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Wolfe Morris

Wolfe Morris

Wolfe Morris (born Woolf Steinberg, 5 January 1925 – 21 July 1996) was an English actor, who played character roles on stage, television and in feature films from the 1950s until the 1990s. He made his film debut in Ill Met by Moonlight. His grandparents were from Kiev and escaped the Russian pogroms, arriving in London in about 1890. The family moved to Portsmouth at the turn of the century. Morris was one of nine children born to Becky (née Levine) and Morry Steinberg. His younger brother, Aubrey Morris, was also an accomplished actor. His daughter Shona Morris became a stage actress.

Morris trained as an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1943. In his career, spanning five decades, he appeared in almost 90 different films and TV shows, as well as appearing in numerous stage plays as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. His best-known role on television was as Thomas Cromwell in The Six Wives of Henry VIII. In preparation for it, he visited a number of English castles to study the characters' portraits. In 1968, he played Gollum in the BBC Radio dramatisation of The Hobbit, and later starred as the mad waxworks owner in the Amicus horror anthology film The House That Dripped Blood (1970). His other films included The Abominable Snowman (1957), The Camp on Blood Island (1958), I Only Arsked! (1958), Nine Hours to Rama (1963), The Best House in London (1969), The Mackintosh Man (1973), The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975), The Message (1976), Cuba (1979), and The London Connection (1979).

Daisies in December

1995

as Mr. Prager

Shining Through

1992

as Male Translator

Alev Gibi Bir Kız

1990

Big George Is Dead

1987

as Fat Larry

The Dark Angel

1987

as Mr. Gimson

The Disappearance of Harry

1982

as Antique Dealer

Pocketful of Dreams

1982

as Sidney Moss

Bergerac

1981

as Leister

Beyond the Pale

1981

as Mr. Somper

The Dybbuk

1980

as Meyer

The London Connection

1979

as Dr. Krause

Cuba

1979

as Batista

Kidnapped

1978

as Simon Fraser

Beasts: Buddyboy

1976

as Hubbard

Beasts

1976

as Hubbard

Rocky Marciano Is Dead

1976

as Schnorrer

The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother

1975

as Frenchman

The Good Life

1975

as Michelangelo Lombardi

The Sweeney

1975

as Greg Prince

Screamer

1974

as Balsam

The MacKintosh Man

1973

as Maltese Police Commissioner

Crown Court

1972

as Mohammed Aslam

Crown Court

1972

as Emmanuel Lieberman

Crown Court

1972

as Emmanuel Liberman

The Adventurer

1972

as Sakuma

The Onedin Line

1971

as Suleyman Pasha

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

as Waxworks Proprietor (segment 2 "Waxworks")

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

1970

The Black Tulip

1970

as Isaac Boxtel

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

1970

as Thomas Cromwell

The Year of the Sex Olympics

1968

as Custard Pie Expert

Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen

1967

as Padmasambhava

The Crunch

1964

as Mr Jimson

Doctor Who

1963

Doctor Who

1963

as Padmasambhava

The Saint

1962

as Dr. Lopez

The Saint

1962

as Gorgo

Clue of the New Pin

1961

as Yeh Ling

Maigret

1960

as Carl

The Scent of Fear

1959

as Mueller

Yesterday's Enemy

1959

as The Informer

Further Up the Creek

1958

as Algeroccan Major

The Camp on Blood Island

1958

as Interpreter

The Abominable Snowman

1957

as Kusang

Interpol

1957

as Morgue Attendant

Ill Met by Moonlight

1957

as George

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955

as Chef