Baron Francis-Marie Arist de Wolff (7 January 1913 – 18 April 1984) was an English character actor.

[2] He was raised in the family’s estate in Lewes,[2] and studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Born in Essex, he made his film debut in Flame in the Heather (1935), and made many other appearances in such films as Fire Over England (1937), Treasure Island (1950), Scrooge (1951), as the Ghost of Christmas Present, Ivanhoe (1952), Moby Dick (1956), Saint Joan (1957), From Russia with Love (1963), and Carry On Cleo (1964).

These include Corridors of Blood (1958), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), Devil Doll (1964), and The Black Torment (1964).

His television appearances included The Avengers, Maigret, Richard the Lionheart, Danger Man, Doctor Who (twice, once playing Agamemnon), The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The Saint, Rookery Nook, Paul Temple, Dixon of Dock Green, The Tomorrow People, and the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth.