Frederick Worlock
Age: N/A | From: London, England, UK
Person Details
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Aliases: Frederic Worlock , Fred Worlock
Gender: Male
Place of birth: London, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 48
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Gus Harrison
Spartacus
(1960) Laelius
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(1941) Dr. Heath
The Black Swan
(1942) Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
How Green Was My Valley
(1941) Dr. Richards
Sahara
(1943) Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Jane Eyre
(1943) Sam--Waiter at Inn
The Sea Hawk
(1940) DarnellActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Horace (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 1966 | Blodgett | |
| 1965 | Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited) | |
| 1963 | Lord Derby | |
| 1961 | Horace / Inspector Craven (voice) | |
| 1960 | Laelius | |
| 1955 | Barclay | |
| Gus Harrison | ||
| 1953 | Earl of Gloucester | |
| 1950 | N/A | |
| 1949 | Lord Mayor (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Duke of Bedford, England's Regent | |
| Prosecutor (uncredited) | ||
| J. Norton Sims | ||
| Judge (uncredited) | ||
| 1947 | Actor in "Othello" | |
| Inspector Hobday | ||
| Cadum | ||
| Gen. Webb | ||
| Clerk | ||
| 1946 | Henderson | |
| Colonel Cavanaugh | ||
| Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs | ||
| Prof. William Kilbane | ||
| 1945 | Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited) | |
| Prime Minister | ||
| John Brent | ||
| Sir Humphrey Mong | ||
| Dr. Onslow | ||
| Supt. Clay (uncredited) | ||
| 1943 | Sam--Waiter at Inn | |
| Businessman (uncredited) | ||
| Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Geoffrey Musgrave | ||
| Sir Roger Wembley | ||
| Sir James Langley | ||
| Patrick Berwick | ||
| Otto | ||
| 1942 | Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) | |
| Hugo Stregel | ||
| Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited) | ||
| Grenfall | ||
| Dr. Jackwin | ||
| 1941 | Dr. Richards | |
| Sir Henry | ||
| Canadian Major | ||
| Dr. Heath | ||
| Lord Gerald Risborough | ||
| Solicitor-General | ||
| English Governor | ||
| 1940 | Insp. Hugh Drake | |
| Communist President | ||
| Darnell | ||
| Stephen Harmon | ||
| Grideau, the Prison Head | ||
| Sir William Johnson | ||
| Lord Elfie (uncredited) | ||
| 1939 | Ramensky | |
| Colonel Demassey | ||
| Dr. Cesar Sabbatt | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
