Frederick Worlock

Birthday: 1886-12-14
Deathday: 1973-08-01
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
1966-10-06 Spinout Blodgett
1965-02-09 Strange Bedfellows Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
1963-04-03 The Invincible Mr. Disraeli Lord Derby
1962-04-13 The Notorious Landlady Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
1961-01-25 One Hundred and One Dalmatians Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
1960-10-13 Spartacus Laelius
1953-10-18 King Lear Earl of Gloucester
1949-04-18 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Lord Mayor (uncredited)
1948-12-22 Joan of Arc Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
1948-09-14 Johnny Belinda Prosecutor (uncredited)
1948-04-16 Ruthless J. Norton Sims
1948-03-02 A Woman's Vengeance Judge (uncredited)
1947-12-25 A Double Life Actor in "Othello"
1947-11-15 Love from a Stranger Inspector Hobday
1947-08-13 Singapore Cadum
1947-08-01 Last of the Redmen Gen. Webb
1947-04-20 The Macomber Affair Clerk
1946-12-20 The Locket Doctor (uncredited)
1946-11-29 The Imperfect Lady Henderson
1946-05-24 Dressed to Kill Colonel Cavanaugh
1946-05-17 She-Wolf of London Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
1946-02-01 Terror by Night Prof. William Kilbane
1945-11-22 Captain Kidd Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
1945-10-26 Pursuit to Algiers Prime Minister
1945-09-30 Scotland Yard Investigator John Brent
1945-09-15 The Fatal Witness Sir Humphrey Mong
1945-06-15 The Woman in Green Dr. Onslow
1945-02-07 Hangover Square Supt. Clay (uncredited)
1944-01-19 The Lodger
1943-12-24 Jane Eyre Sam--Waiter at Inn
1943-12-16 Madame Curie Businessman (uncredited)
1943-09-22 Sahara Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1943-09-17 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death Geoffrey Musgrave
1943-08-19 Passport to Suez Sir Roger Wembley
1943-07-24 Secret Service In Darkest Africa Sir James Langley
1943-07-15 Appointment in Berlin Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
1943-04-13 The Mantrap Patrick Berwick
1943-04-04 Air Raid Wardens Otto
1943-01-15 London Blackout Murders Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
1942-12-04 The Black Swan Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1942-11-28 Keep 'Em Sailing Hugo Stregel
1942-11-28 Madero of Mexico Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
1942-06-16 Eagle Squadron Grenfall
1942-05-21 Pacific Rendezvous Dr. Jackwin
1941-10-28 How Green Was My Valley Dr. Richards
1941-10-16 International Lady Sir Henry
1941-09-26 A Yank in the R.A.F. Canadian Major
1941-08-12 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Heath
1941-06-13 Man Hunt Lord Gerald Risborough
1941-03-07 Rage in Heaven Solicitor-General
1941-01-03 Hudson's Bay English Governor
1940-12-13 Murder Over New York Insp. Hugh Drake
1940-08-31 He Stayed for Breakfast Communist President
1940-08-10 The Sea Hawk Darnell
1940-07-26 Moon Over Burma Stephen Harmon
1940-03-01 Strange Cargo Grideau, the Prison Head
1940-02-23 Northwest Passage Sir William Johnson
1940-01-05 The Earl of Chicago Lord Elfie (uncredited)
1939-12-15 Balalaika Ramensky
1939-08-11 Lady of the Tropics Colonel Demassey
1939-08-10 Miracles for Sale Dr. Cesar Sabbatt
1928-09-08 Two Masters