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