Boris Karloff
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 23, 1887
- Died
- February 2, 1969 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Camberwell, London, England, UK
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!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
Movie · as Toff
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
Movie · as Roger Ashley Norton
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Repair Shop
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Movie · as Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Movie · as Self
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie · as Various roles (archive footage)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
Movie
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
Movie · as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Movie
The Mesmerist
Movie · as (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
Movie · as (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Movie · as Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie · as The Monster (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Universal Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Movie · as (voice - archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
Movie · as (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie · as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
Halloween Monster Bash
Movie · as Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie · as Archival
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Movie · as (archive footage)
Transylvania Twist
Movie · as Man in Room (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Creepy Classics
Movie · as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
Movie · as Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Movie · as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
Movie
The Horror Show
Movie · as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Madhouse
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Alien Terror
Movie · as Prof. John Mayer
Isle of the Snake People
Movie · as Carl van Molder / Damballah
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Movie · as Gorca (archive footage)
McCloud
TV · as Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 ep
The Movie Orgy
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Movie · as Professor John Marsh
Fear Chamber
Movie · as Dr. Carl Mandel
Macabre Serenade
Movie · as Matthias Morteval
Targets
Movie · as Byron Orlok
Cauldron of Blood
Movie · as Franz Badulescu
The Name of the Game
TV · as Mikhail Orlov · 1 ep
Mad Monster Party?
Movie · as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
The Sorcerers
Movie · as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Movie · as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Movie · as The Corpse
The Venetian Affair
Movie · as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
The Daydreamer
Movie · as The Rat (voice)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
TV · as Mother Muffin · 1 ep
Die, Monster, Die!
Movie · as Nahum Witley
The Wild Wild West
TV · as Mr. Singh · 1 ep
The Comedy of Terrors
Movie · as Amos Hinchley
A Fool's World
Movie · as Narrator
Bikini Beach
Movie · as Art Dealer
Today's Teens
Movie · as Narrator
Horror!!!
Movie · as Self
Shindig!
TV · as Self - Guest Host / Singer · 1 ep
The Terror
Movie · as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
Black Sabbath
Movie · as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
The Raven
Movie · as Dr. Scarabus
Little Lost Robot
Movie · as Host
Arsenic & Old Lace
Movie · as Jonathan Brewster
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Movie · as Dr. Konrad Markesan
The Storm
Movie
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
Movie
Out of This World
TV · as Host · 14 eps
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Devil's Ticket
Movie · as Self
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
Movie · as Self
The Fatal Impulse
Movie · as Self
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
Movie · as Narrator
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Clayton Mace, Self - Host, Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess, Dr. Thorne, Doktor Konrad Markesan, Dr. Albert Farnham · 1 ep
Frankenstein 1970
Movie · as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
Corridors of Blood
Movie · as Dr. Thomas Bolton
Grip of the Strangler
Movie · as James Rankin
Jack the Ripper
Movie · as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Destination Nightmare
Movie · as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
Heart of Darkness
Movie · as Mr. Kurtz
The Veil
TV · 10 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
TV · as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker · 1 ep
Voodoo Island
Movie · as Phillip Knight
The Lark
Movie · as Bishop Cauchon
The Juggler of Our Lady
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
DuPont Show of the Month
TV · 1 ep
Suspicion
TV · as Judge Winthrop Gelsey · 1 ep
The Lux Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Rendezvous in Black
Movie · as Ward Allen
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
TV · as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard · 26 eps
Telephone Time
TV · 1 ep
The Rosemary Clooney Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep
Sting of Death
Movie · as Mr. Mycroft
A Connecticut Yankee
Movie · as King Arthur
Sabaka
Movie · as General Pollegar
This Is Your Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Island Monster
Movie · as Don Gaetano
Climax!
TV · as Dr. Philip Nestri, Vicar Tellworth · 1 ep
The George Gobel Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Colonel March Investigates
Movie · as Colonel March
General Electric Theater
TV · as Mr. Blue Ocean, Henry E. Church · 1 ep
The United States Steel Hour
TV · as George Redford · 1 ep
The Black Castle
Movie · as Dr. Meissen
The Strange Door
Movie · as Voltan
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Cauchon, Jonathan Brewster · 1 ep
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Charles Brandon · 1 ep
Down You Go
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · 2 eps
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Professor Townsend · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Sir Arthur Strangeways, Montgomery Royle, Larkin · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Bennett Kimball · 1 ep
What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Movie · as Swami Talpur
Suspense
TV · as Toff, Bronson, Rasputin · 1 ep
Lights Out
TV · 1 ep
Starring Boris Karloff
TV · 13 eps
Tap Roots
Movie · as Tishomingo
Studio One
TV · as Skaggs, Professor Koernig, King Arthur · 1 ep
Lured
Movie · as Charles van Druten
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Movie · as Dr. Hollingshead
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Movie · as Gruesome
Unconquered
Movie · as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
Bedlam
Movie · as George Sims
The Body Snatcher
Movie · as John Gray
Isle of the Dead
Movie · as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
House of Frankenstein
Movie · as Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Mummy's Curse
Movie · as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
The Climax
Movie · as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Movie · as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie · as Self
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
Movie · as Self
The Devil Commands
Movie · as Dr. Julian Blair
Doomed to Die
Movie · as James Lee Wong
The Man with Nine Lives
Movie · as Dr. Leon Kravaal
Before I Hang
Movie · as Dr. John Garth
Black Friday
Movie · as Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Ape
Movie · as Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Mummy's Hand
Movie · as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
You'll Find Out
Movie · as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Fatal Hour
Movie · as James Lee Wong
Son of Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
Devil's Island
Movie · as Dr. Charles Gaudet
The Man They Could Not Hang
Movie · as Dr. Henryk Savaard
Tower of London
Movie · as Mord
British Intelligence
Movie · as Valdar
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Movie · as Mr. James Lee Wong
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Movie · as James Lee Wong
Mr. Wong, Detective
Movie · as James Lee Wong
The Invisible Menace
Movie · as Jevries
Night Key
Movie · as David Mallory
Cinema Circus
Movie · as Himself
West of Shanghai
Movie · as "General" Wu Yen Fang
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie · as Self
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Movie · as Dr. Laurence
Juggernaut
Movie · as Dr. Victor Sartorius
The Walking Dead
Movie · as John Ellman
The Invisible Ray
Movie · as Dr. Janos Rukh
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Movie · as Gravelle
Bride of Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
The Black Room
Movie · as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
The Raven
Movie · as Edmond Bateman
Hollywood Hobbies
Movie · as Himself
The Black Cat
Movie · as Hjalmar Poelzig
The Lost Patrol
Movie · as Sanders
The House of Rothschild
Movie · as Count Ledrantz
Gift of Gab
Movie · as Himself
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Movie · as Himself
The Ghoul
Movie · as Prof. Morlant
Scarface
Movie · as Gaffney
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Movie · as Dr. Fu Manchu
The Old Dark House
Movie · as Morgan
Business and Pleasure
Movie · as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
Behind the Mask
Movie · as Jim Henderson
The Mummy
Movie · as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Night World
Movie · as 'Happy' MacDonald
The Miracle Man
Movie · as Nikko
Skyscraper Souls
Movie · as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Boo
Movie · as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Movie · as Boris Karloff
Frankenstein
Movie · as The Monster
King of the Wild
Movie · as Mustapha
Five Star Final
Movie · as T. Vernon Isopod
The Criminal Code
Movie · as Ned Galloway
Smart Money
Movie · as Sport Williams
Tonight or Never
Movie · as Waiter
The Mad Genius
Movie · as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
The Vanishing Legion
Movie · as The Voice (voice)
The Public Defender
Movie · as The Professor
Graft
Movie · as Terry
The Guilty Generation
Movie · as Tony Ricca
Cracked Nuts
Movie · as Boris - First Revolutionary
The Yellow Ticket
Movie · as Drunken Orderly
I Like Your Nerve
Movie · as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
Young Donovan's Kid
Movie · as Cokey Joe
The Bad One
Movie · as Monsieur Gaston
The Sea Bat
Movie · as Corsican
The Utah Kid
Movie · as Henchman Baxter
Burning the Wind
Movie · as Pug Doran
The Devil's Chaplain
Movie · as Boris
Two Sisters
Movie · as Cecil
The Fatal Warning
Movie · as Mullins
The Unholy Night
Movie · as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
Anne Against the World
Movie
Behind That Curtain
Movie · as Beetham's Manservent
The King of the Kongo
Movie · as Scarface Macklin
The Phantom of the North
Movie · as Jules Gregg
The Vanishing Rider
Movie · as The Villain
Sharp Shooters
Movie · as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Vultures of the Sea
Movie · as Grouchy
The Little Wild Girl
Movie · as Maurice Kent
Let It Rain
Movie · as Crook
The Princess from Hoboken
Movie · as Pavel
The Meddlin' Stranger
Movie · as Al Meggs
Soft Cushions
Movie · as The Chief Conspirator
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Movie · as Owaza
Two Arabian Knights
Movie · as Purser
The Phantom Buster
Movie · as Ramon
The Love Mart
Movie · as Fleming
The Golden Web
Movie · as Dave Sinclair
Flames
Movie · as Blackie Blanchette
Flaming Fury
Movie · as Gaspard
The Nickel-Hopper
Movie · as Dance Hall Masher
The Bells
Movie · as The Mesmerist
The Eagle of the Sea
Movie · as Pirate (uncredited)
Old Ironsides
Movie · as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
The Greater Glory
Movie · as Scissors Grinder
Her Honor, the Governor
Movie · as Snipe Collins
The Man in the Saddle
Movie · as Robber (uncredited)
Forbidden Cargo
Movie · as Pietro Castillano
Perils of the Wild
Movie
Lady Robinhood
Movie · as Cabraza
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Movie
Without Mercy
Movie · as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
The Prairie Wife
Movie · as Diego
Parisian Nights
Movie · as Pierre
The White Panther
Movie · as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
The Hellion
Movie · as The Outlaw
Riders of the Plains
Movie
Dynamite Dan
Movie · as Tony Garcia, The Foreman
The Prisoner
Movie · as Prince Kapolski
Nan of the North
Movie · as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Man from Downing Street
Movie · as Maharajah Jehan
The Infidel
Movie · as The Nabob
Omar the Tentmaker
Movie · as Imam Mowaffak
The Woman Conquers
Movie · as Raoul Maris
The Altar Stairs
Movie · as Hugo
Cheated Hearts
Movie · as Nei Hamid
The Cave Girl
Movie · as Baptiste
The Hope Diamond Mystery
Movie · as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
Without Benefit of Clergy
Movie · as Ahmed Khan
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Movie · as Tavish
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie · as Indian (uncredited)
The Deadlier Sex
Movie · as Jules Borney
The Woman and the Puppet
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Lightning Raider
Movie
The Prince and Betty
Movie · as Undetermined Role
His Majesty, the American
Movie · as Henchman in cloth cap