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Ian Wolfe

Ian Wolfe

Highest Rated: 100% 99 River Street (1953)

Lowest Rated: 0% Up the Academy (1980)

Birthday: Nov 4, 1896

Birthplace: Canton, Illinois, USA

Prolific supporting player with a piercing stare, familiar from the hundreds of films in which he played mean or menacing characters in the course of a seven-decade career. After appearing on the Broadway stage, Wolfe made his film debut in his late 30s and quickly won notice as Captain Bligh's cruel storekeeper and stool pigeon Maggs in "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935). Wolfe went on to make more than 150 film appearances, often playing English or clerical characters, in films including the horror comedy "Homebodies" (1974, a starring role); Mike Nichols' "The Fortune" (1975, as the dithery old justice of the peace); "Creator" (1985); "Checking Out" (1988); and "Dick Tracy" (1990). Wolfe also played Wizard Tranquil on the 1983 TV series, "Wizards and Warriors."

Highest rated movies

100% Witness for the Prosecution
100% The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
100% 99 River Street
100% Mad Love
96% Julius Caesar
96% They Live by Night
94% You Can't Take It With You 93% Rebel Without a Cause

Photos

THE MOON IS DOWN, Peter Van Eyck, John Banner, Henry Rowland, Ernest Dorian, E.J. Ballantine, Cedric Hardwicke, director Irving Pichel, Henry Travers, Lee J. Cobb, Margaret Wycherly, Dorris Dowden, William Post, Helene Thimig, Ian Wolfe on set, 1943, TM & MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, first, second, third and fourth from left: Ian Wolfe, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, Charles Laughton, 1935 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, Walter Slezak, Jon Lormer, Ian Wolfe, Claire Bloom, Karl Boehm, 1962 THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM, Laurence Harvey, Ian Wolfe, Karl Boehm, 1962 MOONFLEET, Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, Ian Wolfe, 1955 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, Dudley Digges, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Ian Wolfe, 1935 MURDER IN THE BLUE ROOM, Ian Wolfe, June Preisser, Betty Kean, Grace McDonald, 1944 SECRET AGENT OF JAPAN, Ian Wolfe, Preston Foster, Kurt Katch, 1942, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright BEDLAM, Boris Karloff, Robert Clarke, Anna Lee, Ian Wolfe, 1946 THE JUDGE STEPS OUT, l-r: Ian Wolfe, Alexander Knox, 1949 THE NOTORIOUS LONE WOLF, from left: Ian Wolfe, Don Beddoe, Eric Blore, Gerald Mohr, 1946 JOHNNY BELINDA, Lew Ayres, Charles Bickford, Agnes Moorehead, Jane Wyman, Ian Wolfe, 1948 ON DANGEROUS GROUND, Ward Bond, Ian Wolfe, Robert Ryan, 1952 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, Ian Wolfe, Charles Laughton, Clark Gable, Dudley Digges, 1935 MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, Ian Wolfe, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, 1935 THEY LIVE BY NIGHT, Ian Wolfe, Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, 1948
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
20% 23% Checking Out Mr. D'Amato (Character) $12.7K 1989
No Score Yet 60% Mae West Dorset (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 29% Jinxed! Morley (Character) - 1982
90% 82% Reds Mr. Partlow (Character) - 1981
0% 43% Up the Academy Commandant Causeway (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Yeagers Unknown (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 0% The Seniors Mr. Bleiffer (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet James Michener's Dynasty Dr. Klauber (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New, Original Wonder Woman Bank Manager (Character) - 1975
36% 34% The Fortune Justice of the Peace (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 33% Mr. Sycamore Abner/Arnie (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet 71% Homebodies Mr. Loomis (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Candidate for Murder Unknown (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 29% The Devil's Daughter Father MacHugh (Character) - 1973
86% 73% THX-1138 PTO (Character) - 1971
57% 48% Games Dr. Edwards (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Man's Way Bishop Hardwick (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 54% Diary of a Madman Pierre (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 62% The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm Gruber (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet 43% All in a Night's Work O'Hara (Character) - 1961
86% 79% Pollyanna Mr. Neely (Character) - 1960
100% 95% Witness for the Prosecution Mr. Carter (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gaby Registrar (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 40% Diane Lord Tremouille (Character) - 1955
69% 70% Moonfleet Tewkesbury (Character) - 1955
93% 88% Rebel Without a Cause Dr. Minton (Character) - 1955
100% 61% The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell President Calvin Coolidge (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 17% The King's Thief Fell (Character) - 1955
13% 17% The Silver Chalice Theron (Character) - 1954
89% 87% Seven Brides for Seven Brothers The Rev. Elcott (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 36% Her Twelve Men Roger Frane (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scandal at Scourie Councilman Hurdwell (Character) - 1953
60% 51% The Actress Mr. Bagley (Character) - 1953
85% 59% Houdini Malue (Character) - 1953
96% 81% Julius Caesar Ligarius (Character) - 1953
100% 81% 99 River Street Waldo Daggett (Character) - 1953
70% 67% The Captive City Rev. Nash (Character) - 1952
90% 78% On Dangerous Ground Sheriff Carrey (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 61% The Great Caruso Hutchins (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Please Believe Me Edward Warrender (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Judge Steps Out Hector Brown (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 70% Colorado Territory Homer Wallace (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch Professor Lilliquist (Character) - 1949
96% 80% They Live by Night Hawkins (Character) - 1948
60% 79% Julia Misbehaves Hobson (Character) - 1948
86% 76% Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Smith (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 40% Three Daring Daughters Martin (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 39% Silver River Kansas Process Server (uncredited) (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Marauders Deacon Black (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 42% Desire Me Dr. Poulin (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Way With Women L.B. Crandall (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 0% The Bandit of Sherwood Forest Lord Mortimer (Character) - 1946
83% 64% Dressed to Kill Commissioner of Scotland Yard (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 18% The Falcon's Adventure J.D. Denison (Character) - 1946
90% 53% Bedlam Sidney Long (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 60% Love Letters Vicar (uncredited) (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 73% Confidential Agent Dr. Bellows (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 30% Zombies on Broadway Prof. Hopkins (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fighting Guardsman Prefect Berton (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 43% The Brighton Strangler Lord Mayor Herman Brandon R. Clive (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 76% The Pearl of Death Amos Hodder (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 72% The Scarlet Claw Drake (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 54% In Society Butler (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't You Believe It Narrator - 1943
81% 71% Saboteur Robert the Butler (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nightmare James (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Earthbound Amos Totten (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 39% The Son of Monte Cristo Conrad Stadt (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 39% Allegheny Uprising Poole (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Commandment Tax Collector (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 100% On Borrowed Time Charles Wentworth (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 50% Fast and Loose Mr. Wilkes (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Society Lawyer Schmidt (Character) - 1939
94% 88% You Can't Take It With You Kirby's Secretary (uncredited) (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Captain Kidd's Treasure Skeptical Member of Modern-Day Expedition (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Romance of Louisiana Tallyrand (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro, the Bold Caballero The Priest (Character) - 1936
79% 73% The Raven Col. Bertram Grant/Geoffrey `'Pinky'` (Character) - 1935
100% 82% Mad Love Henry Orlac (uncredited) (Character) - 1935
70% 70% The Barretts of Wimpole Street Harry Bevan (Character) - 1934

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Facts of Life Mr. Bigley (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alice Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet The New Odd Couple Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
87% 95% Cheers Buss Crowder (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barney Miller Joseph Spidonie (Guest Star) 1977 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet It's a Living Judge Wilson (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Flo Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet 62% Taxi Old Man in the Hospital (Guest Star) 1979
No Score Yet 93% Soap Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet 88% All in the Family Unknown (Guest Star) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Mr. Meservey (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Mary Tyler Moore Show Grandfather (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Partridge Family Grandfather (Guest Star) 1971
80% 88% Star Trek Septimus (Guest Star) 1968-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Love on a Rooftop Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet 100% The Green Hornet Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jericho Unknown (Character) 1966
No Score Yet 100% The Andy Griffith Show Rev. Leighton (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Abel Jackson (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Old Man Wall (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Ed Baxter (Guest Star) 1960-1961 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Dr. Babcock (Guest Star) 1963
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Schwimmer (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Brother Peter (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet One Step Beyond Unknown (Character) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Vickers (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Dr. Hiram Tucker (Guest Star) 1949