Frederick Worlock
Biography
Frederick Worlock was a British-American actor. He is known for his work in various films during the 1940s and 1950s, and as the voice of Horace in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. On stage, he made his début in 1906 in Henry V in Bristol and acted in four productions in London before moving to the United States in the 1920s, where he appeared in Broadway productions between 1923 and 1954. From 1938 to 1966, Worlock appeared as a supporting actor in films including Man Hunt, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, How Green Was My Valley, The Imperfect Lady, Singapore, The Lone Wolf in London, Love from a Stranger, Ruthless, Joan of Arc, Spartacus, One Hundred and One Dalmatians (voice-over), and Spinout. He appeared in a number of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone in the 1940s. The diginfied-looking British actor often portrayed "professorial roles, some benign, some villainous". Worlock died from cerebral ischemia in 1973, at the age of 86.
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Movies (45)
Disney's Halloween Treat
as Horace (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Elizabeth the Queen
as Lord Burghley
1968
Spinout
as Blodgett
1966
Strange Bedfellows
as Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
1965
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
as Lord Derby
1963
The Notorious Landlady
as Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
1962
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
1961
Spartacus
as Laelius
1960
King Lear
as Earl of Gloucester
1953
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
1949
Joan of Arc
as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
1948
Johnny Belinda
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
1948
Ruthless
as J. Norton Sims
1948
A Woman's Vengeance
as Judge (uncredited)
1948
A Double Life
as Actor in "Othello"
1947
Love from a Stranger
as Inspector Hobday
1947
Singapore
as Cadum
1947
Last of the Redmen
as Gen. Webb
1947
The Macomber Affair
as Clerk
1947
The Locket
as Doctor (uncredited)
1946
The Imperfect Lady
as Henderson
1946
Dressed to Kill
as Colonel Cavanaugh
1946
She-Wolf of London
as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
1946
Terror by Night
as Prof. William Kilbane
1946
Captain Kidd
as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
1945
Pursuit to Algiers
as Prime Minister
1945
Scotland Yard Investigator
as John Brent
1945
The Fatal Witness
as Sir Humphrey Mong
1945
The Woman in Green
as Dr. Onslow
1945
Hangover Square
as Supt. Clay (uncredited)
1945
The Lodger
1944
Jane Eyre
as Sam--Waiter at Inn
1943
Madame Curie
as Businessman (uncredited)
1943
Sahara
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Geoffrey Musgrave
1943
Passport to Suez
as Sir Roger Wembley
1943
Secret Service In Darkest Africa
as Sir James Langley
1943
Appointment in Berlin
as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
1943
The Mantrap
as Patrick Berwick
1943
Air Raid Wardens
as Otto
1943
London Blackout Murders
as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
1943
The Black Swan
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing
as Hugo Stregel
1942
Madero of Mexico
as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
1942
Eagle Squadron
as Grenfall
1942
