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{{Infobox person
| name = Olan Soule
| image =
| caption = Soule in the TV series ''[[:en:Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'', episode ''Earthquake'', 1961
| birth_name = Alan Evart Soule {{cn|date=June 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|2|28|mf=y}}
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| years_active = 1926–1991
| spouse = Norma Elizabeth Miller (m. 1929-1992; her death)
| children =
}}
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===Television and films===
Concluding his nine-year run on ''First Nighter'', Soule moved to [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], where he appeared in films and television shows, building a reputation as a reliable [[character actor]]. Soule said "Because of my build and glasses, I've mostly played lab technicians, newscasters and railroad clerks."<ref>[https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1994-02-04-9402040099-story.html "Olan Soule, 84, Actor Known for Different Voices", ''Los Angeles Times'', February 4, 1994]</ref>
He played a telegraph operator in "Wanted: Dead or Alive" S2 E7 "The Empty Cell" which aired 10/16/1959.
He appeared as Mr. Krull, a boarding house resident in ''[[The Day The Earth Stood Still]]''. He also acted in many [[television series]]: ''[[The Donald O'Connor Show]]'' (as a semi-regular), ''[[Captain Midnight]]'' (as scientist Aristotle "Tut" Jones), ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', several appearances as a hotel clerk and choir director John Masters on ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', and a semi-regular role as real-life LAPD [[criminalist]] Ray Pinker on the original TV and radio version of ''[[Dragnet (franchise)|Dragnet]]'', and as the slightly renamed but essentially identical LAPD criminalist Ray Murray on the 1967 revival version. He played many different television roles in [[Jack Webb]]'s [[Mark VII Productions]] including ''Dragnet'', ''[[Adam-12]]'', ''[[Emergency!]]'' and ''[[Project U.F.O.]]''.
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In between the two ''Dragnet'' gigs, he had a similar semi-regular role on another [[LAPD]]-based TV series, ''[[The New Breed (TV series)|The New Breed]]'', as an unnamed "lab technician." He also made six appearances on ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', mostly as a court clerk, but also as a bank employee and water company official. He made at least two appearances on ''[[Petticoat Junction]]''. In both, the 1967 episode "Shoplifter at the Shady Rest" and the 1968 episode "Mae's Helping Hand", he played Mr. Benson. In addition, he appeared several times as the clerk of the Carlton Hotel, the San Francisco residence of the character Paladin, in the TV series, ''[[Have Gun - Will Travel]]''.
The list of Soule's supporting and starring roles is long. Some include ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'', ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'', ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'', ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', ''[[The Danny Thomas Show]]'', ''[[Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series)|Dennis the Menace]]'', ''[[The Tab Hunter Show]]'', ''[[The Real McCoys]]'', ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'', ''[[Mister Ed]]'', ''[[City Detective (TV series)|City Detective]]'', ''[[Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)|Behind Closed Doors]]'', ''[[Dante (TV series)|Dante]]'', ''[[Harrigan and Son]]'', ''[[Hennesey]]'', ''[[State Trooper (TV series)|State Trooper]]'', ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'', ''[[The Restless Gun]]'', ''[[The Rebel (American TV series)|The Rebel]]'', ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]'', ''[[My Favorite Martian]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', ''[[Bewitched]]'', ''[[Pete and Gladys]]'', ''[[The Addams Family]]'', ''[[The Munsters]]'', ''[[Johnny Ringo (TV series)|Johnny Ringo]]'', ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke#Television version|Gunsmoke]]'', ''[[Happy (1960 TV series)|Happy]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[The Jean Arthur Show]]'', ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'', ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'', ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]'', ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'', ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' and ''[[Simon & Simon]]''. He was the only actor who performed on both the ''[[Captain Midnight]]'' radio and television shows.<ref name=Soule>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbrass.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Olan&actor_last=Soule |title=Great Character Actors: Olan Soule |access-date=2012-09-03 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715093045/http://www.playbrass.com/kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Olan&actor_last=Soule |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref>
===Batman===
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== Death ==
On February 1, 1994,
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==Selected filmography==
* ''[[It's a Great Feeling]]'' (1949) - Flack (uncredited)
* ''[[Destination Big House]]'' (1950) - Ralph Newell
* ''[[Cuban Fireball]]'' (1951) - Jimmy
* ''[[The Atomic City]]'' (1952) - Mortie Fenton
* ''[[Francis Joins the WACS]]'' (1954) -
* ''[[Dragnet (1954 film)|Dragnet]]'' (1954) - Ray Pinker
* ''[[Cult of the Cobra]]'' (1955) - Major Martin Fielding
* ''[[-30- (film)|-30-]]'' (1959) - Vince, the sports editor
* ''[[The Bubble (1966 film)|The Bubble]]'' (1966) - Watch Repairman
* ''[[The Destructors (film)|The Destructors]]'' (1968) - Mace
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* ''[[The Shaggy D.A.]]'' (1976) - Bar Patron
* ''[[Homicide (1991 film)|Homicide]]'' (1991) - Crime Scene Technician (final film role)
==Selected television roles==
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!scope="col"|Role
!scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1955
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Chemist
| Season 1 Episode 8: "Our Cook's a Treasure"
|-
| 1956
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Art Dealer
| Season 1 Episode 28: "Portrait of Jocelyn"
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Stagehand (uncredited)
| Season 3 Episode 39: "Little White Frock"
|-
| 1959
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Bookstore Clerk (uncredited)
| Season 5 Episode 14: "Graduating Class"
|-
| 1959
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| Simon Denton
| Season 3, Episode 8 "To the Victor"
|-
| 1961
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Darlene's Daddy
| Season 7 Episode 2: "Bang! You're Dead"
|-
| 1961
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| Clerk
| Season 3, Episode 24 "The Long Search"
|-
|1961|| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' || Bartender || S3:E22, "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
| Brother Fish
| Season 7 Episode 17: "The Faith of Aaron Menefee"
|-
| 1962
| ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Bill the Neighbor
| Season 1 Episode 11: "Ride the Nightmare"
|-
| 1963
| ''[[The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Court Clerk (uncredited)
| Season 1 Episode 15: "The Thirty-First of February"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[My Favorite Martian]]''
| Daniel Farrow
| Season 2, Episode 32 "Martin's Favorite Martian"
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Barber
| Season 11, Episode 14 "The
|-
|1967|| ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' || Waiter || S1:E30, "Monkees in Manhattan"
|-
|1968
| ''[[The Virginian (TV series)]]''
|Sidney Glodder
|saison 7 episode 13 ''(Big Tiny)''
|-
|}
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.speakingofradio.com/interviews/soule-olan-1989-actor/ 1989 interview with Olan Soule on the radio show ''Those Were the Days''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411073216/http://www.speakingofradio.com/interviews/soule-olan-1989-actor/ |date=2020-04-11 }}
* {{IMDb name|id=0815825}}
* {{Find a Grave|10118}}
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