Ian Wolfe

 Ian Wolfe (November 4, 1896 – January 23, 1992)

As an an actor, he had over 400 film and television credits. Until 1934, he worked in the theater. That year, he also turned to film and later television, as a character actor. His career lasted seven decades and included many classics; his last screen credit was in 1990. Wolfe's stage debut came in The Claw (1919). His Broadway credits include The Deputy (1964), Winesburg, Ohio (1958), Lone Valley (1933), Devil in the Mind (1931), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1931), Lysistrata (1930), The Seagull (1930), At the Bottom (1930), Skyrocket (1929), Gods of the Lightning (1928), and The Claw (1921).Wolfe made his film debut in The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934). He appeared in many notable films, including Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942), Julius Caesar (1953), James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and George Lucas's THX 1138 (1971). On television, Wolfe appeared on such shows as Perry Mason, The Andy Griffith Show and Star Trek. 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 was a veteran of World War I, serving as a volunteer medical specialist. He was married from 1924 until his death, and had two children. Wolfe died of natural causes at the age of 95 on January 23, 1992.