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