Frederick Worlock

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Frederick Worlock

Acting December 14, 1886

London, England, UK

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.…

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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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  1. 1982
    Disney's Halloween Treat

    Movie Horace (voice) (archive footage)

  2. 1968
    Elizabeth the Queen

    Movie Lord Burghley

  3. 1966
    Spinout

    Movie Blodgett

  4. 1965
    Strange Bedfellows

    Movie Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)

  5. 1963
    The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

    Movie Lord Derby

  6. 1962
    The Notorious Landlady

    Movie Elderly Colonel (uncredited)

  7. 1961
    One Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Movie Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)

  8. 1960
    Spartacus

    Movie Laelius

  9. 1957
    Perry Mason

    TV show Judge

  10. 1955
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    TV show Gus Harrison

  11. 1955
    MGM Parade

    TV show

  12. 1954
    King Richard II

    Movie John of Gaunt

  13. 1953
    King Lear

    Movie Earl of Gloucester

  14. 1950
  15. 1949
    A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

    Movie Lord Mayor (uncredited)

  16. 1948
    Joan of Arc

    Movie Duke of Bedford, England's Regent

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  1. 1948
    Studio One

    TV show

  2. 1948
    Johnny Belinda

    Movie Prosecutor (uncredited)

  3. 1948
    Ruthless

    Movie J. Norton Sims

  4. 1948
    A Woman's Vengeance

    Movie Judge (uncredited)

  5. 1947
    A Double Life

    Movie Actor in "Othello"

  6. 1947
    Love from a Stranger

    Movie Inspector Hobday

  7. 1947
  8. 1947
    Singapore

    Movie Cadum

  9. 1947
    Last of the Redmen

    Movie Gen. Webb

  10. 1947
    The Macomber Affair

    Movie Clerk

  11. 1946
    The Locket

    Movie Doctor (uncredited)

  12. 1946
    The Imperfect Lady

    Movie Henderson

  13. 1946
    Dressed to Kill

    Movie Colonel Cavanaugh

  14. 1946
    She-Wolf of London

    Movie Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs

  15. 1946
    Terror by Night

    Movie Prof. William Kilbane

  16. 1945
    Captain Kidd

    Movie Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)

  17. 1945
    Pursuit to Algiers

    Movie Prime Minister

  18. 1945
    Scotland Yard Investigator

    Movie John Brent

  19. 1945
    The Fatal Witness

    Movie Sir Humphrey Mong

  20. 1945
    The Woman in Green

    Movie Dr. Onslow

  21. 1945
    Hangover Square

    Movie Supt. Clay (uncredited)

  22. 1944
    The Lodger

    Movie

  23. 1943
    Jane Eyre

    Movie Sam--Waiter at Inn

  24. 1943
    Madame Curie

    Movie Businessman (uncredited)