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
- MGM Parade
1954
- King Richard II as John of Gaunt
1953
- King Lear as Earl of Gloucester
1949
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
1948
- Studio One
- Joan of Arc as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
- Johnny Belinda as Prosecutor (uncredited)
- A Woman's Vengeance as Judge (uncredited)
- Ruthless as J. Norton Sims
1947
- Forever Amber
- A Double Life as Actor in "Othello"
- The Macomber Affair as Clerk
- Last of the Redmen as Gen. Webb
- Love from a Stranger as Inspector Hobday
- Singapore as Cadum
1946
- Dressed to Kill as Colonel Cavanaugh
- Terror by Night as Prof. William Kilbane
- She-Wolf of London as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
- The Locket as Doctor (uncredited)
- The Imperfect Lady as Henderson
1945
- The Woman in Green as Dr. Onslow
- Captain Kidd as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
- Pursuit to Algiers as Prime Minister
- Hangover Square as Supt. Clay (uncredited)
- Scotland Yard Investigator as John Brent
- The Fatal Witness as Sir Humphrey Mong
1944
1943
- Jane Eyre as Sam--Waiter at Inn
- Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Geoffrey Musgrave
- Sahara as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
- Madame Curie as Businessman (uncredited)
- Air Raid Wardens as Otto
- Appointment in Berlin as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
- Passport to Suez as Sir Roger Wembley
- Secret Service In Darkest Africa as Sir James Langley
- London Blackout Murders as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
- The Mantrap as Patrick Berwick
1942
- The Black Swan as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
- Captains of the Clouds as President of Court Martial
- Eagle Squadron as Grenfall
- Pacific Rendezvous as Dr. Jackwin
- Keep 'Em Sailing as Hugo Stregel
- Madero of Mexico as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
1941
- How Green Was My Valley as Dr. Richards
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Heath
- International Lady as Sir Henry
- A Yank in the R.A.F. as Canadian Major
- Man Hunt as Lord Gerald Risborough
- Rage in Heaven as Solicitor-General
1940
- The Sea Hawk as Darnell
- Strange Cargo as Grideau, the Prison Head
- Northwest Passage as Sir William Johnson
- The Earl of Chicago as Lord Elfie (uncredited)
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Communist President
- Murder Over New York as Insp. Hugh Drake
- Moon Over Burma as Stephen Harmon
- Hudson's Bay as English Governor
- South of Suez as Defense Counsel
1939
- Balalaika as Ramensky
- Lady of the Tropics as Colonel Demassey
- Miracles for Sale as Dr. Cesar Sabbatt