Wolfe Morris

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English actor (1925–1996)

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::summary English actor (1925–1996) ::

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FieldValue
nameWolfe Morris
imageActor_Wolfe_Morris.jpg
birth_nameWoolf Steinberg
birth_date
birth_placePortsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
death_date
death_placeCamden, London, England, United Kingdom
occupationActor
yearsactive1955–1995
parentsMorry Steinberg
Becky Steinberg
relativesAubrey Morris (brother)
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| name = Wolfe Morris | image = Actor_Wolfe_Morris.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Woolf Steinberg | birth_date = | birth_place = Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = Camden, London, England, United Kingdom | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1955–1995 | spouse = | parents = Morry Steinberg Becky Steinberg | relatives = Aubrey Morris (brother)

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. 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 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).

Partial filmography

References

References

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