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{{Short description|American actor (1886–1959)}}
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| death_place = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1918–19581959
| relatives = [[Jobyna Howland]] (sister)
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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 (musical)|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]],{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} who cast him in his movies ''[[Nothing Sacred (film)|Nothing Sacred]]'' (1937) as a strange luggage man, ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' (1938, as the teacher Mr. Dobbins) and ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939) as a carpetbagger businessman.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/33602/Olin-Howland/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422000718/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/33602/Olin-Howland/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 1722, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |title=Olin Howland |access-date=February 3, 2016 }}</ref> He also played in numerous westerns from [[Republic Pictures]], including the [[John Wayne]] films ''[[In Old California (1942 film)|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 sentimentpoignancy into his scenes with [[James Stewart]] in the film ''[[The Spirit of St. Louis (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.{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}
 
He also played in television shows during the 1950s. One of Olin's memorable television appearances was in an episode of "I Love Lucy." Entitled "First Stop", air date January 17, 1955 Olin played the humorous role of a cafe and motel proprietor offering dubious accommodations to the road-weary Ricardos and Mertzes as they traveled by car en-route from New York to California. In 1958 and 1959, he was cast as Charley Perkins in five episodes of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[sitcom]] ''[[The Real McCoys]]'', starring [[Walter Brennan]].
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* ''[[The Case of the Curious Bride]]'' (1935) - Coroner Wilbur Strong
* ''[[Love Me Forever (film)|Love Me Forever]]'' (1935) - Carlton - Interior Decorator (uncredited)
* ''[[Little Big Shot (1935 film)|Little Big Shot]]'' (1935) - Doc - Kells' Henchman (uncredited)
* ''[[The Case of the Lucky Legs]]'' (1935) - Dr. Croker
* ''[[Dr. Socrates]]'' (1935) - Bob Catlett
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* ''[[The Case of the Velvet Claws]]'' (1936) - Wilbur Strong
* ''[[The Longest Night (1936 film)|The Longest Night]]'' (1936) - Smythe, Floorwalker
* ''[[Love Letters of a Star]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Country Gentlemen (film)|Country Gentlemen]]'' (1936) - Lawyer
* ''[[Gold Diggers of 1937]]'' (1936) - Dr. MacDuffy
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* ''[[The Girl of the Golden West (1938 film)|The Girl of the Golden West]]'' (1938) - Trinidad Joe
* ''[[Mr. Moto's Gamble]]'' (1938) - Deputy Sheriff Burt (uncredited)
* ''[[A Trip to Paris]]'' (1938) - Fred (uncredited)
* ''[[Kentucky Moonshine]]'' (1938) - Tom Slack
* ''[[When Were You Born]]'' (1938) - Peter Finlay (Sagittarius)
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* ''[[Chad Hanna]]'' (1940) - Cisco Tridd
* ''[[The Great Lie]]'' (1941) - Ed - Arizona Ranch Hand (scenes deleted)
* ''[[The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film)|The Shepherd of the Hills]]'' (1941) - Corky
* ''[[Belle Starr (film)|Belle Starr]]'' (1941) - Jasper Trench
* ''[[One Foot in Heaven]]'' (1941) - Train Station Master (uncredited)
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[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Denver]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:VaudevilleAmerican vaudeville performers]]
[[Category:American male dancers]]
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