Acting
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.
Filmography
Complicated Women
Film · 2003
Creepy Classics
Film · 1987
The Blob
Film · 1958
The Storm Rider
Film · 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
Film · 1957
Bombers B-52
Film · 1957
The Real McCoys
Series · 1957
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Series · 1956
The McConnell Story
Film · 1955
Them!
Film · 1954
A Star Is Born
Film · 1954
So This Is Love
Film · 1953
The Fabulous Senorita
Film · 1952
Hopalong Cassidy
Series · 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
Series · 1952
Santa Fe
Film · 1951
Fighting Coast Guard
Film · 1951
I Love Lucy
Series · 1951
The Nevadan
Film · 1950
Charlie's Haunt
Film · 1950
Rock Island Trail
Film · 1950
Father Makes Good
Film · 1950
Never a Dull Moment
Film · 1950
A Ticket to Tomahawk
Film · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Hellfire
Film · 1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Film · 1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
Film · 1949
Leave It to Henry
Film · 1949
Mr. Soft Touch
Film · 1949
Grand Canyon
Film · 1949
Little Women
Film · 1949
Station West
Film · 1948
The Dude Goes West
Film · 1948
Last of the Wild Horses
Film · 1948
The Return of the Whistler
Film · 1948
Relentless
Film · 1948
The Paleface
Film · 1948
Angel and the Badman
Film · 1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
Film · 1947
I Walk Alone
Film · 1947
Apache Rose
Film · 1947
Living in a Big Way
Film · 1947
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Film · 1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
Film · 1946
Home Sweet Homicide
Film · 1946
Fallen Angel
Film · 1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
Film · 1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
Film · 1945
Dakota
Film · 1945
She Gets Her Man
Film · 1945
Grissly's Millions
Film · 1945
Senorita from the West
Film · 1945
Captain Eddie
Film · 1945
Her Lucky Night
Film · 1945
Sing Your Way Home
Film · 1945
The Town Went Wild
Film · 1944
I'll Be Seeing You
Film · 1944
Nothing But Trouble
Film · 1944
Can't Help Singing
Film · 1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
Film · 1944
Bermuda Mystery
Film · 1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Film · 1944
Man from Frisco
Film · 1944
Twilight on the Prairie
Film · 1944
The Good Fellows
Film · 1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Film · 1943
A Stranger in Town
Film · 1943
The Sky's the Limit
Film · 1943
Dixie
Film · 1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
Film · 1943
Blondie's Blessed Event
Film · 1942
Almost Married
Film · 1942
This Gun for Hire
Film · 1942
Sappy Birthday
Film · 1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
Film · 1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon
Film · 1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Film · 1942
Henry and Dizzy
Film · 1942
Secrets of the Underground
Film · 1942
Home in Wyomin'
Film · 1942
In Old California
Film · 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Film · 1942
Dr. Broadway
Film · 1942
You Can't Escape Forever
Film · 1942
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Film · 1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Film · 1941
Belle Starr
Film · 1941
Two-Faced Woman
Film · 1941
Buy Me That Town
Film · 1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
Film · 1941
You're in the Army Now
Film · 1941
One Foot in Heaven
Film · 1941
Young People
Film · 1940
Chad Hanna
Film · 1940
Young Tom Edison
Film · 1940
Just a Cute Kid
Film · 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
Film · 1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
Film · 1940
Gone with the Wind
Film · 1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Film · 1939
Zenobia
Film · 1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Film · 1939
Made for Each Other
Film · 1939
Days of Jesse James
Film · 1939
Four Wives
Film · 1939
The Return of Doctor X
Film · 1939
One Hour to Live
Film · 1939
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Film · 1938
The Girl of the Golden West
Film · 1938
Kentucky Moonshine
Film · 1938
When Were You Born
Film · 1938
Merrily We Live
Film · 1938
Little Tough Guy
Film · 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
Film · 1938
Brother Rat
Film · 1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Film · 1938
Sweethearts
Film · 1938
Nothing Sacred
Film · 1937
Stand-In
Film · 1937
Men in Exile
Film · 1937
Marry the Girl
Film · 1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Film · 1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Film · 1937
Mountain Music
Film · 1937
Satan Met a Lady
Film · 1936
Earthworm Tractors
Film · 1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Film · 1936
Road Gang
Film · 1936
Country Gentlemen
Film · 1936
The Big Noise
Film · 1936
Man Hunt
Film · 1936
I Married a Doctor
Film · 1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
Film · 1936
Snowed Under
Film · 1936
The Longest Night
Film · 1936
Love Me Forever
Film · 1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Film · 1935
Dr. Socrates
Film · 1935
Folies Bergère de Paris
Film · 1935
Little Big Shot
Film · 1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
Film · 1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Film · 1935
Naughty Marietta
Film · 1935
Treasure Island
Film · 1934
Wagon Wheels
Film · 1934
Blondie Johnson
Film · 1933
Little Women
Film · 1933
Golden Harvest
Film · 1933
Cheaters at Play
Film · 1932
So Big!
Film · 1932
Over the Hill
Film · 1931
Zander the Great
Film · 1925
Janice Meredith
Film · 1924
Danse macabre
Film · 1922
Hick Manhattan
Film · 1918
Independence, B'Gosh
Film · 1918
Romance and Brass Tacks
Film · 1918