- Born
- Died
- Birth nameOlin Ross Howland
- Nicknames
- Ole
- Olin Howlin
- Height6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
- Olin Howland had a career in movies which stretched from the 20s, up through the time he passed away, in the late 50s. After a few attempts at films in the silent era, Olin began to appear regularly in the sound pictures of the 1930s. His roles were usually in mysteries and dramas, and he became a western character actor in the 'horse operas' put out by Republic in the 1940s. One of his most memorable roles was also one of his last; he appeared in First Stop (1955), as the owner of a broken down motel in the middle of nowhere, which the Ricardo's and Mertz's are forced to stay at for the night (and which the can't leave because the car's steering wheel was mysteriously *stolen*.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Fontana <[email protected]> (Adj U.N. Owen)
- ParentsJoby A. HowlandMary C. Bunting
- RelativesOrville Howland(Grandparent)Jobyna Howland(Sibling)
- Appears as surplus Jenny airplane dealer in The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). In real life, as a young man, he learned to fly airplanes from the Wright Brothers.
- Two of his very last roles were in classic 1950s sci-fi films: as the resident in the hospital alcoholic ward who sings "Make me sergeant in charge of the booze!" in Them! (1954), then as the rancher who is the first victim of The Blob (1958).
- He and Irving Bacon are the only actors to appear in the first two versions of "A Star Is Born": A Star Is Born (1937) and A Star Is Born (1954).
- He played the same role (Mr. Davis, Amy March's schoolteacher) in two versions of "Little Women": Little Women (1933) and Little Women (1949).
- Brother of Jobyna Howland.
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