Portrait of Frederick Worlock

Frederick Worlock

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.

Born: December 14, 1886

Place of Birth: London, England, UK

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)

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
1953
King Lear

as Earl of Gloucester

1949
1948
Joan of Arc

as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent

1948
Johnny Belinda

as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1948
Ruthless

as J. Norton Sims

1948
A Woman's Vengeance

as Judge (uncredited)

1947
A Double Life

as Actor in "Othello"

1947
Love from a Stranger

as Inspector Hobday

1947
Singapore

as Cadum

1947
Last of the Redmen

as Gen. Webb

1946
The Locket

as Doctor (uncredited)

1946
The Imperfect Lady

as Henderson

1946
Dressed to Kill

as Colonel Cavanaugh

1946
She-Wolf of London

as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs

1946
Terror by Night

as Prof. William Kilbane

1945
Captain Kidd

as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)

1945
Pursuit to Algiers

as Prime Minister

1945
The Fatal Witness

as Sir Humphrey Mong

1945
The Woman in Green

as Dr. Onslow

1945
Hangover Square

as Supt. Clay (uncredited)

1943
Jane Eyre

as Sam--Waiter at Inn

1943
Madame Curie

as Businessman (uncredited)

1943
Sahara

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Geoffrey Musgrave

1943
Passport to Suez

as Sir Roger Wembley

1943
1943
Appointment in Berlin

as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)

1943
The Mantrap

as Patrick Berwick

1943
1943
London Blackout Murders

as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)

1942
The Black Swan

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

1942
Keep 'Em Sailing

as Hugo Stregel

1942
Madero of Mexico

as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)

1942
Eagle Squadron

as Grenfall

1942
Pacific Rendezvous

as Dr. Jackwin

1942
Captains of the Clouds

as President of Court Martial

1941
1941
International Lady

as Sir Henry

1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Canadian Major

1941
1941
Man Hunt

as Lord Gerald Risborough

1941
Rage in Heaven

as Solicitor-General

1941
Hudson's Bay

as English Governor

1940
Murder Over New York

as Insp. Hugh Drake

1940
He Stayed for Breakfast

as Communist President

1940
The Sea Hawk

as Darnell

1940
Moon Over Burma

as Stephen Harmon

1940
Strange Cargo

as Grideau, the Prison Head

1940
Northwest Passage

as Sir William Johnson

1940
The Earl of Chicago

as Lord Elfie (uncredited)

1939
Balalaika

as Ramensky

1939
Lady of the Tropics

as Colonel Demassey

1939
Miracles for Sale

as Dr. Cesar Sabbatt