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Olan Soule

Acting

Born February 28, 1909 · La Harpe, Illinois, USA

Died February 1, 1994

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 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Filmography50+ titles

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954as Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)

Banacek

1972as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Twilight Zone

1959as Mr. Smiles (uncredited)

Scooby-Doo Meets Batman

2002as Batman (voice) (archive footage)

The Addams Family

1964as Harwood Widdy

North by Northwest

1959as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Ticket Agent

Emergency!

1972

Bewitched

1964as Doctor Passmore

I Love Lucy

1951as Dr. Gettleman

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Bill

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)

Super Friends

1973as Batman (voice)

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

1972as Batman (voice)

Perry Mason

1957as Court Clerk

The Andy Griffith Show

1960as John Masters

Days of Wine and Roses

1962as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951as Mr. Krull, boarder

The Adventures of Batman

1968as Batman (voice)

Batman

1966as Newscaster

The Fugitive

1963as Chet Carter

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957as Hotel Carlton Assistant Mgr. Cartwright

Rawhide

1959

Ransom!

1956as Bank Clerk

Battlestar Galactica

1978as Carmichael

Adam-12

1968as Vernon Barber

The Rifleman

1958

The Towering Inferno

1974as Johnson

Dragnet 1967

1967as Ray Murray

The Cincinnati Kid

1965as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Daniel Boone

1964as Silversmith

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958as Archie Warner

The Small One

1978as Father (voice)

The Legend of Lizzie Borden

1975as Eli Bence

The Beverly Hillbillies

1962

While the City Sleeps

1956as Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

as Dr. Apella

Land of the Giants

1968as Cameraman

Sunday in New York

1963as Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)

Human Desire

1954as Lewis

Simon & Simon

1981

Family Affair

1966

Gunsmoke

1955as Waiter

Monkey Business

1952as Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)

Clash by Night

1952as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975as Rube Cluck

My Three Sons

1960

Don't Bother to Knock

1952as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Letter to Loretta

as Stanley Gibbs

Fantasy Island

1978as Proprietor