Olin Howland

Biography

Olin Ross Howland was a renowned American actor, born in Denver, Colorado, to a military family and an actress sister, Jobyna Howland. He excelled on Broadway in musicals from 1909 to 1927 and transitioned to film with nearly two hundred movie appearances between 1918 and 1958. Notable roles include eccentric rural parts for director David O. Selznick in films like Nothing Sacred, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Gone with the Wind.