Olaf Pooley is an English actor and writer. Pooley was born of an English father and Danish mother in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England. He studied Architecture and then painting in London. In 1946 he married actress Irlin Hall and together they had a daughter, the actress Kirstie Pooley and son comedian Seyton Pooley. In 1982 he married director Gabrielle Beaumont, although they are now separated. He wrote and appeared in the film The Corpse, starring Michael Gough, and wrote, directed and appeared in The Johnstown Monster. He also wrote the screenplay for a film version of Bernard Taylor's The Godsend. Beaumont directed the film. Pooley's other writing credits include the 1982 TV film Falcon's Gold and being an uncredited writer on the 1985 sci-fi horror film Lifeforce. Pooley's TV guest appearances since the 1950s include Dixon of Dock Green, Paul Temple, Jason King, MacGyver and Star Trek: Voyager. He played Professor Stahlman and his parallel Earth counterpart Director Stahlmann in the Doctor Who serial Inferno. He also played Lars Torvik in the first episode of The Sandbaggers, entitled First Principles. 

March 13th, 1914 in Parkstone  /  Died:   Jul 14th, 2015