- Francis de Wolff
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name = Francis de Wolff
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birthdate = birth date|1913|01|07|df=y
birthplace =Essex ,England
deathdate = dda|1984|04|18|1913|01|07|df=y
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occupation =Actor Francis de Wolff (
7 January 1913 –18 April 1984 ) was an Englishcharacter actor . Large, bearded, and beetle-browed, he was often cast as villains in both film and television.Born in
Essex , he made his film debut in "Flame in the Heather" in 1935, and went on to make many other appearances in such films as "Fire Over England " (1936), "Treasure Island" (1950), "Scrooge" (1951), as the Ghost of Christmas Present, "Ivanhoe" (1952), "Moby Dick" (1956), "Saint Joan" (1957), "From Russia with Love" (1964), "Carry On Cleo " (1964) and "The Three Musketeers" (1973).He is perhaps best remembered as a supporting player in horror films of the 1950s and 1960s, many of them for Hammer Studios. These include "
Corridors of Blood " (1958), "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959), "The Man Who Could Cheat Death " (1959), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll " (1960), "Devil Doll" (1963) and "The Black Torment " (1964).His television appearances include "The Avengers", "
Danger Man ", "Dixon of Dock Green ", "Doctor Who ", "Jesus of Nazareth", "Maigret ", "Paul Temple ", "The Saint", and "The Tomorrow People ".Partial filmography
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Fire Over England " (1936) (uncredited)
*"Under Capricorn " (1949)
*"Treasure Island" (1950)
*"Tom Brown's Schooldays" (1951)
*"Scrooge" (1951)
*"Ivanhoe" (1952)
*"The Master of Ballantrae" (1953)
*"The Little Kidnappers" (1953)
*"Geordie" (1955)
*"Moby Dick" (1956)
*"The Smallest Show on Earth " (1957)
*"Saint Joan" (1957)
*"Corridors of Blood " (1958)
*"The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959)
*"The Man Who Could Cheat Death " (1959)
*"The Curse of the Werewolf " (1961)
*"Siege of the Saxons " (1963)
*"From Russia with Love" (1963)
*"Devil Doll" (1964)
*"The Black Torment " (1964)
*"Licensed to Kill" (1965)External links
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