Olin Howland: movies and TV shows
Olin Howland has 160 credits in the archive: 152 films and 8 TV series, from 1918 to 2003. Highest rated: I Love Lucy (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1918 – 2003 · busiest year: 1942 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 117 |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Old Man - (archive footage) | Film | 6.4 | 101 |
| 1958 | The Blob | The Old Man | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1957 | The Real McCoys | TV | 5.9 | 71 | |
| 1957 | The Spirit of St. Louis | Surplus Dealer (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 71 |
| 1957 | Bombers B-52 | Joe (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 71 |
| 1957 | The Storm Rider | Will Collins | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 70 | |
| 1955 | The McConnell Story | Sam | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1954 | Them! | Jensen | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Charley (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Mailman | Film | 4.3 | 67 |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | TV | 5.4 | 66 | |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North | TV | 5.0 | 66 | |
| 1952 | The Fabulous Senorita | Justice of the Peace (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Mr. Skinner | TV | 7.9 | 65 |
| 1951 | Fighting Coast Guard | Desk Clerk (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 6.7 | 65 |
| 1951 | Santa Fe | Dan Dugan | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sheriff | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Pete Walters | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Bartender | TV | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1950 | A Ticket to Tomahawk | Film | 6.0 | 64 | |
| 1950 | The Nevadan | Rusty (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1950 | Rock Island Trail | Saloonkeeper | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1950 | Charlie's Haunt | Storyteller on Bench | Film | — | 64 |
| 1950 | Father Makes Good | Milo Williams | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1950 | Never a Dull Moment | Hunter (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 64 |
| 1949 | Little Women | Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 63 |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sam - Connecticut Postman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Skinny Santa Claus (Uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1949 | Bad Men of Tombstone | Store Proprietor (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1949 | Hellfire | Bartender (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 63 |
| 1949 | Leave It to Henry | Milo Williams | Film | 7.5 | 63 |
| 1949 | Grand Canyon | Windy | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 1948 | The Paleface | Jonathan Sloane, undertaker | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1948 | The Dude Goes West | Finnegan | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 1948 | Station West | Cook | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1948 | Relentless | Veterinarian (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1948 | Last of the Wild Horses | Remedy Williams | Film | 3.3 | 62 |
| 1948 | The Return of the Whistler | Jeff Anderson | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1947 | Angel and the Badman | Bradley | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1947 | I Walk Alone | Ed the Watchman (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Gardener | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Gas Man | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1947 | Apache Rose | Alkali | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1946 | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Newspaper Clerk (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1946 | Home Sweet Homicide | Luke | Film | 4.5 | 60 |
| 1946 | Crime Doctor's Man Hunt | Marcus Le Blaine | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1945 | Fallen Angel | Joe Ellis (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1945 | Dakota | Devlin's Driver | Film | 5.2 | 59 |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Andrews | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1945 | Her Lucky Night | Prince de la Mour | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1945 | Sing Your Way Home | Steward (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1945 | Santa Fe Saddlemates | Dead Eye | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Census Taker | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Hank (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 59 |
| 1945 | Senorita from the West | Justice of Peace | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1945 | Sheriff of Cimarron | Pinky Snyder | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 1944 | Bermuda Mystery | Gas Station Owner | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Train Vendor (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1944 | Nothing But Trouble | Painter's Foreman (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Bigelow (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Moorehousse | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Bit Part | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | Man from Frisco | Eben Whelock | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1944 | Twilight on the Prairie | Jed (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | Sing, Neighbor, Sing | Joe the Barber | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1943 | Dixie | Mr. Deveraux | Film | 5.0 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Falcon Strikes Back | Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Falcon and the Co-Eds | Goodwillie, Bluecliff Driver | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1943 | A Stranger in Town | Homer Todds | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1943 | The Good Fellows | Reynolds | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire | Blair Fletcher | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Carpenter (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1942 | In Old California | Undetermined Minor Role | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1942 | Sappy Birthday | Film | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Jailer | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Jacob Diezel | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | The Man Who Wouldn't Die | Jonathan Meek | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway | The Professor | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | You Can't Escape Forever | Cemetery Organist (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Henry and Dizzy | Frank Stevens | Film | 9.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | When Johnny Comes Marching Home | Trullers | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Blondie's Blessed Event | Office Worker (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Almost Married | Bright | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1942 | Home in Wyomin' | Sunrise (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 8.5 | 56 |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground | Oscar Mayberry | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Jasper Trench | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1941 | The Shepherd of the Hills | Corky | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now | Farmer | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Train Station Master (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 55 |
| 1941 | Two-Faced Woman | Frank (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 55 |
| 1941 | Buy Me That Town | Constable Sam Smedley (as Olin Howlin) | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Dr. Williams | Film | 5.6 | 55 |
| 1940 | Young People | Station Master | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1940 | The Doctor Takes a Wife | Clerk at Lakewood Lodge (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Telegrapher (Indian Attack) | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Cisco Tridd | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1940 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Pa Blower | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1940 | Just a Cute Kid | Dr. Clump | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | A Carpetbagger Businessman | Film | 7.9 | 53 |
| 1939 | Zenobia | Attorney Culpepper | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | Made for Each Other | Farmer (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1939 | Four Wives | Joe - a Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1939 | The Return of Doctor X | Undertaker | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | Days of Jesse James | Muncie Undersheriff | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Police Sergeant Entwhistle | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Encyclopedia Salesman | Film | 6.9 | 53 |
| 1939 | One Hour to Live | Clerk | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1938 | Merrily We Live | Jed Smith | Film | 6.9 | 52 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Mr. Dobbins - Schoolmaster | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton | Mr. X, the Safecracker | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1938 | Mr. Moto's Gamble | Deputy Sheriff Burt (Uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1938 | When Were You Born | Peter Finlay | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1938 | Kentucky Moonshine | Tom Slack | Film | 5.2 | 52 |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Trinidad Joe | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1938 | Sweethearts | Appleby | Film | 5.8 | 52 |
| 1938 | Brother Rat | Slim | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guy | Baxter | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1937 | Nothing Sacred | Baggage Man | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1937 | Mountain Music | Pappy Burnside | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | Men in Exile | Jones | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | Stand-In | Hotel Manager | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1937 | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Doorman | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | The Bad Man of Brimstone | Stagecoach Driver | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1937 | Marry the Girl | Southern sales manager | Film | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1936 | Satan Met a Lady | Detective Dunhill | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Prison Farm Doctor | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | Gold Diggers of 1937 | Dr. MacDuffy | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1936 | Snowed Under | Bridgeport Sheriff (uncredited) | Film | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1936 | Earthworm Tractors | Mr. Blair | Film | 5.4 | 50 |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Court Starrett | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Longest Night | Smythe, Floorwalker | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1936 | I Married a Doctor | Dave Dyer | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Wilbur Strong | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Big Noise | Harrison | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1936 | Country Gentlemen | Lawyer | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1935 | Naughty Marietta | Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère de Paris | Stage Manager | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Case of the Curious Bride | Wilbur Strong | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Love Me Forever | Carlton | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Doc (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Case of the Lucky Legs | Dr. Croker | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Dr. Socrates | Bob Catlett | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Eaves | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1934 | Treasure Island | Pirate of the Spanish Main | Film | 6.5 | 48 |
| 1934 | Wagon Wheels | Bill O'Leary | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson | Eddie | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1933 | Little Women | Mr. Davis (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 47 |
| 1933 | Golden Harvest | Wheat Farmer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1932 | So Big! | Jacob Dogadunk (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1932 | Cheaters at Play | Secretary | Film | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1931 | Over the Hill | Isaac as an Adult | Film | 8.5 | 45 |
| 1925 | Zander the Great | Elmer Lovejoy | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1924 | Janice Meredith | Philemon | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1922 | Danse macabre | Death | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1918 | Hick Manhattan | Hugh Columbus McGinty | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1918 | Romance and Brass Tacks | Film | — | 32 | |
| 1918 | Independence, B'Gosh | Horation Whiffle | Film | 4.0 | 32 |