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Frederick Worlock

Known for: Acting

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.

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961Movie as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
Strange Cargo 1940Movie as Grideau, the Prison Head
Dressed to Kill 1946Movie JustWatch TVPublic Domain MoviesPlex as Colonel Cavanaugh
Terror by Night 1946Movie ArtiflixPublic Domain MoviesPlex as Prof. William Kilbane
She-Wolf of London 1946Movie as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
Man Hunt 1941Movie as Lord Gerald Risborough
Captains of the Clouds 1942Movie as President of Court Martial
Rage in Heaven 1941Movie as Solicitor-General
Ruthless 1948Movie Plex as J. Norton Sims