Shmuel Wolf

Born: 1934-02-12

Shmuel Wolf was an Israeli actor. Born in Budapest, Wolf's mother died at a young age and his father, who sold sewing machines, later remarried. Wolf and his stepmother were forced to relocate to the local ghetto during the Holocaust after his father was murdered by members of the Arrow Cross Party. After the ghetto was liberated in 1945, Wolf resided in a Bnei Akiva camp in France from 1948 until emigrating to Israel the following year. He lived in Masu'ot Yitzhak and then Kfar Masaryk. Wolf also served in the Hashomer Hatzair movement and the Nahal movement. He moved to Tel Aviv in 1959. From the 1960s onwards, Wolf focused on his career as an actor. He studied acting with Nola Chilton and he became a regular performer at many theatres which included the Ohel Theatre and the Haifa Theatre. Wolf's most popular stage performances was in Josef Mundy’s play It Comes Around in which he performed over 2,000 times. On film and television, Wolf made his film debut in Sallah Shabati starring Chaim Topol. He was also featured in the 1972 film An American Hippie in Israel. Other films he appeared in included Fifty-Fifty, An Intimate Story and A Woman Called Golda. He also made minor appearances in the television shows Life is Not Everything and Srugim.


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The Passport

as uncredited
Released: 1990-06-06

A man, who becomes mistaken for his brother who was immigrating to Israel from USSR, finds...

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War and Love

as Warszawski
Released: 1985-09-13

Jacek, who is Jewish, miraculously manages to survive World War II in Nazi-occupied Poland. As a...

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An American Hippie in Israel

as Komo
Released: 1972-01-01

Incited by a disillusioned young man who has decided to flee from civilization, a group of 4...

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Carlos

as uncredited
Released: 1971-11-20

In the Southwest of 1915 Carlos backs an intended uprising of the common countymen against his...

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Sallah

as uncredited
Released: 1964-06-02

Sallah Shabati, the patriarch of the big family recently arrived to Israel from Yemen, tries to...

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Things

as Guard
Released: 1995-01-01

Drama - This Israeli drama tells the story of three men living in Tel Aviv. They set off to...

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Der Leuchtturm

as Missionar
Released: 1972-10-25

A psychological and existential study of a prisoner charged with guarding an isolated...

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Esther

as Narrator
Released: 1986-01-01

Ahasverus, king of Persia and Media, puts aside Vashti and makes Esther his queen, choosing her...

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Cats on a Pedal Boat

as uncredited
Released: 2011-05-05

Not the sort of film we usually see coming from Israel, this teen horror-comedy is a loving...

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Don Quixote in Jerusalem

as Don Quichote
Released: 2005-01-01

Don Quixote and Sancho Pancha arrive in Israel in the year 2005. They reach a hill on the...

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The Revenge of Itzik Finkelstein

as uncredited
Released: 1993-01-01

In this surreal comedy, a ghost monk convinces Itzik, a keychain importer living with his...

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