Olin Howland
Olin Howland had a career in movies that stretched from the 20s through the 50s. After a few attempts at films in the silent era, Olin began appearing regularly in the sound pictures of the 30s. His roles were usually in mysteries and dramas, and he became a Western character actor in the 40s with Republic. He also worked in television from 1956-58 in the adventure Circus Boy (1956).
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- Born:
- Feb 10, 1886 In Denver, Colorado, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 145
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Independence, B'Gosh 1918-12-08
- Latest Project:
- Movie Complicated Women 2003-05-06
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Old Man in 'The Blob' | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | The Blob | The Old Man | 1958-09-10 |
| Movie | The Storm Rider | Will Collins | 1957-03-01 |
| Movie | The Spirit of St. Louis | Surplus Dealer (uncredited) | 1957-04-01 |
| Movie | Bombers B-52 | Joe (uncredited) | 1957-11-22 |
| Series | The Real McCoys | Unknown | 1957-10-03 |
| Series | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Unknown | 1956-09-07 |
| Movie | The McConnell Story | Sam | 1955-09-29 |
| Movie | A Star Is Born | Charley (uncredited) | 1954-10-01 |
| Movie | Them! | Jensen | 1954-06-16 |
| Movie | So This Is Love | Mailman | 1953-07-15 |
| Movie | The Fabulous Senorita | Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin) | 1952-03-31 |
| Series | Hopalong Cassidy | Unknown | 1952-09-19 |
| Movie | Santa Fe | Dan Dugan | 1951-04-01 |
| Movie | Fighting Coast Guard | Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin) | 1951-05-31 |
| Movie | The Nevadan | Rusty (uncredited) | 1950-01-11 |
| Movie | Father Makes Good | Milo Williams | 1950-05-07 |
| Movie | Never a Dull Moment | Hunter (uncredited) | 1950-08-19 |
| Movie | Rock Island Trail | Saloonkeeper | 1950-05-18 |
| Movie | Bad Men of Tombstone | Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin) | 1949-01-21 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited) | 1949-04-18 |
| Movie | Grand Canyon | Windy | 1949-05-19 |
| Movie | Mr. Soft Touch | Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited) | 1949-07-28 |
| Movie | Leave It to Henry | Milo Williams | 1949-06-12 |
| Movie | Hellfire | 1949-05-29 | |
| Movie | The Dude Goes West | Finnegan | 1948-05-30 |
| Movie | The Return of the Whistler | Jeff Anderson | 1948-03-18 |
| Movie | Relentless | Veterinarian (uncredited) | 1948-06-15 |
| Movie | Last of the Wild Horses | Remedy Williams | 1948-12-27 |
| Movie | Station West | Cook | 1948-09-01 |
| Movie | The Paleface | Jonathan Sloane, undertaker | 1948-12-17 |
| Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Gas Man | 1947-03-07 |
| Movie | Apache Rose | Alkali | 1947-02-15 |
| Movie | Angel and the Badman | Bradley | 1947-02-15 |
| Movie | Living in a Big Way | Gardener | 1947-06-10 |
| Movie | I Walk Alone | Ed the Watchman (uncredited) | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | Home Sweet Homicide | Luke | 1946-10-02 |
| Movie | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Newspaper Clerk (uncredited) | 1946-08-19 |
| Movie | Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | Marcus Le Blaine | 1946-10-24 |
| Movie | Sheriff of Cimarron | Pinky Snyder | 1945-02-28 |
| Movie | Her Lucky Night | Prince de la Mour | 1945-02-09 |
| Movie | She Gets Her Man | Hank (uncredited) | 1945-01-12 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Saddlemates | Dead Eye | 1945-06-01 |
| Movie | Grissly's Millions | Andrews | 1945-01-16 |
| Movie | Captain Eddie | Census Taker | 1945-06-18 |
| Movie | Dakota | Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin) | 1945-12-15 |
| Movie | Sing Your Way Home | Steward | 1945-11-14 |
| Movie | Fallen Angel | Joe Ellis (uncredited) | 1945-11-15 |
| Movie | Senorita from the West | Justice of Peace | 1945-10-12 |
| Movie | Man from Frisco | Eben Whelock | 1944-06-15 |
| Movie | Bermuda Mystery | Gas Station Owner | 1944-05-01 |
| Movie | Twilight on the Prairie | Jed (as Olin Howlin) | 1944-04-30 |
| Movie | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Joe the Barber | 1944-08-12 |
| Movie | The Town Went Wild | Bit Part | 1944-12-15 |
| Movie | I'll Be Seeing You | Train Vendor (uncredited) | 1944-12-31 |
| Movie | In the Meantime, Darling | Moorehousse | 1944-09-22 |
| Movie | Can't Help Singing | Bigelow (as Olin Howlin) | 1944-12-25 |
| Movie | Nothing But Trouble | Room painter | 1944-12-06 |
| Movie | A Stranger in Town | Homer Todds | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | The Falcon Strikes Back | Sheriff (uncredited) | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | Dixie | Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin) | 1943-06-23 |
| Movie | The Sky's the Limit | Driver (uncredited) | 1943-07-13 |
| Movie | The Falcon and the Co-Eds | Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver | 1943-11-10 |
| Movie | The Good Fellows | Reynolds | 1943-08-11 |
| Movie | Home in Wyomin' | Sunrise (as Olin Howlin) | 1942-04-29 |
| Movie | Dr. Broadway | The professor | 1942-05-09 |
| Movie | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jonathan Meek | 1942-04-27 |
| Movie | Blondie's Blessed Event | Office Worker (uncredited) | 1942-04-09 |
| Movie | Sappy Birthday | 1942-02-05 | |
| Movie | This Gun for Hire | Blair Fletcher | 1942-04-24 |
| Movie | Almost Married | Bright | 1942-05-22 |
| Movie | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Jailer | 1942-12-30 |
| Movie | In Old California | Undetermined Minor Role | 1942-05-31 |
| Movie | Secrets of the Underground | Oscar Mayberry | 1942-12-18 |
| Movie | You Can't Escape Forever | Cemetery Organist (uncredited) | 1942-10-10 |
| Movie | Henry and Dizzy | Frank Stevens | 1942-06-05 |
| Movie | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Carpenter (uncredited) | 1942-06-26 |
| Movie | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Jacob Diezel | 1942-10-01 |
| Movie | Belle Starr | Jasper Trench | 1941-09-12 |
| Movie | The Shepherd of the Hills | Corky | 1941-07-18 |
| Movie | Buy Me That Town | Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin) | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | One Foot in Heaven | Train Station Master (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
| Movie | Two-Faced Woman | Frank (uncredited) | 1941-12-31 |
| Movie | You're in the Army Now | Farmer | 1941-12-25 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Dr. Williams | 1941-11-18 |
| Movie | Young Tom Edison | Telegrapher (Indian Attack) | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited) | 1940-04-25 |
| Movie | Young People | Station Master | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Chad Hanna | Cisco Tridd | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | Gone with the Wind | A Carpetbagger Businessman | 1939-03-12 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Police Sergeant Entwhistle | 1939-02-18 |
| Movie | Made for Each Other | Farmer (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
| Movie | Zenobia | Attorney Culpepper | 1939-04-21 |
| Movie | Days of Jesse James | Muncie Undersheriff | 1939-12-20 |
| Movie | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Encyclopedia Salesman | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Four Wives | Joe - a Policeman (uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
| Movie | The Return of Doctor X | Undertaker | 1939-11-23 |
| Movie | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited) | 1938-04-07 |
| Movie | The Girl of the Golden West | Trinidad Joe | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster | 1938-02-11 |
| Movie | Kentucky Moonshine | Tom Slack | 1938-05-20 |
| Movie | Merrily We Live | Jed Smith | 1938-03-04 |
| Movie | When Were You Born | Peter Finlay | 1938-06-18 |
| Movie | Little Tough Guy | Baxter | 1938-07-22 |
| Movie | Brother Rat | Slim | 1938-10-29 |
| Movie | Sweethearts | Appleby | 1938-12-30 |
| Movie | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. X, the Safecracker | 1938-10-21 |
| Movie | Mountain Music | Pappy Burnside | 1937-06-18 |
| Movie | Marry the Girl | Southern sales manager | 1937-07-13 |
| Movie | Men in Exile | Jones | 1937-04-04 |
| Movie | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Stagecoach Driver | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | Nothing Sacred | Baggage Man | 1937-11-25 |
| Movie | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Doorman | 1937-09-17 |
| Movie | Stand-In | Hotel manager | 1937-10-29 |
| Movie | I Married a Doctor | Dave Dyer | 1936-04-25 |
| Movie | Snowed Under | Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited) | 1936-03-29 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | Court Starrett | 1936-01-29 |
| Movie | The Big Noise | Harrison | 1936-06-22 |
| Movie | Road Gang | Prison Farm Doctor | 1936-03-28 |
| Movie | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Wilbur Strong | 1936-07-03 |
| Movie | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Dr. MacDuffy | 1936-12-28 |
| Movie | The Longest Night | Smythe, Floorwalker | 1936-10-02 |
| Movie | Country Gentlemen | Lawyer | 1936-11-08 |
| Movie | Satan Met a Lady | Detective Dunhill | 1936-07-22 |
| Movie | Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Blair | 1936-07-24 |
| Movie | The Case of the Curious Bride | Wilbur Strong | 1935-04-13 |
| Movie | Folies Bergère | Stage Manager | 1935-02-22 |
| Movie | Love Me Forever | Carlton | 1935-06-28 |
| Movie | Naughty Marietta | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
| Movie | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Dr. Croker | 1935-10-05 |
| Movie | Little Big Shot | Doc (uncredited) | 1935-09-07 |
| Movie | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Eaves | 1935-12-19 |
| Movie | Dr. Socrates | Bob Catlett | 1935-10-19 |
| Movie | Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | 1934-08-17 |
| Movie | Wagon Wheels | Bill O'Leary | 1934-09-15 |
| Movie | Blondie Johnson | Eddie | 1933-02-25 |
| Movie | Golden Harvest | Wheat Farmer (uncredited) | 1933-09-21 |
| Movie | Little Women | Mr. Davis (uncredited) | 1933-11-24 |
| Movie | So Big! | Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited) | 1932-04-30 |
| Movie | Over the Hill | Isaac as an Adult | 1931-11-29 |
| Movie | Zander the Great | Elmer Lovejoy | 1925-05-01 |
| Movie | Janice Meredith | Philemon | 1924-12-08 |
| Movie | Danse macabre | Death | 1922-03-08 |
| Movie | Independence, B'Gosh | Horation Whiffle | 1918-12-08 |