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Frederick Worlock
Actor
Died August 1, 1973 (86 years)
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
| 1982 | Disney's Halloween Treat · as Horace (voice) (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Airport · as Frederick Williams - Passenger |
| 1966 | Spinout · as Blodgett |
| 1962 | The Notorious Landlady · as Elderly Colonel |
| 1961 | One Hundred and One Dalmatians · as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice) |
| 1960 | Spartacus · as Laelius |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Chemist |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Barclay |
| 1953 | King Lear · as Earl of Gloucester |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Sir Edward |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Blenning |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Reverend Stowell |
| 1949 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court · as Lord Mayor |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | Johnny Belinda · as Prosecutor (uncredited) |
| 1948 | A Woman's Vengeance · as Judge (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Dr. Weston |
| 1948 | Joan of Arc · as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Andrew Hamilton |
| 1947 | A Double Life · as Actor in 'Othello' |
| 1947 | Forever Amber · as Actor |
| 1946 | Terror by Night · as Prof. William Kilbane |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill · as Colonel Cavanaugh |
| 1946 | The Locket · as Doctor |
| 1946 | She-Wolf of London · as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Francis |
| 1945 | The Woman in Green · as Dr. Onslow |
| 1944 | National Velvet · as Stewart |
| 1944 | The Lodger · as Sir Edward Willoughby |
| 1944 | Wing and a Prayer · as Admiral |
| 1943 | Madame Curie · as Businessman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington · as Radio Announcer |
| 1943 | Appointment in Berlin · as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death · as Geoffrey Musgrave |
| 1943 | Air Raid Wardens · as Otto |
| 1943 | The Mantrap · as Patrick Berwick |
| 1943 | Passport to Suez · as Sir Roger Wembley |
| 1943 | Sahara · as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre · as Sam--Waiter at Inn |
| 1942 | Random Harvest · as Margaret's Lawyer |
| 1942 | The Black Swan · as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds · as President of Court-Martial |
| 1941 | Rage in Heaven · as Solicitor-General |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Dr. Richards |
| 1941 | A Yank in the RAF · as Canadian Major |
| 1941 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Heath |
| 1941 | Man Hunt · as Lord Gerald Risborough |
| 1940 | The Sea Hawk · as Darnell |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage · as Sir William Johnson |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo · as Grideau, the Prison Head |
| 1939 | Balalaika · as Ramensky |
| 1914 | Kismet · as Caliph |