---
name: "Olaf Pooley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/olaf-pooley"
fi1m_id: "olaf-pooley"
imdb_id: "nm0690905"
tmdb_id: 71032
wikidata_id: "Q3350141"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 March 1914"
died: "14 July 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T19:29:54.172042+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."
---

# Olaf Pooley

## Identity

Olaf Pooley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/olaf-pooley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** olaf-pooley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0690905
- **TMDB ID:** 71032
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3350141
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Pooley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3350141, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71032

Writer. Born 13 March 1914 in Parkstone, Dorset, England, U.K.. Died 14 July 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 March 1914, Parkstone, Dorset, England, U.K.
- **Died:** 14 July 2015
- **Also known as:** Ole Krohn Pooley, Oloe Krohn "Olaf" Pooley
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Pooley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3350141, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0690905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/71032

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Lifeforce*](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md) (65)

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## Biography

Olaf Pooley was an English actor, screenwriter and painter. Born Ole Krohn Pooley on 13 March 1914 in Parkstone, Dorset, he died on 14 July 2015 in Santa Monica, California. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London and painting at Chelsea School of Art and the Académie Colarossi in Paris. After working as a set designer at Pinewood Studios, he began acting on stage during the 1940s and appeared in West End productions including Noël Coward’s *Peace in Our Time*.

Pooley’s television roles included Professor Stahlman and his parallel-world counterpart in the 1970 *Doctor Who* serial *Inferno*, the Cleric in the 2000 *Star Trek: Voyager* episode “Blink of an Eye”, Dr Sidney Marlowe in *MacGyver* (1985) and a judge in *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993). Film appearances encompassed *Sink the Bismarck!* (1960) and *The Assassination Bureau* (1969).

As a writer he received an uncredited credit on the screenplay for *Lifeforce* (1985). He wrote and appeared in *The Corpse* (also known as *Crucible of Horror*, 1971), wrote and directed *The Johnstown Monster* (1971) and wrote the screenplay for *The Godsend* (1980).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lifeforce* (1985), Fi1m 65, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus* (1996), as Maldor
- *Star Trek: Voyager* (1995), series, as Cleric
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), series, as Judge
- *The Paradise Club* (1989), series, as Sir David Huxley
- *The Turn of the Screw* (1989), as John the Gardener
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Dr. Sidney Marlowe
- *Lifeforce* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/lifeforce.md)
- *Scarecrow and Mrs. King* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Tragedy of King Lear* (1982), as The Doctor
- *Robbers Of The Sacred Mountain* (1982), Writer
- *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md)
- *The Godsend* (1980), Writer
- *Charlie Muffin* (1979), as Soviet First Secretary
- *The Sandbaggers* (1978), series, as Lars Torvik
- *Shadows* (1975), series, as Wizard
- *The Zoo Gang* (1974), series, Actor
- *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Police President Baron Krauss
- *The Protectors* (1972), series, as Commissioner Braun
- *Crucible of Horror* (1971), as Reid · Screenplay
- *The Johnstown Monster* (1971), Director
- *Jason King* (1971), series, Actor
- *The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer* (1970), as Dr. Luns (uncredited)
- *Doctor Who: Inferno* (1970), as Professor Stahlman / Director Stahlman
- *Codename* (1970), series, as Istov
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Dr. Ensor
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, Actor
- *Destiny of a Spy* (1969), as Igor Trubenoff
- *The Assassination Bureau* (1969), as Swiss Cashier
- *The Expert* (1968), series, as Adams
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Josef Dzierzinski
- *Not in Front of the Children* (1967), series, as Mr Wyatt-Pearson
- *Naked Evil* (1966), as Father Goodman
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1964), series, Actor
- *Detective* (1964), series, Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Director Stahlman, Professor Stahlman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Richard the Lionheart* (1962), series, as Pilgrim, Sheik Mahmoud
- *The Password Is Courage* (1962), as German Doctor
- *Ghost Squad* (1961), series, Actor
- *Top Secret* (1961), series, Actor
- *Maigret* (1960), series, Actor
- *Deadline Midnight* (1960), series, Actor
- *Sink the Bismarck!* (1960), as Officer of the Watch - 'Sheffield'  (uncredited)
- *Left Right and Centre* (1959), as TV newscaster
- *The Gamma People* (1956), as Bikstein
- *The Iron Petticoat* (1956), as Major Osip Feodor Ganovich
- *Colonel March of Scotland Yard* (1956), series, as Carlmeddy
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as Mark Fuller, Captain Bailey
- *Top Secret* (1952), as Roblettski
- *The Woman's Angle* (1952), as Fudolf Mansell
- *Hell Is Sold Out* (1951), as Cheri, male secretary
- *Highly Dangerous* (1950), as Detective-Interrogator
- *The Lost People* (1949), as Milosh
- *The Huggetts Abroad* (1949), as Straker
- *Penny and the Pownall Case* (1948), as Von Leicher

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