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| | #REDIRECT [[w:Olaf Pooley]] |
| | image = Olaf Pooley.jpg
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| | caption = Pooley as a cleric in a [[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]] episode
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| | name = Olaf Pooley
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| | birth_name = Ole Krohn Pooley
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| | birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1914|3|13}}
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| | birth_place = [[Parkstone|Parkstone]], [[Dorset|Dorset]], England
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| | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2015|07|14|1914|03|13}}
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| | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], U.S.
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| | yearsactive = 1948–2005
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| | occupation = Actor, screenwriter, painter
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| | spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Irlin Hall|1946||end=div}}|{{marriage|[[Gabrielle Beaumont|Gabrielle Beaumont]]|1982||end=separated}}}}
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| | children = 2
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| '''Oloe Krohn "Olaf" Pooley''' (13 March 1914 – 14 July 2015) was an English actor, screenwriter and painter. As an actor, he appeared as Professor Stahlman in the seven-part ''[[Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]]'' (1970).
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| ==Early life==
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| Pooley was born to an English father and Danish mother in [[Parkstone|Parkstone]], [[Dorset|Dorset]]. He studied painting at [[Chelsea College of Arts|Chelsea College of Arts]] and at the [[Académie Colarossi|Académie Colarossi]] in Paris under the tutelage of [[Marcel Gromaire|Marcel Gromaire]], before training at the [[Architectural Association School of Architecture]] to enable a more financially secure career option. His paternal uncle Sir [[Ernest Pooley]], the future Chairman of the [[Arts Council of Great Britain]], secured him a job as a set designer at [[Pinewood Studios]]. During World War II, Pooley registered as a [[conscientious objector]] and volunteered as a [[Firefighter|fireman]]; he was subsequently discharged on medical grounds and began his acting career on stage.<ref name="Farquhar">{{cite news|title=Olaf Pooley: Versatile character actor, especially adept at portraying restrained menace, who also wrote, directed and painted|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/olaf-pooley-versatile-character-actor-especially-adept-at-portraying-restrained-menace-who-also-10488668.html|first=Simon|last=Farquhar|date=6 September 2015|access-date=9 July 2020|newspaper=The Independent|location=London}}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| He wrote and appeared in the film ''[[Crucible of Horror|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 (author)|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 (film)|Lifeforce]]'' (1985).
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| Pooley's TV guest appearances from the 1950s onwards include ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]'', ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''.<ref name="Star Trek"/> He played Professor Stahlman and his parallel Earth counterpart Director Stahlmann in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|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 (play)|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 (play)|Peace in Our Time]]'' and revivals of ''[[The Tempest]]'' and ''[[Othello]]''. He was also a member of the [[BBC Radio]] repertory company.<ref name="Farquhar"/>
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| ==Personal life==
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| 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 and later divorced. In 1982, he married director [[Gabrielle Beaumont]], although they later separated.<ref>Scott, Vernon (21 July 1986). "Woman director faces screen barrier". ''UPI Arts & Entertainment''. Retrieved 28 June 2015</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Gabrielle-Beaumont.html|title=Gabrielle Beaumont|publisher=filmreference.com|access-date=28 June 2015}}</ref> Pooley moved to the United States in 1986 and lived in [[Southern California]], with an art studio in [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]] where he devoted his time to painting.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} He turned 100 on 13 March 2014.
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| ===Death===
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| He died from [[Congestive heart disease|congestive heart failure]] on 14 July 2015, aged 101, at his home in [[Santa Monica, California]].<ref name="Star Trek">{{cite web|url=http://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-olaf-pooley-1914-2015|title=Remembering Olaf Pooley, 1914–2015|publisher=startrek.com|date=16 July 2015|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/olaf-pooley-rip/|title=Olaf PooleRIP|publisher=tobyhadoke.com|date=15 July 2015|access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref> Pooley was survived by his two children, Seyton and Kirstie, and four grandchildren.<ref name="Star Trek"/>
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| == Filmography ==
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| :n.b. for credit listings reference<ref name="TV">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/olaf-pooley/|title=Olaf Pooley : Credit Listings |publisher=TV.com|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
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| ===Film===
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| {| class="wikitable sortable"
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| ! Year
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| ! Title
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| ! Role
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| | 1948
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| | ''[[Penny and the Pownall Case]]''
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| | Von Leicher
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| | rowspan="2" |1949
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| | ''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]''
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| | Straker
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| | The final film of [[The Huggetts (film series)|The Huggetts]]
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| |-
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| | ''[[The Lost People]]''
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| | Milosh
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| | Set after the Second World War
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| |<ref name="Film">{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/268074|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113221212/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/268074|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2009|title=The Lost People|work=BFI|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1950
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| | ''[[She Shall Have Murder]]''
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| | Mr. White
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| | British drama film
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| |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50414|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212643/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/50414|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 January 2009|title=She Shall Have Murder|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | ''[[Highly Dangerous]]''
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| | Detective-Interrogator
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| | British [[spy film]]
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| |-
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| | 1951
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| | ''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]''
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| | Cheri
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| | British drama film
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| |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36078|title=Hell is Sold Out|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022120124/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/36078|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" | 1952
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| | ''[[The Woman's Angle]]''
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| | Fudolf Mansell
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| | British drama film
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| |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58479|title=The Woman's Angle|access-date=17 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022203534/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/58479|archive-date=22 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | ''[[Gift Horse (film)|Gift Horse]]''
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| | German Interrogation Officer
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| | Uncredited
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| |-
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| | ''[[Top Secret (1952 film)|Top Secret]]''
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| | Professor Roblettski
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| | [[British comedy]] film
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| |<ref>{{cite news|author=O. A. G. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE6DD143DE23BBC4B53DFBF668388649EDE |title=Movie Review – Mr Potts Goes to Moscow – 'Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow,' an Import|work=The New York Times |date=3 September 1953|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref>
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| | rowspan="3" |1956
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| | ''[[The Gamma People]]''
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| | Bikstein
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| |<ref>F Maurice Speed, ''Film Review 1956–57'', Macdonald & Co 1956</ref>
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| |-
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| | ''[[The Iron Petticoat]]''
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| |-
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| | ''[[Anastasia (1956 film)|Anastasia]]''
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| | Zhadanov
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| | Uncredited
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| |-
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| | 1957
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| | ''[[Windom's Way]]''
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| | Colonel Lupat
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| | {{Plain list |
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| * Uncredited
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| * British [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] film
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| }}
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| |<ref>{{cite news|title=BRITISH SCREEN SCENE.: Televised Feature Results in Lawsuit --New Projects—Bright Inventory Work in Progress "Comeback" Rebuttal|author=STEPHEN WATTS|work=New York Times|date=23 June 1957|page=93}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | 1959
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| | ''[[Left Right and Centre]]''
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| | TV newscaster
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| |-
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| | 1960
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| | ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]''
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| | Officer of the Watch on Sheffield
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| | Uncredited
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1962
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| | ''[[The Password Is Courage]]''
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| | German doctor
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| | Based on John Castle's 1954 Second World War memoir of the same name
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| |-
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| | ''The Battleaxe''
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| | 1966
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| | ''[[Naked Evil]]''
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| | Father Goodman
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| | British [[horror film]]
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| |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43738|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116054543/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/43738|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2009|title=BFI – Film & Television Database – Naked Evil (1966)|access-date=17 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="x cert"/>
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| |-
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| | 1969
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| | ''[[The Assassination Bureau]] Limited''
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| | Swiss Cashier
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| | {{Plain list |
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| * Released in North America as '''''The Assassination Bureau'''''
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| * A [[black comedy]] film
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| }}
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| | 1971
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| | ''[[Crucible of Horror|The Corpse]]''
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| | Reid
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| | {{Plain list |
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| * Originally known as '''''The Velvet House''''' in the United Kingdom
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| * Released as '''''Crucible of Horror''''' in the United States
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| |<ref name="x cert">John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951–70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 203-207. Retrieved 17 July 2015.</ref>
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| | 1979
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| | ''[[Charlie Muffin]]''
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| | Soviet First Secretary
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| ===Television===
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| {| class="wikitable sortable"
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| ! Year
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| ! Role
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| |1952
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| |''Dial M for Murder''
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| |Captain Lesgate
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| |Original production BBC Television, 23 March 1952 20.30
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| |-
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| | 1958
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| | ''[[The Adventures of Ben Gunn (TV series)|The Adventures of Ben Gunn]]''
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| | Billy Bones
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| | 4 episodes
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| |-
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| | 1958
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| | ''[[Colonel March of Scotland Yard]]''
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| | Carlmeddy
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| | Episode: "The Abominable Snowman" (S 1:Ep 3)
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| |-
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| | 1958
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| | ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''
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| | Casino Manager
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| | Episode: "Odds Against Death" (S 1:Ep 12)
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| |-
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| | 1960
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| | ''[[The Four Just Men (TV series)|The Four Just Men]]''
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| | Lorenzo
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| | Episode: "The Rietti Group" (S 1:Ep 21)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1963
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| | ''[[Ghost Squad (TV series)|Ghost Squad]]''
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| | Kobelik
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| | Episode: "The Menacing Mazurka" (S 2:Ep 10)
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| |-
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| | ''[[Hancock (1963 TV series)|Hancock]]''
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| | Ron Roberts
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| | Episode: "The Reporter" (S 1:Ep 11)
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| |-
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| | 1965
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| | ''[[Sherlock Holmes (1965 TV series)|Sherlock Holmes]]''
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| | Lascar
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| | Episode: "The Man with the Twisted Lip" (S 1:Ep 7)
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| |-
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| | 1966
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| | ''[[The Master: An Adventure Story|The Master]]''
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| | The Master
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| | Southern Television six-part adaptation of [[T. H. White]] novel
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| |-
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| | 1967
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| | ''[[The Troubleshooters]]''
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| | Aircraft Captain
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| | Episode: "Think Big (S 2:Ep 6)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="3" | 1968
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| | ''Detective''
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| | Mr. Nash
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| | Episode: "Crime of Passion" (S 2:Ep 14)
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| |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0558784/fullcredits/|title=Detective (TV series) Crime of Passion (1968) Full Cast & Crew|publisher=[[Internet Movie Database|IMDb]]|access-date=19 July 2015}}</ref>
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| |-
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| | ''[[The Expert (TV series)|The Expert]]''
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| | Adams
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| | Episode: "He's Good for It" (S 1:Ep 10)
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| |-
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| | ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''
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| | Captain Bailey
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| | Episode: "Berserk" (S 15:Ep 16)
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| |-
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| | 1969
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| | ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]''
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| | John Blight
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| | Episode: "Who Dies Next" (S 1:Ep 1)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1970
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| | ''[[Codename (TV series)|Codename]]''
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| | Istov
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| | Episode: "The Quickness of the Hand" (S 1:Ep 8)
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| |-
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| | ''[[Doctor Who]]''
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| | Professor Stahlman
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| | Serial: ''[[Inferno (Doctor Who)|Inferno]]'' (7 episodes)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1971
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| | ''[[Doomwatch]]''
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| | Ensor
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| | Episode: "By the Pricking of My Thumbs..." (S 2:Ep 5)
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| |-
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| | ''[[Jason King (TV series)|Jason King]]''
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| | Gorini
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| | Episode: "A Page Before Dying" (S 1:Ep 2)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1973
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| | ''[[Pathfinders (TV series)|Pathfinders]]''
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| | Leidig
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| | Episode: "Operation Pickpocket" (S 1: Ep 11)
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| |-
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| | ''[[The Protectors]]''
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| | Commissioner Braun
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| | Episode: "WAM, Part Two" (S 2:Ep 9)
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| |-
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| | rowspan="2" | 1974
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| | ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]''
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| | Eastry Senior
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| | Episode: "Jailbait" (S 1:Ep 1)
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| |-
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| | ''[[The Zoo Gang]]''
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| | Inspector
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| | Episode: "The Twisted Cross" (S 1:Ep 6)
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| |-
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| | 1978
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| | ''[[The Sandbaggers]]''
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| | Lars Torvik
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| | Episode: "First Principles" (S 1:Ep 1)
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| |-
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| | 1984
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| | ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]''
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| | Claude
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| | Episode: "The Artful Dodger" (S 1:Ep17)
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| |-
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| | 1985
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| | ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]''
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| | Dr. Sidney Marlow
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| | Episode: "Pilot" (S 1:Ep 1)
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| |-
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| | 1986
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| | ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
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| | Jaeger
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| | Episode: "Suitcase" (S 7:Ep 1)
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| |-
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| | 1992
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| | ''[[L.A. Law]]''
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| | Dr. Stanley Schulan
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| | Episode: "Great Balls Afire" (S 6:Ep 15)
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| |-
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| | 1996
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| | ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]''
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| | Judge
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| | Episode: "Eye for an Eye" (S 4:Ep 20)
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| | 2000
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| | ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]''
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| | Cleric
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| | Episode: "[[Blink of an Eye (Star Trek: Voyager)|Blink of an Eye]]" (S 6:Ep 12)
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| |<ref name="Star Trek"/>
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| |}
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| * {{IMDb name|0690905}}
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| * {{TV Guide person|261275}}
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| * [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=57336 Olaf Pooley] on [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=57336 the New York Times website]
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| * [http://www.tv.com/olaf-pooley/person/4102/appearances.html Olaf Pooley] at [http://www.tv.com/olaf-pooley/person/4102/appearances.html TV.com]
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| * [https://theatricalia.com/person/rsk/olaf-pooley Olaf Pooley] at Theatricalia
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