Frederick Worlock
AKA: Frederic Worlock
Birthday: 1886-12-14
Died: 1973-08-01
Birthplace: London, England, UK
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
Character: Prof. William Kilbane
Character: Colonel Cavanaugh
Character: Lord Gerald Risborough
Character: Solicitor-General
Character: Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
Character: J. Norton Sims
Character: Insp. Hugh Drake
Character: Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
Character: Grideau, the Prison Head
Character: Prime Minister
Character: Inspector Hobday
Character: Patrick Berwick
Character: Sir Humphrey Mong
Character: English Governor
Character: Dr. Cesar Sabbatt
Character: Stephen Harmon
Character: Canadian Major
Character: Colonel Demassey
Character: Lord Elfie (uncredited)
Character: Geoffrey Musgrave
Character: Sir William Johnson
Character: Communist President
Character: Sir Roger Wembley
Character: Sam--Waiter at Inn
Character: Businessman (uncredited)
Character: Prosecutor (uncredited)
Character: Supt. Clay (uncredited)
Character: Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
Character: Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
Character: Sir James Langley
Character: Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
Character: Horace (voice) (archive footage)
Character: Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Character: Earl of Gloucester
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Character: Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Character: Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
Character: Actor in "Othello"
Character: Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Character: Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
Character: Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
Character: Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)