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Frederick Worlock
Known for: ActingFrederick 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 19
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
How Green Was My Valley
as Dr. Richards
The Woman in Green
Strange Cargo
as Grideau, the Prison Head
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Heath
Spinout
as Blodgett
Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Terror by Night
She-Wolf of London
as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
Pursuit to Algiers
Man Hunt
as Lord Gerald Risborough
Captains of the Clouds
as President of Court Martial
Rage in Heaven
as Solicitor-General
Air Raid Wardens
as Otto
Murder Over New York
as Insp. Hugh Drake
Balalaika
as Ramensky
Ruthless
Lady of the Tropics
as Colonel Demassey