Olin Howland
Olin Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, United States on February 10th, 1886 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 73, Olin Howland biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Olin Ross Howland (February 10, 1886 – September 20, 1959) was an American film and theatre actor.
Life and career
Howland was born in Denver, Colorado, to Joby A. Howland, one of the youngest Civil War combatants, and Mary C. Bunting. Jobyna Howland, a stage actor, was his sibling.
Howland appeared on Broadway in musicals from 1909 to 1927, occasionally appearing in silent films. Leave It to Jane (1917), Two Little Girls in Blue (1921), and Wildflower (1923). With Marion Davies, he appeared in the film Janice Meredith (1924). His theater experience became a plus with the advent of sound films, but he concentrated mostly on film later, appearing in nearly two hundred films between 1918 and 1958.
Howland played eccentric and rural roles in Hollywood. His parts were often small and uncredited, and he never got a lead role. He was a personal favorite of David O. Selznick (1937) as the teacher Mr. Dobbins) and Gone with the Wind (1939) as a carpetbagger businessman. He appeared in several westerns from Republic Pictures, including the John Wayne films In Old California (1942) and Angel and the Badman (1947). Howland, a young man, learned to fly at the Wright Flying School and walked on a Wright Model B. As Stewart was also a pilot in real life, he added a special touch to his scenes with James Stewart in the film The Spirit of St. Louis (1957). St. Louis and Them! His last films, 1959, where he appeared as a drunken old man, and The Blob (1958), were his last films.
He appeared on television shows in the 1950s. In an episode of "I Love Lucy," one of Olin's most memorable television appearances was included. On January 17, 1955, Olin portrayed the comedic role of a cafe and motel proprietor offering questionable lodging to the road-weary Ricardos and Mertzes while traveling by car en route from New York to California. In 1958 and 1959, Charley Perkins appeared in five episodes of ABC's The Real McCoys, starring Walter Brennan.
Howland performed as a dancer, a dance instructor, and a headliner in vain vain shows. He toured Europe, performing dancing shows.
Howland never married and had no children. He lived in Hollywood, California, until his death at the age of 73.