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Cause of death
  
Cancer

Name
  
Digby Wolfe

Nationality
  
British

Role
  
Actor

Citizenship
  
United Kingdom

Siblings
  
Hilary Hammond-Williams

Years active
  
1964-2004


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Born
  
4 June 1929 (
1929-06-04
)
London, England

Occupation
  
Actor, screenwriter, Writer

Died
  
May 2, 2012, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Spouse
  
Patricia Mannion (m. 2010–2012)

Movies and TV shows
  
Fol-de-Rol, This Is Your Life

Awards
  
Logie Award for Best Variety Show

Similar People
  
Lord Tim Hudson, Chad Stuart, J Pat O'Malley, Bruce Reitherman, George Schlatter

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James Digby Wolfe (4 June 1929 – 2 May 2012), credited as Digby Wolfe, was an English-born actor of television and film, screenwriter and university lecturer in dramatic writing. After a successful career his native UK, and Australia his later career was based in the United States.

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Early life

James Digby Wolfe was born in London, England to a father who was an international banker and a mother who was a Vogue magazine artist. His mother named him after a character in Beau Geste. When he was four, his father died after being hit by a golf ball and he was brought up by his mother in Felixstowe.

Film and television Career

He made his film debut in the 1948 film The Weaker Sex. He began writing and performing in comedy series in England in the 1950s. Together with Jimmy Wilson he wrote a revue, with music by John Pritchett and Norman Dannatt, for the Irving Theatre. He appeared alongside Ronnie Corbett, Hattie Jacques and Charles Hawtrey, in his own television show Wolfe at the Door before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1959, where he made frequent television appearances and was host of the variety shows Review '61 and Review '62. At that time, his resident comedian was Dave Allen, who later became a household name in the UK and Australia. Wolfe returned to England for a while in the early 1960s and was a writer on the seminal TV satirical review That Was The Week That Was.

He also taught screenwriting at USC in the MPW (Master of Professional Writing) program

Career in the US

In 1964, he moved to the United States, where his television credits included The Monkees, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, and The Munsters, while his film roles included voice parts in The Jungle Book and Father Goose, in which he sang the main theme. His writing credits included Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (for which he won an 'Emmy' in 1968), and The Goldie Hawn Special. He also wrote for John Denver, Shirley MacLaine, Cher and Jackie Mason, among others. In 1976 he hosted two episodes of the Australian version of This Is Your Life.

Later life

Until 2002 Wolfe taught dramatic writing at the University of New Mexico, first as a visiting professor, then as the chair of the Robert Hartung Dramatic Writing Program in the Theatre and Dance Department. He was awarded 'Teacher of the Year' at that university in 2001.

He died in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 3 May 2012, after a short battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Mannion, and his sister, Hilary Hammond-Williams.

Publications

  • 'Walking on Fire: The Shaping Force of Emotion in Writing Drama' by Digby Wolfe and Jim Linnell Published by Southern Illinois University Press.
  • Filmography

    Writer
    2001
    All the Queen's Men (story)
    1987
    The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (TV Special)
    1982
    Rep (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes)
    - Frippery Tip (1982) - (writer)
    - She Knew Her Onions (1982) - (writer)
    - No Tears for McTavish (1982) - (writer)
    - The Angry Twilight (1982) - (writer)
    1979
    Real People (TV Series) (1 episode)
    - Episode #1.1 (1979)
    1979
    John Denver and the Ladies (TV Special)
    1978
    Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today (TV Movie)
    1978
    The Goldie Hawn Special (TV Special)
    1977
    Laugh-In (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
    - Episode #1.6 (1978) - (writer)
    - Episode #1.4 (1977) - (writer)
    1977
    The Great American Laugh-Off (TV Movie)
    1977
    The Shirley MacLaine Special: Where Do We Go from Here? (TV Special)
    1976
    John Denver and Friend (TV Special)
    1975
    Cher (TV Series) (head writer - 2 episodes)
    - Episode #1.13 (1975) - (head writer)
    - Episode #1.8 (1975) - (head writer)
    1975
    Doris Day Today (TV Special) (special material by) / (written by)
    1972
    The New Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
    - Episode #1.2 (1972)
    1972
    The Fabulous Fordies (TV Special)
    1972
    Fol-de-Rol (TV Movie) (creator)
    1971
    Sing America Beautiful (TV Movie)
    1969
    The Peapicker in Piccadilly (TV Movie)
    1969
    Hallelujah, Leslie! (TV Special)
    1968
    Soul (TV Movie)
    1967
    Laugh-In (TV Series) (written by - 15 episodes)
    - Sivi Aberg, Milton Berle, Shelley Berman, Joey Bishop, Jill St. John, Tiny Tim, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (written by)
    - Barbara Feldon, Tim Conway, Shelley Berman, Johnny Carson, Hugh Downs, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (written by)
    - Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Shelley Berman, James Garner, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (written by)
    - Flip Wilson, Hugh Downs, James Garner, John Wayne (1968) - (written by)
    - Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, The Bee Gees (1968) - (written by)
    - Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis, Jr., Elgin Baylor, Harry Belafonte, Regis Philbin, John Wayne (1968) - (written by)
    - Barbara Feldon, Sonny Bono, Cher, Pat Morita, Paul Winchell, Anissa Jones, Jerry Lewis, Dinah Shore, John Wayne (1968) - (written by)
    - Sally Field, Terry-Thomas, Joby Baker, Godfrey Cambridge, Jerry Lewis, John Wayne (1968) - (written by)
    - Larry Storch, Connie Stevens, Nancy Ames, Buddy Hackett, Jerry Lewis, Leonard Nimoy, Ed Platt, Dinah Shore, The Temptations (1968) - (written by)
    - Dinah Shore, Walter Slezak, Peter Lawford, Kaye Ballard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1968) - (written by)
    - Pamela Austin, Don Adams, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1968) - (written by)
    - Tim Conway, Cher, Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, Flip Wilson (1968) - (written by)
    - Robert Culp, Flip Wilson, The First Edition, Leo G. Carroll, Sheldon Leonard, Tommy Smothers (1968) - (written by)
    - Premiere - Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson, Leo G. Carroll, Lorne Greene, Buddy Hackett, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, The Strawberry Alarm Clock (1968) - (written by)
    - Pilot (1967) - (written by)
    1968
    One More Time: The Wayne Newton Special (TV Movie)
    1967
    The Jonathan Winters Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)
    - Carol Burnett, Ed Ames, Peaches and Herb (1968)
    - Milton Berle, Barbara Eden, Red Skelton, Ivan Dixon, The Doors (1967)
    1967
    The Tennessee Ernie Ford Special (TV Special)
    1967
    The Wild Wild West (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
    - The Night of the Cadre (1967) - (writer)
    1956
    Wolfe at the Door (TV Mini Series) (written by - 3 episodes)
    - Episode #1.3 (1956) - (written by)
    - Episode #1.2 (1956) - (written by)
    - Episode #1.1 (1956) - (written by)
    -
    The Yana Show (TV Series) (1 episode, 1956) (script - 2 episodes, 1956)
    - Episode #1.6 (1956) - (script)
    - Episode #1.5 (1956)
    - Episode #1.4 (1956) - (script)
    1956
    Bond of Fear (from an original story by)
    Actor
    1967
    The Jungle Book as
    Ziggy (voice, uncredited)
    1967
    The Second Hundred Years (TV Series) as
    Room Clerk
    - Pay Dirt (1967) - Room Clerk
    1967
    The Monkees (TV Series) as
    Man with Paper
    - Monkees Get Out More Dirt (1967) - Man with Paper
    1967
    I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) as
    Capt. Fenwick
    - My Master, the Pirate (1967) - Capt. Fenwick
    1967
    Occasional Wife (TV Series) as
    Gregory
    - The New Secretary (1967) - Gregory
    1967
    That Girl (TV Series) as
    Mr. Flushing
    - These Boots Weren't Made for Walking (1967) - Mr. Flushing
    1966
    Love on a Rooftop (TV Series) as
    Salesman
    - The Six Dollar Surprise (1966) - Salesman
    1966
    The Farmer's Daughter (TV Series)
    - Half an Anniversary (1966)
    1966
    The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) as
    Headwaiter
    - Voyage to Never Never (1966) - Headwaiter
    - The Ghost of Lord Nelson-San (1966) - Headwaiter
    1966
    The Munsters (TV Series) as
    Dave Svensen The Director
    - Zombo (1966) - Dave Svensen The Director
    1965
    Broadside (TV Series) as
    Steve
    - Follow That Pigeon (1965) - Steve
    1957
    Sheep's Clothing (TV Series) as
    Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.7 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.6 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.5 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.4 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.3 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.2 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    - Episode #1.1 (1957) - Digby Wolfe
    1956
    The Big Money as
    Harry Mason
    1956
    Wolfe at the Door (TV Mini Series)
    - Episode #1.3 (1956)
    - Episode #1.2 (1956)
    - Episode #1.1 (1956)
    1956
    The Adventures of the Big Man (TV Series) as
    Ed
    - Say Hello (1956) - Ed
    1954
    Tale of Three Women as
    Brightwell (segment "Final Twist' story)
    1954
    Cocktails in the Kitchen as
    Grocer's Assistant
    1954
    The Final Twist (Short) as
    Brightwell
    1952
    Little Big Shot as
    Peter Carton
    1951
    Worm's Eye View as
    Cpl. Mark Trelawney
    1951
    The Dark Man as
    Young Man at Party
    1950
    Stage Fright as
    Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
    1950
    The Fight for Mr. Lapraik (TV Movie) as
    William Lapraik
    1949
    Landfall as
    Pinsley (uncredited)
    1949
    The Happiest Days of Your Life (TV Movie) as
    Dick Tassell
    1949
    Adam and Evalyn as
    Undetermined Supporting Role (uncredited)
    1949
    Down Our Street (TV Movie) as
    Charlie Stubbs
    1948
    The Outsider (uncredited)
    1948
    The Weaker Sex as
    Benjie
    Miscellaneous
    1979
    John Denver and the Ladies (TV Special) (creative consultant)
    1978
    The Goldie Hawn Special (TV Special) (creative consultant)
    1976
    John Denver and Friend (TV Special) (creative consultant)
    1975
    Cher (TV Series) (creative consultant - 1 episode)
    - Episode #1.13 (1975) - (creative consultant)
    1975
    Doris Day Today (TV Special) (creative consultant)
    1968
    Laugh-In (TV Series) (comedy consultant - 14 episodes)
    - Sivi Aberg, Milton Berle, Shelley Berman, Joey Bishop, Jill St. John, Tiny Tim, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Barbara Feldon, Tim Conway, Shelley Berman, Johnny Carson, Hugh Downs, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Kaye Ballard, Harry Belafonte, Shelley Berman, James Garner, John Wayne, Flip Wilson (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Flip Wilson, Hugh Downs, James Garner, John Wayne (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, The Bee Gees (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Joey Bishop, Sammy Davis, Jr., Elgin Baylor, Harry Belafonte, Regis Philbin, John Wayne (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Barbara Feldon, Sonny Bono, Cher, Pat Morita, Paul Winchell, Anissa Jones, Jerry Lewis, Dinah Shore, John Wayne (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Sally Field, Terry-Thomas, Joby Baker, Godfrey Cambridge, Jerry Lewis, John Wayne (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Larry Storch, Connie Stevens, Nancy Ames, Buddy Hackett, Jerry Lewis, Leonard Nimoy, Ed Platt, Dinah Shore, The Temptations (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Dinah Shore, Walter Slezak, Peter Lawford, Kaye Ballard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Pamela Austin, Don Adams, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Tim Conway, Cher, Lorne Greene, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, Flip Wilson (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Robert Culp, Flip Wilson, The First Edition, Leo G. Carroll, Sheldon Leonard, Tommy Smothers (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    - Premiere - Barbara Feldon, Flip Wilson, Leo G. Carroll, Lorne Greene, Buddy Hackett, Sheldon Leonard, Tiny Tim, The Strawberry Alarm Clock (1968) - (comedy consultant)
    1964
    The T.A.M.I. Show (Documentary) (special material)
    Producer
    1972
    The Fabulous Fordies (TV Special) (producer)
    1972
    Fol-de-Rol (TV Movie) (producer)
    1971
    Sing America Beautiful (TV Movie) (producer)
    1969
    Turn-on (TV Series) (producer - 2 episodes)
    - Episode #1.2 (1969) - (producer)
    - Episode #1.1 (1969) - (producer)
    1969
    The Peapicker in Piccadilly (TV Movie) (producer)
    Soundtrack
    1993
    Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (Video short) (performer: "That's What Friends Are For")
    1967
    The Jungle Book (performer: "That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)" (1967) - uncredited)
    1964
    Father Goose (performer: "Pass Me By")
    Director
    1971
    Sing America Beautiful (TV Movie)
    1964
    The Jonathan Winters Specials (TV Series) (1 episode)
    - Louis Nye, Peter Nero, and Eileen Farrell (1964)
    Self
    1976
    This Is Your Life (TV Series) as
    Self - Host
    - Ian Chappell (1977) - Self - Host
    - Reg Quartly (1977) - Self - Host
    - Eddie Charlton (1976) - Self - Host
    - Nancy Bird Walton (1976) - Self - Host
    - Kamahl (1976) - Self - Host
    - Tommy Tycho (1976) - Self - Host
    - Bruce Devlin (1976) - Self - Host
    - Jack Neary (1976) - Self - Host
    - Col Joye (1976) - Self - Host
    - Ron Clarke (1976) - Self - Host
    - Leonard Teale (1976) - Self - Host
    - Isabel Reilly (1976) - Self - Host
    - Maggie Tabberer (1976) - Self - Host
    - Pauline English (1976) - Self - Host
    1966
    What's My Line? (TV Series) as
    Self - Guest Panelist
    - Arthur Godfrey (4) (1966) - Self - Guest Panelist
    - The Supremes & Lana Turner (1966) - Self - Guest Panelist
    1966
    The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Zsa Zsa Gabor, Inger Stevens, Dom DeLuise, Steven Perry, Digby Wolfe, Malachy McCourt (1966) - Self
    1965
    The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #5.64 (1965) - Self
    - Episode #4.189 (1965) - Self
    1965
    ABC's Nightlife (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.71 (1965) - Self
    - Episode #1.68 (1965) - Self
    1965
    That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.58 (1965) - Self
    1964
    Big Night Out (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.5 (1964) - Self
    1962
    Revue '62 (TV Series) as
    Self (host)
    1961
    Revue '61 (TV Series) as
    Self - Host
    1961
    The International Variety Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    1960
    Curtain Call (TV Series) as
    Self - Host
    1960
    BP Super Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode dated 30 July 1960 (1960) - Self
    1960
    Laugh Line (TV Series) as
    Self - Host / Self
    - Episode #1.5 (1960) - Self - Host
    - Episode #1.4 (1960) - Self - Host
    - Episode #1.3 (1960) - Self - Host
    - Episode #1.2 (1960) - Self
    1959
    Juke Box Jury (TV Series) as
    Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.49 (1960) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.22 (1959) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.19 (1959) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.18 (1959) - Self - Panellist
    - Episode #1.17 (1959) - Self - Panellist
    1958
    Chelsea at Nine (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #2.55 (1959) - Self
    - Episode dated 27 May 1958 (1958) - Self
    1957
    First House (TV Movie) as
    Self - Host
    1956
    The Yana Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.6 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.5 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.4 (1956) - Self
    1956
    Camera One (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #1.12 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.3 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.2 (1956) - Self
    - Episode #1.1 (1956) - Self

    References

    Digby Wolfe Wikipedia