Frederick Worlock
Acting
🎂 1886-12-14
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.
Cast credits(70)
Judge
1957
1950
Gus Harrison
1955
Mr. Betts
1955
Barclay
1955
Dan Mintz
1955
Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
1961
Laelius
1960
Colonel Demassey
1939
Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
1942
Dr. Richards
1941
Darnell
1940
Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
1962
Dr. Onslow
1945
Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
1948
Colonel Cavanaugh
1946
Dr. Heath
1941
Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
1945
Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
1943
Businessman (uncredited)
1943
Sam--Waiter at Inn
1943
Blodgett
1966
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
1949
Prof. William Kilbane
1946
Sir William Johnson
1940
Prosecutor (uncredited)
1948
Grideau, the Prison Head
1940
Lord Gerald Risborough
1941
Actor in "Othello"
1947
Insp. Hugh Drake
1940
Supt. Clay (uncredited)
1945
J. Norton Sims
1948
Canadian Major
1941
Communist President
1940
Cadum
1947
1944
Geoffrey Musgrave
1943
Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
1943
Grenfall
1942
Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
1946
Doctor (uncredited)
1946
English Governor
1941
Otto
1943
Henderson
1946
Clerk
1947
Ramensky
1939
Horace (voice) (archive footage)
1982
Prime Minister
1945
Sir Humphrey Mong
1945
Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
1965
Judge (uncredited)
1948
Inspector Hobday
1947
Sir Roger Wembley
1943
Gen. Webb
1947
Dr. Cesar Sabbatt
1939
Lord Elfie (uncredited)
1940
Solicitor-General
1941
Sir James Langley
1943
Earl of Gloucester
1953
Dr. Jackwin
1942
Sir Henry
1941
1928
Stephen Harmon
1940
Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
1942
Lord Derby
1963
Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
1943
Patrick Berwick
1943
Hugo Stregel
1942
John Brent
1945
Lord Burghley
1968