Biography
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).
Filmography
all 41
Movies 28
TV Shows 13
Daisies in December (1995)
Shining Through (1992)
Alev Gibi Bir Kız (1990)
Big George Is Dead (1987)
The Dark Angel (1987)
The Disappearance of Harry (1982)
Bergerac (1981)
Beyond the Pale (1981)
The Dybbuk (1980)
The London Connection (1979)
Cuba (1979)
Kidnapped (1978)
Beasts: Buddyboy (1976)
Beasts (1976)
Rocky Marciano Is Dead (1976)
Seal Island (1976)
The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
The Good Life (1975)
The Sweeney (1975)
Screamer (1974)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Crown Court (1972)
The Adventurer (1972)
The Onedin Line (1971)
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970)
The Black Tulip (1970)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
The Year of the Sex Olympics (1968)
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen (1967)
The Crunch (1964)
Doctor Who (1963)
The Saint (1962)
Clue of the New Pin (1961)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Further Up the Creek (1958)
The Camp on Blood Island (1958)
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
Interpol (1957)
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955)
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GenderMale
Birthday1925-01-05
Deathday1996-07-21 (71 years old)
Birth PlacePortsmouth, United Kingdom
SiblingsAubrey Morris
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsWolf Morris
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