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 For	Acting
Most Rating	1.1353
Birthday	1886-02-09
Place of Birth	Denver, Colorado, USA
Also Known As	Olin Howlin, Olin Ross Howland,

Gone with the Wind

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Blondie's Blessed Event

Blondie Johnson

Them!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Town Went Wild

I'll Be Seeing You

The Good Fellows

Angel and the Badman

Almost Married

The Blob

Fallen Angel

Nothing But Trouble

Satan Met a Lady

Station West

Nothing Sacred

The Girl of the Golden West

Earthworm Tractors

This Gun for Hire

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

Little Women

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

Can't Help Singing

Belle Starr

Creepy Classics

Hick Manhattan

Romance and Brass Tacks

Independence, B'Gosh

Sappy Birthday

The Nevadan

Young People

The Man Who Wouldn't Die

Hellfire

Zenobia

Love Me Forever

Ridin' Down the Canyon

The Case of the Lucky Legs

The McConnell Story

Santa Fe

Stand-In

The Case of the Velvet Claws

A Stranger in Town

Men in Exile

The Storm Rider

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Marry the Girl

Road Gang

Country Gentlemen

Dr. Socrates

Kentucky Moonshine

When Were You Born

Easy Come, Easy Go

So This Is Love

The Sky's the Limit

Merrily We Live

Over the Hill

Little Tough Guy

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

The Mad Miss Manton

The Dude Goes West

Chad Hanna

Charlie's Haunt

Folies Bergère de Paris

Treasure Island

Little Big Shot

Two-Faced Woman

Sing, Neighbor, Sing

I Walk Alone

Brother Rat

Dixie

Zander the Great

Last of the Wild Horses

A Star Is Born

The Big Noise

Henry and Dizzy

Nancy Drew... Reporter

Made for Each Other

Cheaters at Play

Days of Jesse James