Olan Soule

Personal Info

Birthday

February 28, 1909

Day of Death

1994-02-01

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

La Harpe, Illinois, USA

Olan Soule

Biography

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.

Known For

Perry Mason

The Love Boat

Batman

The Andy Griffith Show

The Fugitive

The Twilight Zone

Adam-12

The Addams Family

Filmography

2002
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
as Batman (voice) (archive footage)
1991
Homicide
as Crime Scene Technician
1978
The Small One
as Father (voice)
1976
St. Ives
as Station Man
1975
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Rube Cluck
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Eli Bence
1974
The Towering Inferno
as Johnson
Willie Dynamite
as Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Saltillo
1972
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal
as Narrator
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
as Additional Voices (voice)
1971
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
as Dr. Samuels
1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
House on Greenapple Road
as Coroner
1969
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
Inky, the Crow
as Narrator
1968
The Night Before Christmas
as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
The Destructors
as Mace (as Olan Soulé)
1966
The Bubble
as Watch Repairman
1965
The Cincinnati Kid
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Second Editor (uncredited)
1964
Looking for Love
as Photographer (uncredited)
1963
Sunday in New York
as Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1962
13 West Street
as Staff Member (uncredited)
The Hurrying Kind
as Fred Welling
1961
Bachelor in Paradise
as Waiter (uncredited)
1960
Bells Are Ringing
as Nervous Man (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Leather
as Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby
1959
North by Northwest
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
1958
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1956
Francis in the Haunted House
as Dr. Bentley
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
as Narrator (voice)
While the City Sleeps
as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
Ransom!
as Bank Clerk
1955
Queen Bee
as Dr. Pearson
Cult of the Cobra
as Major Martin Fielding
1954
Phffft
as Mr. Duncan (uncredited)
Dragnet
as Ray Pinker
Human Desire
as Lewis
Francis Joins the WACS
as Captain Creavy
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)
1953
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal's Secretary
Never Wave at a WAC
as Lt. Constable (uncredited)
1952
Monkey Business
as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Clash by Night
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Atomic City
as Mortie Fenton
1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mr. Krull, boarder
You Never Can Tell
as Dog House Salesman (uncredited)
Hollywood Story
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)
1950
Peggy
as Simmons
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Salon Technician (uncredited)
1949
It's a Great Feeling
as Flack (uncredited)