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.
Known For
| Homepage | http://www.karloff.com/ |
|---|---|
| Birth Location | Camberwell, London, England, UK |
| Born | 1887-11-21 |
| Died | 1969-02-02 |
Movies
The Last Repair Shop
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
2022
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Various roles (archive footage)
2014
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Terror in the Tropics
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
2006
The Mesmerist
as (archive footage)
2003
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
2001
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
2000
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998
The Universal Story
as Himself (archive footage)
1996
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as (voice - archive footage)
1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss
as (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
1991
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Archival
1990
Transylvania Twist
as Man in Room
1989
Creepy Classics
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1987
Horrible Horror
as Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome'
1986
Terror in the Aisles
as The Monster (Archive Footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Horror of It All
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1983
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
Madhouse
as (archive footage)
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1974
Alien Terror
as Prof. John Mayer
1971
Isle of the Snake People
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
1971
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
as Gorca (archive footage)
1970
Cauldron of Blood
as Franz Badulescu
1970
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Professor John Marsh
1968
Targets
as Byron Orlok
1968
Macabre Serenade
as Matthias Morteval
1968
Fear Chamber
as Dr. Carl Mandel
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Sorcerers
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1967
Mad Monster Party?
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1967
The Venetian Affair
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1967
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1966
The Daydreamer
as The Rat (voice)
1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as The Corpse
1966
Doom of Dracula
as The Madman
1966
Die, Monster, Die!
as Nahum Witley
1965
The Son of Frankenstein
as The Monster (archive footage)
1965
Bikini Beach
as Art Dealer
1964
Today's Teens
as Narrator
1964
The Comedy of Terrors
as Amos Hinchley
1964
Horror!!!
as Self
1964
A Fool's World
as Narrator
1964
Black Sabbath
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1963
The Terror
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1963
The Raven
as Dr. Scarabus
1963
Little Lost Robot
as Host
1962
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
1962
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
1962
1962
The Return of Andrew Bentley
as Host
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
Corridors of Blood
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
1958
Heart of Darkness
as Mr. Kurtz
1958
Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1958
Grip of the Strangler
as James Rankin
1958
Jack the Ripper
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1958
Destination Nightmare
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1958
The Juggler of Our Lady
as Narrator (voice)
1957
The Lark
as Bishop Cauchon
1957
Voodoo Island
as Phillip Knight
1957
A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur
1955
The Sting of Death
as Mr. Mycroft
1955
Sabaka
as General Pollegar
1955
The Island Monster
as Don Gaetano
1954
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1953
Colonel March Investigates
as Colonel March
1953
The Black Castle
as Dr. Meissen
1952
The Strange Door
as Voltan
1951
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur
1949
The Emperor's Nightingale
as Narrator (English version)
1949
Tap Roots
as Tishomingo
1948
Unconquered
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Gruesome
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1947
Lured
as Charles van Druten
1947
Bedlam
as George Sims
1946
Isle of the Dead
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1945
The Body Snatcher
as John Gray
1945
The Mummy's Curse
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
1944
The Climax
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1944
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
1942
1941
The Devil Commands
as Dr. Julian Blair
1941
You'll Find Out
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1940
The Ape
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
1940
The Mummy's Hand
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1940
Before I Hang
as Dr. John Garth
1940
Doomed to Die
as James Lee Wong
1940
The Man with Nine Lives
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
1940
Black Friday
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
1940
The Fatal Hour
as James Lee Wong
1940
Tower of London
as Mord
1939
British Intelligence
as Valdar
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Mr. James Lee Wong
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as James Lee Wong
1939
Son of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1939
Devil's Island
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
1939
Mr. Wong, Detective
as James Lee Wong
1938
The Invisible Menace
as Jevries
1938
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
West of Shanghai
as Wu Yen Fang
1937
Night Key
as David Mallory
1937
Cinema Circus
as Himself
1937
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Gravelle
1936
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Laurience
1936
Juggernaut
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936
The Walking Dead
as John Ellman
1936
The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Janos Rukh
1936
The Black Room
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1935
The Raven
as Edmond Bateman
1935
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1935
Gift of Gab
as Himself
1934
The Black Cat
as Hjalmar Poelzig
1934
The House of Rothschild
as Count Ledrantz
1934
The Lost Patrol
as Sanders
1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
1934
The Ghoul
as Prof. Morlant
1933
The Mummy
as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
1932
Boo
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
1932
The Old Dark House
as Morgan
1932
Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1932
Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
1932
Scarface
as Gaffney
1932
The Miracle Man
as Nikko
1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Boris Karloff
1932
Behind the Mask
as Jim Henderson
1932
Business and Pleasure
as Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited)
1932
Frankenstein
as The Monster
1931
The Guilty Generation
as Tony Ricca
1931
The Yellow Ticket
as Drunken Orderly
1931
The Mad Genius
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931
Five Star Final
as T. Vernon Isopod
1931
Graft
as Terry
1931
I Like Your Nerve
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1931
The Public Defender
as The Professor
1931
Smart Money
as Sport Williams
1931
Young Donovan's Kid
as Cokey Joe
1931
The Vanishing Legion
as The Voice (voice)
1931
Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
1931
King of the Wild
as Mustapha
1931
Tonight or Never
as Waiter
1931
The Criminal Code
as Ned Galloway
1931
The Utah Kid
as Henchman Baxter
1930
The Sea Bat
as Corsican
1930
The Bad One
as Monsieur Gaston
1930
The Unholy Night
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1929
The King of the Kongo
as Scarface Macklin
1929
Behind That Curtain
as Beetham's Manservent
1929
The Phantom of the North
as Jules Gregg
1929
Two Sisters
as Cecil
1929
The Devil's Chaplain
as Boris
1929
The Fatal Warning
as Mullins
1929
Burning the Wind
as Pug Doran
1929
The Little Wild Girl
as Maurice Kent
1928
Vultures of the Sea
as Grouchy
1928
The Vanishing Rider
as The Villain
1928
Sharp Shooters
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1928
The Love Mart
as Fleming
1927
Two Arabian Knights
as Purser
1927
Soft Cushions
as The Chief Conspirator
1927
The Phantom Buster
as Ramon
1927
The Meddlin' Stranger
as Al Meggs
1927
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
as Owaza
1927
The Princess from Hoboken
as Pavel
1927
Let It Rain
as Crook
1927
Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1926
Flaming Fury
as Gaspard
1926
The Nickel-Hopper
as Dance Hall Masher
1926
The Eagle of the Sea
as Pirate (uncredited)
1926
Flames
as Blackie Blanchette
1926
The Golden Web
as Dave Sinclair
1926
The Bells
as The Mesmerist
1926
Her Honor, the Governor
as Snipe Collins
1926
The Man in the Saddle
as Robber (uncredited)
1926
The Greater Glory
as Scissors Grinder
1926
Without Mercy
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1925
Parisian Nights
as Pierre
1925
1925
Lady Robinhood
as Cabraza
1925
The Prairie Wife
as Diego
1925
Forbidden Cargo
as Pietro Castillano
1925
Dynamite Dan
as Tony Garcia
1924
1924
The Hellion
as The Outlaw
1924
The White Panther
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1924
The Prisoner
as Prince Kapolski
1923
Omar the Tentmaker
as Imam Mowaffak
1922
The Altar Stairs
as Hugo
1922
The Woman Conquers
as Raoul Maris
1922
The Infidel
as The Nabob
1922
The Man from Downing Street
as Maharajah Jehan
1922
Nan of the North
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1922
The Cave Girl
as Baptiste
1921
Cheated Hearts
as Nei Hamid
1921
Without Benefit of Clergy
as Ahmed Khan
1921
The Hope Diamond Mystery
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1921
The Last of the Mohicans
as Indian (uncredited)
1920
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as Tavish
1920
The Deadlier Sex
as Jules Borney
1920
The Prince and Betty
as Undetermined Role
1919
His Majesty, the American
as Henchman in cloth cap
1919
1919
Movies
Bikini Beach
Thanks
1964
