Olan Soule
Known for Acting · 141 credits
- Born
- 1909-02-28
- Died
- 1994-02-01
- Place of birth
- La Harpe, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Olan Soulé · Alan Soule
Biography
Olan Evart Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. Soule's voice work on television included his 15-year role (1968–1983) as Batman on several animated series that were either devoted to or involved the fictional "Dark Knight" superhero.
Soule married Norma Elizabeth Miller on September 29, 1929. They had two children and were married for 63 years, until Norma's death on July 1, 1992. His daughter Joann, was also an actress, under the name of Sydney Soule. Soule was a 32-degree Mason as well as a member of the Los Angeles Show Business Shrine Club (Al Malikah).
On February 1, 1994, Soule died at age 84 of lung cancer in Corona, California, at the home of his daughter, Joann, and son-in-law, Dr. David Henriksen. His burial took place at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. CLR
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Known For
TV Shows (79)
Perry Mason
1957
as Court Clerk
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as John Masters
The Fugitive
1963
as Chet Carter
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Ticket Agent
The Love Boat
1977
as Harvey Grove
Bewitched
1964
as Doctor Passmore
Adam-12
1968
as Vernon Barber
Dragnet
1951
Batman
1966
as Newscaster
The Rifleman
1958
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
Emergency!
1972
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Hotel Carlton Assistant Mgr. Cartwright
The Twilight Zone
1959
as IRS Man / Mr. Smiles (uncredited)
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Stanley Benson / Coffee Salesman / Mr. Parks / Bert, The Barber
Simon & Simon
1981
My Three Sons
1960
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Bill
Cannon
1971
I Love Lucy
1951
as Dr. Gettleman
Rawhide
1959
The F.B.I.
1965
as Gary Deuel
Studio One
1948
as Doctor (uncredited)
Daniel Boone
1964
as Silversmith
The Big Valley
1965
as Telegraph Clerk
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Bartender / Archie Warner
That Girl
1966
Fantasy Island
1978
as Proprietor
Gunsmoke
1955
as Barber / Waiter
Bat Masterson
1958
as Bartender
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
The Monkees
1966
as Waiter
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Super Friends
1973
as Batman (voice)
One Step Beyond
1959
as Stowaway
Family Affair
1966
The Real McCoys
1957
Dragnet
1967
as Ray Murray
Land of the Giants
1968
as Cameraman
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Chemist / Art Dealer / Darlene's Daddy / Brother Fish / Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
Mister Ed
1961
The Addams Family
1964
as Harwood Widdy
M Squad
1957
as Tailor
The Rebel
1959
as Liam O'Shea
The Millionaire
1955
as Teller
Battlestar Galactica
1978
as Carmichael
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Mr. Danzig
Harry O
1974
My Favorite Martian
1963
The Detectives
1959
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Mayberry R.F.D.
1968
as Employer #2
Checkmate
1960
McHale's Navy
1962
December Bride
1954
Johnny Ringo
1959
as Sam / Clerk
Banacek
1972
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
as Dr. Apella
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
as Batman (voice)
Pete and Gladys
1960
Movies (62)
North by Northwest
1959
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Towering Inferno
1974
as Johnson
Monkey Business
1952
as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Mr. Krull, boarder
Dragnet
1954
as Ray Pinker
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
2002
as Batman (voice) (archive footage)
Ransom!
1956
as Bank Clerk
Dragnet
1969
as Wayne, Forensics Officer
Peggy
1950
as Simmons
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock
1952
as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Clash by Night
1952
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
St. Ives
1976
as Station Man
While the City Sleeps
1956
as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963
as Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
Sunday in New York
1963
as Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)
Queen Bee
1955
as Dr. Pearson
Days of Wine and Roses
1963
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973
as Saltillo
Branded
1950
Phffft
1954
as Mr. Duncan (uncredited)
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975
as Rube Cluck
Human Desire
1954
as Lewis
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
as Additional Voices (voice)
13 West Street
1962
as Staff Member (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest
1949
The Small One
1978
as Father (voice)
Cult of the Cobra
1955
as Major Martin Fielding
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Willie Dynamite
1974
as Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)
Bells Are Ringing
1960
as Nervous Man (uncredited)
Looking for Love
1964
as Photographer (uncredited)
It's a Great Feeling
1949
as Flack (uncredited)
The Destructors
1968
as Mace (as Olan Soulé)
Trouble Along the Way
1953
as Cardinal's Secretary
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975
as Eli Bence
Hell Bent for Leather
1960
as Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960
as Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby
Hollywood Story
1951
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
as Second Editor (uncredited)
The Bubble
1966
as Watch Repairman
The Jerk, Too
1984
as Mr. Baxter
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Lt. Constable (uncredited)
Bachelor in Paradise
1961
as Waiter (uncredited)
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950
as Salon Technician (uncredited)
The Atomic City
1952
as Mortie Fenton
The Hurrying Kind
1962
as Fred Welling
Francis Joins the WACS
1954
as Captain Creavy
Francis in the Haunted House
1956
as Dr. Bentley
You Never Can Tell
1951
as Dog House Salesman (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
The Night Before Christmas
1968
as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
And Of Course You
1968
as Narrator
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971
as Dr. Samuels
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
as Tyson's Assistant (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
as Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)
House on Greenapple Road
1970
as Coroner
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal
1972
as Narrator
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956
as Narrator (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1972
as Additional Voices
Inky, the Crow
1969
as Narrator
About Olan Soule
Olan Evart Soule (February 28, 1909 – February 1, 1994) was an American actor, who had professional credits in nearly 7,000 radio shows and commercials, appearances in 200 television series and television films, and in over 60 films. Soule's voice work on television included his 15-year role (1968–1983) as Batman on several animated series that were either devoted to or involved the fictional "Dark Knight" superhero. Soule married Norma Elizabeth Miller on September 29, 1929. They had two children and were married for 63 years, until Norma's d… With 141 credits spanning from 1948 to 2002, Olan Soule has appeared in 62 films and 79 TV shows.
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- North by Northwest (1959) — as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
- The Towering Inferno (1974) — as Johnson
- Monkey Business (1952) — as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — as Mr. Krull, boarder
- Dragnet (1954) — as Ray Pinker
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