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Olan Soule
Highest Rated: 100% Don't Bother to Knock (1952)
Lowest Rated: 43% Dragnet (1954)
Birthday: Feb 28, 1909
Birthplace: La Harpe, Illinois, USA
Soule had his heyday during the golden age of radio, amassing lead credits starting in 1933 with "Little Orphan Annie" and "Jack Armstrong, All-American Boy" and achieving his greatest fame on the serial "First Nighter." On TV, Soule appeared as a regular on "Captain Midnight" (1954), in guest spots on various series including "The Six-Million-Dollar Man" and "Simon and Simon," and provided voices for several cartoon characters beginning with Batman on "Super Friends" (1973). His last TV work included a bit part in "The Jerk, Too" (1984), a sequel/remake of the Steve Martin feature vehicle, and a recurring role on the detective series "Simon and Simon" (1986).
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 84% | The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Eli Bence (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 68% | 72% | The Towering Inferno | Johnson (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 91% | 87% | Fantastic Planet | Master Taj (Voice) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | The Six Million Dollar Man | Saltillo (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth | Unknown (Character) | - | 1966 |
| 86% | 78% | The Cincinnati Kid | Desk Clerk (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | Cash McCall | Joe (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 73% | 45% | This Island Earth | First Reporter (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | Daddy Long Legs | Asst. Hotel Mgr. (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 43% | 68% | Dragnet | Ray Pinker (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Francis Joins the WACS | Capt. Creavy (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Atomic City | Mortie Fenton (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 100% | 76% | Don't Bother to Knock | Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1952 |
| 79% | 68% | Monkey Business | Pickwick Arms Desk Clerk (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | You Never Can Tell | Dog House Salesman (Character) | - | 1951 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Super Friends | Batman (Voice) | 1977-1978 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Little House on the Prairie | Ticket Agent (Guest Star) | 1975 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fantasy Island | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 |
| 43% | 81% | Battlestar Galactica | Carmichael (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Troft (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Westervelt (Guest Star) | 1972 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Apple's Way | Mr. Ludwig (Guest Star) | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Unknown (Voice) | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Arnie | Fred Springer (Character) | 1970-1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964-1965 1967 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. | Man 2 (Guest Star) | 1966 1968-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Petticoat Junction | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963-1964 1968-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Batman With Robin the Boy Wonder | Batman (Voice) | 1968-1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cimarron Strip | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 1965 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Affair | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| 10% | No Score Yet | The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Chet Carter (Guest Star) | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Beverly Hillbillies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Jim (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmer's Daughter | Manager (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | Bewitched | Doctor Passmore (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| 83% | 90% | The Munsters | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Favorite Martian | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 1965 |
| 100% | 91% | The Addams Family | Harwood Widdy (Guest Star) | 1965 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | The Andy Griffith Show | John Masters (Guest Star) | 1962-1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1964 |
| 92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | IRS Man (Character) | 1960 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 77 Sunset Strip | Station Agent (Guest Star) | 1959 1961 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1962-1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rifleman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laramie | Clerk (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Have Gun -- Will Travel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Wells Fargo | Storekeeper (Guest Star) | 1958 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Brother Fish (Character) | 1955-1957 1959 1961-1962 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Untouchables | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960-1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deputy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stagecoach West | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dante | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rebel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bachelor Father | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Johnny Ringo | Clerk (Guest Star) | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1959-1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Court Clerk (Guest Star) | 1958-1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bat Masterson | Bartender (Guest Star) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Behind Closed Doors | Unknown (Character) | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Sam Deremus (Guest Star) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | I Love Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Married Joan | Guard (Guest Star) | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1952-1953 |