Ian Wolfe

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 upperclass 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 softspoken learned man and his over 250 roles included many attorneys judges butlers ministers professors and doctors Wolfes bestknown role may have been in the 1946 movie Bedlam in which he played a scientist confined to an asylum Wolfe wrote and selfpublished two books of poetry FortyFour 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia