Ian Wolfe

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 11/04/1896
Birthplace: Canton, Illinois, USA
Death Date: 01/23/1992

biography

Gaunt, wiry, 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, already balding, quickly won notice as Captain Bligh's cruel storekeeper and stool pigeon Maggs in "Mutiny in 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 Continued

Credits

Priest
2000
Actor
1998
(TV Show)
1982-1982
Buzz Crowder
1982
Mr Partlow
1981
PTO
1971
Actor
1946
Actor
Burton White
Bishop Hardwick
Mr D'Amato
Dr Edwards
Commandant Caseway
Actor
Mr Loomis
Mr Bagley

milestones

Year
Milestone
1919 
Made stage debut in "The Claw" starring Lionel Barrymore
1934 
Went to Hollywood; supported Lionel Barrymore in the radio series "Mayor of the Town"; made film acting debut in a small part in Irving Thalberg's production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street"

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