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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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| # | Name | Character | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Tracy (1990) | Forger | 6.7 |
| 2 | Checking Out (1988) | Mr. D'Amato | - |
| 3 | Mae West (1982) | Dorset | - |
| 4 | Reds (1981) | Mr. Partlow | 8.5 |
| 5 | The Frisco Kid (1979) | Father Joseph | 6 |
| 6 | The Fortune (1975) | Justice of the Peace | - |
| 7 | The Terminal Man (1974) | Priest | 3.5 |
| 8 | THX 1138 (1971) | PTO | 6.7 |
| 9 | Diary of a Madman (1963) | Pierre | 6.5 |
| 10 | The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) | Gruber | - |
| 11 | The Lost World (1960) | Burton White | - |
| 12 | Pollyanna (1960) | Mr. Neely | 7 |
| 13 | Mayerling (1957) | Loschek | - |
| 14 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | Carter | 8.1 |
| 15 | Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | Dr. Minton | 7.3 |
| 16 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) | Rev. Elcott | 7.3 |
| 17 | Houdini (1953) | Malue | 7 |
| 18 | The Actress (1953) | Mr. Bagley | 6 |
| 19 | Julius Caesar (1953) | Caius Ligarius | 8 |
| 20 | 99 River Street (1953) | Waldo Daggett | 7 |
| 21 | The Captive City (1952) | Rev. Nash | 6 |
| 22 | Les Miserables (1952) | Presiding Judge (uncredited) | - |
| 23 | The Great Caruso (1951) | Hutchins | - |
| 24 | A Place in the Sun (1951) | Dr. Wyeland (uncredited) | 5 |
| 25 | No Way Out (1950) | Watkins (uncredited) | - |
| 26 | The Magnificent Yankee (1950) | Adams | - |
| 27 | Please Believe Me (1950) | Edward Warrender | - |
| 28 | My Friend Irma (1949) | Minister (uncredited) | - |
| 29 | They Live by Night (1949) | Hawkins | 8 |
| 30 | Colorado Territory (1949) | Homer Wallace | 7 |
| 31 | Manhandled (1949) | Charlie, a Fence (uncredited) | 4 |
| 32 | Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) | Smith | 7 |
| 33 | Johnny Belinda (1948) | Rector (uncredited) | 5 |
| 34 | Pursued (1947) | Coroner (uncredited) | 7 |
| 35 | Tomorrow Is Forever (1946) | Norton | 3 |
| 36 | The Verdict (1946) | Jury Foreman | 6 |
| 37 | Dressed to Kill (1946) | Commissioner of Scotland Yard | 6 |
| 38 | Three Strangers (1946) | Gillkie the Barrister (uncredited) | 4 |
| 39 | Bedlam (1946) | Sidney Long | 5 |
| 40 | Strange Confession (1945) | Frederick | 6 |
| 41 | The Brighton Strangler (1945) | Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive | - |
| 42 | Confidential Agent (1945) | Dr. Bellows | 5 |
| 43 | Zombies on Broadway (1945) | Prof. Hopkins | - |
| 44 | A Song to Remember (1945) | Pleyel's Clerk (uncredited) | 5 |
| 45 | The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) | Feeney (uncredited) | 6 |
| 46 | The Pearl of Death (1944) | Amos Hodder | 6.7 |
| 47 | The Merry Monahans (1944) | Clerk | - |
| 48 | Wilson (1944) | Reporter (uncredited) | 1 |
| 49 | The Scarlet Claw (1944) | Drake | 6 |
| 50 | The Falcon in Danger (1943) | Thomas, the butler (uncredited) | 7 |
| 51 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) | Antiques Store Sales Clerk | - |
| 52 | Mrs. Miniver (1942) | Dentist (uncredited) | 6 |
| 53 | Random Harvest (1942) | Registrar of Births (uncredited) | 8.5 |
| 54 | Saboteur (1942) | Robert | 7 |
| 55 | Now, Voyager (1942) | Lloyd (uncredited) | 5.5 |
| 56 | Foreign Correspondent (1940) | Stiles | 7 |
| 57 | The Return of Doctor X (1939) | Cemetery Caretaker (uncredited) | 2 |
| 58 | On Borrowed Time (1939) | Charles Wentworth | 5 |
| 59 | Marie Antoinette (1938) | Herbert - the Jailer (uncredited) | - |
| 60 | You Can't Take It with You (1938) | Kirby's Secretary (uncredited) | 6.7 |
| 61 | Romeo and Juliet (1936) | Apothecary | 4 |
| 62 | Mad Love (1935) | Henry Orlac, Stephen Orlac's Stepfather | 4 |
| 63 | The Raven (1935) | Geoffrey 'Pinky' Burns | 6 |
| 64 | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | Maggs | 6 |
| 65 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) | Harry Bevan | 3 |
