Olaf Pooley
Olaf Pooley | |
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Born | Ole Krohn Pooley 13 March 1914 Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, writer |
Spouse(s) | Irlin Hall (1946–?) Gabrielle Beaumont (1982–?) (separated) |
Children | Kirstie Pooley (born 1954) Seyton Pooley |
Olaf Pooley (13 March 1914 – 14 July 2015) was an English actor and writer.[1]
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Early life
Pooley was born of an English father and Danish mother in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset. He studied architecture and then painting in London.[1]
Career
He wrote and appeared in the film The Corpse (released in the United States as Crucible of Horror), starring Michael Gough, and wrote, directed and appeared in The Johnstown Monster. He also wrote the screenplay for a film version of Bernard Taylor's novel The Godsend (1980). Beaumont directed the film. Pooley's other writing credits include the television film Falcon's Gold (1982) and being an uncredited writer on the sci-fi horror film Lifeforce (1985).
Pooley's TV guest appearances from the 1950s onwards include Dixon of Dock Green, Paul Temple, Jason King, MacGyver and Star Trek: Voyager.[2] He played Professor Stahlman and his parallel Earth counterpart Director Stahlmann in the Doctor Who serial Inferno (1970). He also played Lars Torvik in the first episode of The Sandbaggers ("First Principles", 1978). His other appearances include the BBC Radio play Ambrose In Paris (1958) and Sebastian in a BBC Television Sunday Night Theatre production of Shakespeare's The Tempest (1956). Pooley had a major career in West End theatre appearing in such notable productions as Noël Coward's Peace In Our Time and revivals of The Tempest and Othello.
Pooley is one of 28 actors to appear in both the Star Trek and Doctor Who franchises.[1]
Personal life
In 1946 Pooley married actress Irlin Hall and together they had a daughter, the actress Kirstie Pooley (born 1954) and a son, comedian Seyton Pooley. In 1982 he married director Gabrielle Beaumont, although they later separated.[3][4] Pooley emigrated to the United States in 1986 and lived in Southern California, with an art studio in Santa Monica where he devoted his time to painting.[1] He turned 100 in March 2014 and became the oldest surviving Doctor Who actor with the death of Zohra Sehgal on 10 July 2014. Pooley became the oldest surviving Star Trek actor with the death of Ellen Albertini Dow on 4 May 2015.[5]
Death
He died on 14 July 2015, aged 101.[2][6] Pooley was survived by his two children, Seyton and Kirstie, and four grandchildren.[2]
Filmography
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Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ref |
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1949 | The Huggetts Abroad | Straker | The final film of The Huggetts | |
The Lost People | Milosh | Set after the Second World War | [8] | |
1950 | Highly Dangerous | Detective-Interrogator | British spy film | |
She Shall Have Murder | Mr. White | British drama film | [9] | |
1951 | Hell is Sold Out | Cheri | British drama film | [10] |
1952 | The Woman's Angle | Fudolf Mansell | British drama film | [11] |
Top Secret | Professor Roblettski | British comedy film | [12] | |
1956 | The Gamma People | Bikstein | [13] | |
1957 | Windom's Way | Colonel Lupat | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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1959 | Left Right and Centre | TV newscaster | ||
1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Officer of the Watch on Sheffield | Uncredited | |
1962 | The Password Is Courage | German doctor | Based on John Castle's 1954 Second World War memoir of the same name. | |
1966 | Naked Evil | Father Goodman | British horror film | [15][16] |
1969 | The Assassination Bureau Limited | Swiss Cashier | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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1971 | The Corpse | Reid | <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
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1979 | Charlie Muffin | Soviet First Secretary |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes | ref |
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1958 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Carlmeddy | Episode: "The Abominable Snowman" (S 1:Ep 3) | |
1958 | The Invisible Man | Casino Manager | Episode: "Odds Against Death" (S 1:Ep 12) | |
1960 | The Four Just Men | Lorenzo | Episode: "The Rietti Group" (S 1:Ep 21) | |
1963 | Ghost Squad | Kobelik | Episode: "The Menacing Mazurka" (S 2:Ep 10) | |
Hancock | Ron Roberts | Episode: "The Reporter" (S 1:Ep 11) | ||
1965 | Sherlock Holmes | Lascar | Episode: "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (S 1:Ep 7) | |
1967 | The Troubleshooters | Aircraft Captain | Episode: "Think Big (S 2:Ep 6) | |
1968 | Detective | Mr. Nash | Episode: "Crime of Passion" (S 2:Ep 14) | [17] |
The Expert | Adams | Episode: "He's Good for It" (S 1:Ep 10) | ||
Dixon of Dock Green | Captain Bailey | Episode: "Berserk" (S 15:Ep 16) | ||
1969 | Paul Temple | John Blight | Episode: "Who Dies Next" (S 1:Ep1) | |
1970 | Codename | Istov | Episode: "The Quickness of the Hand" (S 1:Ep 8) | |
Doctor Who | Professor Stahlman | Series IV: "Inferno" (7 episodes) (S 7:Ep 19–25) | ||
1971 | Doomwatch | Ensor | Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs..." (S 2:Ep 5) | |
Jason King | Gorini | Episode: "A Page Before Dying" (S 1:Ep 2) | ||
1973 | Pathfinders | Leidig | Episode: "Operation Pickpocket" (S 1: Ep 11) | |
The Protectors | Commissioner Braun | Episode: "WAM, Part Two" (S 2:Ep 9) | ||
1974 | Special Branch | Eastry Senior | Episode: "Jailbait" (S 1:Ep 1) | |
The Zoo Gang | Inspector | Episode: "The Twisted Cross" (S 1:Ep 6) | ||
1978 | The Sandbaggers | Lars Torvik | Episode: "First Principles" (S 1:Ep 1) | |
1984 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Guest | Episode: "The Artful Dodger" (S 1:Ep17) | |
1985 | MacGyver | Dr. Sidney Marlow | Episode: "Pilot" (S 1:Ep 1) | |
1986 | Hill Street Blues | Jaeger | Episode: "Suitcase" (S 7:Ep 1) | |
1996 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Judge | Episode: "Eye for an Eye" (S 4:Ep 20) | |
2000 | Star Trek: Voyager | Cleric | Episode: "Blink Of An Eye" (S 6:Ep 12) | [1][2] |
See also
References
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- ↑ Scott, Vernon (21 July 1986). "Woman director faces screen barrier". UPI Arts & Entertainment. Retrieved 28 June 2015
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- ↑ F Maurice Speed, Film Review 1956-57, Macdonald & Co 1956
- ↑ BRITISH SCREEN SCENE.: Televised Feature Results in Lawsuit --New Projects--Bright Inventory Work in Progress "Comeback" Rebuttal By STEPHEN WATTS. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 23 June 1957: 93. Retrieved 17 July 2015
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- ↑ 16.0 16.1 John Hamilton, The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70 Hemlock Books 2013 p 203-207 Retrieved 17 July 2015.
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- English people of Danish descent
- English expatriates in the United States
- English male film actors
- English male television actors
- People from Parkstone
- English centenarians
- 20th-century English male actors
- Actors from Dorset