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(159)
Mr. Skinner
1951
1952
1957
1956
1952
Sheriff
1950
Pete Walters
1950
Bartender
1950
A Carpetbagger Businessman
1939
The Old Man
1958
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
1949
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
1945
Doorman
1937
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
1946
Farmer (uncredited)
1939
Jensen
1954
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
1939
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
1935
Charley (uncredited)
1954
Dr. Croker
1935
Bradley
1947
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
1938
Rusty (uncredited)
1950
Pirate of the Spanish Main
1934
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1933
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
1947
Undetermined Minor Role
1942
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
1957
Blair Fletcher
1942
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
1949
Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)
1945
Stage Manager
1935
Baggage Man
1937
Bill O'Leary
1934
1949
Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
1948
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
1940
Veterinarian (uncredited)
1948
Cisco Tridd
1940
Dan Dugan
1951
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
1943
Jasper Trench
1941
Jailer
1942
Luke
1946
Station Master
1940
Self (archive footage)
2003
Cook
1948
Undertaker
1939
Corky
1941
1950
Homer Todds
1943
Jonathan Meek
1942
Attorney Culpepper
1939
Dr. MacDuffy
1936
Carpenter (uncredited)
1942
Frank (uncredited)
1941
Dave Dyer
1936
Saloonkeeper
1950
Driver (uncredited)
1943
Joe (uncredited)
1957
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
1951
Gardener
1947
Mr. X, the Safecracker
1938
Bob Catlett
1935
Bit Part
1944
Appleby
1938
Train Vendor (uncredited)
1944
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
1938
Mailman
1953
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
1940
Southern sales manager
1937
Train Station Master (uncredited)
1941
Lawyer
1936
Jed Smith
1938
Windy
1949
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
1944
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
1932
Bright
1942
Sam
1955
Reynolds
1943
Encyclopedia Salesman
1939
Mr. Blair
1936
Sheriff (uncredited)
1943
Remedy Williams
1948
Wilbur Strong
1935
Trinidad Joe
1938
Milo Williams
1950
Eaves
1935
Detective Dunhill
1936
Mr. Deveraux
1943
Farmer
1941
Andrews
1945
Doc (uncredited)
1935
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
1936
Moorehousse
1944
Muncie Undersheriff
1939
Marcus Le Blaine
1946
Hank (uncredited)
1945
Dr. Clump
1940
Jeff Anderson
1948
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
1942
Justice of Peace
1945
Carlton
1935
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
1944
Finnegan
1948
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
1939
Isaac as an Adult
1931
Old Man - (archive footage)
1987
Jones
1937
Gas Station Owner
1944
Eddie
1933
Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
1949
Tom Slack
1938
Harrison
1936
Steward
1945
Dr. Williams
1941
Wilbur Strong
1936
Peter Finlay
1938
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
1942
Hunter (uncredited)
1950
Prison Farm Doctor
1936
Hotel Manager
1937
Slim
1938
Elmer Lovejoy
1925
The professor
1942
The Professor
1942
Dead Eye
1945
Will Collins
1957
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
1941
Prince de la Mour
1945
Hugh Columbus McGinty
1918
Gas Man
1947
Stagecoach Driver
1937
Alkali
1947
Office Worker (uncredited)
1942
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1952
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
1944
Court Starrett
1936
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
1933
Eben Whelock
1944
Pappy Burnside
1937
Milo Williams
1949
Death
1922
Pinky Snyder
1945
Baxter
1938
Clerk
1939
Frank Stevens
1942
Philemon
1924
Pa Blower
1940
1942
Jacob Diezel
1942
Smythe, Floorwalker
1936
Census Taker
1945
Joe the Barber
1944
1918
Secretary
1932
Oscar Mayberry
1942
Storyteller on Bench
1950
Horation Whiffle
1918