Olin Howland

Personal Info

Birthday

February 9, 1886

Day of Death

1959-09-20

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Denver, Colorado, USA

Also Known As

Olin Howlin

Olin Ross Howland

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.

Known For

I Love Lucy

Gone with the Wind

Lux Video Theatre

The Blob

Them!

Two-Faced Woman

The Case of the Lucky Legs

A Star Is Born

Filmography

2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Creepy Classics
as Old Man - (archive footage)
1958
The Blob
as The Old Man
1957
Bombers B-52
as Joe (uncredited)
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
The Storm Rider
as Will Collins
1955
The McConnell Story
as Sam
1954
A Star Is Born
as Charley (uncredited)
Them!
as Jensen
1953
So This Is Love
as Mailman
1952
The Fabulous Senorita
as Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
1951
Fighting Coast Guard
as Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Santa Fe
as Dan Dugan
1950
Never a Dull Moment
as Hunter (uncredited)
Charlie's Haunt
as Storyteller on Bench
Rock Island Trail
as Saloonkeeper
Father Makes Good
as Milo Williams
The Nevadan
as Rusty (uncredited)
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Leave It to Henry
as Milo Williams
Grand Canyon
as Windy
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Bad Men of Tombstone
as Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
1948
Last of the Wild Horses
as Remedy Williams
The Paleface
as Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
Station West
as Cook
Relentless
as Veterinarian (uncredited)
The Dude Goes West
as Finnegan
The Return of the Whistler
as Jeff Anderson
1947
I Walk Alone
as Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Living in a Big Way
as Gardener
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Gas Man
Angel and the Badman
as Bradley
Apache Rose
as Alkali
1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
as Marcus Le Blaine
Home Sweet Homicide
as Luke
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
1945
Dakota
as Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)
Fallen Angel
as Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Sing Your Way Home
as Steward
Senorita from the West
as Justice of Peace
Captain Eddie
as Census Taker
Santa Fe Saddlemates
as Dead Eye
Sheriff of Cimarron
as Pinky Snyder
Her Lucky Night
as Prince de la Mour
Grissly's Millions
as Andrews
She Gets Her Man
as Hank (uncredited)
1944
I'll Be Seeing You
as Train Vendor (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
as Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
The Town Went Wild
as Bit Part
Nothing But Trouble
as Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
In the Meantime, Darling
as Moorehousse
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
as Joe the Barber
Man from Frisco
as Eben Whelock
Bermuda Mystery
as Gas Station Owner
Twilight on the Prairie
as Jed (as Olin Howlin)
1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
The Good Fellows
as Reynolds
The Sky's the Limit
as Driver (uncredited)
Dixie
as Mr. Deveraux
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Sheriff (uncredited)
A Stranger in Town
as Homer Todds
1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Jailer
Secrets of the Underground
as Oscar Mayberry
You Can't Escape Forever
as Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Jacob Diezel
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Carpenter (uncredited)
Henry and Dizzy
as Frank Stevens
In Old California
as Undetermined Minor Role
Almost Married
as Bright
Dr. Broadway
as The professor
Home in Wyomin'
as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
as Jonathan Meek
This Gun for Hire
as Blair Fletcher
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Office Worker (uncredited)
1941
Two-Faced Woman
as Frank (uncredited)
You're in the Army Now
as Farmer
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Dr. Williams
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Station Master (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
as Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Belle Starr
as Jasper Trench
The Shepherd of the Hills
as Corky
1940
Chad Hanna
as Cisco Tridd
Just a Cute Kid
as Dr. Clump
Young People
as Station Master
Comin' Round the Mountain
as Pa Blower
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
as Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
1939
Four Wives
as Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Days of Jesse James
as Muncie Undersheriff
Gone with the Wind
as A Carpetbagger Businessman
The Return of Doctor X
as Undertaker
One Hour To Live
as Clerk
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Encyclopedia Salesman
Zenobia
as Attorney Culpepper
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Made for Each Other
as Farmer (uncredited)
1938
Sweethearts
as Appleby
Brother Rat
as Slim
The Mad Miss Manton
as Mr. X, the Safecracker
Little Tough Guy
as Baxter
When Were You Born
as Peter Finlay
Kentucky Moonshine
as Tom Slack
Mr. Moto's Gamble
as Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Trinidad Joe
Merrily We Live
as Jed Smith
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
as Stagecoach Driver
Nothing Sacred
as Baggage Man
Stand-In
as Hotel Manager
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Doorman
Marry the Girl
as Southern sales manager
Mountain Music
as Pappy Burnside
Men in Exile
as Jones
1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
as Dr. MacDuffy
Country Gentlemen
as Lawyer
The Longest Night
as Smythe, Floorwalker
Earthworm Tractors
as Mr. Blair
Satan Met a Lady
as Detective Dunhill
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Wilbur Strong
The Big Noise
as Harrison
I Married a Doctor
as Dave Dyer
Snowed Under
as Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Road Gang
as Prison Farm Doctor
Man Hunt
as Court Starrett
1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Eaves
Dr. Socrates
as Bob Catlett
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Dr. Croker
Little Big Shot
as Doc (uncredited)
Love Me Forever
as Carlton
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Wilbur Strong
Naughty Marietta
as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Folies Bergère
as Stage Manager
1934
Wagon Wheels
as Bill O'Leary
Treasure Island
as Pirate of the Spanish Main
1933
Little Women
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
as Eddie
1932
So Big!
as Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Cheaters at Play
as Secretary
1931
Over the Hill
as Isaac as an Adult
1925
Zander the Great
as Elmer Lovejoy
1924
Janice Meredith
as Philemon
1922
Danse macabre
as Death
1918
Independence, B'Gosh
as Horation Whiffle
Hick Manhattan
as Hugh Columbus McGinty