1. Olan Soule 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.
13 Facts About Olan Soule
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Olan Soule was the only actor who performed on both the Captain Midnight radio and television shows.
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Olan Soule then launched his theatrical career by joining Jack Brooks' tent show in Sabula, Jackson County, Iowa.
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From 1941 on, Soule had the role of L William Kelly, SS-11, the second in command of the Secret Squadron on the Captain Midnight radio adventure serial.
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Olan Soule appeared as Mr Krull, a boarding house resident in the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still.
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Olan Soule acted in many other television series: The Donald O'Connor Show, Captain Midnight, 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, and as the slightly renamed but essentially identical LAPD criminalist Ray Murray on the 1967 revival version.
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Olan Soule made at least two appearances on Petticoat Junction.
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The list of Olan Soule's supporting and starring roles is long.
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Olan Soule is remembered by many for providing the voice of Batman in several animated series.
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Olan Soule reprised his role as Batman on The New Scooby-Doo Movies, Sesame Street, Super Friends, The All-New Super Friends Hour, Challenge of the Superfriends, The World's Greatest Super Friends, and Super Friends.
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Olan Soule appeared as a newscaster on the live-action Batman television series with his Super Friends successor, Adam West.
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Olan Soule provided the voice of Master Taj in the English-dubbed version of the cult 1973 film Fantastic Planet in addition to his work as Batman.
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On February 1,1994, aged 84, Olan Soule died of lung cancer in Corona, California, at the home of his daughter, Jo Ann, and son-in-law, Dr David Henriksen.