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