Olin Howland: Difference between revisions

{{shortShort description|American actor (1886–1959)}}

| name = Olin Howland

| image = Olin Howland in Angel and the Badman.jpg

| caption = Howland in ''[[Angel and the Badman]]'' (1947)

| birth_date = {{birthBirth date|1886|202|10|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = [[Denver]], Colorado, USU.S.

| death_date = {{deathDeath date and age|1959|909|20|1886|202|10|mf=yes}}

| death_place = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California, USU.S.

| death_causeoccupation = Actor

| yearsactiveyears_active = 1918–19581959

Howland was born in [[Denver]], Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest enlisted participants in the [[Civil War (United States)|Civil War]], and Mary C. Bunting.{{Citation Hisneeded older|date=March 2022}} His sister was the famous stage actress [[Jobyna Howland]].<ref>[http{{cite web |title=Olin Howland |url=https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=broadway-cast-staff/olin-howland-67856 ''Olin|website=Internet Howland''Broadway atDatabase Internet|publisher=The Broadway Database]League |access-date=March 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220323012539/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/olin-howland-67856 |archive-date=March 23, 2022}}</ref>

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 22, 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 |work=NY Times}}</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 ''[[The Blob|Them (1954)!]]'' (1954), where he played a drunken old man, and ''[[The Blob]]'' (1958), were his last films.{{Citation needed |date=February 2021}}

Howland never married and had no children. He worked until his death in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California, at the age of 73.

* ''[[Wagon Wheels (film)|Wagon Wheels]]'' (1934) - Bill O'Leary

* ''[[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)

* ''[[Love Letters of a Star]]'' (1936)

* ''[[A Trip to Paris]]'' (1938) - Fred (uncredited)

* ''[[One Hour to Live]]'' (1939) - Clerk

* ''[[The Shepherd of the Hills (1941 film)|The Shepherd of the Hills]]'' (1941) - Corky

* ''[[Twilight on the Prairie]]'' (1944) - Jed

* ''[[She Gets Her Man (1945 film)|She Gets Her Man]]'' (1945) - Hank (uncredited)

* ''[[My Dog Rusty]]'' (1948) - Frank Foley (uncredited)

* ''[[Stage to Tucson]]'' (1950) - Chantry (uncredited)

[[Category:VaudevilleAmerican vaudeville performers]]