Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff, 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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Bones
Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
Robert Montgomery Presents
Bennett Kimball
Robert Montgomery Presents
This Is Your Life
Self
The United States Steel Hour
George Redford
Tales of Tomorrow
The Wild Wild West
Mr. Singh
Studio One
Skaggs
Studio One
Professor Koernig
Studio One
King Arthur
What's My Line?
Self
Thriller
Clayton Mace
Thriller
Self - Host
Thriller
Dr. Thorne
Thriller
Dr. Albert Farnham
Thriller
Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
Thriller
Doktor Konrad Markesan
Suspense
Toff
Suspense
Suspense
Bronson
Suspense
Rasputin
Route 66
The Name of the Game
Mikhail Orlov
Telephone Time
The George Gobel Show
Self
The Rosemary Clooney Show
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
Climax!
Dr. Philip Nestri
Climax!
Vicar Tellworth
Out of This World
Suspicion
Judge Winthrop Gelsey
Shindig!
Self - Guest Host / Singer
Lights Out
DuPont Show of the Month
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
The Lux Show
Self
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cauchon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jonathan Brewster
Starring Boris Karloff
Lux Video Theatre
Sir Arthur Strangeways
Lux Video Theatre
Montgomery Royle
Lux Video Theatre
Larkin
The Veil
General Electric Theater
Mr. Blue Ocean
General Electric Theater
Henry E. Church
Frankenstein
The Monster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Charles Brandon
Lured
Charles van Druten
The Old Dark House
Morgan
Scarface
Gaffney
Tower of London
Mord
Bride of Frankenstein
The Monster
The Mummy's Hand
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Down You Go
Self
Black Sabbath
Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Gruesome
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Doomed to Die
James Lee Wong
The Mummy
Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
The Terror
Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
The Ape
Dr. Bernard Adrian
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
British Intelligence
Valdar
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Gorca (archive footage)
Two Arabian Knights
Purser
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Targets
Byron Orlok
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Raven
Dr. Scarabus
Tap Roots
Tishomingo
Son of Frankenstein
The Monster
Bikini Beach
Art Dealer
Corridors of Blood
Dr. Thomas Bolton
Unconquered
Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
The Black Cat
Hjalmar Poelzig
The Lost Patrol
Sanders
The Body Snatcher
John Gray
Black Friday
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Madhouse
(archive footage)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Professor John Marsh
The Mummy's Curse
Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
The Climax
Dr. Friedrich Hohner
The Walking Dead
John Ellman
The Black Castle
Dr. Meissen
Mad Monster Party?
Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
House of Frankenstein
Dr. Gustav Niemann
The House of Rothschild
Count Ledrantz
The Last Repair Shop
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Raven
Edmond Bateman
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
The Black Room
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
Smart Money
Sport Williams
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
The Man They Could Not Hang
Dr. Henryk Savaard
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal
Behind That Curtain
Beetham's Manservent
The Daydreamer
The Rat (voice)
Die, Monster, Die!
Nahum Witley
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
Five Star Final
T. Vernon Isopod
The Ghoul
Prof. Morlant
The Comedy of Terrors
Amos Hinchley
The Last of the Mohicans
Indian (uncredited)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
The Invisible Ray
Dr. Janos Rukh
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Laurence
You'll Find Out
Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Sorcerers
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Strange Door
Voltan
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
James Lee Wong
Cinema Circus
Himself
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
Transylvania Twist
Man in Room (archive footage)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self (archive footage)
Voodoo Island
Phillip Knight
Isle of the Dead
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
Creepy Classics
Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
The Venetian Affair
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Mr. James Lee Wong
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
The Corpse
The Criminal Code
Ned Galloway
Gift of Gab
Himself
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Dr. Konrad Markesan
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Gravelle
Macabre Serenade
Matthias Morteval
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong
Frankenstein 1970
Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
The Devil Commands
Dr. Julian Blair
Destination Nightmare
Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
The Fatal Hour
James Lee Wong
The American Nightmare
Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self (archive footage)
Sting of Death
Mr. Mycroft
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Parisian Nights
Pierre
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Sabaka
General Pollegar
The Unholy Night
Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
Bedlam
George Sims
Cauldron of Blood
Franz Badulescu
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self - Interviewee
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Night World
'Happy' MacDonald
Old Ironsides
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Night Key
David Mallory
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Boris Karloff
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Before I Hang
Dr. John Garth
The Utah Kid
Henchman Baxter
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Various roles (archive footage)
A Fool's World
Narrator
Devil's Island
Dr. Charles Gaudet
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
The Storm
The Prairie Wife
Diego
Alien Terror
Prof. John Mayer
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Self (archive footage)
Cracked Nuts
Boris - First Revolutionary
Tonight or Never
Waiter
The Bad One
Monsieur Gaston
The Sea Bat
Corsican
The Island Monster
Don Gaetano
The Mad Genius
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Heart of Darkness
Mr. Kurtz
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Dynamite Dan
Tony Garcia
Skyscraper Souls
Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Doom of Dracula
The Madman (archive footage)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
(voice - archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Monster (archive footage)
The Yellow Ticket
Drunken Orderly
Grip of the Strangler
James Rankin
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Archival
Without Mercy
Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
West of Shanghai
"General" Wu Yen Fang
Graft
Terry
Horror!!!
Self
The Invisible Menace
Jevries
The Public Defender
The Professor
The Emperor's Nightingale
Narrator (English version)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Owaza
Boo
Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
The Lark
Bishop Cauchon
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
Two Sisters
Cecil
Colonel March Investigates
Colonel March
Sharp Shooters
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Fear Chamber
Dr. Carl Mandel
Jack the Ripper
Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Young Donovan's Kid
Cokey Joe
The Man in the Saddle
Robber (uncredited)
The Hope Diamond Mystery
Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
The Greater Glory
Scissors Grinder
The Horror of It All
Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
The Miracle Man
Nikko
The Altar Stairs
Hugo
The Eagle of the Sea
Pirate (uncredited)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Behind the Mask
Jim Henderson
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Himself
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
King of the Wild
Mustapha
The Vanishing Legion
The Voice (voice)
The Nickel-Hopper
Dance Hall Masher
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Himself
I Like Your Nerve
Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
The Princess from Hoboken
Pavel
The Fatal Impulse
Self
Heroes of Horror
(archive footage)
Isle of the Snake People
Carl van Molder / Damballah
The Love Mart
Fleming
Business and Pleasure
Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
The Cave Girl
Baptiste
Terror in the Tropics
Mr. Wong (archive footage)
The Guilty Generation
Tony Ricca
Lady Robinhood
Cabraza
The Bells
The Mesmerist
His Majesty, the American
Henchman in cloth cap
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur
The Lightning Raider
The Prisoner
Prince Kapolski
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
Arsenic & Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
Forbidden Cargo
Pietro Castillano
The Prince and Betty
Undetermined Role
Soft Cushions
The Chief Conspirator
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
The Phantom of the North
Jules Gregg
The Golden Web
Dave Sinclair
The Infidel
The Nabob
Without Benefit of Clergy
Ahmed Khan
Rendezvous in Black
Ward Allen
The White Panther
Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
Self
The Deadlier Sex
Jules Borney
The Red Skelton Show
Professor Townsend (Spy)
The Phantom Buster
Ramon
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
Self (archive footage)
The King of the Kongo
Scarface Macklin
Her Honor, the Governor
Snipe Collins
Cheated Hearts
Nei Hamid
Omar the Tentmaker
Imam Mowaffak
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Tavish
Juggernaut
Dr. Victor Sartorius
The Little Wild Girl
Maurice Kent
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
Little Lost Robot
Host
The Hellion
The Outlaw
The Juggler of Our Lady
Narrator (voice)
Vultures of the Sea
Grouchy
The Vanishing Rider
The Villain
Riders of the Plains
Nan of the North
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Man from Downing Street
Maharajah Jehan
The dark Universe
Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
The dark Universe
La Momia (archivo de imagen)
Flames
Blackie Blanchette
The Mesmerist
(archive footage)
The Fatal Warning
Mullins
The Woman Conquers
Raoul Maris
Burning the Wind
Pug Doran
Let It Rain
Crook
The Meddlin' Stranger
Al Meggs
Anne Against the World
Perils of the Wild
The Devil's Chaplain
Boris
Flaming Fury
Gaspard
Today's Teens
Narrator