Frederick Worlock
ActingAlso Known As
Frederic Worlock, Fred Worlock
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.
Movies
(65 total)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
Spartacus
as Laelius
How Green Was My Valley
as Dr. Richards
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Heath
Sahara
as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
The Sea Hawk
as Darnell
Jane Eyre
as Sam--Waiter at Inn
Terror by Night
as Prof. William Kilbane
The Woman in Green
as Dr. Onslow
Dressed to Kill
as Colonel Cavanaugh
Man Hunt
as Lord Gerald Risborough
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Geoffrey Musgrave
The Black Swan
as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
A Double Life
as Actor in "Othello"
Pursuit to Algiers
as Prime Minister
Johnny Belinda
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Hangover Square
as Supt. Clay (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London
as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
TV Shows
(8 total)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Gus Harrison
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Betts
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Barclay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dan Mintz
Perry Mason
as Judge
