Olin Howland

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

158

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-02-09

Day of death

1959-09-20 (73 years old)

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 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.

Known For

  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

  • The Real McCoys

    The Real McCoys

  • Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Lux Video Theatre

    Lux Video Theatre

  • Them!

    Them!

  • Hopalong Cassidy

    Hopalong Cassidy

  • A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

  • The Spirit of St. Louis

    The Spirit of St. Louis

  • The Blob

    The Blob

  • Nothing Sacred

    Nothing Sacred

  • Apache Rose

    Apache Rose

  • Mr. & Mrs. North

    Mr. & Mrs. North

  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

    The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

  • Rock Island Trail

    Rock Island Trail

  • The Falcon and the Co-Eds

    The Falcon and the Co-Eds

  • The McConnell Story

    The McConnell Story

  • The Case of the Curious Bride

    The Case of the Curious Bride

  • Nothing But Trouble

    Nothing But Trouble

  • Home Sweet Homicide

    Home Sweet Homicide

  • This Gun for Hire

    This Gun for Hire

  • The Storm Rider

    The Storm Rider

  • Sheriff of Cimarron

    Sheriff of Cimarron

  • The Nevadan

    The Nevadan

  • The Falcon Strikes Back

    The Falcon Strikes Back

  • I'll Be Seeing You

    I'll Be Seeing You

  • Gold Diggers of 1937

    Gold Diggers of 1937

  • Almost Married

    Almost Married

  • Mr. Soft Touch

    Mr. Soft Touch

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • The Mad Miss Manton

    The Mad Miss Manton

  • Kentucky Moonshine

    Kentucky Moonshine

  • Father Makes Good

    Father Makes Good

  • Bombers B-52

    Bombers B-52

  • Golden Harvest

    Golden Harvest

  • One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

  • Henry and Dizzy

    Henry and Dizzy

  • Secrets of the Underground

    Secrets of the Underground

  • Little Big Shot

    Little Big Shot

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

  • Relentless

    Relentless

  • The Big Noise

    The Big Noise

  • The Return of Doctor X

    The Return of Doctor X

  • The Return of the Whistler

    The Return of the Whistler

  • The Town Went Wild

    The Town Went Wild

  • The Case of the Lucky Legs

    The Case of the Lucky Legs

  • Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

  • Days of Jesse James

    Days of Jesse James

  • Station West

    Station West

  • The Fabulous Senorita

    The Fabulous Senorita

  • The Shepherd of the Hills

    The Shepherd of the Hills

  • Brother Rat

    Brother Rat

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Leave It to Henry

    Leave It to Henry

  • The Good Fellows

    The Good Fellows

  • Ten Gentlemen from West Point

    Ten Gentlemen from West Point

  • The Doctor Takes a Wife

    The Doctor Takes a Wife

  • Over the Hill

    Over the Hill

  • A Ticket to Tomahawk

    A Ticket to Tomahawk

  • Hellfire

    Hellfire

  • Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

    Crime Doctor's Man Hunt

  • The Longest Night

    The Longest Night

  • Man from Frisco

    Man from Frisco

  • A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Die

    The Man Who Wouldn't Die

  • I Walk Alone

    I Walk Alone

  • Dr. Socrates

    Dr. Socrates

  • Sweethearts

    Sweethearts

  • A Stranger in Town

    A Stranger in Town

  • Four Wives

    Four Wives

  • I Married a Doctor

    I Married a Doctor

  • Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel

  • Dakota

    Dakota

  • The Sky's the Limit

    The Sky's the Limit

  • Living in a Big Way

    Living in a Big Way

  • Zander the Great

    Zander the Great

  • Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman

  • Creepy Classics

    Creepy Classics

  • Folies Bergère

    Folies Bergère

  • One Hour To Live

    One Hour To Live

  • Santa Fe

    Santa Fe

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live

  • Mountain Music

    Mountain Music

  • The Widow from Monte Carlo

    The Widow from Monte Carlo

  • Young Tom Edison

    Young Tom Edison

  • The Paleface

    The Paleface

  • Belle Starr

    Belle Starr

  • Twilight on the Prairie

    Twilight on the Prairie

  • Sing Your Way Home

    Sing Your Way Home

  • Zenobia

    Zenobia

  • The Girl of the Golden West

    The Girl of the Golden West

  • Senorita from the West

    Senorita from the West

  • Grand Canyon

    Grand Canyon

  • In Old California

    In Old California

  • Stand-In

    Stand-In

  • Easy Come, Easy Go

    Easy Come, Easy Go

  • Snowed Under

    Snowed Under

  • Bermuda Mystery

    Bermuda Mystery

  • Can't Help Singing

    Can't Help Singing

  • Comin' Round the Mountain

    Comin' Round the Mountain

  • Made for Each Other

    Made for Each Other

  • In the Meantime, Darling

    In the Meantime, Darling

  • Marry the Girl

    Marry the Girl

  • Santa Fe Saddlemates

    Santa Fe Saddlemates

  • Sing, Neighbor, Sing

    Sing, Neighbor, Sing

  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

    Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

  • So Big!

    So Big!

  • The Dude Goes West

    The Dude Goes West

  • Blondie Brings Up Baby

    Blondie Brings Up Baby

  • Chad Hanna

    Chad Hanna

  • Home in Wyomin'

    Home in Wyomin'

  • Grissly's Millions

    Grissly's Millions

  • The Bad Man of Brimstone

    The Bad Man of Brimstone

  • Earthworm Tractors

    Earthworm Tractors

  • Just a Cute Kid

    Just a Cute Kid

  • Two-Faced Woman

    Two-Faced Woman

  • Independence, B'Gosh

    Independence, B'Gosh

  • Dr. Broadway

    Dr. Broadway

  • Hick Manhattan

    Hick Manhattan

  • Young People

    Young People

  • Danse macabre

    Danse macabre

  • You Can't Escape Forever

    You Can't Escape Forever

  • Captain Eddie

    Captain Eddie

  • Fighting Coast Guard

    Fighting Coast Guard

  • Dixie

    Dixie

  • Wife, Doctor and Nurse

    Wife, Doctor and Nurse

  • Her Lucky Night

    Her Lucky Night

  • Mr. Moto's Gamble

    Mr. Moto's Gamble

  • Charlie's Haunt

    Charlie's Haunt

  • Road Gang

    Road Gang

  • Sappy Birthday

    Sappy Birthday

  • Country Gentlemen

    Country Gentlemen

  • Bad Men of Tombstone

    Bad Men of Tombstone

  • Love Me Forever

    Love Me Forever

  • So This Is Love

    So This Is Love

  • Blondie Johnson

    Blondie Johnson

  • Naughty Marietta

    Naughty Marietta

  • Never a Dull Moment

    Never a Dull Moment

  • Ridin' Down the Canyon

    Ridin' Down the Canyon

  • She Gets Her Man

    She Gets Her Man

  • Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Nancy Drew... Reporter

  • Blondie's Blessed Event

    Blondie's Blessed Event

  • Satan Met a Lady

    Satan Met a Lady

  • Cheaters at Play

    Cheaters at Play

  • Wagon Wheels

    Wagon Wheels

  • Buy Me That Town

    Buy Me That Town

  • Romance and Brass Tacks

    Romance and Brass Tacks

  • When Were You Born

    When Were You Born

  • Last of the Wild Horses

    Last of the Wild Horses

  • Men in Exile

    Men in Exile

  • Little Tough Guy

    Little Tough Guy

  • You're in the Army Now

    You're in the Army Now

  • Complicated Women

    Complicated Women

  • Janice Meredith

    Janice Meredith

  • The Case of the Velvet Claws

    The Case of the Velvet Claws