 · Alkali

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

1946 · Marcus Le Blaine

Home Sweet Homicide

1946 · Luke

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

1946 · Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

Dakota

1945 · Devlin's Driver

Fallen Angel

1945 · Joe Ellis (uncredited)

Sing Your Way Home

1945 · Steward (uncredited)

Senorita from the West

1945 · Justice of Peace

Captain Eddie

1945 · Census Taker

Santa Fe Saddlemates

1945 · Dead Eye

Sheriff of Cimarron

1945 · Pinky Snyder

Her Lucky Night

1945 · Prince de la Mour

Grissly's Millions

1945 · Andrews

She Gets Her Man

1945 · Hank (uncredited)

I'll Be Seeing You

1944 · Train Vendor (uncredited)

Can't Help Singing

1944 · Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)

The Town Went Wild

1944 · Bit Part

Nothing But Trouble

1944 · Painter's Foreman (uncredited)

In the Meantime, Darling

1944 · Moorehousse

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

1944 · Joe the Barber

Man from Frisco

1944 · Eben Whelock

Bermuda Mystery

1944 · Gas Station Owner

Twilight on the Prairie

1944 · Jed (as Olin Howlin)

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

1943 · Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver

The Good Fellows

1943 · Reynolds

The Sky's the Limit

1943 · Driver (uncredited)

Dixie

1943 · Mr. Deveraux

A Stranger in Town

1943 · Homer Todds

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943 · Sheriff (uncredited)

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942 · Jailer

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

1942 · Trullers

Secrets of the Underground

1942 · Oscar Mayberry

You Can't Escape Forever

1942 · Cemetery Organist (uncredited)

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942 · Jacob Diezel

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

1942 · Carpenter (uncredited)

Henry and Dizzy

1942 · Frank Stevens

In Old California

1942 · Undetermined Minor Role

Almost Married

1942 · Bright

Dr. Broadway

1942 · The Professor

Home in Wyomin'

1942 · Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

1942 · Jonathan Meek

This Gun for Hire

1942 · Blair Fletcher

Blondie's Blessed Event

1942 · Office Worker (uncredited)

Sappy Birthday

1942

Two-Faced Woman

1941 · Frank (uncredited)

You're in the Army Now

1941 · Farmer

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941 · Dr. Williams

One Foot in Heaven

1941 · Train Station Master (uncredited)

Buy Me That Town

1941 · Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)

Belle Starr

1941 · Jasper Trench

The Shepherd of the Hills

1941 · Corky

Chad Hanna

1940 · Cisco Tridd

Just a Cute Kid

1940 · Dr. Clump

Young People

1940 · Station Master

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940 · Pa Blower

The Doctor Takes a Wife

1940 · Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)

Young Tom Edison

1940 · Telegrapher (Indian Attack)

Four Wives

1939 · Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)

Days of Jesse James

1939 · Muncie Undersheriff

Gone with the Wind

1939 · A Carpetbagger Businessman

The Return of Doctor X

1939 · Undertaker

One Hour to Live

1939 · Clerk

Blondie Brings Up Baby

1939 · Encyclopedia Salesman

Zenobia

1939 · Attorney Culpepper

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939 · Police Sergeant Entwhistle

Made for Each Other

1939 · Farmer (uncredited)

Sweethearts

1938 · Appleby

Brother Rat

1938 · Slim

The Mad Miss Manton

1938 · Mr. X, the Safecracker

Little Tough Guy

1938 · Baxter

When Were You Born

1938 · Peter Finlay

Kentucky Moonshine

1938 · Tom Slack

Mr. Moto's Gamble

1938 · Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

The Girl of the Golden West

1938 · Trinidad Joe

Merrily We Live

1938 · Jed Smith

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938 · Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster

The Bad Man of Brimstone

1937 · Stagecoach Driver

Nothing Sacred

1937 · Baggage Man

Stand-In

1937 · Hotel Manager

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 · Doorman

Marry the Girl

1937 · Southern sales manager

Mountain Music

1937 · Pappy Burnside

Men in Exile

1937 · Jones

Gold Diggers of 1937

1936 · Dr. MacDuffy

Country Gentlemen

1936 · Lawyer

The Longest Night

1936 · Smythe, Floorwalker

Earthworm Tractors

1936 · Mr. Blair

Satan Met a Lady

1936 · Detective Dunhill

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936 · Wilbur Strong

The Big Noise

1936 · Harrison

I Married a Doctor

1936 · Dave Dyer

Snowed Under

1936 · Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)

Road Gang

1936 · Prison Farm Doctor

Man Hunt

1936 · Court Starrett

The Widow from Monte Carlo

1935 · Eaves

Dr. Socrates

1935 · Bob Catlett

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935 · Dr. Croker

Little Big Shot

1935 · Doc (uncredited)

Love Me Forever

1935 · Carlton

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935 · Wilbur Strong

Naughty Marietta

1935 · Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Folies Bergère de Paris

1935 · Stage Manager

Wagon Wheels

1934 · Bill O'Leary

Treasure Island

1934 · Pirate of the Spanish Main

Little Women

1933 · Mr. Davis (uncredited)

Golden Harvest

1933 · Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

1933 · Eddie

So Big!

1932 · Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)

Cheaters at Play

1932 · Secretary

Over the Hill

1931 · Isaac as an Adult

Zander the Great

1925 · Elmer Lovejoy

Janice Meredith

1924 · Philemon

Danse macabre

1922 · Death

Independence, B'Gosh

1918 · Horation Whiffle

Romance and Brass Tacks

1918

Hick Manhattan

1918 · Hugh Columbus McGinty

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