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