---
name: "Edgar Allan Woolf"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edgar-allan-woolf"
fi1m_id: "edgar-allan-woolf"
imdb_id: "nm0941138"
tmdb_id: 1505
wikidata_id: "Q3047424"
roles: ["Additional writing"]
born: "25 April 1881"
died: "9 December 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:51:44.130480+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Edgar Allan Woolf

## Identity

Edgar Allan Woolf

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/edgar-allan-woolf
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** edgar-allan-woolf
- **IMDb ID:** nm0941138
- **TMDB ID:** 1505
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3047424
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Woolf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1505

Additional writing. Born 25 April 1881 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 9 December 1943.

## Details

- **Work:** Additional writing
- **Born:** 25 April 1881, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 9 December 1943
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Woolf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3047424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941138/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1505

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Wizard of Oz*](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md) (91)

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## Biography

Edgar Allan Woolf (25 April 1881 – 9 December 1943) was an American lyricist, playwright and screenwriter. He attended the City College of New York and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1901. After beginning as an actor, he wrote sketches and plays for vaudeville performers and contributed to several Broadway productions in the 1900s and 1910s.

In the early 1930s Woolf moved to Los Angeles and worked as a screenwriter for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, often in collaboration with Florence Ryerson. He is best known for co-writing the screenplay for *The Wizard of Oz* (1939) with Ryerson and Noel Langley; the pair created the character of Professor Marvel. Other screen credits include *Grand Hotel* (1932) and *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *Babes in Arms* (1939), Fi1m 66, Additional Writing — [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Wizard of Oz on Ice* (1996), Original Film Writer
- *The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True* (1995), Original Film Writer
- *What's Cookin'?* (1942), Story
- *Babes in Arms* (1939), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/babes-in-arms.md)
- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Screenplay — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *The Kid From Texas* (1939), Screenplay
- *The Ice Follies of 1939* (1939), Screenplay
- *Everybody Sing* (1938), Screenplay, Story
- *Mad Holiday* (1936), Screenplay
- *Moonlight Murder* (1936), Writer
- *Tough Guy* (1936), Story, Screenplay
- *The Casino Murder Case* (1935), Screenplay
- *The Night Is Young* (1935), Screenplay
- *Have a Heart* (1934), Additional Dialogue
- *Murder in the Private Car* (1934), Screenplay
- *This Side of Heaven* (1934), Screenplay
- *Broadway to Hollywood* (1933), Writer
- *Flesh* (1932), Adaptation
- *The Mask of Fu Manchu* (1932), Screenplay
- *Grand Hotel* (1932), Writer
- *The Great Lover* (1931), Writer
- *The Stolen Jools* (1931), Writer
- *A Tailor-Made Man* (1931), Writer
- *Gypsy Code* (1930), Screenplay
- *Gang War* (1928), Dialogue
- *Hit of the Show* (1928), Dialogue
- *April Fool* (1926), Theatre Play

## Gallery

- ![Edgar Allan Woolf](https://film.one/media/person/104629/gallery-9019730f9e33.jpg) Edgar Allan Woolf — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Edgar_Allan_Woolf.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Roszika Dolly and Edgar Allan Woolf, who announced their engagement in 1924](https://film.one/media/person/104629/gallery-2a6dac1b295d.jpg) Roszika Dolly and Edgar Allan Woolf, who announced their engagement in 1924 — P & A Photos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Roszika_Dolly_and_Edgar_Allan_Woolf%2C_1924.jpg/1280px-Roszika_Dolly_and_Edgar_Allan_Woolf%2C_1924.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sheet music cover of "You're so cute, soldier boy" (1918)](https://film.one/media/person/104629/gallery-6e10f40f2a65.jpg) Sheet music cover of "You're so cute, soldier boy" (1918) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/You%27re_so_cute%2C_soldier_boy_cover.jpg/1280px-You%27re_so_cute%2C_soldier_boy_cover.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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