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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.

Known for

One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961 · 7.3 How Green Was My Valley 1941 · 7.7 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1941 · 6.8 Terror by Night 1946 · 6.7 Dressed to Kill 1946 · 6.8 The Woman in Green 1945 · 6.6 Man Hunt 1941 · 7.2 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 · 6.9 Pursuit to Algiers 1945 · 6.7 She-Wolf of London 1946 · 5.2 Strange Cargo 1940 · 6.9 Spinout 1966 · 5.8 Rage in Heaven 1941 · 6.4 Singapore 1947 · 6.4