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Olin Ross Howland was an American film and theatre actor.
Birth Name
Olin Howland
Born
Wednesday, 10 February 1886
Died
Sunday, 20 September 1959
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Printer | 2017 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | Lawyer (segment "Olsen and Johnson") | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Old Man, In clips from 'The Blob' / Old Man in 'The Blob' | 1986 |
| Fibber McGee and Molly | Adam Davis | 1959 |
| The Blob | Old Man / The Old Man | 1958 |
| Bombers B-52 | Joe | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Charley Perkins / Charlie Perkins | 1957 |
| The Californians | Martin Chandler | 1957 |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | Surplus Dealer | 1957 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Forsaken Westerns | Printer | 2017 |
| Complicated Women | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2003 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | Lawyer (segment "Olsen and Johnson") | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Old Man, In clips from 'The Blob' / Old Man in 'The Blob' | 1986 |
| Fibber McGee and Molly | Adam Davis | 1959 |
| The Blob | Old Man / The Old Man | 1958 |
| Bombers B-52 | Joe | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Charley Perkins / Charlie Perkins | 1957 |
| The Californians | Martin Chandler | 1957 |
| The Spirit of St. Louis | Surplus Dealer | 1957 |
| The Storm Rider | Will Collins | 1957 |
| Circus Boy | Swifty | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Paw Jimson | 1956 |
| The McConnell Story | Sam - Postman / Sam | 1955 |
| Father Knows Best | Ed | 1954 |
| A Star Is Born | Charley | 1954 |
| The Mickey Rooney Show | Ralph Switzer | 1954 |
| Them! | Jensen | 1954 |
| So This Is Love | Mailman | 1953 |
| Mr. & Mrs. North | Silas | 1952 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | (as Olin Howlin) / Paw Dooley | 1952 |
| Hopalong Cassidy | Sheriff | 1952 |
| Footlights Theater | Pa Dooley | 1952 |
| Gobs and Gals | Conductor | 1952 |
| The Fabulous Senorita | Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin) / Justice of the Peace | 1952 |
| I Love Lucy | George Skinner | 1951 |
| Fighting Coast Guard | Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin) / Desk Clerk | 1951 |
| Santa Fe | Dan Dugan | 1951 |
| He's a Cockeyed Wonder | Hotel Clerk | 1950 |
| Stage to Tucson | Chantry | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Sheriff / Pete Walters / Bartender | 1950 |
| Never a Dull Moment | Hunter | 1950 |
| A Ticket to Tomahawk | Railway Conductor | 1950 |
| Rock Island Trail | Saloonkeeper | 1950 |
| Father Makes Good | Milo Williams | 1950 |
| The Nevadan | Rusty | 1950 |
| Top o' the Morning | Barfly | 1949 |
| Mr. Soft Touch | Skinny Santa Claus / Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Anna Lucasta | Station Master | 1949 |
| Leave It to Henry | Milo Williams | 1949 |
| Hellfire | Bartender | 1949 |
| Grand Canyon | Windy | 1949 |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sam - Connecticut Postman | 1949 |
| Little Women | Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher | 1949 |
| Badmen of Tombstone | Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin) / Store Proprietor | 1949 |
| Last of the Wild Horses | Remedy Williams | 1948 |
| The Paleface | Jonathan Sloane, undertaker | 1948 |
| Smoky Mountain Melody | Lum Peters | 1948 |
| Isn't It Romantic | Hotel Clerk | 1948 |
| Station West | Cook (as Olin Howlin) / Cook | 1948 |
| The Dude Goes West | Finnegan | 1948 |
| My Dog Rusty | Frank Foley | 1948 |
| The Return of the Whistler | Jeff Anderson | 1948 |
| Relentless | Veterinarian / Horse Doctor | 1948 |
| I Walk Alone | Ed the Watchman | 1947 |
| The Fabulous Texan | McGinn - Storekeeper | 1947 |
| Wyoming | Cowboy Wanting Herd | 1947 |
| Keeper of the Bees | Customer | 1947 |
| The Trouble with Women | Mr. Pink | 1947 |
| Living in a Big Way | Gardener / The Morgan Gardener | 1947 |
| Kraft Theatre | (as Olin Howlin) | 1947 |
| For the Love of Rusty | Frank Foley | 1947 |
| Angel and the Badman | Bradley | 1947 |
| Apache Rose | Alkali | 1947 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Gas Man | 1947 |
| Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | Marcus Le Blaine | 1946 |
| Three Wise Fools | Witness | 1946 |
| Home, Sweet Homicide | Luke | 1946 |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Newspaper Clerk | 1946 |
| She Wrote the Book | Baggage Master | 1946 |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | Painter | 1946 |
| Fallen Angel | Joe Ellis | 1945 |
| Sing Your Way Home | Zany Steward / Steward | 1945 |
| Dakota | Devlin's Driver (as Olin Howlin) / Devlin's Driver | 1945 |
| Senorita from the West | Justice of Peace | 1945 |
| Incendiary Blonde | Interior Decorator | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Census Taker | 1945 |
| Santa Fe Saddlemates | Aloysius J. Philpots / Dead Eye | 1945 |
| It's in the Bag! | Dr. Greengrass's Doctor | 1945 |
| Sheriff of Cimarron | Pinky Snyder | 1945 |
| Her Lucky Night | Prince de la Mour | 1945 |
| Grissly's Millions | Andrews | 1945 |
| She Gets Her Man | Hank | 1945 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Train Vendor | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Bigelow (as Olin Howlin) / Bigelow | 1944 |
| The Town Went Wild | Bit Part | 1944 |
| Nothing But Trouble | Room painter / Painter's Foreman | 1944 |
| And Now Tomorrow | Customer | 1944 |
| In the Meantime, Darling | Moorehousse / J.P. 'Hiram' Morehousse | 1944 |
| Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Joe the Barber | 1944 |
| Allergic to Love | Sam Walker | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Riverboat Southerner | 1944 |
| Goodnight, Sweetheart | Slim Taylor | 1944 |
| Man from Frisco | Eben Whelock | 1944 |
| Bermuda Mystery | Gas Station Owner | 1944 |
| Twilight on the Prairie | Jed (as Olin Howlin) / Jed | 1944 |
| Jack London | Mailman | 1943 |
| The Falcon and the Co-eds | Goodwillie / Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver | 1943 |
| The Good Fellows | Reynolds | 1943 |
| The Sky's the Limit | Driver | 1943 |
| Dixie | Mr. Deveraux (as Olin Howlin) / Mr. Deveraux | 1943 |
| The Falcon Strikes Back | Sheriff | 1943 |
| A Stranger in Town | Homer Todds | 1943 |
| Young and Willing | Second Cop | 1943 |
| Lady Bodyguard | Dr. Saunders | 1943 |
| Ridin' Down the Canyon | The Jailer / Jailer | 1942 |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Trullers | 1942 |
| Secrets of the Underground | Oscar Mayberry (as Olin Howlin) / Oscar Mayberry | 1942 |
| You Can't Escape Forever | Cemetery Organist | 1942 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Jacob Diezel / Jacob Diezal | 1942 |
| Orchestra Wives | Dance Ticket-Taker | 1942 |
| Her Cardboard Lover | Frank - Casino Manager | 1942 |
| Joan of Ozark | Game Warden | 1942 |
| Henry and Dizzy | Mr. Stevens / Frank Stevens | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Carpenter | 1942 |
| In Old California | Undetermined Minor Role / Salesman | 1942 |
| Almost Married | Bright | 1942 |
| Dr. Broadway | The Professor | 1942 |
| Home in Wyomin' | Sunrise (as Olin Howlin) / Sunrise | 1942 |
| The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Chief of Police Jonathan Meek / Jonathan Meek | 1942 |
| This Gun for Hire | Blair Fletcher (as Olin Howlin) / Blair Fletcher | 1942 |
| Blondie's Blessed Event | Office Worker | 1942 |
| Mr. and Mrs. North | Undetermined Role | 1942 |
| Two-Faced Woman | Frank | 1941 |
| You're in the Army Now | Pa - The Farmer / Farmer | 1941 |
| Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Dr. Williams (as Olin Howlin) / Dr. Williams | 1941 |
| One Foot in Heaven | Train Station Master | 1941 |
| Buy Me That Town | Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin) / Constable Sam Smedley | 1941 |
| Belle Starr | Jasper Trench | 1941 |
| The Shepherd of the Hills | Corky | 1941 |
| The Great Lie | Ed - Arizona Ranch Hand | 1941 |
| Chad Hanna | Cisco Tridd | 1940 |
| Young People | Station Master | 1940 |
| Comin' Round the Mountain | Pa Blower | 1940 |
| The Doctor Takes a Wife | Hotel Clerk | 1940 |
| Young Tom Edison | Telegrapher (Indian Attack) | 1940 |
| Gone with the Wind | A Carpetbagger Businessman | 1940 |
| Four Wives | Joe - a Policeman | 1939 |
| Days of Jesse James | Muncie Undersheriff | 1939 |
| The Return of Doctor X | Undertaker | 1939 |
| Blondie Brings Up Baby | Encyclopedia Salesman | 1939 |
| One Hour to Live | Clerk | 1939 |
| The Kid from Kokomo | Sam, the Whittler | 1939 |
| Zenobia | Attorney Culpepper | 1939 |
| Nancy Drew... Reporter | Police Sgt. Entwhistle / Police Sergeant Entwhistle | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Farmer | 1939 |
| Boy Slaves | Cookie | 1939 |
| Ambush | Radio Actor (segment "Uncle Toby") | 1939 |
| Sweethearts | Appleby | 1938 |
| Brother Rat | Slim | 1938 |
| The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. X / Mr. X, the Safecracker | 1938 |
| Little Tough Guy | Baxter | 1938 |
| When Were You Born | Peter Finlay (Sagittarius) / Peter Finlay | 1938 |
| Kentucky Moonshine | Tom Slack | 1938 |
| A Trip to Paris | Fred | 1938 |
| Mr. Moto's Gamble | Deputy Sheriff Burt | 1938 |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Trinidad Joe / 'Trinidad Joe' | 1938 |
| Merrily We Live | Jed Smith | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster | 1938 |
| Swing Your Lady | Hotel Proprietor | 1938 |
| The Bad Man of Brimstone | Stagecoach Driver / Jardge - Stage Driver | 1937 |
| Nothing Sacred | Vermont Baggage Man / Baggage Man | 1937 |
| Stand-In | Hotel Manager | 1937 |
| Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Doorman Jim / Doorman | 1937 |
| Stella Dallas | Stephen's Office Clerk | 1937 |
| Marry the Girl | First Southerner / Southern sales manager | 1937 |
| Mountain Music | Pappy Burnside | 1937 |
| A Star Is Born | Judd Baker | 1937 |
| Men in Exile | H. Mortimer Jones / Jones | 1937 |
| Gold Diggers of 1937 | Dr. MacDuffy | 1936 |
| Country Gentlemen | Lawyer | 1936 |
| Love Letters of a Star | 1936 | |
| The Longest Night | Smythe, Floorwalker / Smythe - Floorwalker | 1936 |
| The Case of the Velvet Claws | Wilbur Strong | 1936 |
| Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Blair | 1936 |
| Satan Met a Lady | Detective Dunhill | 1936 |
| The Big Noise | Harrison | 1936 |
| I Married a Doctor | Dave Dyer | 1936 |
| Snowed Under | Bridgeport Sheriff | 1936 |
| Road Gang | Doctor / Prison Farm Doctor | 1936 |
| The Widow from Monte Carlo | Eaves | 1936 |
| Man Hunt | Court Starrett | 1936 |
| Dr. Socrates | Bob Catlett | 1935 |
| The Case of the Lucky Legs | Dr. Croker | 1935 |
| Little Big Shot | Doc - Kells' Henchman | 1935 |
| Love Me Forever | Carlton - Interior Decorator | 1935 |
| The Case of the Curious Bride | Coroner Wilbur Strong / Wilbur Strong | 1935 |
| Naughty Marietta | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1935 |
| Folies Bergère de Paris | Stage Manager | 1935 |
| Under Pressure | Newspaper Reporter | 1935 |
| Behold My Wife! | Mattingly | 1934 |
| Marie Galante | Clerk French Consul | 1934 |
| Wagon Wheels | Bill O'Leary | 1934 |
| Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | 1934 |
| Private Scandal | Ed - Coroner | 1934 |
| Little Women | Mr. Davis | 1933 |
| Golden Harvest | Wheat Farmer | 1933 |
| Blondie Johnson | Eddie | 1933 |
| So Big! | Jacob Pogadunk | 1932 |
| Cheaters at Play | Secretary | 1932 |
| Over the Hill | Isaac as an Adult / Isaac Shelby as an Adult | 1931 |
| Zander the Great | Elmer Lovejoy | 1925 |
| Janice Meredith | Philemon Hennion / Philemon | 1924 |
| Danse macabre | Death | 1922 |
