Frederick Worlock

Born: 1886-12-14

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

as Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)
Released: 1961-01-25

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents...

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as Laelius
Released: 1960-10-13

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer...

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How Green Was My Valley

as Dr. Richards
Released: 1941-10-28

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the...

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Sahara

as Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1943-09-22

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend...

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Terror by Night

as Prof. William Kilbane
Released: 1946-02-01

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of...

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Jane Eyre

as Sam--Waiter at Inn
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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Dressed to Kill

as Colonel Cavanaugh
Released: 1946-05-24

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Dr. Heath
Released: 1941-08-12

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil...

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Released: 1949-04-18

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is...

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The Sea Hawk

as Darnell
Released: 1940-08-10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...

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The Woman in Green

as Dr. Onslow
Released: 1945-06-15

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger...

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Joan of Arc

as Duke of Bedford, England's Regent
Released: 1948-12-22

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War...

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Captain Kidd

as Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-22

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a...

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The Black Swan

as Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-04

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of...

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She-Wolf of London

as Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs
Released: 1946-05-17

A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family...

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Man Hunt

as Lord Gerald Risborough
Released: 1941-06-13

Shortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria...

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A Double Life

as Actor in "Othello"
Released: 1947-12-25

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage...

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Johnny Belinda

as Prosecutor (uncredited)
Released: 1948-09-14

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

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Strange Cargo

as Grideau, the Prison Head
Released: 1940-03-01

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Geoffrey Musgrave
Released: 1943-09-17

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...

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The Lodger

as uncredited
Released: 1944-01-19

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the...

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Pursuit to Algiers

as Prime Minister
Released: 1945-10-26

After the King of Ruthenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his...

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The Notorious Landlady

as Elderly Colonel (uncredited)
Released: 1962-04-13

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman...

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Northwest Passage

as Sir William Johnson
Released: 1940-02-23

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends...

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Spinout

as Blodgett
Released: 1966-10-06

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and...

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Madame Curie

as Businessman (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-16

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women...

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Hangover Square

as Supt. Clay (uncredited)
Released: 1945-02-07

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife...

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Ruthless

as J. Norton Sims
Released: 1948-04-16

Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high...

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The Fatal Witness

as Sir Humphrey Mong
Released: 1945-09-15

A playboy produces an airtight alibi when he is questioned about the murder of his wealthy aunt.

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The Locket

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1946-12-20

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.

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Murder Over New York

as Insp. Hugh Drake
Released: 1940-12-13

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in...

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Last of the Redmen

as Gen. Webb
Released: 1947-08-01

A family-oriented adaption of James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." As the...

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A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Canadian Major
Released: 1941-09-26

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to...

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A Woman's Vengeance

as Judge (uncredited)
Released: 1948-03-02

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other...

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Hudson's Bay

as English Governor
Released: 1941-01-03

Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire...

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Strange Bedfellows

as Mr. Martindale (Lawyer) (uncredited)
Released: 1965-02-09

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and...

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Miracles for Sale

as Dr. Cesar Sabbatt
Released: 1939-08-10

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

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Singapore

as Cadum
Released: 1947-08-13

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....

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Appointment in Berlin

as Von Ritter - Ministry of Information (uncredited)
Released: 1943-07-15

The "war of nerves" which gripped the European continent in 1938, is the background for this war...

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Disney's Halloween Treat

as Horace (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 1982-10-30

Contains memorable scenes from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," "Fantasia," "Lady and the...

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The Earl of Chicago

as Lord Elfie (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-05

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...

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International Lady

as Sir Henry
Released: 1941-10-16

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and...

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Air Raid Wardens

as Otto
Released: 1943-04-04

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...

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Rage in Heaven

as Solicitor-General
Released: 1941-03-07

A jealous man frames his wife's suspected lover for murder.

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King Lear

as Earl of Gloucester
Released: 1953-10-18

In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after...

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Passport to Suez

as Sir Roger Wembley
Released: 1943-08-19

The Lone Wolf goes undercover in Egypt to foil a Nazi plot to bomb and disable the Suez canal,...

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The Macomber Affair

as Clerk
Released: 1947-04-20

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest...

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He Stayed for Breakfast

as Communist President
Released: 1940-08-31

Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy...

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Eagle Squadron

as Grenfall
Released: 1942-06-16

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in...

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London Blackout Murders

as Eugene Caldwell (as Frederic Worlock)
Released: 1943-01-15

A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being...

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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli

as Lord Derby
Released: 1963-04-03

The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

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Lady of the Tropics

as Colonel Demassey
Released: 1939-08-11

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal...

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The Mantrap

as Patrick Berwick
Released: 1943-04-13

Henry Stephenson stars as a retired Scotland Yard detective. He is regarded as an icon because...

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The Imperfect Lady

as Henderson
Released: 1946-11-29

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.

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Love from a Stranger

as Inspector Hobday
Released: 1947-11-15

Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She...

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Secret Service In Darkest Africa

as Sir James Langley
Released: 1943-07-24

An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.

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Balalaika

as Ramensky
Released: 1939-12-15

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...

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Scotland Yard Investigator

as John Brent
Released: 1945-09-30

A London curator loses the Mona Lisa to a collector, who discovers it's a fake.

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Pacific Rendezvous

as Dr. Jackwin
Released: 1942-05-21

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his...

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Moon Over Burma

as Stephen Harmon
Released: 1940-07-26

The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American...

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Keep 'Em Sailing

as Hugo Stregel
Released: 1942-11-28

An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.

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Madero of Mexico

as Aristocratic Landowner (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-28

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to...

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Perry Mason

as Judge
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Gus Harrison
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Mr. Betts
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Barclay
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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