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:
- 231
- First Appeared:
- Movie Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters 2015-10-02
- Latest Project:
- In the movie The Lightning Raider 1919-01-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | himself | 2015-10-02 |
| Movie | A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) | Himself | 2013-08-14 |
| Movie | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Himself (archive footage) | 2013-01-29 |
| 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 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-10-24 |
| Movie | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Cabman John Gray | 2007-06-16 |
| Movie | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Himself (archive footage) | 2007-05-16 |
| Movie | Lugosi: The Dark Prince | Himself | 2006-09-26 |
| Movie | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Himself | 2006-04-30 |
| Movie | Terror in the Tropics | Mr. Wong | 2006-01-31 |
| Series | Bones | Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2005-09-13 |
| Movie | The Mesmerist | (archive footage) | 2003-11-07 |
| Movie | The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Himself (Archival) | 2002-11-01 |
| Movie | Heroes of Horror | Various Roles (Archive Footage) | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Im-ho-Tep | 2000-08-29 |
| Movie | The American Nightmare | Himself | 2000-09-11 |
| Movie | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | 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 | Himself (archive footage) | 1996-04-21 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition | (voice - archive footage) | 1994-11-19 |
| Movie | In Search of Dr. Seuss | (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1994-11-06 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Documentary | The Grinch | 1994-01-01 |
| 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 | 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 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984-01-01 |
| Movie | Terror in the Aisles | The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) | 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? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Movie | Madhouse | (archive footage) | 1974-05-22 |
| Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
| Movie | Alien Terror | Prof. John Mayer | 1971-04-01 |
| Movie | Isle of the Snake People | Carl van Molder / Damballah | 1971-03-01 |
| Movie | Hatchet for the Honeymoon | Gorca (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1970-06-02 |
| Movie | Cauldron of Blood | Franz Badulescu | 1970-02-16 |
| Movie | Macabre Serenade | Matthias Morteval | 1968-05-01 |
| Movie | The Movie Orgy | Self (archival 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 Sorcerers | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | 1967-06-25 |
| Movie | Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein | 1967-03-08 |
| Movie | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | 1967-01-18 |
| Movie | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) | 1966-12-18 |
| Series | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown | 1966-09-13 |
| Movie | The Daydreamer | The Rat | 1966-06-01 |
| Movie | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | The Corpse | 1966-04-06 |
| Movie | Doom of Dracula | The Madman | 1966-01-01 |
| Movie | Hollywood My Home Town | 1965-12-31 | |
| Movie | Die, Monster, Die! | Nahum Witley | 1965-10-26 |
| Series | The Wild Wild West | Unknown | 1965-09-17 |
| Movie | A Fool's World | Himself - Narrator | 1964-01-01 |
| Movie | The Comedy of Terrors | Amos Hinchley | 1964-01-22 |
| Movie | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer | 1964-07-22 |
| Movie | Today's Teens | Narrator | 1964-02-02 |
| Series | Shindig! | Unknown | 1964-09-16 |
| Movie | Black Sabbath | Himself / Gorca | 1963-08-17 |
| Movie | The Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | 1963-06-17 |
| Movie | The Raven | Dr. Scarabus | 1963-01-25 |
| Movie | Little Lost Robot | Host | 1962-07-07 |
| Series | Out of This World | 1962-06-30 | |
| Movie | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan | 1962-02-25 |
| Movie | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | 1962-02-05 |
| Movie | Days of Thrills and Laughter | 1961-03-21 | |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Thriller | Host | 1960-09-13 |
| Series | The Veil | Unknown | 1958-01-01 |
| Series | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Unknown | 1958-01-12 |
| Movie | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | 1958-03-08 |
| Movie | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin | 1958-05-11 |
| Movie | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | 1958-03-08 |
| Movie | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | 1958-07-20 |
| Movie | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz | 1958-11-06 |
| Movie | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton | 1958-12-01 |
| Movie | The Juggler of Our Lady | Narrator (voice) | 1957-12-04 |
| Series | Suspicion | Unknown | 1957-09-30 |
| Series | DuPont Show of the Month | Unknown | 1957-09-29 |
| Movie | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight | 1957-02-01 |
| Series | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Series | Telephone Time | Unknown | 1956-04-08 |
| Series | 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 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll | 1953-08-01 |
| Movie | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March | 1953-07-01 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen | 1952-11-20 |
| Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | The Strange Door | Voltan | 1951-06-21 |
| Series | The Ernie Kovacs Show | Unknown | 1951-03-07 |
| Series | Down You Go | 1951-05-30 | |
| Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
| Series | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Unknown | 1951-10-05 |
| Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Series | What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950-02-02 |
| Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
| Series | Starring Boris Karloff | Unknown | 1949-09-22 |
| Movie | Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur | 1949-08-22 |
| Series | Lights Out | Unknown | 1949-07-19 |
| Movie | The Emperor's Nightingale | Narrator (voice) (English version) | 1949-04-15 |
| Series | Suspense | Unknown | 1949-01-06 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Tap Roots | Tishomingo | 1948-08-25 |
| Movie | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | 1947-09-01 |
| Movie | Lured | Charles van Druten | 1947-08-28 |
| 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 | Cabman John Gray | 1945-05-25 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | 1944-12-22 |
| Movie | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Niemann | 1944-12-01 |
| Movie | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | 1944-10-20 |
| Movie | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Prof. Nathaniel Billings | 1942-10-22 |
| Movie | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Himself | 1942-10-05 |
| Movie | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair | 1941-02-03 |
| Movie | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong | 1940-08-12 |
| Movie | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal | 1940-04-18 |
| Movie | Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac | 1940-02-29 |
| 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 | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | 1939-03-08 |
| Movie | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | 1939-01-07 |
| Movie | Son of Frankenstein | The Monster | 1939-01-13 |
| Movie | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong | 1939-08-01 |
| Movie | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard | 1939-08-17 |
| Movie | British Intelligence | Valdar | 1939-11-10 |
| Movie | Tower of London | Mord | 1939-11-17 |
| Movie | Mr. Wong, Detective | Mr. James Lee Wong | 1938-10-05 |
| Movie | The Invisible Menace | Jevries | 1938-01-11 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Himself | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | West of Shanghai | Wu Yen Fang | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | Night Key | David Mallory | 1937-04-18 |
| Movie | Cinema Circus | Himself | 1937-01-27 |
| Movie | The Walking Dead | John Ellman | 1936-03-01 |
| Movie | The Invisible Ray | Dr. Janos Rukh | 1936-01-20 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Gravelle | 1936-12-04 |
| Movie | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Laurience | 1936-09-11 |
| Movie | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius | 1936-09-08 |
| Movie | The Black Room | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman | 1935-07-15 |
| Movie | The Raven | Edmond Bateman | 1935-07-08 |
| Movie | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | 1935-07-05 |
| Movie | Bride of Frankenstein | The Monster | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | Gift of Gab | Himself | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | The Black Cat | Hjalmar Poelzig | 1934-05-07 |
| Movie | The House of Rothschild | Count Ledrantz | 1934-04-07 |
| Movie | The Lost Patrol | Sanders | 1934-02-16 |
| Movie | The Ghoul | Prof. Morlant | 1933-08-01 |
| Movie | The Miracle Man | Nikko | 1932-04-01 |
| Movie | The Mummy | Imhotep / Ardath Bey | 1932-01-01 |
| Movie | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) | 1932-02-24 |
| Movie | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson | 1932-02-25 |
| Movie | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Boris Karloff | 1932-03-27 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Scarface | Gaffney | 1932-04-09 |
| Movie | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald | 1932-05-04 |
| Movie | The Old Dark House | Morgan | 1932-10-20 |
| Movie | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | 1932-11-05 |
| Movie | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") | 1932-12-01 |
| Movie | The Criminal Code | Ned Galloway | 1931-01-03 |
| Movie | Smart Money | Sport Williams | 1931-06-11 |
| 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 | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) | 1931-06-01 |
| Movie | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe | 1931-06-06 |
| Movie | The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca | 1931-11-19 |
| Movie | The Public Defender | The Professor | 1931-08-01 |
| Movie | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | 1931-09-12 |
| Movie | Graft | Terry | 1931-09-21 |
| Movie | Five Star Final | T. Vernon Isopod | 1931-09-26 |
| Movie | The Mad Genius | Fedor's Father (uncredited) | 1931-09-30 |
| Movie | The Yellow Ticket | Drunken Orderly | 1931-10-30 |
| Movie | Frankenstein | The Monster | 1931-11-21 |
| Movie | The Utah Kid | Henchman Baxter | 1930-10-27 |
| Movie | The Sea Bat | Corsican | 1930-07-05 |
| Movie | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston | 1930-05-03 |
| Movie | Anne Against the World | 1929-05-01 | |
| Movie | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg | 1929-05-27 |
| Movie | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent | 1929-06-30 |
| Movie | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin | 1929-08-29 |
| Movie | The Unholy Night | The Hindu Lawyer | 1929-09-13 |
| Movie | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) | 1928-01-15 |
| Movie | The Love Mart | Fleming | 1927-12-18 |
| Movie | Two Arabian Knights | Purser | 1927-09-23 |
| Movie | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator | 1927-08-27 |
| Movie | The Phantom Buster | Ramon | 1927-08-13 |
| 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 | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder | 1926-05-02 |
| Movie | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) | 1926-07-11 |
| Movie | Her Honor, the Governor | 1926-07-19 | |
| Movie | The Bells | The mesmerist | 1926-07-29 |
| Movie | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) | 1926-10-17 |
| Movie | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher | 1926-12-04 |
| Movie | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard | 1926-12-06 |
| Movie | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) | 1925-10-04 |
| Movie | Parisian Nights | Pierre | 1925-09-27 |
| Movie | Never the Twain Shall Meet | 1925-09-13 | |
| Movie | Perils of the Wild | 1925-08-27 | |
| Movie | The Prairie Wife | Unknown | 1925-02-23 |
| Movie | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia | 1924-10-02 |
| Movie | Riders of the Plains | 1924-09-15 | |
| Movie | The Hellion | The Outlaw | 1924-07-15 |
| Movie | The White Panther | Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) | 1924-01-22 |
| Movie | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski | 1923-03-18 |
| Movie | The Altar Stairs | Hugo | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | The Man from Downing Street | Maharajah Jehan | 1922-04-02 |
| Movie | The Infidel | The Nabob | 1922-04-02 |
| Movie | The Cave Girl | Baptiste | 1921-12-26 |
| Movie | Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid | 1921-12-12 |
| Movie | Without Benefit of Clergy | 1921-06-19 | |
| Movie | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Unknown | 1921-02-19 |
| Movie | The Last of the Mohicans | Indian (uncredited) | 1920-11-21 |
| Movie | The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Tavish | 1920-05-30 |
| Movie | The Deadlier Sex | 1920-03-28 | |
| Movie | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap | 1919-09-01 |
| Movie | The Lightning Raider | 1919-01-02 |