Olin Howland

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-02-09 (73 years old)

Deathday

1959-09-20

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Olin Howland

Biography

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 ...

Acting

1939

Gone with the Wind

as A Carpetbagger Businessman

1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

as Encyclopedia Salesman

1942

Blondie's Blessed Event

as Office Worker (uncredited)

1933

1954

Them!

as Jensen

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster

1944

1944

I'll Be Seeing You

as Train Vendor (uncredited)

1943

The Good Fellows

as Reynolds

1947

1942

1958

The Blob

as The Old Man

1945

Fallen Angel

as Joe Ellis (uncredited)

1944

Nothing But Trouble

as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)

1936

Satan Met a Lady

as Detective Dunhill

1948

1937

Nothing Sacred

as Baggage Man

1938

1936

Earthworm Tractors

as Mr. Blair

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Blair Fletcher

1943

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver

1933

Little Women

as Mr. Davis (uncredited)

1944

Can't Help Singing

as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)

1941

Belle Starr

as Jasper Trench

1987

Creepy Classics

as Old Man - (archive footage)

1918

Hick Manhattan

as Hugh Columbus McGinty

1918

Independence, B'Gosh

as Horation Whiffle

1950

The Nevadan

as Rusty (uncredited)

1940

Young People

as Station Master

1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

as Jonathan Meek

1939

Zenobia

as Attorney Culpepper

1935

Love Me Forever

as Carlton

1951

Santa Fe

as Dan Dugan

1937

Stand-In

as Hotel Manager

1936

1943

A Stranger in Town

as Homer Todds

1937

Men in Exile

as Jones

1957

The Storm Rider

as Will Collins

1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)

1937

Marry the Girl

as Southern sales manager

1936

Road Gang

as Prison Farm Doctor

1936

1935

Dr. Socrates

as Bob Catlett

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

as Tom Slack

1938

When Were You Born

as Peter Finlay

1947

1953

So This Is Love

as Mailman

1943

The Sky's the Limit

as Driver (uncredited)

1938

Merrily We Live

as Jed Smith

1931

Over the Hill

as Isaac as an Adult

1938

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

as Mr. X, the Safecracker

1948

1940

Chad Hanna

as Cisco Tridd

1950

Charlie's Haunt

as Storyteller on Bench

1935

Folies Bergère

as Stage Manager

1934

Treasure Island

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

1935

Little Big Shot

as Doc (uncredited)

1941

Two-Faced Woman

as Frank (uncredited)

1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

as Joe the Barber

1947

I Walk Alone

as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)

1938

1943

Dixie

as Mr. Deveraux

1925

Zander the Great

as Elmer Lovejoy

1948

Last of the Wild Horses

as Remedy Williams

1954

A Star Is Born

as Charley (uncredited)

1936

The Big Noise

as Harrison

1942

Henry and Dizzy

as Frank Stevens

1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter

as Police Sergeant Entwhistle

1939

Made for Each Other

as Farmer (uncredited)

1932

Cheaters at Play

as Secretary

1942

Dr. Broadway

as The professor

1939

Days of Jesse James

as Muncie Undersheriff

1939

Four Wives

as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)

1939

1945

Sheriff of Cimarron

as Pinky Snyder

1947

Apache Rose

as Alkali

1945

1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)

1924

Janice Meredith

as Philemon

1922

1944

Bermuda Mystery

as Gas Station Owner

1940

Young Tom Edison

as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)

1944

1945

Dakota

as Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)

1936

Man Hunt

as Court Starrett

1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)

1940

Just a Cute Kid

as Dr. Clump

1941

Buy Me That Town

as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)

1942

1948

1945

She Gets Her Man

as Hank (uncredited)

1936

I Married a Doctor

as Dave Dyer

1944

Man from Frisco

as Eben Whelock

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)

1935

1950

Rock Island Trail

as Saloonkeeper

1945

1942

Home in Wyomin'

as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)

1945

Senorita from the West

as Justice of Peace

1944

Twilight on the Prairie

as Jed (as Olin Howlin)

1933

Golden Harvest

as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)

1949

Bad Men of Tombstone

as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)

1942

In Old California

as Undetermined Minor Role

1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Carpenter (uncredited)

1936

Gold Diggers of 1937

as Dr. MacDuffy

1957

Bombers B-52

as Joe (uncredited)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1937

The Bad Man of Brimstone

as Stagecoach Driver

1948

Relentless

as Veterinarian (uncredited)

1951

Fighting Coast Guard

as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)

1932

So Big!

as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)

1948

The Paleface

as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker

1947

1946

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

as Marcus Le Blaine

1938

Sweethearts

as Appleby

1950

Father Makes Good

as Milo Williams

1942

Dr. Broadway

as The Professor

1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

as Sheriff (uncredited)

1934

Wagon Wheels

as Bill O'Leary

1949

Leave It to Henry

as Milo Williams

1945

Captain Eddie

as Census Taker

1939

1945

Her Lucky Night

as Prince de la Mour

1949

Mr. Soft Touch

as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)

1935

Naughty Marietta

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1937

Mountain Music

as Pappy Burnside

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)

1952

The Fabulous Senorita

as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)

1936

Snowed Under

as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)

1936

The Longest Night

as Smythe, Floorwalker

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Train Station Master (uncredited)

1949

Grand Canyon

as Windy

1945

1950

Never a Dull Moment

as Hunter (uncredited)

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