Boris Karloff
Biography
Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 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!.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
285
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-11-23 (137 years old)
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
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 - Interviewee2021
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)2021
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster 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
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as Not available2008
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)2005
Bones as Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz as Not available2003
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
The American Nightmare as Self2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)2000
The Many Faces of Dracula as The Monster (archive footage)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
Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Archival1990
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)1989
Transylvania Twist as Man in Room (archive footage)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
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) as Not available1979
The Horror Show as (archive footage)1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)1974
Madhouse as (archive footage)1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)1971
Isle of the Snake People as Carl van Molder / Damballah1971
Alien Terror as Prof. John Mayer1970
Hatchet for the Honeymoon as Gorca (archive footage)1970
Cauldron of Blood as Franz Badulescu1968
The Name of the Game as Mikhail Orlov1968
Targets as Byron Orlok1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar as Professor John Marsh1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)1968
Macabre Serenade as Matthias Morteval1968
Fear Chamber as Dr. Carl Mandel1967
Mad Monster Party? as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)1967
The Sorcerers as Prof. Marcus Monserrat1967
The Venetian Affair as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud1966
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Not available1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)1966
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as The Corpse1966
The Daydreamer as The Rat (voice)1966
Doom of Dracula as The Madman (archive footage)1965
The Wild Wild West as Mr. Singh1965
Die, Monster, Die! as Nahum Witley1964
Shindig! as Self - Guest Host / Singer1964
Bikini Beach as Art Dealer1964
The Comedy of Terrors as Amos Hinchley1964
Horror!!! as Self1964
A Fool's World as Narrator1964
Today's Teens as Narrator1963
The Terror as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe1963
Black Sabbath as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")1963
The Raven as Dr. Scarabus1962
Out of This World as Not available1962
The Incredible Doktor Markesan as Dr. Konrad Markesan1962
The Storm as Not available1962
Arsenic & Old Lace as Jonathan Brewster1962
Little Lost Robot as Host1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)1960
Route 66 as Not available1960
Thriller as Clayton Mace1960
Thriller as Self - Host1960
Thriller as Dr. Thorne1960
Thriller as Dr. Albert Farnham1960
Thriller as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess1960
Thriller as Doktor Konrad Markesan1960
The Fatal Impulse as Self1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker1958
The Veil as Not available1958
Corridors of Blood as Dr. Thomas Bolton1958
Frankenstein 1970 as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein1958
Grip of the Strangler as James Rankin1958
Destination Nightmare as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs1958
Jack the Ripper as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason1958
Heart of Darkness as Mr. Kurtz1957
Suspicion as Judge Winthrop Gelsey1957
The Lux Show as Self1957
DuPont Show of the Month as Not available1957
Voodoo Island as Phillip Knight1957
The Lark as Bishop Cauchon1957
The Juggler of Our Lady as Narrator (voice)1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self1956
Telephone Time as Not available1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard1956
The Rosemary Clooney Show as Self1955
This Is Your Life as Self1955
Sabaka as General Pollegar1955
Sting of Death as Mr. Mycroft1955
A Connecticut Yankee as King Arthur1954
Climax! as Dr. Philip Nestri1954
Climax! as Vicar Tellworth1954
The George Gobel Show as Self1954
The Island Monster as Don Gaetano1953
The United States Steel Hour as George Redford1953
General Electric Theater as Mr. Blue Ocean1953
General Electric Theater as Henry E. Church1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde1953
Colonel March Investigates as Colonel March1952
The Black Castle as Dr. Meissen1951
The Red Skelton Show as Professor Townsend (Spy)1951
Tales of Tomorrow as Not available1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cauchon1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jonathan Brewster1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Brandon1951
Down You Go as Self1951
The Strange Door as Voltan1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Bennett Kimball1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Not available1950
What's My Line? as Self1950
Lux Video Theatre as Sir Arthur Strangeways1950
Lux Video Theatre as Montgomery Royle1950
Lux Video Theatre as Larkin1949
Suspense as Toff1949
Suspense as Not available1949
Suspense as Bronson1949
Suspense as Rasputin1949
Lights Out as Not available1949
Starring Boris Karloff as Not available1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Swami Talpur1949
The Emperor's Nightingale as Narrator (English version)1948
Studio One as Skaggs1948
Studio One as Professor Koernig1948
Studio One as King Arthur1948
Tap Roots as Tishomingo1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead1947
Lured as Charles van Druten1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Gruesome1947
Unconquered as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas1946
Bedlam as George Sims1945
The Body Snatcher as John Gray1945
Isle of the Dead as Gen. Nikolas Pherides1944
The Mummy's Curse as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)1944
House of Frankenstein as Dr. Gustav Niemann1944
The Climax as Dr. Friedrich Hohner1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You as Prof. Nathaniel Billings1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Himself1941
The Devil Commands as Dr. Julian Blair1941
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 as Self1940
The Fatal Hour as James Lee Wong1940
The Mummy's Hand as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)1940
The Ape as Dr. Bernard Adrian1940
Doomed to Die as James Lee Wong1940
The Man with Nine Lives as Dr. Leon Kravaal1940
Before I Hang as Dr. John Garth1940
Black Friday as Dr. Ernest Sovac1940
You'll Find Out as Judge Spencer Mainwaring1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong as James Lee Wong1939
British Intelligence as Valdar1939
Son of Frankenstein as The Monster1939
Tower of London as Mord1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Mr. James Lee Wong1939
The Man They Could Not Hang as Dr. Henryk Savaard1939
Devil's Island as Dr. Charles Gaudet1938
Mr. Wong, Detective as James Lee Wong1938
The Invisible Menace as Jevries1937
Night Key as David Mallory1937
Cinema Circus as Himself1937
Breakdowns of 1937 as Self1937
West of Shanghai as "General" Wu Yen Fang1936
The Walking Dead as John Ellman1936
The Invisible Ray as Dr. Janos Rukh1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera as Gravelle1936
The Man Who Changed His Mind as Dr. Laurence1936
Juggernaut as Dr. Victor Sartorius1935
Bride of Frankenstein as The Monster1935
The Raven as Edmond Bateman1935
The Black Room as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman1935
Hollywood Hobbies as Himself1934
The Black Cat as Hjalmar Poelzig1934
The Lost Patrol as Sanders1934
The House of Rothschild as Count Ledrantz1934
Gift of Gab as Himself1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself1933
The Ghoul as Prof. Morlant1932
Scarface as Gaffney1932
The Mummy as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey1932
The Old Dark House as Morgan1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Boris Karloff1932
Skyscraper Souls as Man Approaching Ticket Counter1932
Night World as 'Happy' MacDonald1932
Behind the Mask as Jim Henderson1932
Boo as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")1932
Business and Pleasure as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph1932
The Miracle Man as Nikko1931
Frankenstein as The Monster1931
Smart Money as Sport Williams1931
The Public Defender as The Professor1931
Five Star Final as T. Vernon Isopod1931
The Criminal Code as Ned Galloway1931
King of the Wild as Mustapha1931
Young Donovan's Kid as Cokey Joe1931
Cracked Nuts as Boris - First Revolutionary1931
The Mad Genius as Fedor's Father (uncredited)1931
Tonight or Never as Waiter1931
The Vanishing Legion as The Voice (voice)1931
Graft as Terry1931
The Yellow Ticket as Drunken Orderly1931
The Guilty Generation as Tony Ricca1931
I Like Your Nerve as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler1930
The Bad One as Monsieur Gaston1930
The Utah Kid as Henchman Baxter1930
The Sea Bat as Corsican1929
The Unholy Night as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)1929
The King of the Kongo as Scarface Macklin1929
Behind That Curtain as Beetham's Manservent1929
Two Sisters as Cecil1929
Anne Against the World as Not available1929
The Devil's Chaplain as Boris1929
The Fatal Warning as Mullins1929
Burning the Wind as Pug Doran1929
The Phantom of the North as Jules Gregg1928
Sharp Shooters as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)1928
The Little Wild Girl as Maurice Kent1928
The Vanishing Rider as The Villain1928
Vultures of the Sea as Grouchy1927
Two Arabian Knights as Purser1927
The Princess from Hoboken as Pavel1927
The Love Mart as Fleming1927
Let It Rain as Crook1927
Soft Cushions as The Chief Conspirator1927
The Meddlin' Stranger as Al Meggs1927
Tarzan and the Golden Lion as Owaza1927
The Phantom Buster as Ramon1926
The Eagle of the Sea as Pirate (uncredited)1926
The Bells as The Mesmerist1926
Her Honor, the Governor as Snipe Collins1926
The Golden Web as Dave Sinclair1926
The Man in the Saddle as Robber (uncredited)1926
Old Ironsides as Saracen Guard (uncredited)1926
The Greater Glory as Scissors Grinder1926
The Nickel-Hopper as Dance Hall Masher1926
Flames as Blackie Blanchette1926
Flaming Fury as Gaspard1925
Parisian Nights as Pierre1925
Without Mercy as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)1925
Never the Twain Shall Meet as Not available1925
Lady Robinhood as Cabraza1925
Perils of the Wild as Not available1925
Forbidden Cargo as Pietro Castillano1925
The Prairie Wife as Diego1924
The White Panther as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)1924
Riders of the Plains as Not available1924
The Hellion as The Outlaw1924
Dynamite Dan as Tony Garcia1923
The Prisoner as Prince Kapolski1922
The Altar Stairs as Hugo1922
Nan of the North as Undetermined Role (uncredited)1922
The Infidel as The Nabob1922
The Man from Downing Street as Maharajah Jehan1922
Omar the Tentmaker as Imam Mowaffak1922
The Woman Conquers as Raoul Maris1921
Without Benefit of Clergy as Ahmed Khan1921
The Hope Diamond Mystery as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar1921
The Cave Girl as Baptiste1921
Cheated Hearts as Nei Hamid1920
The Last of the Mohicans as Indian (uncredited)1920
The Deadlier Sex as Jules Borney1920
The Courage of Marge O'Doone as Tavish1919
His Majesty, the American as Henchman in cloth cap1919
The Lightning Raider as Not available1919
The Prince and Betty as Undetermined RoleCrew
1964
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