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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
Blondie
Judge
The Lost World
Burton White
Dressed to Kill
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Love Crazy
Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
Wilson
Reporter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Ligarius
Pollyanna
Mr. Neely
On Dangerous Ground
Sheriff Carrey
Bedlam
Sidney Long
Saboteur
Robert
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Smith
The Pearl of Death
Amos Hodder
The Scarlet Claw
Drake
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Feeney (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Homer Wallace
Diary of a Madman
Pierre
Mean Dog Blues
Judge
Moonfleet
Tewkesbury
Diane
Lord Tremouille
Creator
Prof. Brauer
99 River Street
Waldo Daggett
The Prince and the Pauper
Proprietor
Witness for the Prosecution
Carter
Houdini
Malue
Allegheny Uprising
Poole
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Harry Bevan
The Captive City
Rev. Nash
The Lost Chick
Grandpa Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
The Falcon in Danger
Thomas, the butler (uncredited)
They Live by Night
Hawkins
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
The Seniors
Mr. Bleiffer
The Marauders
Edwin "Deacon" Black
Julia Misbehaves
Hobson, the Butler
The Fortune
Justice of the Peace
The Frisco Kid
Father Joseph
Checking Out
Mr. D'Amato
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Leon, a Conspirator
Games
Dr. Edwards
Dynasty
Dr. Klauber
Homebodies
Mr. Loomis
The Actress
Mr. Bagley
Captain Pirate
Viceroy (uncredited)
The Devil's Daughter
Father MacHugh
Les Miserables
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
Hudson's Bay
Mayor
About Mrs. Leslie
Mr. Pope
The Firefly
Izquierdo (uncredited)
Gaby
Registrar
The King's Thief
Fell
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)
That Way with Women
L.B. Crandall
Murder in the Blue Room
Edwards
Mrs. Miniver
Dentist (uncredited)
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 Man from Down Under
Soldier
The Searching Wind
Sears
You Can't Take It with You
Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Adventure in Washington
Emerson
Foreign Correspondent
Stiles
If Winter Comes
Dr. Clement Avington (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time
Charles Wentworth
The Fountain
Van Arkel
The Defender (Studio One)
Judge Marsala
One Man's Way
Bishop Hardwick
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Gruber
Singapore Woman
Sidney P. Melrose
The Brighton Strangler
Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive
Please Believe Me
Edward Warrender
The Devil Is Driving
Elias Sanders
The Mighty Barnum
Swedish consul
Something for the Birds
Foster
Trouble in High Timber Country
Earthbound
Amos Totten
Up the Academy
Commandant Causeway
Secret Agent of Japan
Capt. Larsen
Tell No Tales
Fritz (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Joseph (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
Pawnbroker
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Rev. Hodgins
The Andersonville Trial
Board of Military Judges
The Great Commandment
Tax Collector
The Judge Steps Out
Hector Brown
Mr. Sycamore
Abner / Arnie
The White Angel
Patient (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Wilkes
Lincoln in the White House
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
The Return of Doctor X
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Police Judge (uncredited)
Now, Voyager
Lloyd (uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
Councillor (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
Gruning, Stregel's Henchman (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
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Adam Wheelright
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)
Romeo and Juliet
Apothecary
Dick Tracy
Forger
Her Primitive Man
Caleb
Sincerely Yours
Mr. Rojeck (uncredited)
Strange Confession
Frederick
Born to Sing
Critic
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Skeptical Member of Modern-day Expedition (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Antiques Store Sales Clerk
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
Homicide
Fritz, Police Lab Man
Johnny Belinda
Rector (uncredited)
The Terminal Man
Priest
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Phillips
Jinxed!
Morley
Dishonored Lady
Dr. E.G. Lutz
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 (uncredited)
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
Shows
The Andy Griffith Show
Reverend Leighton
Alice
Cheyenne
WKRP in Cincinnati
Remington Steele
Markham
Cain's Hundred
Pop Parkson
The Rookies
Amazing Stories
Grandpa Charlie
The Great Adventure
Townsend
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Ellis Stone
The Facts of Life
The F.B.I.
Elder Stone
Hawaii Five-O
Mr. Miller
All in the Family
Herbert Hooper
Hawkins
Orren Wooster
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Gunsmoke
Old Man Wall
Perry Mason
Abel Jackson
Studio One
Judge Marsala
Emergency!
Soap
Monsignor
Soap
Father Juniper
The Twilight Zone
Schwimmer
Ironside
Run for Your Life
Dr. Stanley Brickow
The Fugitive
Dr. Babcock
Daniel Boone
Judge
The Count of Monte Cristo
Lancer
Lux Video Theatre
The Rev. Andrews
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Wizards and Warriors
One Step Beyond
Timothy Welling
You Are There
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Branded
The Lone Ranger
Dr. Hiram Tucker
Lawman
Barbary Coast
Larch
Wire Service
Father Rambeau
Cimarron City
Cavalcade of America
We've Got Each Other
Stoney Burke
State Trooper
Jericho
Letter to Loretta
Elder Sharpe
The Green Hornet
Peter Willman
Taxi
Old Man in the Hospital
The F.B.I.
Marshall Graham
Petticoat Junction
E.T. Gibbs
Adam-12
Mr. Morton
Star Trek
Septimus
Star Trek
Atoz
Bonanza
Ed Baxter
The Great Adventure
Brewer
Studio One
Guthrie
Bonanza
Amos
The Invaders
Secretary Knute Rosmundson
Cheers
Buzz Crowder
Barney Miller
Rudolf Biederman
Barney Miller
Joseph Spidonie
The New Odd Couple
Hector S. Hanley