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Frederick Worlock
Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

ActingBorn December 14, 1886Died August 1, 1973 (age 86)London, England, UK

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.

Filmography

1982
Disney's Halloween Treat

as Horace (voice) (archive footage)

Movie
1968
Elizabeth the Queen

as Lord Burghley

Movie
1966
Spinout

as Blodgett

Movie
1965
Strange Bedfellows

as Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)

Movie
1963Movie
1962
The Notorious Landlady

as Elderly Colonel (uncredited)

Movie
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)

Movie
1960
Spartacus

as Laelius

Movie
1957
Perry Mason

as Judge

TV
1955TV
1955TV
1955TV
1953
King Lear

as Earl of Gloucester

Movie
1949Movie
1948
Joan of Arc

as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent

Movie
1948
Johnny Belinda

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

Movie
1948
Ruthless

as J. Norton Sims

Movie
1948
A Woman's Vengeance

as Judge (uncredited)

Movie
1947
A Double Life

as Actor in "Othello"

Movie
1947
Love from a Stranger

as Inspector Hobday

Movie
1947Movie
1947
Singapore

as Cadum

Movie
1947
Last of the Redmen

as Gen. Webb

Movie
1947Movie
1946
The Locket

as Doctor (uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Imperfect Lady

as Henderson

Movie
1946
Dressed to Kill

as Colonel Cavanaugh

Movie
1946
She-Wolf of London

as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs

Movie
1946
Terror by Night

as Prof. William Kilbane

Movie
1945
Captain Kidd

as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Pursuit to Algiers

as Prime Minister

Movie
1945Movie
1945
The Fatal Witness

as Sir Humphrey Mong

Movie
1945
The Woman in Green

as Dr. Onslow

Movie
1945
Hangover Square

as Supt. Clay (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1943
Jane Eyre

as Sam--Waiter at Inn

Movie
1943
Madame Curie

as Businessman (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Sahara

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Geoffrey Musgrave

Movie
1943
Passport to Suez

as Sir Roger Wembley

Movie
1943Movie
1943
Appointment in Berlin

as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)

Movie
1943
The Mantrap

as Patrick Berwick

Movie
1943Movie
1943
London Blackout Murders

as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)

Movie
1942
The Black Swan

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Keep 'Em Sailing

as Hugo Stregel

Movie
1942
Madero of Mexico

as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Eagle Squadron

as Grenfall

Movie
1942
Pacific Rendezvous

as Dr. Jackwin

Movie
1942
Captains of the Clouds

as President of Court Martial

Movie
1941Movie
1941
International Lady

as Sir Henry

Movie
1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Canadian Major

Movie
1941Movie
1941
Man Hunt

as Lord Gerald Risborough

Movie
1941
Rage in Heaven

as Solicitor-General

Movie
1940
Hudson's Bay

as English Governor

Movie
1940
Murder Over New York

as Insp. Hugh Drake

Movie
1940
South of Suez

as Defense Counsel

Movie
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast

as Communist President

Movie
1940
The Sea Hawk

as Darnell

Movie
1940
Moon Over Burma

as Stephen Harmon

Movie
1940
Strange Cargo

as Grideau, the Prison Head

Movie
1940
Northwest Passage

as Sir William Johnson

Movie
1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Lord Elfie (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Balalaika

as Ramensky

Movie
1939
Lady of the Tropics

as Colonel Demassey

Movie
1939
Miracles for Sale

as Dr. Cesar Sabbatt

Movie
1928Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 14, 1886
Day of DeathAugust 1, 1973
Place of BirthLondon, England, UK
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