
Olin Howland
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 ForActing
- Born9 February 1886 (age 139)
- Place of BirthDenver, Colorado, USA
Olin Howland

- Known ForActing
- Born9 February 1886 (age 139)
- Place of BirthDenver, Colorado, USA

Complicated Women
2003

Creepy Classics
1987

The Blob
1958

The Storm Rider
1957

The Spirit of St. Louis
1957

Bombers B-52
1957

The McConnell Story
1955

Them!
1954

A Star Is Born
1954

So This Is Love
1953

The Fabulous Senorita
1952

Santa Fe
1951

Fighting Coast Guard
1951

The Nevadan
1950

Charlie's Haunt
1950

Rock Island Trail
1950

Father Makes Good
1950

Never a Dull Moment
1950

A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950

Hellfire
1949

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949

Bad Men of Tombstone
1949

Leave It to Henry
1949

Mr. Soft Touch
1949

Grand Canyon
1949

Station West
1948

The Dude Goes West
1948

Last of the Wild Horses
1948

The Return of the Whistler
1948

Relentless
1948

The Paleface
1948

Angel and the Badman
1947

Easy Come, Easy Go
1947

I Walk Alone
1947

Apache Rose
1947

Living in a Big Way
1947

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946

Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
1946

Home Sweet Homicide
1946

Fallen Angel
1945

Sheriff of Cimarron
1945

Santa Fe Saddlemates
1945

Dakota
1945

She Gets Her Man
1945

Grissly's Millions
1945

Senorita from the West
1945

Captain Eddie
1945

Her Lucky Night
1945

Sing Your Way Home
1945

The Town Went Wild
1944

I'll Be Seeing You
1944

Nothing But Trouble
1944

Can't Help Singing
1944

Sing, Neighbor, Sing
1944

Bermuda Mystery
1944

In the Meantime, Darling
1944

Man from Frisco
1944

Twilight on the Prairie
1944

The Good Fellows
1943

The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943

A Stranger in Town
1943

The Sky's the Limit
1943

Dixie
1943

The Falcon Strikes Back
1943

Blondie's Blessed Event
1942

Almost Married
1942

This Gun for Hire
1942
Sappy Birthday
1942

The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942

Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942

Henry and Dizzy
1942

Dr. Broadway
1942

Secrets of the Underground
1942

Home in Wyomin'
1942

In Old California
1942

Ten Gentlemen from West Point
1942

You Can't Escape Forever
1942

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941

Belle Starr
1941

Two-Faced Woman
1941

Buy Me That Town
1941

The Shepherd of the Hills
1941

You're in the Army Now
1941

One Foot in Heaven
1941

Young People
1940

Chad Hanna
1940

Young Tom Edison
1940

Just a Cute Kid
1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940

Comin' Round the Mountain
1940

Gone with the Wind
1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939

Zenobia
1939

Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939

Made for Each Other
1939

Days of Jesse James
1939

Four Wives
1939

The Return of Doctor X
1939

One Hour To Live
1939

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938

The Girl of the Golden West
1938

Kentucky Moonshine
1938

When Were You Born
1938

Merrily We Live
1938

Little Tough Guy
1938

The Mad Miss Manton
1938

Brother Rat
1938

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938

Sweethearts
1938

Nothing Sacred
1937

Stand-In
1937

Men in Exile
1937

Marry the Girl
1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937

The Bad Man of Brimstone
1937

Mountain Music
1937

Satan Met a Lady
1936

Earthworm Tractors
1936

The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936

Road Gang
1936

Country Gentlemen
1936

The Big Noise
1936

Man Hunt
1936

I Married a Doctor
1936

Gold Diggers of 1937
1936

Snowed Under
1936

The Longest Night
1936

Love Me Forever
1935

The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935

Dr. Socrates
1935

Folies Bergère
1935

Little Big Shot
1935

The Case of the Curious Bride
1935

The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935

Naughty Marietta
1935

Treasure Island
1934

Wagon Wheels
1934

Blondie Johnson
1933

Little Women
1933

Golden Harvest
1933

Cheaters at Play
1932

So Big!
1932

Over the Hill
1931

Zander the Great
1925

Janice Meredith
1924

Danse macabre
1922

Hick Manhattan
1918

Independence, B'Gosh
1918
