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Ian Wolfe

Acting

Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe is an actor born on November 4, 1896 in Canton, Illinois, USA. He died on January 23, 1992, aged 95. He is known for THX 1138, The Pearl of Death and Bedlam. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of his movies and TV shows, country by country.

Known for
Acting
Born
November 4, 1896
Place of birth
Canton, Illinois, USA
Died
January 23, 1992
Also known as
Ian Wolf · Ian Mac Wolfe · Ian Wulf

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ian Wolfe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

  1. 1990Dick Tracyas Forger
  2. 1985Amazing Storiesas Grandpa Charlie · 1 episode
  3. 1982Remington Steeleas Markham · 1 episode
  4. 1982Cheersas Buzz Crowder · 1 episode
  5. 1981Redsas Mr. Partlow
  6. 1979The Facts of Life2 episodes
  7. 1979The Frisco Kidas Father Joseph
  8. 1978WKRP in Cincinnatias Hirsch · 4 episodes
  9. 1978Taxias Old Man in the Hospital · 1 episode
  10. 1977Soapas Monsignor · 2 episodes
  11. 1976Alice1 episode
  12. 1975Barney Milleras Rudolf Biederman · 1 episode
  13. 1971THX 1138as PTO
  14. 1971All in the Familyas Herbert Hooper · 1 episode
  15. 1970The Mary Tyler Moore Showas Grandfather · 1 episode
  16. 1969Hawaii Five-Oas Mr. Miller · 1 episode
  17. 1967Ironside1 episode
  18. 1967The Invadersas Secretary Knute Rosmundson · 1 episode
  19. 1966The Green Hornetas Peter Willman · 1 episode
  20. 1966Star Trekas Septimus · 1 episode
  21. 1963The Fugitiveas Dr. Babcock · 1 episode
  22. 1963Diary of a Madmanas Pierre
  23. 1960The Andy Griffith Showas Reverend Leighton · 1 episode
  24. 1960The Lost Worldas Burton White
  25. 1960Pollyannaas Mr. Neely
  26. 1959The Twilight Zoneas Schwimmer · 1 episode
  27. 1959Bonanzaas Ed Baxter · 1 episode
  28. 1957Witness for the Prosecutionas Carter
  29. 1957Perry Masonas Abel Jackson · 1 episode
  30. 1955Rebel Without a Causeas Dr. Minton
  31. 1955Gunsmokeas Old Man Wall · 1 episode
  32. 1955Moonfleetas Tewkesbury
  33. 1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothersas Rev. Elcott
  34. 195399 River Streetas Waldo Daggett
  35. 1953Houdinias Malue
  36. 1953Julius Caesaras Caius Ligarius
  37. 1951On Dangerous Groundas Sheriff Carrey
  38. 1951A Place in the Sunas Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)
  39. 1950No Way Outas Watkins (uncredited)
  40. 1949They Live by Nightas Hawkins
  41. 1949Colorado Territoryas Homer Wallace
  42. 1948Johnny Belindaas Rector (uncredited)
  43. 1948Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream Houseas Smith
  44. 1947Pursuedas Coroner (uncredited)
  45. 1946Dressed to Killas Commissioner of Scotland Yard
  46. 1946Bedlamas Sidney Long
  47. 1944The Pearl of Deathas Amos Hodder
  48. 1944The Invisible Man's Revengeas Feeney (uncredited)
  49. 1944The Scarlet Clawas Drake
  50. 1943Sherlock Holmes in Washingtonas Antiques Store Sales Clerk
  51. 1942Random Harvestas Registrar of Births (uncredited)
  52. 1942Now, Voyageras Lloyd (uncredited)
  53. 1942Mrs. Miniveras Dentist (uncredited)
  54. 1942Saboteuras Robert
  55. 1940Foreign Correspondentas Stiles
  56. 1939The Return of Doctor Xas Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
  57. 1938You Can't Take It with Youas Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
  58. 1935Mutiny on the Bountyas Maggs
  59. 1935Mad Loveas Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather
  60. 1935The Ravenas Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns