Olaf Hytten
Olaf Hytten
Piping-voice, hamster-faced Scottish character actor Olaf Hytten left the British stage for films in 1921. By the time the talkie era rolled around, Hytten was firmly established in Hollywood, playing an abundance of butlers and high-society gentlemen. The actor was primarily confined to one or two-line bits in such films as Platinum Blonde (1931), The Sphinx (1933), Bonnie Scotland (1935), Beloved Rebel (1936), The Howards of Virginia (1940) and The Bride Came COD (1941). He was a semi-regular of the Universal B-unit in the '40s, appearing in substantial roles as military men and police official in the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes series and as burgomeisters and innkeepers in the studio's many horror films (Ghost of Frankenstein, House of Frankenstein, etc.) Olaf Hytten was active until at least 1956; one of his more memorable assignments of the '50s was as the larcenous butler who participates in a scheme to drive Daily Planet editor Perry White crazy in the "Great Caesar's Ghost" episode of the TV series Adventures of Superman. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Olaf Hytten:
- To Be or Not to Be with Carole Lombard , Jack Benny , Robert Stack , Felix Bressart , Lionel Atwill , Stanley Ridges , Sig Rumann , Tom Dugan , Charles Halton , George Lynn , Henry Victor , Maude Eburne , Halliwell Hobbes , Miles Mander , Frank Reicher , Charles Irwin , Leyland Hodgson , Alec Craig , James Finlayson , Helmut Dantine , Otto Reichow , Maurice Murphy , John G. Kellogg
- Unconquered with Gary Cooper , Paulette Goddard , Howard DaSilva , Boris Karloff , Ward Bond , Katherine DeMille , Richard Gaines , Cecil Kellaway , Porter Hall , Marc Lawrence , Mike Mazurki , Gavin Muir , Alan Napier , Jane Nigh , C. Aubrey Smith , Victor Varconi , Henry Wilcoxon , Dorothy Adams , Eddie Albert , Erville Alderson , Richard Alexander , Lloyd Bridges , Lex Barker , Griff Barnett , Paul E. Burns , Lane R. Chandler , Chief Thundercloud , Davison Clark , Iron Eyes Cody , Jeff Corey , Edgar Dearing , Julia Faye , Al Ferguson , Byron K. Foulger , Greta Granstedt , Virginia Grey , William Haade , Frank S. Hagney , Chuck Hamilton , Raymond Hatton , Si Jenks , Noble Johnson , Fred Jr. Kohler , Robert F. Kortman , John Merton , Charles B. Middleton , John Miljan , Belle Mitchell , Art Mix , Clarence Muse , Ottola Nesmith , Buddy Roosevelt , Sid Saylor , Jay Silverheels , Ray Teal , Ethel Wales , Frank Wilcox , Jeff York , Mary Field , Francis Ford , Jack Pennick , Robert Warwick
- Son of Fury with Tyrone Power , Gene Tierney , George Sanders , Frances Farmer , Roddy McDowall , John Carradine , Elsa Lanchester , Harry Davenport , Kay Johnson , Dudley Digges , Harry Cording , Pedro DeCordoba , Virginia Gilmore , Robert Greig , Ethel Griffies , Halliwell Hobbes , Dennis Hoey , Arthur Hohl , Charles Irwin , Mae Marsh , Lester Matthews , Heather Thatcher
- Gaucho Serenade with Gene Autry , Smiley Burnette , June Storey , Duncan Renaldo , Joseph Crehan , William H. Ruhl , Wade Boteler , Kernan Cripps , Joe Dominguez , Jack Kirk , George H. Lloyd , Tom London , Lester Matthews , Walter Miller , Gene Morgan , Julian Rivero , Harry Strang , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Hank Worden , Fred Burns
- Easy Living with Jean Arthur , Edward Arnold , Ray Milland , Luis Alberni , Mary Nash , Franklin Pangborn , William Demarest , Andrew Tombes , Esther Dale , William B. Davidson , Robert Greig , Stanley Andrews , Gertrude Astor , Bennie Bartlett , Lee Bowman , Don Brodie , Ethel Clayton , Vernon Dent , John Dilson , Robert Emmett Homans , Arthur Hoyt , Marsha Hunt , Frances Morris , Forbes Murray , Kate Price , Edwin Stanley , Dennis O'Keefe
- National Velvet with Elizabeth Taylor , Mickey Rooney , Donald Crisp , Anne Revere , Angela Lansbury , Reginald Owen , Arthur Treacher , Norma Varden , Terence Kilburn , Billy Bevan , Wally Cassell , Alec Craig , Leyland Hodgson , Dennis Hoey , Aubrey Mather , Arthur Shields , Eric Wilton , Frederic Worlock , William Austin , Colin Campbell
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with James Stewart , Jean Arthur , Claude Rains , Edward Arnold , Thomas Mitchell , Guy Kibbee , Beulah Bondi , Eugene Pallette , H.B. Warner , Harry Sr. Carey , Astrid Allwyn , Ruth Donnelly , Grant Mitchell , Porter Hall , Pierre Watkin , Charles Lane , William Demarest , Dick Elliott , Erville Alderson , Stanley Andrews , Adrian Booth , Wade Boteler , Al Bridge , Jack Carson , Maurice Cass , Eddy Chandler , George Chandler , Edmund Cobb , Dorothy Comingore , Gino Corrado , Alec Craig , Vernon Dent , Ann Doran , Helen Jerome Eddy , Eddie Fetherstone , Byron K. Foulger , Jack Gardner , Frances Gifford , Mary Gordon , Harry Hayden , Louis Jean Heydt , John Ince , Frank Jaquet , Eddie Kane , Robert Emmett Keane , Milton Kibbee , Joseph King , Evelyn Knapp , Arthur Loft , Hank Mann , Margaret Mann , Matt McHugh , Lafe McKee , Robert Middlemass , James Millican , Charles Moore , Gene Morgan , William 'Billy' Newell , Jack Richardson , Larry Simms , Russell Simpson , Walter Soderling , Wyndham Standing , Paul Stanton , Craig Stevens , Carl Stockdale , Dub Taylor , Ferris Taylor , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Lloyd Whitlock , Dave Willock , George Cooper , Frank O'Connor , John Russell
- Marie Antoinette with Norma Shearer , Tyrone Power , John Barrymore , Robert Morley , Anita Louise , Gladys George , Joseph Schildkraut , Henry Stephenson , Cora Witherspoon , Henry Daniell , Alma Kruger , Joseph Calleia , George Meeker , Scotty Beckett , Erville Alderson , Richard Alexander , Trevor Bardette , Robert H. Barrat , Al Bridge , Mae Busch , Lane R. Chandler , Dorothy Christy , Cecil Cunningham , Harry Davenport , Nigel DeBrulier , Albert Dekker , Barry Fitzgerald , Reginald Gardiner , Lawrence Grant , Ben Hall , Ben Jr. Hendricks , Holmes E. Herbert , Esther Howard , Ruth Hussey , Frank Jaquet , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Henry Kolker , Horace McMahon , Moroni Olsen , Rafaela Ottiano , Herbert Rawlinson , Buddy Roosevelt , Lionel Royce , Ivan Simpson , Zeffie Tilbury , Theodore vonEltz , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Walter Walker , Anthony Warde , Ian Wolfe , George Zucco , Peter Bull
- Libeled Lady with Jean Harlow , William Powell , Myrna Loy , Spencer Tracy , Walter Connolly , Charles Grapewin , Cora Witherspoon , E.E. Clive , Charles Trowbridge , Spencer Charters , George Chandler , Greta Meyer , William Benedict , Harry C. Bradley , Fred Graham , Sherry Hall , Hattie R. McDaniel , Howard C. Hickman , Charles Irwin , Selmer Jackson , Alphonse Martell , Jack Mulhall , William 'Billy' Newell , William Stack , Edwin Stanley , Richard Tucker , Pat West , Eric Wilton , Duke York , Charles King , Dennis O'Keefe , Pat Somerset
- Lady Killer with James Cagney , Mae Clarke , Leslie Fenton , Margaret Lindsay , Henry O'Neill , Willard Robertson , Raymond Hatton , Russell Hopton , Marjorie Gateson , Douglas Dumbrille , George Chandler , Luis Alberni , Herman Bing , Harry C. Bradley , James Burke , Spencer Charters , William B. Davidson , Grace Hayle , Al Hill , Robert Emmett Homans , Jack LaRue , Edwin Maxwell , Sam McDaniel , Dewey Robinson , Harry Strang , Phil Tead , Clarence H. Wilson , Dennis O'Keefe
- Kim with Errol Flynn , Dean Stockwell , Paul Lukas , Robert Douglas , Thomas Gomez , Cecil Kellaway , Arnold Moss , Reginald Owen , Richard Hale , Ivan Triesault , Michael Ansara , Walter Kingsford , Frank Lackteen , Francis J. McDonald , Peter Mamakos , Jeanette Nolan , Hayden Rorke , Stanley Price
- The Howards of Virginia with Cary Grant , Martha Scott , Cedric Hardwicke , Richard Carlson , Paul Kelly , Irving Bacon , Elizabeth Risdon , Anne Revere , Richard Gaines , Ralph Byrd , Wade Boteler , Mary Field , Lane R. Chandler , Peter Cushing , Brandon Hurst , Alan Ladd , Sam McDaniel , Emmett Vogan , James Westerfield , Pat Somerset
- Fancy Pants with Bob Hope , Lucille Ball , Bruce Cabot , Eric Blore , John Alexander , Norma Varden , Chester Conklin , Edgar Dearing , Sam Harris , Percy Helton , Robert F. Kortman , Ida Moore , Almira Sessions , Ethel Wales
- Christmas in Connecticut with Barbara Stanwyck , Dennis Morgan , Sydney Greenstreet , Reginald Gardiner , Robert Shayne , Una O'Connor , Frank Jenks , Joyce Compton , Dick Elliott , Charles Arnt , Arthur Aylesworth , Marie Blake , John Dehner , Jody Gilbert , Fred A. Kelsey , Jack Mower , S.Z. Sakall , Charles Sherlock
- Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt , Peter Lorre , Sydney Greenstreet , S.Z. Sakall , Dooley Wilson , Joy Page , John Qualen , Leonid Kinskey , Helmut Dantine , Curt Bois , Marcel Dalio , Ludwig Stossel , Dan Seymour , Mischa Auer , Leon Belasco , Monte Blue , Gino Corrado , William Edmunds , Creighton Hale , Michael Mark , George Meeker , Louis Mercier , Torben Meyer , Alberto Morin , Paul Porcasi , Henry Rowland , Norma Varden
- The Bride Came C.O.D. with James Cagney , Bette Davis , Stuart Erwin , Jack Carson , Eugene Pallette , George Tobias , Harry Davenport , William Frawley , Edward S. Brophy , Chick Chandler , Eddy Chandler , Saul Gorss , Creighton Hale , William Hopper , Douglas Kennedy , Alphonse Martell , Jack Mower , William 'Billy' Newell , John Ridgely , Cliff Saum , Charles Sullivan , Richard Travis
- The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Basil Rathbone , Claude Rains , Patric Knowles , Eugene Pallette , Alan Sr. Hale , Melville Cooper , Ian Hunter , Una O'Connor , Herbert Mundin , Montagu Love , Robert Warwick , Colin Kenny , Lester Matthews , Harry Cording , Ivan Simpson , Lionel Belmore , Herbert Evans , Holmes E. Herbert , Leyland Hodgson , Crauford Kent , Wilfred Lucas , Leonard Mudie , Janet Shaw , Reginald Sheffield , John Sutton
Olaf Hytten Trivia
What role did Olaf Hytten play in Drums of Fu Manchu?
Olaf Hytten played Dr. Petrie in Drums of Fu Manchu
What role did Olaf Hytten portray in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror?
Olaf Hytten played Fabian Prentiss in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Who did Olaf Hytten play in The Great Commandment?
Olaf Hytten was Nathan in The Great Commandment
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death?
Olaf Hytten was Capt. MacIntosh in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in The Good Earth?
Olaf Hytten was Grain Merchant in The Good Earth
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Allegheny Uprising?
Olaf Hytten was General Gage in Allegheny Uprising
What role did Olaf Hytten play in Mystery Liner?
Olaf Hytten played Grimson's Assistant in Mystery Liner
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Becky Sharp?
Olaf Hytten was The Prince Regent in Becky Sharp
What role did Olaf Hytten portray in The Black Swan?
Olaf Hytten played Clerk in The Black Swan
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in To Be or Not to Be?
Olaf Hytten was Polonius in Warsaw in To Be or Not to Be
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Son of Fury?
Olaf Hytten was Court Clerk in Son of Fury
Who did Olaf Hytten play in The Woman in Green?
Olaf Hytten was Norris in The Woman in Green
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Sylvia Scarlett?
Olaf Hytten was Customs Inspector in Sylvia Scarlett
What role did Olaf Hytten play in A Study in Scarlet?
Olaf Hytten played Butler in A Study in Scarlet
Who did Olaf Hytten play in The Scarlet Claw?
Olaf Hytten was Hotel Desk Clerk in The Scarlet Claw
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Pursuit to Algiers?
Olaf Hytten was Simpson, gunsmith in Pursuit to Algiers
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Platinum Blonde?
Olaf Hytten was Radcliffe in Platinum Blonde
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
Olaf Hytten was Butler in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
What role did Olaf Hytten portray in Marie Antoinette?
Olaf Hytten played Boehmer, the Jeweler in Marie Antoinette
What role did Olaf Hytten portray in The Little Princess?
Olaf Hytten played Man in The Little Princess
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Libeled Lady?
Olaf Hytten was Reporter in Libeled Lady
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Lady Killer?
Olaf Hytten was Butler in Lady Killer
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Kim?
Olaf Hytten was Mr. Fairlee in Kim
What role did Olaf Hytten play in Jane Eyre?
Olaf Hytten played Jeweler in Jane Eyre
What role did Olaf Hytten play in The Howards of Virginia?
Olaf Hytten played Gentleman in The Howards of Virginia
What role did Olaf Hytten play in Fancy Pants?
Olaf Hytten played Stage Manager in Fancy Pants
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Christmas in Connecticut?
Olaf Hytten was Elkins in Christmas in Connecticut
Who did Olaf Hytten play in Casablanca?
Olaf Hytten was Prosperous Man in Casablanca
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in Camille?
Olaf Hytten was Croupier in Camille
What role did Olaf Hytten play in The Bride Came C.O.D.?
Olaf Hytten played Valet in The Bride Came C.O.D.
Who did Olaf Hytten portray in The Adventures of Robin Hood?
Olaf Hytten was Outlaw in The Adventures of Robin Hood
