Frederick Worlock

British-American actor (1886–1973)
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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 (1961).

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, also portraying Inspector Lestrade opposite Rathbone in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Worlock often portrayed "professorial roles, some benign, some villainous".

Date of Birth14th December 1886
Date of Death1st August 1973
Age at Death86 Years
Zodiac SignSagittarius
CountryUnited Kingdom
Current CityLondon
Birth PlaceLondon
Death PlaceWoodland Hills
NationalityUnited Kingdom
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
SpousesElsie Ferguson
Occupationstage actor, film actor, actor