Larry Zolf

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Larry Zolf (born July 19, 1934) is a retired Canadian journalist and commentator.

Zolf was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He earned a B.A. from the University of Winnipeg, and then received a Masters degree in Canadian history from the University of Toronto. In 1962 he joined the CBC. During the 1960s he was one of the hosts of the CBC's controversial current-affairs show This Hour Has Seven Days.

In 1965, Zolf's documentary on computers won the Anik Award. This documentary was later rebroadcast as one of Canada's 100 best documentaries on the 50th anniversary of the National Film Board.

During the Munsinger Affair, a 1966 sex scandal involving former federal Minister of Defence Pierre Sévigny, Zolf showed up on Sévigny's doorstep in pursuit of the story, and Sévigny promptly hit Zolf over the head with his cane.

In 1970 Zolf covered the October Crisis in Quebec for the CBC.

Zolf has two children: a son, David, and a daughter. His daughter Rachel Zolf is a published poet, living in Toronto.