Boris Karloff
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), whose real name was William Henry Pratt, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in 1909. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). His popularity following Frankenstein was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or "Karloff the Uncanny". His best-known non-horror role is as the Grinch in the television special of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Nov 23, 1887 In Camberwell, London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 242
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Lightning Raider 1919-01-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story 2022-10-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self - Interviewee | 2022-10-18 |
| Movie | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage) | 2021-02-13 |
| Movie | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self (archive footage) | 2021-09-17 |
| Movie | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Various roles (archive footage) | 2014-08-01 |
| Movie | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | 2013-01-29 |
| Movie | A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) | Self (archive footage) | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce | Self (archive footage) | 2008-07-09 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | 2007-06-16 |
| Movie | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-10-24 |
| Movie | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Self (archive footage) | 2006-04-30 |
| Movie | Terror in the Tropics | Mr. Wong (archive footage) | 2006-01-31 |
| Movie | Lugosi: The Dark Prince | Self (archive footage) | 2006-09-26 |
| Movie | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage) | 2004-07-13 |
| Movie | The Mesmerist | (archive footage) | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Self (archive footage) | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | The American Nightmare | Self | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Bride of Chucky | Clips from 'Bride of Frankenstein' (archive footage) | 1998-10-16 |
| Movie | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998-10-08 |
| Movie | The Universal Story | Self (archive footage) | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | In Search of Dr. Seuss | (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-11-06 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition | (voice - archive footage) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage) | 1991-01-01 |
| Movie | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | 1990-06-04 |
| Movie | Transylvania Twist | Man in Room (archive footage) | 1989-10-01 |
| Movie | Creepy Classics | Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage) | 1987-10-01 |
| Movie | Horrible Horror | Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome' | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | The Monster (Archive Footage) | 1984-10-26 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | The Horror of It All | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| Movie | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
| Movie | Madhouse | (archive footage) | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | Isle of the Snake People | Carl van Molder / Damballah | 1971-03-01 |
| Movie | Alien Terror | Prof. John Mayer | 1971-04-01 |
| Movie | Cauldron of Blood | Franz Badulescu | 1970-02-16 |
| Movie | Hatchet for the Honeymoon | Gorca (archive footage) | 1970-06-02 |
| Movie | Macabre Serenade | Matthias Morteval | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Fear Chamber | Dr. Carl Mandel | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Targets | Byron Orlok | 1968-08-15 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Professor John Marsh | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) | 1967-03-08 |
| Movie | The Sorcerers | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | 1967-06-25 |
| Movie | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | The Corpse | 1966-04-06 |
| Movie | Doom of Dracula | The Madman | 1966-01-01 |
| Movie | The Daydreamer | The Rat (voice) | 1966-06-01 |
| Series | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) | 1966-12-18 |
| Movie | Die, Monster, Die! | Nahum Witley | 1965-10-26 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
| Movie | A Fool's World | Narrator | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | The Comedy of Terrors | Amos Hinchley | 1964-01-22 |
| Movie | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer | 1964-07-22 |
| Series | Shindig! | Unknown | 1964-09-16 |
| Movie | The Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | 1963-06-17 |
| Movie | The Raven | Dr. Scarabus | 1963-01-25 |
| Movie | Black Sabbath | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") | 1963-08-17 |
| Movie | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | 1962-02-05 |
| Movie | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan | 1962-02-25 |
| Movie | Little Lost Robot | Host | 1962-07-07 |
| Series | Out of This World | 1962-06-30 | |
| Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
| Movie | The Return of Andrew Bentley | Host | 1961-12-11 |
| Series | Thriller | Self - Host | 1960-09-13 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | 1958-03-08 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton | 1958-12-01 |
| Series | The Veil | Unknown | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | 1958-03-08 |
| Series | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Unknown | 1958-01-12 |
| Movie | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin | 1958-05-11 |
| Movie | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz | 1958-11-06 |
| Movie | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | 1958-07-20 |
| Movie | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight | 1957-02-01 |
| Movie | The Lark | Bishop Cauchon | 1957-02-10 |
| Series | Suspicion | Unknown | 1957-09-30 |
| Series | DuPont Show of the Month | Unknown | 1957-09-29 |
| Movie | The Juggler of Our Lady | Narrator (voice) | 1957-12-04 |
| Series | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Colonel March Of Scotland Yard | 1956-02-22 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur | 1955-03-12 |
| Movie | Sabaka | General Pollegar | 1955-02-02 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
| Movie | The Island Monster | Don Gaetano | 1954-01-02 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | 1953-08-01 |
| Movie | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March | 1953-07-01 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen | 1952-11-20 |
| Series | Down You Go | Self | 1951-05-30 |
| Series | The Ernie Kovacs Show | 1951-03-07 | |
| Movie | The Strange Door | Voltan | 1951-06-21 |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | The Emperor's Nightingale | Narrator (English version) | 1949-04-15 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Movie | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur | 1949-05-26 |
| Series | Starring Boris Karloff | 1949-09-22 | |
| Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
| Movie | Tap Roots | Tishomingo | 1948-08-25 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Lured | Charles van Druten | 1947-08-28 |
| Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Unconquered | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | 1947-10-10 |
| Movie | Bedlam | George Sims | 1946-05-10 |
| Movie | Isle of the Dead | Gen. Nikolas Pherides | 1945-09-01 |
| Movie | The Body Snatcher | John Gray | 1945-05-25 |
| Movie | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | 1944-10-20 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
| Movie | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Gustav Niemann | 1944-12-01 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Himself | 1942-10-05 |
| Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Prof. Nathaniel Billings | 1942-10-22 |
| Movie | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair | 1941-08-15 |
| Movie | The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal | 1940-04-18 |
| Movie | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong | 1940-08-12 |
| Movie | Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth | 1940-09-17 |
| Movie | The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian | 1940-09-30 |
| Movie | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Hand | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) | 1940-09-20 |
| Movie | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | 1939-03-08 |
| Movie | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Son of Frankenstein | The Monster | 1939-01-13 |
| Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard | 1939-08-17 |
| Movie | Tower of London | Mord | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Valdar | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | The Invisible Menace | Jevries | 1938-01-11 |
| Movie | Mr. Wong, Detective | James Lee Wong | 1938-10-05 |
| Movie | Cinema Circus | Himself | 1937-01-27 |
| Movie | Night Key | David Mallory | 1937-04-18 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | West of Shanghai | "General" Wu Yen Fang | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | The Invisible Ray | Dr. Janos Rukh | 1936-01-20 |
| Movie | The Walking Dead | John Ellman | 1936-03-01 |
| Movie | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Laurience | 1936-09-11 |
| Movie | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Gravelle | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | Bride of Frankenstein | The Monster | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | 1935-07-05 |
| Movie | The Raven | Edmond Bateman | 1935-07-08 |
| Movie | The Black Room | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman | 1935-07-15 |
| Movie | The Lost Patrol | Sanders | 1934-02-16 |
| Movie | The House of Rothschild | Count Ledrantz | 1934-04-07 |
| Movie | The Black Cat | Hjalmar Poelzig | 1934-05-07 |
| Movie | Gift of Gab | Himself | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Prof. Morlant | 1933-08-01 |
| Movie | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Boris Karloff | 1932-03-27 |
| Movie | The Miracle Man | Nikko | 1932-04-01 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson | 1932-02-25 |
| Movie | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) | 1932-02-24 |
| Movie | Scarface | Gaffney | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | The Old Dark House | Morgan | 1932-10-20 |
| Movie | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald | 1932-05-04 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey | 1932-12-22 |
| Movie | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") | 1932-12-01 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe | 1931-06-06 |
| Movie | Smart Money | Sport Williams | 1931-06-11 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) | 1931-06-01 |
| Movie | The Criminal Code | Ned Galloway | 1931-01-03 |
| Movie | Tonight or Never | Waiter | 1931-01-04 |
| Movie | King of the Wild | Mustapha | 1931-03-01 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Boris - First Revolutionary | 1931-04-18 |
| Movie | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Frankenstein | The Monster | 1931-11-21 |
| Movie | The Public Defender | The Professor | 1931-08-01 |
| Movie | The Yellow Ticket | Drunken Orderly | 1931-10-30 |
| Movie | The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca | 1931-11-19 |
| Movie | The Mad Genius | Fedor's Father (uncredited) | 1931-09-30 |
| Movie | Five Star Final | T. Vernon Isopod | 1931-09-26 |
| Movie | Graft | Terry | 1931-09-21 |
| Movie | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston | 1930-05-03 |
| Movie | The Utah Kid | Henchman Baxter | 1930-10-27 |
| Movie | The Sea Bat | Corsican | 1930-07-05 |
| Movie | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg | 1929-05-27 |
| Movie | Two Sisters | Cecil | 1929-03-23 |
| Movie | Anne Against the World | 1929-05-01 | |
| Movie | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent | 1929-06-30 |
| Movie | The Unholy Night | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) | 1929-09-13 |
| Movie | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin | 1929-08-29 |
| Movie | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) | 1928-01-15 |
| Movie | The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent | 1928-08-01 |
| Movie | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza | 1927-03-20 |
| Movie | The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel | 1927-03-01 |
| Movie | Let It Rain | Crook | 1927-02-12 |
| Movie | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator | 1927-08-27 |
| Movie | The Phantom Buster | Ramon | 1927-08-13 |
| Movie | The Love Mart | Fleming | 1927-12-18 |
| Movie | Two Arabian Knights | Purser | 1927-09-23 |
| Movie | The Bells | The Mesmerist | 1926-07-29 |
| Movie | Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins | 1926-07-19 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) | 1926-07-11 |
| Movie | The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair | 1926-09-01 |
| Movie | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) | 1926-10-17 |
| Movie | Flaming Fury | Gaspard | 1926-12-05 |
| Movie | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
| Movie | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher | 1926-12-04 |
| Movie | Lady Robinhood | Cabraza | 1925-07-26 |
| Movie | The Prairie Wife | Diego | 1925-02-23 |
| Movie | Perils of the Wild | 1925-08-27 | |
| Movie | Never the Twain Shall Meet | 1925-09-13 | |
| Movie | Parisian Nights | Pierre | 1925-09-27 |
| Movie | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
| Movie | The White Panther | Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) | 1924-01-22 |
| Movie | The Hellion | The Outlaw | 1924-07-15 |
| Movie | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia | 1924-10-02 |
| Movie | Riders of the Plains | 1924-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski | 1923-03-18 |
| Movie | Nan of the North | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | 1922-03-01 |
| Movie | Omar the Tentmaker | Imam Mowaffak | 1922-12-22 |
| Movie | The Infidel | The Nabob | 1922-04-02 |
| Movie | The Altar Stairs | Hugo | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar | 1921-02-19 |
| Movie | Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan | 1921-06-19 |
| Movie | Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid | 1921-12-12 |
| Movie | The Cave Girl | Baptiste | 1921-12-26 |
| Movie | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney | 1920-03-28 |
| Movie | The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Tavish | 1920-05-30 |
| Movie | The Last of the Mohicans | Indian (uncredited) | 1920-11-21 |
| Movie | The Lightning Raider | 1919-01-02 | |
| Movie | The Prince and Betty | Undetermined Role | 1919-12-21 |
| Movie | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap | 1919-09-01 |