Olan Soule
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1909, La Harpe, Illinois, USA
- Died
- February 1, 1994
- Movies
- 62
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
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo Meets Batman | Batman (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1984 | The Jerk, Too | Mr. Baxter |
| 1978 | The Small One | Father (voice) |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Station Man |
| 1975 | The Apple Dumpling Gang | Rube Cluck |
| 1975 | The Legend of Lizzie Borden | Eli Bence |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Johnson |
| 1974 | Willie Dynamite | Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited) |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Saltillo |
| 1972 | Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters | Additional Voices |
| 1972 | Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal | Narrator |
| 1972 | Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1971 | The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill | Dr. Samuels |
| 1970 | The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1970 | House on Greenapple Road | Coroner |
| 1969 | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | TV Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Inky, the Crow | Narrator |
| 1969 | Dragnet | Wayne, Forensics Officer |
| 1968 | The Night Before Christmas | Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice) |
| 1968 | The Destructors | Mace (as Olan Soulé) |
| 1968 | And Of Course You | Narrator |
| 1966 | The Bubble | Watch Repairman |
| 1965 | The Cincinnati Kid | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1965 | John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! | Second Editor (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Looking for Love | Photographer (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Sunday in New York | Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited) |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Mr. Johnson (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Days of Wine and Roses | Elevator Operator (uncredited) |
| 1962 | 13 West Street | Staff Member (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Hurrying Kind | Fred Welling |
| 1961 | Bachelor in Paradise | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Bells Are Ringing | Nervous Man (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Hell Bent for Leather | Basto - the Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus | Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby |
| 1959 | North by Northwest | Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Court Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Francis in the Haunted House | Dr. Bentley |
| 1956 | Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers | Narrator (voice) |
| 1956 | While the City Sleeps | Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Ransom! | Bank Clerk |
| 1955 | Queen Bee | Dr. Pearson |
| 1955 | Cult of the Cobra | Major Martin Fielding |
| 1954 | Phffft | Mr. Duncan (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Ray Pinker |
| 1954 | Human Desire | Lewis |
| 1954 | Francis Joins the WACS | Captain Creavy |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Trouble Along the Way | Cardinal's Secretary |
| 1953 | Never Wave at a WAC | Constable (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Monkey Business | Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Don't Bother to Knock | Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Clash by Night | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Atomic City | Mortie Fenton |
| 1951 | You Never Can Tell | Dog House Salesman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Mr. Krull |
| 1951 | Hollywood Story | Radio Commentator (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Branded | |
| 1950 | Peggy | Simmons |
| 1950 | Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town | Salon Technician (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Lady Takes a Sailor | Tyson's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Beyond the Forest | |
| 1949 | It's a Great Feeling | Flack (uncredited) |
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