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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1909
Died
February 1, 1994
Place of Birth
La Harpe, Illinois, USA
Olan Soule
1.0 Popularity
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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
8.2
Batman (voice) (archive footage)
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
2002
6.3
Crime Scene Technician
Homicide
1991
7.9
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
1984
5.5
Just Our Luck
1983
6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
5.1
Pop
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1979
7.6
The World's Greatest Super Friends
1979
6.9
Father (voice)
The Small One
1978
7.1
Carmichael
Battlestar Galactica
1978
6.9
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
Credits
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
as Batman (voice) (archive footage)
2002
8.2
Homicide
as Crime Scene Technician
1991
6.3
Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
1984
7.9
Just Our Luck
1983
5.5
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Pop
1979
5.1
The World's Greatest Super Friends
1979
7.6
The Small One
as Father (voice)
1978
6.9
Battlestar Galactica
as Carmichael
1978
7.1
Challenge of the Super Friends
1978
6.9
Project U.F.O.
1978
6.7
Fantasy Island
as Proprietor
1978
6.4
The Love Boat
as Harvey Grove
1977
6.3
The All-New Super Friends Hour
1977
7.4
St. Ives
as Station Man
1976
5.7
The Apple Dumpling Gang
as Rube Cluck
1975
6.6
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
as Eli Bence
1975
6.7
The Towering Inferno
as Johnson
1974
7.0
Harry O
1974
4.6
Little House on the Prairie
1974
7.9
Willie Dynamite
as Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)
1974
6.4
Super Friends
as Batman (voice)
1973
7.6
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Saltillo
1973
6.7
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal
as Narrator
1972
0.0
Banacek
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1972
8.6
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
as Batman (voice)
1972
7.7
Emergency!
1972
7.8
Nichols
as Mr. Goudge
1971
5.0
Cannon
1971
6.5
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
as Dr. Samuels
1971
0.0
Arnie
1970
3.0
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1970
6.3
House on Greenapple Road
as Coroner
1970
6.0
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
as TV Reporter (uncredited)
1969
6.0
Inky, the Crow
as Narrator
1969
0.0
Dragnet
as Wayne, Forensics Officer
1969
6.0
The Night Before Christmas
as Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
1968
4.8
Mayberry R.F.D.
as Employer #2
1968
5.7
Land of the Giants
as Cameraman
1968
6.7
Adam-12
as Vernon Barber
1968
7.0
The Adventures of Batman
as Batman (voice)
1968
7.2
The Destructors
as Mace (as Olan Soulé)
1968
5.2
The Bubble
as Watch Repairman
1966
4.3
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
6.6
Family Affair
1966
6.6
The Monkees
1966
6.5
That Girl
1966
6.2
Batman
as Newscaster
1966
7.3
The Cincinnati Kid
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1965
7.0
The F.B.I.
as Gary Deuel
1965
5.5
The Big Valley
as Telegraph Clerk
1965
6.1
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
as Second Editor (uncredited)
1965
3.4
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
7.2
Daniel Boone
as Silversmith
1964
6.9
The Addams Family
as Harwood Widdy
1964
8.0
Bewitched
1964
7.9
Looking for Love
as Photographer (uncredited)
1964
5.0
Sunday in New York
as Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)
1963
6.6
My Favorite Martian
1963
6.0
Petticoat Junction
as Stanley Benson
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Coffee Salesman
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Mr. Parks
1963
5.8
Petticoat Junction
as Bert, The Barber
1963
5.8
The Fugitive
as Chet Carter
1963
7.2
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
1963
5.8
Days of Wine and Roses
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1963
7.5
McHale's Navy
1962
6.7
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Bill
1962
7.8
13 West Street
as Staff Member (uncredited)
1962
5.5
🎬
The Hurrying Kind
as Fred Welling
1962
0.0
Bachelor in Paradise
as Waiter (uncredited)
1961
6.5
Mister Ed
1961
6.8
🎬
Peter Loves Mary
1960
5.0
Angel
1960
2.8
The Andy Griffith Show
as John Masters
1960
7.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.5
Checkmate
1960
4.1
Bells Are Ringing
as Nervous Man (uncredited)
1960
6.3
Hell Bent for Leather
as Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)
1960
6.2
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
as Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby
1960
6.1
The Detectives
1959
5.6
The Rebel
as Liam O'Shea
1959
5.1
The Twilight Zone
as IRS Man
1959
8.4
The Twilight Zone
as Mr. Smiles (uncredited)
1959
8.4
Johnny Ringo
as Sam
1959
5.7
Johnny Ringo
as Clerk
1959
5.7
North by Northwest
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
1959
8.0
One Step Beyond
as Stowaway
1959
5.6
Rawhide
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Bat Masterson
as Bartender
1958
6.1
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Behind Closed Doors
as Hotchkiss
1958
0.0
The Rifleman
1958
7.0
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Bartender
1958
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Archie Warner
1958
6.9
The Notorious Mr. Monks
as Court Clerk (uncredited)
1958
0.0
The Real McCoys
1957
5.6
Perry Mason
as Court Clerk
1957
7.7
M Squad
as Tailor
1957
5.2
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Mr. Danzig
1957
6.2
Francis in the Haunted House
as Dr. Bentley
1956
5.1
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
as Narrator (voice)
1956
5.8
While the City Sleeps
as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
1956
6.9
Ransom!
as Bank Clerk
1956
7.2
Queen Bee
as Dr. Pearson
1955
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Chemist
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Art Dealer
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Darlene's Daddy
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Brother Fish
1955
7.7
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Barber
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Waiter
1955
6.6
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
Cult of the Cobra
as Major Martin Fielding
1955
6.0
The Millionaire
as Teller
1955
5.0
Phffft
as Mr. Duncan (uncredited)
1954
6.2
December Bride
1954
5.5
Captain Midnight
1954
5.7
Dragnet
as Ray Pinker
1954
6.2
Human Desire
as Lewis
1954
6.8
Francis Joins the WACS
as Captain Creavy
1954
5.8
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)
1954
0.0
Letter to Loretta
as Stanley Gibbs
1953
6.5
City Detective
1953
7.0
Trouble Along the Way
as Cardinal's Secretary
1953
5.9
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Jack Townsend
1953
6.3
General Electric Theater
as Desk Clerk
1953
6.3
Never Wave at a WAC
as Lt. Constable (uncredited)
1953
4.9
Monkey Business
as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
1952
6.7
Don't Bother to Knock
as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1952
6.6
Clash by Night
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1952
6.7
The Atomic City
as Mortie Fenton
1952
5.2
Dragnet
1951
6.4
I Love Lucy
as Dr. Gettleman
1951
7.9
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.3
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Mr. Krull, boarder
1951
7.5
You Never Can Tell
as Dog House Salesman (uncredited)
1951
6.4
Hollywood Story
as Radio Commentator (uncredited)
1951
6.6
Branded
1950
5.9
Peggy
as Simmons
1950
4.7
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
as Salon Technician (uncredited)
1950
6.1
Beyond the Forest
1949
6.8
It's a Great Feeling
as Flack (uncredited)
1949
5.9
Studio One
as Doctor (uncredited)
1948
5.0