From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaOlin 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 ABCs 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.
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Film 1939
Office Worker (uncredited)
Film 1942
Eddie
Film 1933
Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
Film 1938
Bit Part
Film 1944
Train Vendor (uncredited)
Film 1944
Reynolds
Film 1943
The Old Man
Film 1958
Joe Ellis (uncredited)
Film 1945
Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
Film 1944
Detective Dunhill
Film 1936
Cook
Film 1948
Blair Fletcher
Film 1942
Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
Film 1943
Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Film 1933
Dr. Williams
Film 1941
Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1944
Jasper Trench
Film 1941
Old Man - (archive footage)
Film 1987
Hugh Columbus McGinty
Film 1918
Film 1918
Horation Whiffle
Film 1918
Film 1942
Rusty (uncredited)
Film 1950
Jonathan Meek
Film 1942
Film 1949
Attorney Culpepper
Film 1939
Carlton
Film 1935
Jailer
Film 1942
Dan Dugan
Film 1951
Hotel manager
Film 1937
Wilbur Strong
Film 1936
Jones
Film 1937
Will Collins
Film 1957
Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1946
Southern sales manager
Film 1937
Prison Farm Doctor
Film 1936
Lawyer
Film 1936
Bob Catlett
Film 1935
Tom Slack
Film 1938
Peter Finlay
Film 1938
Gas Man
Film 1947
Mailman
Film 1953
Driver (uncredited)
Film 1943
Isaac as an Adult
Film 1931
Baxter
Film 1938
Jacob Diezel
Film 1942
Mr. X, the Safecracker
Film 1938
Finnegan
Film 1948
Cisco Tridd
Film 1940
Storyteller on Bench
Film 1950
Stage Manager
Film 1935
Pirate of the Spanish Main
Film 1934
Doc (uncredited)
Film 1935
Frank (uncredited)
Film 1941
Joe the Barber
Film 1944
Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
Film 1947
Slim
Film 1938
Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1943
Elmer Lovejoy
Film 1925
Remedy Williams
Film 1948
Charley (uncredited)
Film 1954
Harrison
Film 1936
Police Sergeant Entwhistle
Film 1939
Farmer (uncredited)
Film 1939
Secretary
Film 1932
The professor
Film 1942
Muncie Undersheriff
Film 1939
Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
Film 1939
Undertaker
Film 1939
Pinky Snyder
Film 1945
Alkali
Film 1947
Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
Film 1949
Philemon
Film 1924
Death
Film 1922
Gas Station Owner
Film 1944
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Film 1940
Moorehousse
Film 1944
Court Starrett
Film 1936
Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
Film 1938
Dr. Clump
Film 1940
Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1941
Oscar Mayberry
Film 1942
Hank (uncredited)
Film 1945
Dave Dyer
Film 1936
Eben Whelock
Film 1944
Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
Film 1940
Doorman
Film 1937
Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
Film 1957
Wilbur Strong
Film 1935
Andrews
Film 1945
Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1942
Justice of Peace
Film 1945
Jed (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1944
Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
Film 1933
Carpenter (uncredited)
Film 1942
Dr. MacDuffy
Film 1936
Joe (uncredited)
Film 1957
Eaves
Film 1935
Self (archive footage)
Film 2003
Stagecoach Driver
Film 1937
Veterinarian (uncredited)
Film 1948
Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1951
Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
Film 1932
Gardener
Film 1947
Marcus Le Blaine
Film 1946
Milo Williams
Film 1950
The Professor
Film 1942
Sheriff (uncredited)
Film 1943
Bill O'Leary
Film 1934
Milo Williams
Film 1949
Luke
Film 1946
Census Taker
Film 1945
Clerk
Film 1939
Prince de la Mour
Film 1945
Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Film 1949
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Film 1935
Pappy Burnside
Film 1937
Farmer
Film 1941
Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
Film 1942
Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
Film 1952
Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
Film 1936
Smythe, Floorwalker
Film 1936
Train Station Master (uncredited)
Film 1941
Windy
Film 1949
Steward
Film 1945
Hunter (uncredited)
Film 1950
Pa Blower
Film 1940
Sheriff
Tv 1950
Tv 1957
Tv 1956
Tv 1952
Tv 1952
Pete Walters
Tv 1950
Bartender
Tv 1950