Ian Wolfe
Acting • Born 1896-11-04 – Died 1992-01-23
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
243 credits
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie • 1955
Dr. Minton
THX 1138
Movie • 1971
PTO
Blondie
Movie • 1938
Judge
The Lost World
Movie • 1960
Burton White
Dressed to Kill
Movie • 1946
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Love Crazy
Movie • 1941
Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
Wilson
Movie • 1944
Reporter (uncredited)
Julius Caesar
Movie • 1953
Ligarius
Pollyanna
Movie • 1960
Mr. Neely
On Dangerous Ground
Movie • 1951
Sheriff Carrey
Bedlam
Movie • 1946
Sidney Long
Saboteur
Movie • 1942
Robert
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
Movie • 1948
Smith
The Pearl of Death
Movie • 1944
Amos Hodder
The Scarlet Claw
Movie • 1944
Drake
The Invisible Man's Revenge
Movie • 1944
Feeney (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Movie • 1949
Homer Wallace
Diary of a Madman
Movie • 1963
Pierre
Mean Dog Blues
Movie • 1978
Judge
Moonfleet
Movie • 1955
Tewkesbury
Diane
Movie • 1956
Lord Tremouille
Creator
Movie • 1985
Prof. Brauer
99 River Street
Movie • 1953
Waldo Daggett
The Prince and the Pauper
Movie • 1937
Proprietor
Witness for the Prosecution
Movie • 1957
Carter
Houdini
Movie • 1953
Malue
Allegheny Uprising
Movie • 1939
Poole
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Movie • 1934
Harry Bevan
The Captive City
Movie • 1952
Rev. Nash
The Lost Chick
Movie • 1935
Grandpa Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
The Falcon in Danger
Movie • 1943
Thomas, the butler (uncredited)
They Live by Night
Movie • 1949
Hawkins
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Movie • 1954
Rev. Elcott
The Falcon's Adventure
Movie • 1946
J.D. Denison
The Raven
Movie • 1935
Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
Reds
Movie • 1981
Mr. Partlow
The Son of Monte Cristo
Movie • 1940
Conrad Stadt
The Seniors
Movie • 1978
Mr. Bleiffer
The Marauders
Movie • 1947
Edwin "Deacon" Black
Julia Misbehaves
Movie • 1948
Hobson, the Butler
The Fortune
Movie • 1975
Justice of the Peace
The Frisco Kid
Movie • 1979
Father Joseph
Checking Out
Movie • 1988
Mr. D'Amato
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie • 1937
Leon, a Conspirator
Games
Movie • 1967
Dr. Edwards
Dynasty
Movie • 1976
Dr. Klauber
Homebodies
Movie • 1974
Mr. Loomis
The Actress
Movie • 1953
Mr. Bagley
Captain Pirate
Movie • 1952
Viceroy (uncredited)
The Devil's Daughter
Movie • 1973
Father MacHugh
Les Miserables
Movie • 1952
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
Hudson's Bay
Movie • 1940
Mayor
About Mrs. Leslie
Movie • 1954
Mr. Pope
The Firefly
Movie • 1937
Izquierdo (uncredited)
Gaby
Movie • 1956
Registrar
The King's Thief
Movie • 1955
Fell
Arsène Lupin Returns
Movie • 1938
A. Le Marchand - Detective (as Ien Wulf)
The Petty Girl
Movie • 1950
President Webb (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)
That Way with Women
Movie • 1947
L.B. Crandall
Murder in the Blue Room
Movie • 1944
Edwards
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
Dentist (uncredited)
The Leavenworth Case
Movie • 1936
Hudson
Mask of the Avenger
Movie • 1951
Donner
Society Lawyer
Movie • 1939
Schmidt
The Bold Caballero
Movie • 1936
The Priest
The Merry Monahans
Movie • 1944
Clerk
Desire Me
Movie • 1947
Dr. Poulin (uncredited)
Scandal at Scourie
Movie • 1953
Councilman Hurdwell
The Man from Down Under
Movie • 1943
Soldier
The Searching Wind
Movie • 1946
Sears
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Adventure in Washington
Movie • 1941
Emerson
Foreign Correspondent
Movie • 1940
Stiles
If Winter Comes
Movie • 1947
Dr. Clement Avington (uncredited)
On Borrowed Time
Movie • 1939
Charles Wentworth
The Fountain
Movie • 1934
Van Arkel
The Defender (Studio One)
Movie • 1957
Judge Marsala
One Man's Way
Movie • 1964
Bishop Hardwick
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
Movie • 1962
Gruber
Singapore Woman
Movie • 1941
Sidney P. Melrose
The Brighton Strangler
Movie • 1945
Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive
Please Believe Me
Movie • 1950
Edward Warrender
The Devil Is Driving
Movie • 1937
Elias Sanders
Something for the Birds
Movie • 1952
Foster
The Mighty Barnum
Movie • 1934
Swedish consul
Trouble in High Timber Country
Movie • 1980
Earthbound
Movie • 1940
Amos Totten
Up the Academy
Movie • 1980
Commandant Causeway
Secret Agent of Japan
Movie • 1942
Capt. Larsen
Tell No Tales
Movie • 1939
Fritz (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
Movie • 1943
Joseph (uncredited)
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie • 1936
Pawnbroker
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
Movie • 1970
Rev. Hodgins
The Andersonville Trial
Movie • 1970
Board of Military Judges
The Great Commandment
Movie • 1939
Tax Collector
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Hector Brown
Mr. Sycamore
Movie • 1975
Abner / Arnie
The White Angel
Movie • 1936
Patient (uncredited)
Fast and Loose
Movie • 1939
Wilkes
The Return of Doctor X
Movie • 1939
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Lincoln in the White House
Movie • 1939
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie • 1939
Police Judge (uncredited)
Now, Voyager
Movie • 1942
Lloyd (uncredited)
Bride of Vengeance
Movie • 1949
Councillor (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Sailing
Movie • 1942
Gruning, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Tomorrow Is Forever
Movie • 1946
Norton
Without Reservations
Movie • 1946
Charlie Gibbs (uncredited)
Manhandled
Movie • 1949
Charlie, a Fence (uncredited)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Movie • 1940
Horace Greeley (uncredited)
No Way Out
Movie • 1950
Watkins (uncredited)
Blonde Ransom
Movie • 1945
Oliver
The Notorious Lone Wolf
Movie • 1946
Adam Wheelright
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Maggs
We Who Are Young
Movie • 1940
Judge
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Martin, Nelson's Second Butler (uncredited)
Here Comes the Groom
Movie • 1951
Uncle Adam
Government Girl
Movie • 1943
Thomas - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Confidential Agent
Movie • 1945
Dr. Bellows
Eagle Squadron
Movie • 1942
Sir Charles Porter
Don't You Believe It
Movie • 1943
Aide
Angel in Exile
Movie • 1948
Health Officer
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Theron
Mae West
Movie • 1982
Dorset
The Verdict
Movie • 1946
Jury Foreman
Mystery of the Riverboat
Movie • 1944
Hermann Einreich [Chs. 1-2]
The Dark Side of the Earth
Movie • 1957
Gen. Kerch
Zombies on Broadway
Movie • 1945
Prof. Hopkins
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)
Mad Love
Movie • 1935
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1936
Apothecary
Dick Tracy
Movie • 1990
Forger
Her Primitive Man
Movie • 1944
Caleb
Sincerely Yours
Movie • 1955
Mr. Rojeck (uncredited)
Strange Confession
Movie • 1945
Frederick
Born to Sing
Movie • 1942
Critic
Captain Kidd's Treasure
Movie • 1938
Skeptical Member of Modern-day Expedition (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie • 1943
Antiques Store Sales Clerk
Once Upon a Time
Movie • 1944
Joe (uncredited)
Corvette K-225
Movie • 1943
Paymaster Commander
Romance of Louisiana
Movie • 1937
Tallyrand (as Ien Wulf)
The Magnificent Yankee
Movie • 1950
Adams
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Movie • 1944
Curwood
Three Strangers
Movie • 1946
Gillkie the Barrister (uncredited)
The Miracle of the Bells
Movie • 1948
Grave Digger
The Falcon and the Co-Eds
Movie • 1943
Eustace L. Harley (uncredited)
Reckless Age
Movie • 1944
Prof. Mellasagus
Famous Boners
Movie • 1942
Isaac Newton (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun
Movie • 1951
Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Movie • 1949
Professor Lilliquist
Pursued
Movie • 1947
Coroner (uncredited)
The Fighting Guardsman
Movie • 1945
Berton
Homicide
Movie • 1949
Fritz, Police Lab Man
Johnny Belinda
Movie • 1948
Rector (uncredited)
The Terminal Man
Movie • 1974
Priest
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
Movie • 1975
Phillips
Jinxed!
Movie • 1982
Morley
Dishonored Lady
Movie • 1947
Dr. E.G. Lutz
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Movie • 1955
President Calvin Coolidge
A Song to Remember
Movie • 1945
Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)
Nightmare
Movie • 1942
James, Abbington's butler
Mayerling
Movie • 1957
Loschek
Marie Antoinette
Movie • 1938
Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Movie • 1946
Lord Mortimer
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Movie • 1946
Editor W.W. Dwight
California
Movie • 1947
President James K. Polk (uncredited)
Random Harvest
Movie • 1942
Registrar of Births (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
Movie • 1961
O'Hara
The League of Frightened Men
Movie • 1937
Nicholas Cabot
Her Twelve Men
Movie • 1954
Roger Frane
Copper Canyon
Movie • 1950
Mr. Henderson
My Friend Irma
Movie • 1949
Minister (uncredited)
The Great Caruso
Movie • 1951
Hutchins
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Process Server (uncredited)
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
The Careless Underground Agent
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Reverend Leighton
Alice
TV • 1976
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Markham
WKRP in Cincinnati
TV • 1978
Hirsch
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Pop Parkson
The Rookies
TV • 1972
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
Grandpa Charlie
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Townsend
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Ellis Stone
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Elder Stone
The Facts of Life
TV • 1979
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Mr. Miller
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Herbert Hooper
Hawkins
TV • 1973
Orren Wooster
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Old Man Wall
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Abel Jackson
Studio One
TV • 1948
Judge Marsala
Emergency!
TV • 1972
Soap
TV • 1977
Monsignor
Soap
TV • 1977
Father Juniper
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Schwimmer
Ironside
TV • 1967
Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
Dr. Stanley Brickow
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Dr. Babcock
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Judge
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV • 1956
Lancer
TV • 1968
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
The Rev. Andrews
Wizards and Warriors
TV • 1983
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Timothy Welling
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV • 1956
You Are There
TV • 1953
Branded
TV • 1965
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Dr. Hiram Tucker
Lawman
TV • 1958
Barbary Coast
TV • 1975
Larch
Wire Service
TV • 1956
Father Rambeau
Cimarron City
TV • 1958
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
We've Got Each Other
TV • 1977
Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
State Trooper
TV • 1956
Jericho
TV • 1966
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Elder Sharpe
The Green Hornet
TV • 1966
Peter Willman
Taxi
TV • 1978
Old Man in the Hospital
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Marshall Graham
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
E.T. Gibbs
Adam-12
TV • 1968
Mr. Morton
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Septimus
Star Trek
TV • 1966
Atoz
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Ed Baxter
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Brewer
Studio One
TV • 1948
Guthrie
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Amos
The Invaders
TV • 1967
Secretary Knute Rosmundson
Cheers
TV • 1982
Buzz Crowder
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Rudolf Biederman
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Joseph Spidonie
The New Odd Couple
TV • 1982
Hector S. Hanley
Bonanza
TV • 1959
John J. Harrison
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Charlie Peabody
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Vickers
The Partridge Family
TV • 1970
Grandfather
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Mr. Neely
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Ian Wolfe