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 East Dulwich, London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 216
- 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 | 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 | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | 2012-08-23 | |
| 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 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-10-24 |
| Movie | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | 2007-06-16 |
| Movie | Terror in the Tropics | Mr. Wong (archive footage) | 2006-01-31 |
| Movie | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Self (archive footage) | 2006-04-30 |
| 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 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | 1998-10-08 |
| Movie | Bride of Chucky | Clips from 'Bride of Frankenstein' (archive footage) | 1998-10-16 |
| 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 | 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 | Horrible Horror | Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome' | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | The Monster (Archive Footage) | 1984-10-26 |
| Movie | The Horror of It All | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | 1983-02-23 |
| 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 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
| Movie | Macabre Serenade | Matthias Morteval | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Fear Chamber | Dr. Carl Mandel | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Professor John Marsh | 1968-12-01 |
| Movie | Targets | Byron Orlok | 1968-08-15 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | The Sorcerers | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | 1967-06-25 |
| Movie | Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) | 1967-03-08 |
| Movie | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | The Corpse | 1966-04-06 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | Die, Monster, Die! | Nahum Witley | 1965-10-26 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | Self (archive footage) | 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 |
| Movie | The Raven | Dr. Scarabus | 1963-01-25 |
| Movie | The Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | 1963-06-17 |
| Movie | Black Sabbath | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") | 1963-08-17 |
| Movie | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan | 1962-02-25 |
| Series | Out of This World | 1962-06-30 | |
| Movie | Little Lost Robot | Host | 1962-07-07 |
| Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | 1961-03-21 |
| Series | Thriller | Self - Host | 1960-09-13 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Movie | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | 1958-03-08 |
| Series | The Veil | Unknown | 1958-01-01 |
| Movie | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin | 1958-05-11 |
| Movie | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | 1958-03-08 |
| Movie | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | 1958-07-20 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz | 1958-11-06 |
| Movie | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight | 1957-02-01 |
| Movie | The Lark | Bishop Cauchon | 1957-02-10 |
| Series | Suspicion | Unknown | 1957-09-30 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Sabaka | General Pollegar | 1955-02-02 |
| Movie | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur | 1955-03-12 |
| 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 | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March | 1953-07-01 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | 1953-08-01 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Strange Door | Voltan | 1951-06-21 |
| Series | The Ernie Kovacs Show | 1951-03-07 | |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Unconquered | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | 1947-10-10 |
| Movie | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome | 1947-09-26 |
| Movie | Bedlam | George Sims | 1946-05-10 |
| Movie | The Body Snatcher | John Gray | 1945-05-25 |
| Movie | Isle of the Dead | Gen. Nikolas Pherides | 1945-09-01 |
| Movie | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | 1944-10-20 |
| Movie | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Gustav Niemann | 1944-12-01 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
| 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 | Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac | 1940-02-29 |
| Movie | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong | 1940-08-12 |
| Movie | Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth | 1940-09-17 |
| Movie | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | 1940-11-22 |
| Movie | The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian | 1940-09-30 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Hand | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) | 1940-09-20 |
| Movie | Son of Frankenstein | The Monster | 1939-01-13 |
| Movie | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | 1939-03-08 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Valdar | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | Tower of London | Mord | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard | 1939-08-17 |
| 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 | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | The Walking Dead | John Ellman | 1936-03-01 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Gravelle | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Laurience | 1936-09-11 |
| 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 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself | 1934-01-01 |
| 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 | Scarface | Gaffney | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | The Miracle Man | Nikko | 1932-04-01 |
| Movie | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) | 1932-02-24 |
| Movie | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald | 1932-05-04 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson | 1932-02-25 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey | 1932-12-22 |
| Movie | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") | 1932-12-01 |
| Movie | The Old Dark House | Morgan | 1932-10-20 |
| Movie | Cracked Nuts | Boris - First Revolutionary | 1931-04-18 |
| Movie | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) | 1931-06-01 |
| Movie | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe | 1931-06-06 |
| Movie | Tonight or Never | Waiter | 1931-01-04 |
| Movie | Smart Money | Sport Williams | 1931-06-11 |
| Movie | The Criminal Code | Ned Galloway | 1931-01-03 |
| Movie | King of the Wild | Mustapha | 1931-03-01 |
| Movie | The Mad Genius | Fedor's Father (uncredited) | 1931-09-30 |
| 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 | Five Star Final | T. Vernon Isopod | 1931-09-26 |
| Movie | Graft | Terry | 1931-09-21 |
| Movie | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | 1931-09-12 |
| 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 | Two Sisters | Cecil | 1929-03-23 |
| Movie | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent | 1929-06-30 |
| Movie | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg | 1929-05-27 |
| Movie | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin | 1929-08-29 |
| Movie | The Unholy Night | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) | 1929-09-13 |
| Movie | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) | 1928-01-15 |
| Movie | The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent | 1928-08-01 |
| Movie | The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel | 1927-03-01 |
| Movie | Let It Rain | Crook | 1927-02-12 |
| Movie | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza | 1927-03-20 |
| Movie | The Phantom Buster | Ramon | 1927-08-13 |
| Movie | Two Arabian Knights | Purser | 1927-09-23 |
| Movie | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator | 1927-08-27 |
| Movie | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) | 1926-07-11 |
| Movie | Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins | 1926-07-19 |
| Movie | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Bells | The Mesmerist | 1926-07-29 |
| Movie | Flaming Fury | Gaspard | 1926-12-05 |
| Movie | The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair | 1926-09-01 |
| Movie | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard (uncredited) | 1926-12-06 |
| Movie | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher | 1926-12-04 |
| Movie | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) | 1926-10-17 |
| Movie | The Prairie Wife | Diego | 1925-02-23 |
| Movie | Perils of the Wild | 1925-08-27 | |
| Movie | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
| Movie | Never the Twain Shall Meet | 1925-09-13 | |
| Movie | Parisian Nights | Pierre | 1925-09-27 |
| Movie | The Hellion | The Outlaw | 1924-07-15 |
| Movie | Riders of the Plains | 1924-09-15 | |
| Movie | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia | 1924-10-02 |
| Movie | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski | 1923-03-18 |
| Movie | The Infidel | The Nabob | 1922-04-02 |
| Movie | Omar the Tentmaker | Imam Mowaffak | 1922-12-22 |
| Movie | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar | 1921-02-19 |
| Movie | Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan | 1921-06-19 |
| Movie | The Cave Girl | Baptiste | 1921-12-26 |
| Movie | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney | 1920-03-28 |
| Movie | The Last of the Mohicans | Indian (uncredited) | 1920-11-21 |
| Movie | The Lightning Raider | 1919-01-02 | |
| Movie | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap | 1919-09-01 |