Boris Karloff
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-11-23
Day of Death
1969-02-02 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Boris Karloff
Biography
William Henry Pratt (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), better known as Boris Karloff, 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!.
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Known For
Acting
(2024)
The Last Repair Shop
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2023)
The Dark Universe
as Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
(2023)
The Dark Universe
as La Momia (archivo de imagen)
(2022)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
(2021)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
(2015)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Various roles (archive footage)
(2013)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
(2008)
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(2007)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
(2007)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
(2006)
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
Terror in the Tropics
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
(2004)
(2003)
The Mesmerist
as (archive footage)
(2002)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(2001)
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
(2000)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
(2000)
The American Nightmare
as Self
(1999)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
(1998)
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1996)
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as (voice - archive footage)
(1991)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
(1991)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
(1990)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
(1990)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Archival
(1989)
Transylvania Twist
as Man in Room (archive footage)
(1988)
(1987)
Creepy Classics
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
(1984)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1983)
The Horror of It All
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
(1982)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1980)
(1979)
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1975)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1974)
Madhouse
as (archive footage)
(1971)
Alien Terror
as Prof. John Mayer
(1971)
Isle of the Snake People
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
(1970)
Cauldron of Blood
as Franz Badulescu
(1970)
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
as Gorca (archive footage)
(1968)
Targets
as Byron Orlok
(1968)
Fear Chamber
as Dr. Carl Mandel
(1968)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Professor John Marsh
(1968)
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1968)
Macabre Serenade
as Matthias Morteval
(1967)
The Sorcerers
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
(1967)
Mad Monster Party?
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
(1967)
The Venetian Affair
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
(1966)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
(1966)
Doom of Dracula
as The Madman (archive footage)
(1966)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as The Corpse
(1966)
The Daydreamer
as The Rat (voice)
(1965)
Die, Monster, Die!
as Nahum Witley
(1964)
The Comedy of Terrors
as Amos Hinchley
(1964)
Bikini Beach
as Art Dealer
(1964)
A Fool's World
as Narrator
(1964)
Horror!!!
as Self
(1964)
Today's Teens
as Narrator
(1963)
The Raven
as Dr. Scarabus
(1963)
Black Sabbath
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
(1963)
The Terror
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
(1962)
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
(1962)
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
(1962)
(1962)
Little Lost Robot
as Host
(1961)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(1960)
The Fatal Impulse
as Self
(1958)
Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
(1958)
Corridors of Blood
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
(1958)
Heart of Darkness
as Mr. Kurtz
(1958)
Destination Nightmare
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
(1958)
Jack the Ripper
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
(1958)
Grip of the Strangler
as James Rankin
(1957)
The Lark
as Bishop Cauchon
(1957)
Voodoo Island
as Phillip Knight
(1957)
The Juggler of Our Lady
as Narrator (voice)
(1956)
Rendezvous in Black
as Ward Allen
(1955)
A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur
(1955)
Sabaka
as General Pollegar
(1955)
Sting of Death
as Mr. Mycroft
(1954)
The Island Monster
as Don Gaetano
(1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
(1953)
Colonel March Investigates
as Colonel March
(1952)
The Black Castle
as Dr. Meissen
(1951)
The Strange Door
as Voltan
(1949)
The Emperor's Nightingale
as Narrator (English version)
(1949)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur
(1948)
Tap Roots
as Tishomingo
(1947)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
(1947)
Unconquered
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
(1947)
Lured
as Charles van Druten
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Gruesome
(1946)
Bedlam
as George Sims
(1945)
The Body Snatcher
as John Gray
(1945)
Isle of the Dead
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
(1944)
House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
(1944)
The Climax
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
(1944)
The Mummy's Curse
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
(1942)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
(1942)
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
(1941)
The Devil Commands
as Dr. Julian Blair
(1941)
(1940)
The Man with Nine Lives
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
(1940)
The Fatal Hour
as James Lee Wong
(1940)
Doomed to Die
as James Lee Wong
(1940)
The Ape
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
(1940)
The Mummy's Hand
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
(1940)
Black Friday
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
(1940)
Before I Hang
as Dr. John Garth
(1940)
You'll Find Out
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
(1939)
Son of Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1939)
Tower of London
as Mord
(1939)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as James Lee Wong
(1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Mr. James Lee Wong
(1939)
Devil's Island
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
(1939)
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
(1939)
British Intelligence
as Valdar
(1938)
The Invisible Menace
as Jevries
(1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective
as James Lee Wong
(1937)
West of Shanghai
as "General" Wu Yen Fang
(1937)
Cinema Circus
as Himself
(1937)
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1937)
Night Key
as David Mallory
(1936)
The Walking Dead
as John Ellman
(1936)
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Laurence
(1936)
Juggernaut
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
(1936)
The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Janos Rukh
(1936)
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Gravelle
(1935)
Bride of Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1935)
The Raven
as Edmond Bateman
(1935)
The Black Room
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
(1935)
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
(1934)
The Black Cat
as Hjalmar Poelzig
(1934)
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
(1934)
The House of Rothschild
as Count Ledrantz
(1934)
The Lost Patrol
as Sanders
(1934)
Gift of Gab
as Himself
(1933)
The Ghoul
as Prof. Morlant
(1932)
Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
(1932)
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
(1932)
Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
(1932)
Scarface
as Gaffney
(1932)
The Mummy
as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
(1932)
The Miracle Man
as Nikko
(1932)
The Old Dark House
as Morgan
(1932)
Behind the Mask
as Jim Henderson
(1932)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Boris Karloff
(1932)
Business and Pleasure
as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
(1932)
Boo
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
(1931)
The Criminal Code
as Ned Galloway
(1931)
Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1931)
The Mad Genius
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
(1931)
Smart Money
as Sport Williams
(1931)
Five Star Final
as T. Vernon Isopod
(1931)
The Public Defender
as The Professor
(1931)
Graft
as Terry
(1931)
I Like Your Nerve
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
(1931)
The Yellow Ticket
as Drunken Orderly
(1931)
Tonight or Never
as Waiter
(1931)
Young Donovan's Kid
as Cokey Joe
(1931)
The Guilty Generation
as Tony Ricca
(1931)
Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
(1931)
King of the Wild
as Mustapha
(1931)
The Vanishing Legion
as The Voice (voice)
(1930)
The Sea Bat
as Corsican
(1930)
The Bad One
as Monsieur Gaston
(1930)
The Utah Kid
as Henchman Baxter
(1929)
(1929)
The Devil's Chaplain
as Boris
(1929)
Two Sisters
as Cecil
(1929)
Behind That Curtain
as Beetham's Manservent
(1929)
The Unholy Night
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
(1929)
The Fatal Warning
as Mullins
(1929)
The King of the Kongo
as Scarface Macklin
(1929)
The Phantom of the North
as Jules Gregg
(1929)
Burning the Wind
as Pug Doran
(1928)
Vultures of the Sea
as Grouchy
(1928)
The Vanishing Rider
as The Villain
(1928)
Sharp Shooters
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
(1928)
The Little Wild Girl
as Maurice Kent
(1927)
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
as Owaza
(1927)
The Princess from Hoboken
as Pavel
(1927)
Two Arabian Knights
as Purser
(1927)
Soft Cushions
as The Chief Conspirator
(1927)
The Love Mart
as Fleming
(1927)
Let It Rain
as Crook
(1927)
The Meddlin' Stranger
as Al Meggs
(1927)
The Phantom Buster
as Ramon
(1926)
The Nickel-Hopper
as Dance Hall Masher
(1926)
The Eagle of the Sea
as Pirate (uncredited)
(1926)
Flames
as Blackie Blanchette
(1926)
Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
(1926)
The Man in the Saddle
as Robber (uncredited)
(1926)
The Bells
as The Mesmerist
(1926)
The Golden Web
as Dave Sinclair
(1926)
The Greater Glory
as Scissors Grinder
(1926)
Flaming Fury
as Gaspard
(1926)
Her Honor, the Governor
as Snipe Collins
(1925)
Lady Robinhood
as Cabraza
(1925)
Parisian Nights
as Pierre
(1925)
Without Mercy
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
(1925)
Forbidden Cargo
as Pietro Castillano
(1925)
(1925)
(1925)
The Prairie Wife
as Diego
(1924)
The Hellion
as The Outlaw
(1924)
Dynamite Dan
as Tony Garcia
(1924)
The White Panther
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
(1924)
(1923)
The Prisoner
as Prince Kapolski
(1922)
The Altar Stairs
as Hugo
(1922)
The Woman Conquers
as Raoul Maris
(1922)
Nan of the North
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1922)
The Man from Downing Street
as Maharajah Jehan
(1922)
Omar the Tentmaker
as Imam Mowaffak
(1922)
The Infidel
as The Nabob
(1921)
Cheated Hearts
as Nei Hamid
(1921)
The Cave Girl
as Baptiste
(1921)
Without Benefit of Clergy
as Ahmed Khan
(1921)
The Hope Diamond Mystery
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
(1920)
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as Tavish
(1920)
The Last of the Mohicans
as Indian (uncredited)
(1920)
The Deadlier Sex
as Jules Borney
(1919)
(1919)
His Majesty, the American
as Henchman in cloth cap
(1919)
The Prince and Betty
as Undetermined Role
Crew
(1964)
Bikini Beach
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