Ian Wolfe
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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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Movies
Dick Tracy
Forger
Checking Out
Mr. D'Amato
Creator
Prof. Brauer
Jinxed!
Morley
Mae West
Dorset
Reds
Mr. Partlow
Trouble in High Timber Country
Up the Academy
Commandant Causeway
The Frisco Kid
Father Joseph
The Seniors
Mr. Bleiffer
Mean Dog Blues
Judge
Dynasty
Dr. Klauber
Mr. Sycamore
Abner / Arnie
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Phillips
The Fortune
Justice of the Peace
Homebodies
Mr. Loomis
The Terminal Man
Priest
The Devil's Daughter
Father MacHugh
THX 1138
PTO
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Rev. Hodgins
The Andersonville Trial
Board of Military Judges
Games
Dr. Edwards
One Man's Way
Bishop Hardwick
Diary of a Madman
Pierre
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Gruber
All in a Night's Work
O'Hara
The Lost World
Burton White
Pollyanna
Mr. Neely
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
The Dark Side of the Earth
Gen. Kerch
The Defender (Studio One)
Judge Marsala
Mayerling
Loschek
Gaby
Registrar
Diane
Lord Tremouille
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
President Calvin Coolidge
Sincerely Yours
Mr. Rojeck (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
Dr. Minton
The King's Thief
Fell
Moonfleet
Tewkesbury
The Silver Chalice
Theron
Her Twelve Men
Roger Frane
About Mrs. Leslie
Mr. Pope
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Rev. Elcott
The Actress
Mr. Bagley
99 River Street
Waldo Daggett
Houdini
Malue
Julius Caesar
Ligarius
Scandal at Scourie
Councilman Hurdwell
Something for the Birds
Foster
Captain Pirate
Viceroy (uncredited)
Les Miserables
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
The Captive City
Rev. Nash
On Dangerous Ground
Sheriff Carrey
Here Comes the Groom
Uncle Adam
Mask of the Avenger
Donner
A Place in the Sun
Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)
The Great Caruso
Hutchins
The Magnificent Yankee
Adams
Copper Canyon
Mr. Henderson
The Petty Girl
President Webb (uncredited)
No Way Out
Watkins (uncredited)
Please Believe Me
Edward Warrender
They Live by Night
Hawkins
My Friend Irma
Minister (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Professor Lilliquist
Manhandled
Charlie, a Fence (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Homer Wallace
Bride of Vengeance
Councillor (uncredited)
Homicide
Fritz, Police Lab Man
Angel in Exile
Health Officer
Johnny Belinda
Rector (uncredited)
Julia Misbehaves
Hobson, the Butler
Silver River
Process Server (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
Grave Digger
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Smith
Three Daring Daughters
Martin, Nelson's Second Butler (uncredited)
If Winter Comes
Dr. Clement Avington (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Hector Brown
Desire Me
Dr. Poulin
The Marauders
Edwin "Deacon" Black
Dishonored Lady
Dr. E.G. Lutz
Pursued
Coroner (uncredited)
California
President James K. Polk (uncredited)
That Way with Women
L.B. Crandall
The Falcon's Adventure
J.D. Denison
The Verdict
Jury Foreman
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Editor W.W. Dwight
The Searching Wind
Sears
Dressed to Kill
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Without Reservations
Charlie Gibbs (uncredited)
Bedlam
Sidney Long
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Lord Mortimer
Tomorrow Is Forever
Norton
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Adam Wheelright
Three Strangers
Gillkie the Barrister (uncredited)
Confidential Agent
Dr. Bellows
Strange Confession
Frederick
The Brighton Strangler
Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive
Blonde Ransom
Oliver
Zombies on Broadway
Prof. Hopkins
The Fighting Guardsman
Berton
A Song to Remember
Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)
Murder in the Blue Room
Edwards
Mystery of the Riverboat
Hermann Einreich [Chs. 1-2]
The Merry Monahans
Clerk
Wilson
Reporter (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
Amos Hodder
Reckless Age
Prof. Mellasagus
Once Upon a Time
Joe (uncredited)
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Feeney (uncredited)
Her Primitive Man
Caleb
The Scarlet Claw
Drake
The White Cliffs of Dover
Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Curwood
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Eustace L. Harley (uncredited)
Government Girl
Thomas - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Paymaster Commander
The Man from Down Under
Soldier
The Falcon in Danger
Thomas, the butler (uncredited)
Don't You Believe It
Aide
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Antiques Store Sales Clerk
The Moon Is Down
Joseph (uncredited)
Random Harvest
Registrar of Births (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
Gruning, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Nightmare
James, Abbington's butler
Famous Boners
Isaac Newton (uncredited)
Now, Voyager
Lloyd (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Dentist (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
Sir Charles Porter
Saboteur
Robert
Secret Agent of Japan
Capt. Larsen
Born to Sing
Critic
Adventure in Washington
Emerson
Love Crazy
Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
Singapore Woman
Sidney P. Melrose
Hudson's Bay
Mayor
The Son of Monte Cristo
Conrad Stadt
Foreign Correspondent
Stiles
We Who Are Young
Judge
Earthbound
Amos Totten
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Horace Greeley (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)
The Return of Doctor X
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Allegheny Uprising
Poole
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Police Judge (uncredited)
The Great Commandment
Tax Collector
On Borrowed Time
Charles Wentworth
Tell No Tales
Fritz (uncredited)
Society Lawyer
Schmidt
Fast and Loose
Wilkes
Lincoln in the White House
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Blondie
Judge
You Can't Take It with You
Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)
Arsène Lupin Returns
A. Le Marchand - Detective (as Ien Wulf)
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Skeptical Member of Modern-day Expedition (uncredited)
The Firefly
Izquierdo (uncredited)
Romance of Louisiana
Tallyrand (as Ien Wulf)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Leon, a Conspirator
The Devil Is Driving
Elias Sanders
The League of Frightened Men
Nicholas Cabot
The Prince and the Pauper
Proprietor
The Bold Caballero
The Priest
The Devil Is a Sissy
Pawnbroker
Romeo and Juliet
Apothecary
The White Angel
Patient (uncredited)
The Leavenworth Case
Hudson
Mutiny on the Bounty
Maggs
Mad Love
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
The Raven
Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
The Lost Chick
Grandpa Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
The Mighty Barnum
Swedish consul
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Harry Bevan
The Fountain
Van Arkel
TV Series
Amazing Stories
Grandpa Charlie
1 Episode
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 Episode
Wizards and Warriors
4 Episodes
The New Odd Couple
Hector S. Hanley
1 Episode
Remington Steele
Markham
1 Episode
Cheers
Buzz Crowder
1 Episode
The Facts of Life
2 Episodes
WKRP in Cincinnati
Hirsch
4 Episodes
Taxi
Old Man in the Hospital
1 Episode
We've Got Each Other
1 Episode
Soap
Monsignor
1 Episode
Alice
1 Episode
Barbary Coast
Larch
1 Episode
Barney Miller
Rudolf Biederman
1 Episode
Hawkins
Orren Wooster
1 Episode
The Rookies
1 Episode
Emergency!
1 Episode
All in the Family
Herbert Hooper
1 Episode
The Partridge Family
Grandfather
1 Episode
Lancer
3 Episodes
Adam-12
Mr. Morton
1 Episode
Hawaii Five-O
Mr. Miller
1 Episode
Ironside
1 Episode
The Invaders
Secretary Knute Rosmundson
1 Episode
Jericho
1 Episode
The Green Hornet
Peter Willman
1 Episode
Star Trek
Septimus
1 Episode
The F.B.I.
Elder Stone
1 Episode
Run for Your Life
Dr. Stanley Brickow
1 Episode
Branded
1 Episode
Daniel Boone
Judge
1 Episode
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Ellis Stone
1 Episode
The Great Adventure
Townsend
2 Episodes
Petticoat Junction
E.T. Gibbs
1 Episode
The Fugitive
Dr. Babcock
1 Episode
Stoney Burke
1 Episode
Cain's Hundred
Pop Parkson
1 Episode
The Andy Griffith Show
Reverend Leighton
1 Episode
The Twilight Zone
Schwimmer
1 Episode
Bonanza
Ed Baxter
1 Episode
One Step Beyond
Timothy Welling
1 Episode
Lawman
1 Episode
Cimarron City
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Abel Jackson
1 Episode
Wagon Train
Vickers
1 Episode
Wire Service
Father Rambeau
1 Episode
State Trooper
1 Episode
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1 Episode
The Count of Monte Cristo
1 Episode
Cheyenne
Charlie Peabody
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Old Man Wall
1 Episode
Letter to Loretta
Elder Sharpe
1 Episode
You Are There
1 Episode
Cavalcade of America
1 Episode
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 Episode
Lux Video Theatre
The Rev. Andrews
1 Episode
The Lone Ranger
Dr. Hiram Tucker
1 Episode
Studio One
Judge Marsala
2 Episodes