Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1886-02-09
- Day of Death1959-09-20 (73 years)
- Place of BirthDenver, Colorado, USA
- Also Known AsOlin HowlinOlin 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. From 1909 to 1927, Howland appeared on Broadway in...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1958
The Blob
As: The Old Man
- 1957
Bombers B-52
As: Joe (uncredited)
- 1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
As: Surplus Dealer (uncredited)
- 1957
The Storm Rider
As: Will Collins
- 1955
The McConnell Story
As: Sam
- 1954
A Star Is Born
As: Charley (uncredited)
- 1954
Them!
As: Jensen
- 1953
So This Is Love
As: Mailman
- 1952
The Fabulous Senorita
As: Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin)
- 1951
I Love Lucy
As: Mr. Skinner
- 1951
Fighting Coast Guard
As: Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin)
- 1951
Santa Fe
As: Dan Dugan
- 1950
Charlie's Haunt
As: Storyteller on Bench
- 1950
Never a Dull Moment
As: Hunter (uncredited)
- 1950
Rock Island Trail
As: Saloonkeeper
- 1950
Father Makes Good
As: Milo Williams
- 1950
The Nevadan
As: Rusty (uncredited)
- 1949
Mr. Soft Touch
As: Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited)
- 1949
Leave It to Henry
As: Milo Williams
- 1949
Grand Canyon
As: Windy
- 1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
As: Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited)
- 1949
Bad Men of Tombstone
As: Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin)
- 1948
Last of the Wild Horses
As: Remedy Williams
- 1948
The Paleface
As: Jonathan Sloane, undertaker
- 1948
Station West
As: Cook
- 1948
Relentless
As: Veterinarian (uncredited)
- 1948
The Dude Goes West
As: Finnegan
- 1948
The Return of the Whistler
As: Jeff Anderson
- 1947
I Walk Alone
As: Ed the Watchman (uncredited)
- 1947
Living in a Big Way
As: Gardener
- 1947
Easy Come, Easy Go
As: Gas Man
- 1947
Angel and the Badman
As: Bradley
- 1947
Apache Rose
As: Alkali
- 1946
Crime Doctor's Man Hunt
As: Marcus Le Blaine
- 1946
Home Sweet Homicide
As: Luke
- 1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
As: Newspaper Clerk (uncredited)
- 1945
Dakota
As: Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin)
- 1945
Fallen Angel
As: Joe Ellis (uncredited)
- 1945
Sing Your Way Home
As: Steward
- 1945
Senorita from the West
As: Justice of Peace
- 1945
Captain Eddie
As: Census Taker
- 1945
Santa Fe Saddlemates
As: Dead Eye
- 1945
Sheriff of Cimarron
As: Pinky Snyder
- 1945
Her Lucky Night
As: Prince de la Mour
- 1945
Grissly's Millions
As: Andrews
- 1945
She Gets Her Man
As: Hank (uncredited)
- 1944
I'll Be Seeing You
As: Train Vendor (uncredited)
- 1944
Can't Help Singing
As: Bigelow (as Olin Howlin)
- 1944
The Town Went Wild
As: Bit Part
- 1944
Nothing But Trouble
As: Painter's Foreman (uncredited)
- 1944
In the Meantime, Darling
As: Moorehousse
- 1944
Sing, Neighbor, Sing
As: Joe the Barber
- 1944
Man from Frisco
As: Eben Whelock
- 1944
Bermuda Mystery
As: Gas Station Owner
- 1944
Twilight on the Prairie
As: Jed (as Olin Howlin)
- 1943
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
As: Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver
- 1943
The Good Fellows
As: Reynolds
- 1943
The Sky's the Limit
As: Driver (uncredited)
- 1943
Dixie
As: Mr. Deveraux
- 1943
A Stranger in Town
As: Homer Todds
- 1943
The Falcon Strikes Back
As: Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon
As: Jailer
- 1942
Secrets of the Underground
As: Oscar Mayberry
- 1942
You Can't Escape Forever
As: Cemetery Organist (uncredited)
- 1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
As: Jacob Diezel
- 1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
As: Carpenter (uncredited)
- 1942
Henry and Dizzy
As: Frank Stevens
- 1942
In Old California
As: Undetermined Minor Role
- 1942
Almost Married
As: Bright
- 1942
Dr. Broadway
As: The professor
- 1942
Dr. Broadway
As: The Professor
- 1942
Home in Wyomin'
As: Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)
- 1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
As: Jonathan Meek
- 1942
This Gun for Hire
As: Blair Fletcher
- 1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
As: Office Worker (uncredited)
- 1941
Two-Faced Woman
As: Frank (uncredited)
- 1941
You're in the Army Now
As: Farmer
- 1941
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
As: Dr. Williams
- 1941
One Foot in Heaven
As: Train Station Master (uncredited)
- 1941
Buy Me That Town
As: Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin)
- 1941
Belle Starr
As: Jasper Trench
- 1941
The Shepherd of the Hills
As: Corky
- 1940
Chad Hanna
As: Cisco Tridd
- 1940
Just a Cute Kid
As: Dr. Clump
- 1940
Young People
As: Station Master
- 1940
Comin' Round the Mountain
As: Pa Blower
- 1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
As: Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
- 1940
Young Tom Edison
As: Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
- 1939
Four Wives
As: Joe - a Policeman (uncredited)
- 1939
Days of Jesse James
As: Muncie Undersheriff
- 1939
Gone with the Wind
As: A Carpetbagger Businessman
- 1939
The Return of Doctor X
As: Undertaker
- 1939
One Hour To Live
As: Clerk
- 1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
As: Encyclopedia Salesman
- 1939
Zenobia
As: Attorney Culpepper
- 1939
Nancy Drew... Reporter
As: Police Sergeant Entwhistle
- 1939
Made for Each Other
As: Farmer (uncredited)
- 1938
Sweethearts
As: Appleby
- 1938
Brother Rat
As: Slim
- 1938
The Mad Miss Manton
As: Mr. X, the Safecracker
- 1938
Little Tough Guy
As: Baxter
- 1938
When Were You Born
As: Peter Finlay
- 1938
Kentucky Moonshine
As: Tom Slack
- 1938
Mr. Moto's Gamble
As: Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited)
- 1938
The Girl of the Golden West
As: Trinidad Joe
- 1938
Merrily We Live
As: Jed Smith
- 1938
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
As: Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster
- 1937
The Bad Man of Brimstone
As: Stagecoach Driver
- 1937
Nothing Sacred
As: Baggage Man
- 1937
Stand-In
As: Hotel Manager
- 1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
As: Doorman
- 1937
Marry the Girl
As: Southern sales manager
- 1937
Mountain Music
As: Pappy Burnside
- 1937
Men in Exile
As: Jones
- 1936
Gold Diggers of 1937
As: Dr. MacDuffy
- 1936
Country Gentlemen
As: Lawyer
- 1936
The Longest Night
As: Smythe, Floorwalker
- 1936
Earthworm Tractors
As: Mr. Blair
- 1936
Satan Met a Lady
As: Detective Dunhill
- 1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
As: Wilbur Strong
- 1936
The Big Noise
As: Harrison
- 1936
I Married a Doctor
As: Dave Dyer
- 1936
Snowed Under
As: Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited)
- 1936
Road Gang
As: Prison Farm Doctor
- 1936
Man Hunt
As: Court Starrett
- 1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
As: Eaves
- 1935
Dr. Socrates
As: Bob Catlett
- 1935
The Case of the Lucky Legs
As: Dr. Croker
- 1935
Little Big Shot
As: Doc (uncredited)
- 1935
Love Me Forever
As: Carlton
- 1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
As: Wilbur Strong
- 1935
Naughty Marietta
As: Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1935
Folies Bergère
As: Stage Manager
- 1934
Wagon Wheels
As: Bill O'Leary
- 1934
Treasure Island
As: Pirate of the Spanish Main
- 1933
Little Women
As: Mr. Davis (uncredited)
- 1933
Golden Harvest
As: Wheat Farmer (uncredited)
- 1933
Blondie Johnson
As: Eddie
- 1932
So Big!
As: Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited)
- 1932
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
- 1918
Hick Manhattan
As: Hugh Columbus McGinty