Frederick Worlock
Born: 1886-12-14 in London, England, UK
Died: 1973-08-01
Known For: Acting
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)
1968
- Elizabeth the Queen as Lord Burghley
1966
- Spinout as Blodgett
1965
- Strange Bedfellows as Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
1963
- The Invincible Mr. Disraeli as Lord Derby
1962
- The Notorious Landlady as Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
1961
- One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
1960
- Spartacus as Laelius
1957
- Perry Mason as Judge
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Gus Harrison
1953
- King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
1949
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
1948
- Johnny Belinda as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- Joan of Arc as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
- A Woman's Vengeance as Judge (uncredited)
- Ruthless as J. Norton Sims
1947
- Singapore as Cadum
- The Macomber Affair as Clerk
- Last of the Redmen as Gen. Webb
- Love from a Stranger as Inspector Hobday
- A Double Life as Actor in "Othello"
1946
- The Locket as Doctor (uncredited)
- She-Wolf of London as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
- Terror by Night as Prof. William Kilbane
- Dressed to Kill as Colonel Cavanaugh
- The Imperfect Lady as Henderson
1945
- Hangover Square as Supt. Clay (uncredited)
- The Woman in Green as Dr. Onslow
- Pursuit to Algiers as Prime Minister
- Scotland Yard Investigator as John Brent
- The Fatal Witness as Sir Humphrey Mong
- Captain Kidd as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
1944
1943
- Jane Eyre as Sam--Waiter at Inn
- Sahara as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Madame Curie as Businessman (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Geoffrey Musgrave
- Air Raid Wardens as Otto
- Secret Service In Darkest Africa as Sir James Langley
- Passport to Suez as Sir Roger Wembley
- London Blackout Murders as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
- Appointment in Berlin as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
- The Mantrap as Patrick Berwick
1942
- Eagle Squadron as Grenfall
- Pacific Rendezvous as Dr. Jackwin
- Captains of the Clouds as President of Court Martial
- The Black Swan as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
- Madero of Mexico as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
- Keep 'Em Sailing as Hugo Stregel
1941
- Man Hunt as Lord Gerald Risborough
- International Lady as Sir Henry
- Rage in Heaven as Solicitor-General
- A Yank in the R.A.F. as Canadian Major
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Heath
- How Green Was My Valley as Dr. Richards
1940
- Northwest Passage as Sir William Johnson
- Murder Over New York as Insp. Hugh Drake
- The Sea Hawk as Darnell
- Hudson's Bay as English Governor
- Moon Over Burma as Stephen Harmon
- The Earl of Chicago as Lord Elfie (uncredited)
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Communist President
- Strange Cargo as Grideau, the Prison Head
1939
- Lady of the Tropics as Colonel Demassey
- Balalaika as Ramensky
- Miracles for Sale as Dr. Cesar Sabbatt