Ian Wolfe
Country: United States
Gender: M
Birthday: 1896-11-04
Died: 1992-01-23
Biography
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Ian Wolfe (November 4, 1896 – January 23, 1992) was an American actor whose films date from 1934 to 1990. Until 1934, he worked as a theatre actor. Wolfe mostly found work as a character actor, appearing in over 270 films. He and his wife, Elizabeth, had two daughters.
Wolfe was also a veteran of World War I where he served as a medical sergeant in the National Army of the United States. His service number was 2371377.
Although American by birth and upbringing, Wolfe was often cast as an Englishman: his stage experience endowed him with precise diction resembling an upper-class British accent. A receding hairline and etched features at a relatively early age allowed him to play older men before he actually grew old. Wolfe found a niche as a soft-spoken learned man, and his over 250 roles included many attorneys, judges, butlers, ministers, professors, and doctors.
Wolfe's best-known role may have been in the 1946 movie Bedlam, in which he played a scientist confined to an asylum.
Wolfe wrote and self-published two books of poetry Forty-Four Scribbles and a Prayer: Lyrics and Ballads and Sixty Ballads and Lyrics In Search of Music.
Of note to science fiction fans, Ian Wolfe appeared in two episodes of the original Star Trek television series: "Bread and Circuses" (1968) as Septimus, and "All Our Yesterdays" (1969) as Mr. Atoz, and portrayed the wizard Traquil in the cult series Wizards and Warriors.
In 1982, Wolfe had a small recurring role on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati as Hirsch, the sarcastic, irreverent butler to WKRP owner Lillian Carlson.
Wolfe, who worked until the last couple of years of his life, died January 23, 1992, at age 95, of natural causes. He was cremated.
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1. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), film...Maggs
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2. The Raven (1935), film...Col. Bertram Grant
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3. The Bold Caballero (1936), film...The Priest
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4. The First Rebel (1939), film...Poole
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5. The Great Commandment (1939), film
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6. Foreign Correspondent (1940), film...Stiles
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7. The Son of Monte Cristo (1940), film...Conrad Stadt
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8. Hudson's Bay (1940), film...Mayor
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9. Saboteur (1942), film...Robert
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10. Mrs. Miniver (1942), film...Dentist (uncredited)
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11. Sherlock Holmes in Pearl of Death (1944), film...Amos Hodder
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12. The Scarlet Claw (1944), film...Drake
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13. Counter-Attack (1945), film...Ostrovski (uncredited)
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14. Bedlam (1946), film...Sidney Long
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15. Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill (1946), film...Commissioner of Scotland Yard
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16. Tomorrow Is Forever (1946), film...Norton
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17. They Live by Night (1948), film...Hawkins
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...Smith
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19. Colorado Territory (1949), film...Homer Wallace
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20. My Friend Irma (1949), film...Minister (uncredited)
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21. Copper Canyon (1950), film...Mr. Henderson
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22. The Great Caruso (1951), film...Hutchins
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23. On Dangerous Ground (1951), film...Sheriff Carrey
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24. Here Comes the Groom (1951), film...Uncle Adam
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25. The Captive City (1952), film...Rev. Nash
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26. Julius Caesar (1953), film...Caius Ligarius
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27. 99 River Street (1953), film...Waldo Daggett
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28. Houdini (1953), film...Malue
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29. The Silver Chalice (1954), film...Theron
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30. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), film...Rev. Elcott
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31. Rebel Without a Cause (1955), film...Dr. Minton
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32. The King's Thief (1955), film...Fell
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33. Moonfleet (1955), film...Tewkesbury
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34. Gaby (1956), film...Registrar
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35. Witness for the Prosecution (1957), film...Carter
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36. Pollyanna (1960), film...Mr. Neely
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37. The Lost World (1960), film...Burton White
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38. All in a Night's Work (1961), film...O'Hara
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...Gruber
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40. Diary of a Madman (1963), film...Pierre
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41. Games (1967), film...Dr. Edwards
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42. THX 1138 (1971), film...PTO
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43. The Devil's Daughter (1973), film...Father MacHugh
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44. Homebodies (1974), film...Mr. Loomis
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45. The Terminal Man (1974), film...Priest
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46. The Fortune (1975), film...Justice of Peace
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47. The Frisco Kid (1979), film...Father Joseph
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48. Up the Academy (1980), film...Commandant Causeway
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49. Reds (1981), film...Mr. Partlow
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50. Jinxed! (1982), film...Morley
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51. Mae West (1982), film...Dorset
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52. Checking Out (1989), film...Mr. D'Amato
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1. La La Land (2016), film...Dr. Minton