Portrait of Olin Howland

Acting

Olin Howland

Career

Active from 1918 to 1958, busiest in 1942 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire
GoodWatch score84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 69 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Olin Howland Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.6, average 4.7
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Feel-Good 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

154
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Creepy Classics
Creepy Classics (1987)

as Old Man - (archive footage)

1950s

22 titles ยท average score 61
The Blob
The Blob (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as The Old Man

The Real McCoys
The Real McCoys (1957)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
GoodWatch score 77

as Surplus Dealer (uncredited)

The Adventures of Jim Bowie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

Them!
Them! (1954)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jensen

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1954)
GoodWatch score 85

as Charley (uncredited)

Hopalong Cassidy
Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Mr. & Mrs. North
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Mr. Skinner

Charlie's Haunt
Charlie's Haunt (1950)

as Storyteller on Bench

Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre (1950)

TV show ยท as Bartender / Pete Walters

Father Makes Good
Father Makes Good (1950)

as Milo Williams

1940s

73 titles ยท average score 61
Little Women
Little Women (1949)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mr. Davis - Schoolteacher (uncredited)

Last of the Wild Horses
Last of the Wild Horses (1948)
GoodWatch score 18

as Remedy Williams

Apache Rose
Apache Rose (1947)

as Alkali

Santa Fe Saddlemates
Santa Fe Saddlemates (1945)

as Dead Eye

Sheriff of Cimarron
Sheriff of Cimarron (1945)

as Pinky Snyder

Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel (1945)
GoodWatch score 75

as Joe Ellis (uncredited)

This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Blair Fletcher

Ridin' Down the Canyon
Ridin' Down the Canyon (1942)

as Jailer

Henry and Dizzy
Henry and Dizzy (1942)

as Frank Stevens

Secrets of the Underground
Secrets of the Underground (1942)

as Oscar Mayberry

Home in Wyomin'
Home in Wyomin' (1942)

as Sunrise (as Olin Howlin)

Just a Cute Kid
Just a Cute Kid (1940)

as Dr. Clump

1930s

53 titles ยท average score 62
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as A Carpetbagger Businessman

Men in Exile
Men in Exile (1937)

as Jones

Earthworm Tractors
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
GoodWatch score 51

as Mr. Blair

Man Hunt
Man Hunt (1936)

as Court Starrett

I Married a Doctor
I Married a Doctor (1936)

as Dave Dyer

The Big Noise
The Big Noise (1936)

as Harrison

The Widow from Monte Carlo
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)

as Eaves

Naughty Marietta
Naughty Marietta (1935)
GoodWatch score 60

as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1934)
GoodWatch score 84

as Pirate of the Spanish Main

Little Women
Little Women (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

as Mr. Davis (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson
Blondie Johnson (1933)
GoodWatch score 65

as Eddie

Over the Hill
Over the Hill (1931)

as Isaac as an Adult

1920s

3 titles ยท average score 62
Zander the Great
Zander the Great (1925)
GoodWatch score 59

as Elmer Lovejoy

Janice Meredith
Janice Meredith (1924)
GoodWatch score 62

as Philemon

Danse macabre
Danse macabre (1922)
GoodWatch score 64

as Death

1910s

2 titles
Hick Manhattan
Hick Manhattan (1918)

as Hugh Columbus McGinty

Independence, B'Gosh
Independence, B'Gosh (1918)

as Horation Whiffle