Olaf Pooley

Olaf Pooley was an English actor, screenwriter, and painter who died in 2015. Born in Parkstone, Dorset, he studied painting at the Chelsea College of Arts and in Paris before training in architecture. His uncle helped him get work as a set designer at Pinewood Studios, and he later began acting on stage. He wrote and appeared in The Corpse, which was released in the US as Crucible of Horror (1971), and he also wrote and directed The Johnstown Monster, in which he appeared. His screenplay credits included The Godsend (1980), Falcon's Gold (1982), and uncredited work on Lifeforce (1985). On television, he guest-starred in series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Paul Temple, and Star Trek: Voyager, and played Professor Stahlman in the Doctor Who serial Inferno (1970). He also appeared in West End productions including Noël Coward's Peace in Our Time, as well as revivals of The Tempest and Othello.