Frederick Worlock
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.
Filmography
Disney's Halloween Treat
1982
as Horace (voice) (archive footage)
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
as Lord Burghley
Spinout
1966
as Blodgett
Strange Bedfellows
1965
as Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963
as Lord Derby
The Notorious Landlady
1962
as Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
1961
as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
Spartacus
1960
as Laelius
King Lear
1953
as Earl of Gloucester
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
1948
as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
Johnny Belinda
1948
as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Ruthless
1948
as J. Norton Sims
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Judge (uncredited)
A Double Life
1947
as Actor in "Othello"
Love from a Stranger
1947
as Inspector Hobday
Forever Amber
1947
Singapore
1947
as Cadum
Last of the Redmen
1947
as Gen. Webb
The Macomber Affair
1947
as Clerk
The Locket
1946
as Doctor (uncredited)
The Imperfect Lady
1946
as Henderson
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Colonel Cavanaugh
She-Wolf of London
1946
as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs