Biography
Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1921 and 1955. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and died in Los Angeles, California from a heart attack, while sitting in his car in the parking lot at 20th Century Fox Studios. His remains are interred in an unmarked crypt, located in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.
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Filmography
all 181
Movies 175
TV Shows 6
Ben - (archive footage)
Vincent Price's Dracula (1986)
Movie
Jungle Jim (1955)
TV
Hakes - Butler
The Millionaire (1955)
TV
Governor
Fort Ti (1953)
Movie
Mac
Perils of the Jungle (1953)
Movie
Butler
The Life Of Riley (1953)
TV
Jarvis
Adventures of Superman (1952)
TV
Judge (uncredited)
Les Miserables (1952)
Movie
Prosecutor (Uncredited)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
Cyril Blodgett
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
TV
Defense Officer (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)
Movie
Tailor (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Movie
6
The Red Fox
Kidnapped (1948)
Movie
Bates
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Movie
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Movie
Lionel Bates
Bells of San Angelo (1947)
Movie
Eckles
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)
Movie
Butler
The Imperfect Lady (1946)
Movie
Mr. Gordon
Black Beauty (1946)
Movie
Alfred - Auction House Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Movie
4.33
Constable Alfred (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Movie
5.5
Prison Turnkey
Three Strangers (1946)
Movie
The Reverend Lewis (uncredited)
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Movie
Stimson (uncredited)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Movie
4
Purvis
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
Movie
Elkins (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Movie
3
Fenwick's Butler Norris (uncredited)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Movie
4.33
Banks
The Brighton Strangler (1945)
Movie
Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
The Suspect (1945)
Movie
Villager (uncredited)
National Velvet (1945)
Movie
Hoffman (uncredited)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
Movie
5.35
Wyndy
Oh, What a Night! (1944)
Movie
Butler
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Movie
Gray, a Cabman (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Movie
5.15
Hotel Day Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
Movie
3.67
Charles
Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
Movie
Harris, the Haberdasher
The Lodger (1944)
Movie
Dr. Petrie
Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)
Movie
Ben (uncredited)
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Movie
6
Captain MacIntosh
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
Movie
4.83
Parliament Member (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Movie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)
Movie
6
Pickpocketed Prosperous Man (uncredited)
Casablanca (1943)
Movie
6.75
Faye, Tobacco Shop Owner
The Great Impersonation (1942)
Movie
Clerk Reading Proclamation (uncredited)
The Black Swan (1942)
Movie
Charles
Lucky Jordan (1942)
Movie
Wing Fu
Destination Unknown (1942)
Movie
Admiral Sir John Fabian Prentiss
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Movie
4
Day Controller
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Movie
Drake, the Butler
Spy Ship (1942)
Movie
Proprietor
This Above All (1942)
Movie
Butler
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Movie
Adolph Hussman
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Movie
5.16
Polonius in Warsaw (uncredited)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Movie
3.5
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Movie
Alfred
Bedtime Story (1941)
Movie
Villager (uncredited)
The Wolf Man (1941)
Movie
5.61
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Movie
Butler (uncredited) / Richards - Jane's Butler (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Movie
Matthews, Bridget's Butler (uncredited)
When Ladies Meet (1941)
Movie
Hobson (uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Movie
Man Hunt (1941)
Movie
Father McKinley
For Beauty's Sake (1941)
Movie
Botters - Butler (uncredited)
All the World's a Stooge (1941)
Movie
6
Parry
Washington Melodrama (1941)
Movie
Gavin
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Movie
Horace the Butler (uncredited)
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Movie
Employee (Uncredited)
Arise, My Love (1940)
Movie
Witt
The Howards of Virginia (1940)
Movie
Pearson (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
Movie
Stannage's Officer Aide
Captain Caution (1940)
Movie
Agent
Escape to Glory (1940)
Movie
Norton School Headmaster
Gaucho Serenade (1940)
Movie
Dr. Petrie
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
Movie
Charles (uncredited)
Calling Philo Vance (1940)
Movie
4.4
Hodges (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Mr. Clark
We Are Not Alone (1939)
Movie
General Gage
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Movie
1
Third Secretary (Uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Movie
Wagner
Television Spy (1939)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Movie
5.27
Nathan
The Great Commandment (1939)
Movie
Charles, the Butler
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Movie
King George III
The Bill of Rights (1939)
Movie
Mr. Higgenbotham
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
Movie
Statesman
The Sun Never Sets (1939)
Movie
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade (1939)
Movie
Irish Airport Radio Operator
The Flying Irishman (1939)
Movie
Brewster, Hattie's Butler
The Lady and the Mob (1939)
Movie
Pedestrian Discussing the War
The Little Princess (1939)
Movie
Schoolmaster (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Movie
6.25
Island Police Arresting Sergeant
Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)
Movie
Dunham's Butler
Youth Takes a Fling (1938)
Movie
Reynolds - Peter’s Butler (uncredited)
Secrets of an Actress (1938)
Movie
Monsieur Boehmer - the Jeweler (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Movie
Instructor
Lord Jeff (1938)
Movie
Paul Douglas
Blond Cheat (1938)
Movie
Jenkins
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Movie
Outlaw (uncredited)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Movie
3.86
Store President's Valet (uncredited)
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
Movie
Bleeker
First Lady (1937)
Movie
English Tourist
Ebb Tide (1937)
Movie
Angel (1937)
Movie
Eustace the Butler (uncredited)
Double or Nothing (1937)
Movie
Proprietor (uncredited)
Souls at Sea (1937)
Movie
Joseph aka Justin - Houseman (uncredited)
Easy Living (1937)
Movie
Sir Herbert
I Cover the War! (1937)
Movie
Conspirator (uncredited)
The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
Movie
Popcorn
Dangerous Holiday (1937)
Movie
Liu - Grain Merchant
The Good Earth (1937)
Movie
Furrier
The Grand Bounce (1937)
Movie
Huggins
California Straight Ahead (1937)
Movie
Steward
We Have Our Moments (1937)
Movie
Dickson
With Love and Kisses (1936)
Movie
Barton
White Hunter (1936)
Movie
Officer (uncredited)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Libeled Lady (1936)
Movie
6.33
Butler (uncredited)
Shakedown (1936)
Movie
King George II
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Movie
Orderly in Hunt's Office (uncredited)
The White Angel (1936)
Movie
Butler (Uncredited)
Trouble for Two (1936)
Movie
Sentry
Sons o' Guns (1936)
Movie
Sergeant
The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
Movie
Wellington
Doughnuts and Society (1936)
Movie
Johann, Waiter
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Movie
Vance's Butler (Uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
Movie
4.5
Englishman at Casino
The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
Movie
Butler (uncredited)
Ship Cafe (1935)
Movie
Cab Driver (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
Movie
Van Dyke Butler
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Movie
French Judge
Two Sinners (1935)
Movie
Ship's Doctor
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
Movie
Scottish Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland (1935)
Movie
6
The Prince Regent
Becky Sharp (1935)
Movie
5
Scotland Yard Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
Movie
Herries Family Member
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
Movie
Cruickshank
The Little Minister (1934)
Movie
McTavish
Red Morning (1934)
Movie
Jim's Butler
Strange Wives (1934)
Movie
Dr. Somerset (uncredited)
The Painted Veil (1934)
Movie
Bradford's Butler (uncredited)
Happiness Ahead (1934)
Movie
Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
Movie
Dr. Ezra Jennings
The Moonstone (1934)
Movie
Hotel Clerk
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Movie
Adjutant
Shock (1934)
Movie
Bill's Valet
One Night of Love (1934)
Movie
Man Asking About Radio (uncredited)
Murder in the Private Car (1934)
Movie
Parsons
Money Means Nothing (1934)
Movie
Waiter
Let's Talk It Over (1934)
Movie
Victor - Butler (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime (1934)
Movie
Atlantis Steward (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent (1934)
Movie
Englishman at Train (uncredited)
Design for Living (1933)
Movie
Peggy's Butler (uncredited)
The House on 56th Street (1933)
Movie
Lady Killer (1933)
Movie
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Berkeley Square (1933)
Movie
Doctor
The Masquerader (1933)
Movie
Story-Telling Officer at Party (uncredited)
The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)
Movie
Sheerluck Jones
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament (1933)
Movie
Upper Level Court Clerk
The Man Called Back (1932)
Movie
Business Associate (uncredited)
Beauty and the Boss (1932)
Movie
Nightclubber Asking the Time (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932)
Movie
Doctor at Lecture (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
Movie
Party Guest (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin (1932)
Movie
Flinders the Butler (uncredited)
Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
Movie
Florist (uncredited)
Newly Rich (1931)
Movie
Aide to Major General (uncredited)
Born to Love (1931)
Movie
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Playboy of Paris (1930)
Movie
Keble
Grumpy (1930)
Movie
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu (1930)
Movie
Schulz
The City of Play (1929)
Movie
Leaper
Kitty (1929)
Movie
Actor
Pitfalls of Passion (1927)
Movie
German Officer (uncredited)
The Better 'Ole (1926)
Movie
The Brute
The Salvation Hunters (1925)
Movie
Bill Elliott
It Is the Law (1924)
Movie
Mukhill
Chu-Chin-Chow (1924)
Movie
Herbert Barnes
The White Shadow (1924)
Movie
Jimmy Martin
The Wonderful Story (1922)
Movie
Hall Pycroft
The Stockbroker's Clerk (1922)
Movie
Elder Marz
Trapped by the Mormons (1922)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.61
Based on 1.11 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1922
1935
1939
1935
1986
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1888-03-03
Deathday1955-03-11 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceGlasgow, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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