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Olan Soule

Olan Soule

Born: 1909-02-28 • La Harpe, Illinois, USA

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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Filmography
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman poster
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
2002 • Batman (voice) (archive footage)
The Jerk, Too poster
The Jerk, Too
1984 • Mr. Baxter
The Small One poster
The Small One
1978 • Father (voice)
St. Ives poster
St. Ives
1976 • Station Man
The Apple Dumpling Gang poster
The Apple Dumpling Gang
1975 • Rube Cluck
The Legend of Lizzie Borden poster
The Legend of Lizzie Borden
1975 • Eli Bence
The Towering Inferno poster
The Towering Inferno
1974 • Johnson
Willie Dynamite poster
Willie Dynamite
1974 • Conventioneer arrested in Vice Raid (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man poster
The Six Million Dollar Man
1973 • Saltillo
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal poster
Salty, the Hijacked Harbor Seal
1972 • Narrator
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family poster
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972 • Additional Voices (voice)
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill poster
The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill
1971 • Dr. Samuels
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County poster
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
1970 • Train Conductor (uncredited)
House on Greenapple Road poster
House on Greenapple Road
1970 • Coroner
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes poster
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
1969 • TV Reporter (uncredited)
Inky, the Crow poster
Inky, the Crow
1969 • Narrator
No Image
Dragnet
1969 • Wayne, Forensics Officer
The Night Before Christmas poster
The Night Before Christmas
1968 • Dr. Clement C. Moore (voice)
The Destructors poster
The Destructors
1968 • Mace (as Olan Soulé)
And Of Course You poster
And Of Course You
1968 • Narrator
The Bubble poster
The Bubble
1966 • Watch Repairman
The Cincinnati Kid poster
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 • Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! poster
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 • Second Editor (uncredited)
Looking for Love poster
Looking for Love
1964 • Photographer (uncredited)
Sunday in New York poster
Sunday in New York
1963 • Man Getting on Bus Behind Eileen (uncredited)
It Happened at the World's Fair poster
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963 • Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
Days of Wine and Roses poster
Days of Wine and Roses
1963 • Elevator Operator (uncredited)
13 West Street poster
13 West Street
1962 • Staff Member (uncredited)
No Image
The Hurrying Kind
1962 • Fred Welling
Bachelor in Paradise poster
Bachelor in Paradise
1961 • Waiter (uncredited)
Bells Are Ringing poster
Bells Are Ringing
1960 • Nervous Man (uncredited)
Hell Bent for Leather poster
Hell Bent for Leather
1960 • Basto - the Bartender (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus poster
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
1960 • Circus Spectator Obstructed by Toby
North by Northwest poster
North by Northwest
1959 • Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
The Notorious Mr. Monks poster
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958 • Court Clerk (uncredited)
Francis in the Haunted House poster
Francis in the Haunted House
1956 • Dr. Bentley
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers poster
Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers
1956 • Narrator (voice)
While the City Sleeps poster
While the City Sleeps
1956 • Crime Scene Investigator (uncredited)
Ransom! poster
Ransom!
1956 • Bank Clerk
Queen Bee poster
Queen Bee
1955 • Dr. Pearson
Cult of the Cobra poster
Cult of the Cobra
1955 • Major Martin Fielding
Phffft poster
Phffft
1954 • Mr. Duncan (uncredited)
Dragnet poster
Dragnet
1954 • Ray Pinker
Human Desire poster
Human Desire
1954 • Lewis
Francis Joins the WACS poster
Francis Joins the WACS
1954 • Captain Creavy
The Great Diamond Robbery poster
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954 • Mr. Heinsdorfer, Gibbons' Floor Manager (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way poster
Trouble Along the Way
1953 • Cardinal's Secretary
Never Wave at a WAC poster
Never Wave at a WAC
1953 • Lt. Constable (uncredited)
Monkey Business poster
Monkey Business
1952 • Pickwick Arms Clerk (uncredited)
Don't Bother to Knock poster
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 • Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Clash by Night poster
Clash by Night
1952 • Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Atomic City poster
The Atomic City
1952 • Mortie Fenton
You Never Can Tell poster
You Never Can Tell
1951 • Dog House Salesman (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still poster
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 • Mr. Krull, boarder
Hollywood Story poster
Hollywood Story
1951 • Radio Commentator (uncredited)
Branded poster
Branded
1950
Peggy poster
Peggy
1950 • Simmons
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town poster
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 • Salon Technician (uncredited)
The Lady Takes a Sailor poster
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949 • Tyson's Assistant (uncredited)
Beyond the Forest poster
Beyond the Forest
1949
It's a Great Feeling poster
It's a Great Feeling
1949 • Flack (uncredited)