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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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Filmography Checking Out
1988
Mr. D'Amato
Details Trouble in High Timber Country
1980
Character TBA
Details Up the Academy
1980
Commandant Causeway
Details The Frisco Kid
1979
Father Joseph
Details The Seniors
1978
Mr. Bleiffer
Details Mr. Sycamore
1975
Abner / Arnie
Details I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?
1975
Phillips
Details The Fortune
1975
Justice of the Peace
Details The Devil's Daughter
1973
Father MacHugh
Details The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970
Rev. Hodgins
Details The Andersonville Trial
1970
Board of Military Judges
Details One Man's Way
1964
Bishop Hardwick
Details Diary of a Madman
1963
Pierre
Details The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Gruber
Details All in a Night's Work
1961
O'Hara
Details The Lost World
1960
Burton White
Details Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Carter
Details The Dark Side of the Earth
1957
Gen. Kerch
Details The Defender (Studio One)
1957
Judge Marsala
Details The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
President Calvin Coolidge
Details Sincerely Yours
1955
Mr. Rojeck (uncredited)
Details Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Dr. Minton
Details The Silver Chalice
1954
Theron
Details Her Twelve Men
1954
Roger Frane
Details About Mrs. Leslie
1954
Mr. Pope
Details Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1954
Rev. Elcott
Details 99 River Street
1953
Waldo Daggett
Details Scandal at Scourie
1953
Councilman Hurdwell
Details Something for the Birds
1952
Foster
Details Captain Pirate
1952
Viceroy (uncredited)
Details Les Miserables
1952
Presiding Judge (uncredited)
Details The Captive City
1952
Rev. Nash
Details On Dangerous Ground
1951
Sheriff Carrey
Details Here Comes the Groom
1951
Uncle Adam
Details Mask of the Avenger
1951
Donner
Details A Place in the Sun
1951
Dr. Wyeland (uncredited)
Details The Magnificent Yankee
1950
Adams
Details Copper Canyon
1950
Mr. Henderson
Details The Petty Girl
1950
President Webb (uncredited)
Details No Way Out
1950
Watkins (uncredited)
Details Please Believe Me
1950
Edward Warrender
Details They Live by Night
1949
Hawkins
Details Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
1949
Professor Lilliquist
Details Manhandled
1949
Charlie, a Fence (uncredited)
Details Colorado Territory
1949
Homer Wallace
Details Bride of Vengeance
1949
Councillor (uncredited)
Details Homicide
1949
Fritz, Police Lab Man
Details Angel in Exile
1948
Health Officer
Details Johnny Belinda
1948
Rector (uncredited)
Details Julia Misbehaves
1948
Hobson, the Butler
Details The Miracle of the Bells
1948
Grave Digger
Details Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
1948
Smith
Details Three Daring Daughters
1948
Martin, Nelson's Second Butler (uncredited)
Details If Winter Comes
1947
Dr. Clement Avington (uncredited)
Details The Judge Steps Out
1947
Hector Brown
Details The Marauders
1947
Edwin "Deacon" Black
Details Dishonored Lady
1947
Dr. E.G. Lutz
Details Pursued
1947
Coroner (uncredited)
Details California
1947
President James K. Polk (uncredited)
Details That Way with Women
1947
L.B. Crandall
Details The Falcon's Adventure
1946
J.D. Denison
Details The Verdict
1946
Jury Foreman
Details Gentleman Joe Palooka
1946
Editor W.W. Dwight
Details The Searching Wind
1946
Sears
Details Dressed to Kill
1946
Commissioner of Scotland Yard
Details Without Reservations
1946
Charlie Gibbs (uncredited)
Details The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
Lord Mortimer
Details Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
Norton
Details The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946
Adam Wheelright
Details Three Strangers
1946
Gillkie the Barrister
Details Confidential Agent
1945
Dr. Bellows
Details Strange Confession
1945
Frederick
Details The Brighton Strangler
1945
Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive
Details Zombies on Broadway
1945
Prof. Hopkins
Details The Fighting Guardsman
1945
Berton
Details A Song to Remember
1945
Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited)
Details Murder in the Blue Room
1944
Edwards
Details Mystery of the Riverboat
1944
Hermann Einreich [Chs. 1-2]
Details The Merry Monahans
1944
Clerk
Details Wilson
1944
Reporter (uncredited)
Details The Pearl of Death
1944
Amos Hodder
Details Reckless Age
1944
Prof. Mellasagus
Details Once Upon a Time
1944
Joe (uncredited)
Details The Invisible Man's Revenge
1944
Feeney (uncredited)
Details The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
Skipper of Honeymoon Boat (uncredited)
Details The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
1944
Curwood
Details The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943
Eustace L. Harley (uncredited)
Details Government Girl
1943
Thomas - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Details Corvette K-225
1943
Paymaster Commander
Details The Man from Down Under
1943
Soldier
Details The Falcon in Danger
1943
Thomas, the butler (uncredited)
Details Don't You Believe It
1943
Aide
Details Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Antiques Store Sales Clerk
Details The Moon Is Down
1943
Joseph (uncredited)
Details Random Harvest
1942
Registrar of Births (uncredited)
Details Keep 'Em Sailing
1942
Gruning, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Details Nightmare
1942
James, Abbington's butler
Details Famous Boners
1942
Isaac Newton (uncredited)
Details Now, Voyager
1942
Lloyd (uncredited)
Details Mrs. Miniver
1942
Dentist (uncredited)
Details Eagle Squadron
1942
Sir Charles Porter
Details Secret Agent of Japan
1942
Capt. Larsen
Details Adventure in Washington
1941
Emerson
Details Love Crazy
1941
Sanity Hearing Doctor (uncredited)
Details Singapore Woman
1941
Sidney P. Melrose
Details The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
Conrad Stadt
Details Foreign Correspondent
1940
Stiles
Details Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
Horace Greeley (uncredited)
Details The Earl of Chicago
1940
Reading Clerk (as Ian Wulf)
Details The Return of Doctor X
1939
Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited)
Details Allegheny Uprising
1939
Poole
Details Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Police Judge (uncredited)
Details The Great Commandment
1939
Tax Collector
Details On Borrowed Time
1939
Charles Wentworth
Details Tell No Tales
1939
Fritz (uncredited)
Details Lincoln in the White House
1939
Cabinet Member (uncredited)
Details You Can't Take It with You
1938
Kirby's Secretary (uncredited)
Details Marie Antoinette
1938
Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited)
Details Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
A. Le Marchand - Detective (as Ien Wulf)
Details Captain Kidd's Treasure
1938
Skeptical Member of Modern-day Expedition (uncredited)
Details The Firefly
1937
Izquierdo (uncredited)
Details Romance of Louisiana
1937
Tallyrand (as Ien Wulf)
Details The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
Leon, a Conspirator
Details The Devil Is Driving
1937
Elias Sanders
Details The League of Frightened Men
1937
Nicholas Cabot
Details The Prince and the Pauper
1937
Proprietor
Details The Bold Caballero
1936
The Priest
Details The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Pawnbroker
Details Romeo and Juliet
1936
Apothecary
Details The White Angel
1936
Patient (uncredited)
Details The Leavenworth Case
1936
Hudson
Details Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Maggs
Details Mad Love
1935
Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather (Uncredited)
Details The Raven
1935
Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns
Details The Lost Chick
1935
Grandpa Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)
Details The Mighty Barnum
1934
Swedish consul
Details The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
Harry Bevan
Details