Ian Wolfe
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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Acting (172 movies)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
THX 1138
1971
Blondie
1938
The Lost World
1960
Dressed to Kill
1946
Love Crazy
1941
Wilson
1944
Julius Caesar
1953
Pollyanna
1960
On Dangerous Ground
1951
Bedlam
1946
Saboteur
1942
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
The Pearl of Death
1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
Colorado Territory
1949
Diary of a Madman
1963
Mean Dog Blues
1978
Moonfleet
1955
Diane
1956
Creator
1985
99 River Street
1953
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Houdini
1953
Allegheny Uprising
1939
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
The Captive City
1952
The Lost Chick
1935
The Falcon in Danger
1943
They Live by Night
1949
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
The Falcon's Adventure
1946
The Raven
1935
Reds
1981
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
The Seniors
1978
The Marauders
1947
Julia Misbehaves
1948
The Fortune
1975
The Frisco Kid
1979
Checking Out
1988
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Games
1967
Dynasty
1976
Homebodies
1974
The Actress
1953
Captain Pirate
1952
The Devil's Daughter
1973
Les Miserables
1952
Hudson's Bay
1941
About Mrs. Leslie
1954
The Firefly
1937
Gaby
1956
The King's Thief
1955
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
The Petty Girl
1950
The Earl of Chicago
1940
That Way with Women
1947
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
Mrs. Miniver
1942
The Leavenworth Case
1936
Mask of the Avenger
1951
Society Lawyer
1939
The Bold Caballero
1936
The Merry Monahans
1944
Desire Me
1947
Scandal at Scourie
1953
The Man from Down Under
1943
The Searching Wind
1946
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Adventure in Washington
1941
Foreign Correspondent
1940
If Winter Comes
1947
On Borrowed Time
1939
The Fountain
1934
The Defender (Studio One)
1957
One Man's Way
1964
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Singapore Woman
1941
The Brighton Strangler
1945
Please Believe Me
1950
The Devil Is Driving
1937
The Mighty Barnum
1934
Something for the Birds
1952
Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
Earthbound
1940
Up the Academy
1980
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
Tell No Tales
1939
The Moon Is Down
1943
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
The Andersonville Trial
1970
The Great Commandment
1939
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Mr. Sycamore
1975
The White Angel
1936
Fast and Loose
1939
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