7 Things to Know about Dr. Rolf on Days of Our Lives (DOOL)

Learn more about Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (William Utay), and his evil deeds in Salem! Dr. Rolf made his debut as Stefano DiMera’s brainy cohort in crime in 1997.

John (Drake Hogestyn), Hope (Kristian Alfonso), Stefano and Kristen (Eileen Davidson) met him, when they arrived at a jungle compound in search of a cure for the dying Roman. Rolf was the man attempting to concoct it.

2. Mr. Chips
His specialty during his DAYS tenure was implanting chips in unsuspecting citizens so Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) could gain control of them and have them do his bidding. Rolf’s victims have included John, Hope, and Vivian.

3. The Baby Switch
Under Stefano’s orders, Rolf switched the baby boy born to his niece, Marlo, who was going to be adopted by Lexie and Abe, with Hope’s newborn son. At the time, Stefano believed he might be Hope’s baby’s father and wanted the child raised by his daughter, Lexie.

Ultimately, Bo (Peter Reckell) turned out to be Isaac’s (later Zack) father, but he and Hope took home J.T. It took years before the devious plot was exposed, and Bo and Hope got their son back.

4. Twin Twist
Rolf was directly involved in the conception of the mysterious Gemini twins, who arrived in Salem in a pseudo spaceship.

The pair, also known as Cassie and Rex, were the product of Kate’s eggs and Roman’s sperm and were carried by Marlena. Got that? At one point, Rolf programmed the twins to kill anyone who posed a threat to the DiMera family.

5. Dead Man Walking
When Rex discovered he wasn’t Tony and Marlena’s son as he had been led to believe, he confronted Rolf. Before Rolf could…continue reading on the next page —>

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5. Dead Man Walking
When Rex discovered he wasn’t Tony and Marlena’s son as he had been led to believe, he confronted Rolf. Before Rolf could reveal any details, a crate toppled on top of him and he was “killed” in 2003. In fact, his corpse was used to fake Larry Welch’s death.

6. Here’s to Hattie
Upon discovering waitress Hattie Adams, Stefano had Rolf transform her into a Marlena lookalike. He also ordered Rolf to seduce Hattie to keep her under their control, but she had already fallen for Roman and resisted Rolf’s advances.

7. Bye-Bye Memories
After John was “killed” by a hit-and-run driver, Rolf brought him back to life, erased his memories, and brainwashed him to, once again, become Stefano’s pawn.

John, however, was so powerful, he eventually got the upper hand on both of them and took over the DiMera empire. John agreed not to press charges against Rolf, if he shut down his science lab and became his butler.

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