Encyclopedia Salesman — Blondie Brings Up Baby Character Profile

About Encyclopedia Salesman

Persuasive seller who convinces Blondie that Baby Dumpling is a genius. His pitch directly triggers the family's kindergarten enrollment and subsequent plot developments regarding Baby's education and socialization.

Character Facts

Played by

Olin Howland

Appears in

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Blondie Brings Up Baby

• Blondie Bumstead (Penny Singleton)
• Dagwood " Dag " Bumstead (Arthur Lake)
• Alexander " Baby " Bumstead (Larry Simms)
• Daisy (Daisy)
• J.C. Dithers (Jonathan Hale)
• Alvin Fuddle (Danny Mummert)
• Mr. Mason (Roy Gordon)
• Melinda Mason (Peggy Ann Garner)
• Mrs. Fuddle (Fay Helm)
• Abner Cartwright (Robert Middlemass)
• Mailman (Irving Bacon)
• Hotel Janitor (uncredited) (Willie Best)