Born in Camberwell, London, England, UK — Nov 23 1887• Died Feb 02 1969

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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Dr. Philip Nestri

Bennett Kimball

Skaggs

Mr. Singh


Mikhail Orlov

Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)

Self


Self

Clayton Mace

Toff

Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker


George Redford


Self

Judge Winthrop Gelsey

Mother Muffin
Sir Arthur Strangeways
Self


Colonel March Of Scotland Yard

Host

Self - Guest Host / Singer

Cauchon

The Monster
Self

The Monster

Dr. Leon Kravaal

Charles Brandon

Imhotep / Ardath Bey


Mr. Blue Ocean

Gaffney

Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

(archive footage)

Dr. Scarabus

Morgan

Byron Orlok

Self

Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

The Rat (voice)

George Sims

Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

Edmond Bateman
Self

(archive footage)

Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

T. Vernon Isopod

The Monster

Dr. Friedrich Hohner

Count Ledrantz

Self (archive footage)

Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

Self (archive footage)

David Mallory

The Monster (archive footage)

The Corpse

Nahum Witley

Charles van Druten

Tishomingo

John Gray

Dr. Gustav Niemann

Dr. Meissen

Dr. John Garth

Hjalmar Poelzig

Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

Self

Self (archive footage)

Valdar

John Ellman

Art Dealer

Self (archive footage)

Dr Hugo Hollingshead

Gruesome

Bishop Cauchon

Dr. Ernest Sovac

Crook

Self (archive footage)

Mr. James Lee Wong

Prof. Morlant

Dr. Laurence

Dr. Janos Rukh
Self (archive footage)

Self
Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs

Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Dr. Bernard Adrian

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

Dr. Henryk Savaard

Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)

Ahmed Khan

Prof. Marcus Monserrat

Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

Professor John Marsh

Swami Talpur
Self

James Lee Wong

Sanders

'Happy' MacDonald

(archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Voltan

Drunken Orderly
Self - Interviewee

Dr. Fu Manchu

Boris - First Revolutionary

Dr. Thomas Bolton

Self - (archive footage)

The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Gravelle

James Lee Wong

Sport Williams

Amos Hinchley

The Voice (voice)

Prof. Nathaniel Billings

Phillip Knight

Maharajah Jehan

The Mesmerist

James Lee Wong

Monsieur Gaston

Mord

Man in Room (archive footage)

Self

Ward Allen

(archive footage)

General Pollegar

Ned Galloway

Various roles (archive footage)

Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Himself

Dr. Charles Gaudet

Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

Self (archive footage)

Indian (uncredited)


Boris Karloff

(archive footage)

Gen. Nikolas Pherides

Purser

Carl van Molder / Damballah

James Lee Wong

Gorca (archive footage)

James Rankin

Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Fleming

Judge Spencer Mainwaring

Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Terry

Matthias Morteval

Beetham's Manservent

Self (archive footage)

Nikko

The Madman (archive footage)

Scissors Grinder
(archive footage)

Dr. Julian Blair

Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

Himself

Henchman Baxter

Tony Ricca

Narrator (English version)

Self (archive footage)

Franz Badulescu

Owaza

Self (archive footage)

The Professor
Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.

Mr. Kurtz

(voice - archive footage)

Waiter

Blackie Blanchette

Himself (archive footage)

Mustapha

Scarface Macklin

Nei Hamid


Jim Henderson

Self (archive footage)
Jules Gregg

"General" Wu Yen Fang

Jevries

Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)

Jules Borney

Pavel


Maurice Kent


Tavish

Robber (uncredited)

Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Colonel March

Dave Sinclair

King Arthur

Himself

Boris

Self (archive footage)

Cokey Joe

Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Himself

Raoul Maris

Corsican

Pirate (uncredited)

Himself

Prince Kapolski

Henchman in cloth cap

Self (archive footage)

Prof. John Mayer

Mr. Wong (archive footage)

Hugo

Imam Mowaffak

Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

Pietro Castillano

Archival

Mullins

Dr. Victor Sartorius

Dance Hall Masher

Undetermined Role

(archive footage)

Dr. Carl Mandel

Ramon

Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

The Chief Conspirator

Mr. Mycroft

Diego

Pug Doran

Self

Pierre

Gaspard

Dr. Konrad Markesan

The Villain

Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

Don Gaetano

Grouchy

Luigi - Pacheco's Butler



Jonathan Brewster

Cabraza

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Al Meggs

Snipe Collins

Cecil



Narrator

Host

(uncredited)

Tony Garcia

The Nabob

Baptiste

Self (archive footage)

Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)



The Outlaw

Narrator (voice)
Self (archive footage)
Narrator
Self