Olaf Pooley
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Olaf Pooley is a British actor and writer born on February 2, 1916, in Parkstone, Dorset, England, of an English father and Danish mother.
He wrote and appeared in the film The Corpse (released in the United States as Crucible of Horror), starring Michael Gough, and wrote The Johnstown Monster.
Pooley's TV guest appearances since the 1950s include Dixon of Dock Green, Paul Temple, Jason King (television), MacGyver and Star Trek: Voyager. He played Professor Stahlman in the Doctor Who serial Inferno (1970). He also played Lars Torvik in the very first episode of The Sandbaggers, entitled First Principle (1978).
His other appearances include the 1958 BBC radio play Ambrose in Paris and Sebastian in a 1956 film production of The Tempest.
He is married to director Gabrielle Beaumont.
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- Scott, Vernon (Jul. 21 1986). "Woman director faces screen barrier". UPI Arts & Entertainment.
