Acting

Frederick Worlock

Born December 14, 1886 · London, England, UK

Died August 1, 1973 · aged 86

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 193…

Known For

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians · 1961

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

MovieAdventureAnimation

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Spartacus

Spartacus · 1960

MovieHistoryDrama

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley · 1941

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

The Black Swan

The Black Swan · 1942

MovieAdventureRomance

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.

International Lady

International Lady · 1941

International Lady

MovieDramaThriller

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.

Terror by Night

Terror by Night · 1946

Terror by Night

MovieMysteryCrime

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · 1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

MovieDramaHorror

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Filmography

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians · 1961

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

MovieAdventureAnimation

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.

Horace / Inspector Craven (voice)

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre · 1943

MovieDramaRomance

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she meets the dark, cold, and abrupt master of the house, Edward Rochester. Jane and her employer grow close in friendship and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Happiness seems to have found Jane at last, but could Rochester's terrible secret be about to destroy it forever?

Sam--Waiter at Inn

Spartacus

Spartacus · 1960

MovieHistoryDrama

The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.

Laelius

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley · 1941

How Green Was My Valley

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

Dr. Richards

The Black Swan

The Black Swan · 1942

MovieAdventureRomance

When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.

Speaker of Assembly (uncredited)

International Lady

International Lady · 1941

International Lady

MovieDramaThriller

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.

Sir Henry

Terror by Night

Terror by Night · 1946

Terror by Night

MovieMysteryCrime

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond worth a fortune belonging to an elderly woman of wealth; but within the first hour of the trip, the woman's son is murdered and the diamond stolen and any of the passengers in their car could be the killer thief.

Prof. William Kilbane

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · 1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

MovieDramaHorror

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.

Dr. Heath

The Sea Hawk

The Sea Hawk · 1940

MovieAdventureHistory

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.

Darnell

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc · 1948

MovieDramaHistory

In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.

Duke of Bedford, England's Regent

The Woman in Green

The Woman in Green · 1945

The Woman in Green

MovieMysteryCrime

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

Dr. Onslow

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London · 1946

She-Wolf of London

MovieMysteryHorror

A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.

Park Patrol Constable-in-Charge Ernie Hobbs

Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd · 1945

MovieActionAdventure

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave. Three years later, Kidd, posing as a respectable merchant captain, offers his services to the King of England. Seeking a social position, Kidd also negotiates for Blayne's title and lands, provided he can prove Blayne was associated with piracy. Launched upon his royal mission, Kidd is unaware that Blayne's son Adam is among the crew, determined to clear his father's name.

Landers - Newgate Prison Governor (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill · 1946

Dressed to Kill

MovieMysteryCrime

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.

Colonel Cavanaugh

Sahara

MovieAdventureWar

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend an isolated well with a limited supply of water from a German Afrika Korps battalion during the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)

Spinout

Spinout · 1966

MovieComedyMusic

Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.

Blodgett

The Lodger

The Lodger · 1944

MovieThrillerMystery

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

Man Hunt

Man Hunt · 1941

MovieThrillerWar

Shortly before the start of WW2, renowned British big-game hunter Alan Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by Nazi agents and aided by a young woman.

Lord Gerald Risborough

Johnny Belinda

Johnny Belinda · 1948

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

Prosecutor (uncredited)

The Notorious Landlady

The Notorious Landlady · 1962

The Notorious Landlady

MovieComedyMystery

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

Elderly Colonel (uncredited)

Air Raid Wardens

Air Raid Wardens · 1943

Air Raid Wardens

MovieActionAdventure

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.

Otto

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death · 1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

MovieMysteryCrime

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his services. He summons Holmes for help and the master detective proceeds to solve the crime from a long list of suspects including the owners of the home, the staff and the patients recovering there.

Geoffrey Musgrave

Pursuit to Algiers

Pursuit to Algiers · 1945

Pursuit to Algiers

MovieMysteryCrime

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

Prime Minister

Forever Amber

Forever Amber · 1947

MovieDramaHistory

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Perry Mason

Perry Mason · 1957

SeriesMysteryDrama

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

Judge

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents · 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.

Studio One

Studio One · 1948

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents · 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

SeriesMysteryDrama

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

Gus Harrison

MGM Parade

MGM Parade · 1955

The original concept of the show was to allow the viewer to see the inner workings of a movie studio and featured interviews with MGM stars and explanations of how movies were made. Later, the format changed to show edited versions of MGM films.