Ian Wolfe Ian Wolfe was a character actor from Canton , Illinois who appeared twice on , first playing Septimus in the episode and then Mr . Atoz the librarian in . He filmed his scenes for " Bread and Circuses " on Tuesday and Wednesday on location at Bronson Canyon , and his scenes for " All Our Yesterdays " on Friday and Monday at Paramount Stage 5 . Along with Judith Anderson , Morgan Farley , Richard Hale , Anthony Jochim , Felix Locher , Celia Lovsky , Leonard Mudie , Charles Seel , Abraham Sofaer , and John Warburton , he is one of only eleven credited " Star Trek " guest stars born in the 19th century to appear in any episode or film . He is also one of only two " Star Trek " actors verified as a veteran of the First World War . The other is Paul Fix . Wolfe ' s credits include nearly 200 films and made - for - TV movies and over 80 television guest appearances in a career which spans 56 years , beginning in 1934 . Some of his more notable appearances during his long career were in the films " Mutiny on the Bounty " ( 1935 ) , " On Borrowed Time " ( 1939 ) , " Foreign Correspondent " ( 1940 , with Leonard Mudie ) , " Rebel Without a Cause " ( 1955 , with Corey Allen , Chuck Hicks , music score by Leonard Rosenman and cinematography by Ernest Haller ) and " Witness for the Prosecution " ( 1957 , with Torin Thatcher ) , just to name a few . He also had smaller roles in such classic films as " Mrs . Miniver " ( 1942 , with John Abbott ) , " No Way Out " ( 1950 , with Frank Overton ) , " Holiday for Sinners " ( 1952 , with William Campbell , Bill Erwin and Peter Brocco ) , " Julius Caesar " ( 1953 , with John Hoyt , Lawrence Dobkin , Richard Hale , Morgan Farley , Michael Ansara and Vic Perrin ) , and " Seven Brides for Seven Brothers " ( 1954 , with Julie Newmar ) . He appeared in a 1957 episode of " Studio One " with William Shatner . Ian Wolfe was a principal supporting actor in " THX 1138 " ( 1970 , with Sid Haig and the voice of David Ogden Stiers ) , the first film directed by George Lucas . He appeared in five movies with fellow TOS guest actor Jeff Corey : " Paris Calling " and " The Lady from Cheyanne " in 1941 , " The Moon Is Down " in 1943 , " California " in 1946 , and " Creator " in 1985 . The latter film also featured guest actor David Ogden Stiers . He had a minor role in the 1979 movie " The Frisco Kid " along side TNG guest actors Vincent Schiavelli and Clyde Kusatsu . He made several guest appearances on the TV series " Bonanza " , " Soap " and " WKRP in Cincinnati " ( recurring on the latter as sardonic butler Hirsch ) . He also guest - starred in an episode of " Barbary Coast " , which starred TOS actor William Shatner and guest starred Sherry Jackson , and in a 1982 episode of " Cheers " which would later feature prominently actor Kelsey Grammer . Wolff also appeared in the 1970 telefilm " The Andersonville Trial " , which also starred Shatner and featured Whit Bissell , Dick Miller , Harry Townes and Kenneth Tobey in smaller roles . Wolfe appeared as Herbert Hooper in an episode of " All in the Family " , a show that also featured TOS guest stars William Windom and Jason Wingreen . Wolfe would then go on to appear in the 1981 multi - Oscar - winning film " Reds " , which co - starred TNG guest actor Paul Sorvino . Both Wolfe and Sorvino would later appear in " Dick Tracy " in 1990 . This film also featured appearances by " Trek " actors Colm Meaney , John Schuck , Seymour Cassel , Hamilton Camp , Chuck Hicks , Mike Hagerty , Robert Costanzo , Ed McCready , Bert Remsen , Walker Edmiston and Michael J . Pollard . " Dick Tracy " would also prove to be Wolfe ' s last feature film . Ian Wolfe passed away in Los Angeles , California at the age of 95 just twenty days after Dame Judith Anderson , who starred in 1947 ' s " Pursued " , in which Wolfe also appeared . He was the last surviving " Star Trek " actor to have been born in the 19th century .