Boris Karloff

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1887-11-23

Deathday 1969-02-02 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Camberwell, London, England, UK

Also Known As William Henry Pratt

Boris Karloff

Biography

Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 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!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
The Last Repair Shop

as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022
2021
2015
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

as Various roles (archive footage)

2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)

2007
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster

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)

2003
The Mesmerist

as (archive footage)

2001
Heroes of Horror

as (archive footage)

2000
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as The Monster (archive footage)

1998
Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1996
The Universal Story

as Self (archive footage)

1994
1994
In Search of Dr. Seuss

as (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

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
1989
Transylvania Twist

as Man in Room (archive footage)

1987
Creepy Classics

as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

1986
Horrible Horror

as Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome'

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)

1979
The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974
Madhouse

as (archive footage)

1974
1971
Alien Terror

as Prof. John Mayer

1971
Isle of the Snake People

as Carl van Molder / Damballah

1970
Hatchet for the Honeymoon

as Gorca (archive footage)

1970
Cauldron of Blood

as Franz Badulescu

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar

as Professor John Marsh

1968
Targets

as Byron Orlok

1968
Fear Chamber

as Dr. Carl Mandel

1968
Macabre Serenade

as Matthias Morteval

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Name of the Game

as Mikhail Orlov

1967
The Sorcerers

as Prof. Marcus Monserrat

1967
Mad Monster Party?

as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

1967
The Venetian Affair

as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

1966
The Daydreamer

as The Rat (voice)

1966
Doom of Dracula

as The Madman

1965
Die, Monster, Die!

as Nahum Witley

1965
The Son of Frankenstein

as The Monster (archive footage)

1964
Bikini Beach

as Art Dealer

1964
Today's Teens

as Narrator

1964
The Comedy of Terrors

as Amos Hinchley

1964
Horror!!!

as Self

1964
A Fool's World

as Narrator

1964
Shindig!

as Self - Guest Host / Singer

1963
Black Sabbath

as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

1963
The Terror

as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

1963
The Raven

as Dr. Scarabus

1962
1962
The Incredible Doktor Markesan

as Dr. Konrad Markesan

1962
Arsenic & Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

1960
1960
Thriller

as Clayton Mace

1960
Thriller

as Self - Host

1960
Thriller

as Dr. Albert Farnham

1960
Thriller

as Dr. Thorne

1960
Thriller

as Doktor Konrad Markesan

1960
Thriller

as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess

1958
Corridors of Blood

as Dr. Thomas Bolton

1958
Heart of Darkness

as Mr. Kurtz

1958
Frankenstein 1970

as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

1958
Grip of the Strangler

as James Rankin

1958
Destination Nightmare

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

1958
Jack the Ripper

as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason

1957
The Juggler of Our Lady

as Narrator (voice)

1957
The Lark

as Bishop Cauchon

1957
Voodoo Island

as Phillip Knight

1957
Suspicion

as Judge Winthrop Gelsey

1957
The Lux Show

as Self

1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard

1955
A Connecticut Yankee

as King Arthur

1955
The Sting of Death

as Mr. Mycroft

1955
Sabaka

as General Pollegar

1955
1954
The Island Monster

as Don Gaetano

1954
Climax!

as Dr. Philip Nestri

1954
Climax!

as Vicar Tellworth

1953
1953
1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Mr. Blue Ocean

1953
General Electric Theater

as Henry E. Church

1952
The Black Castle

as Dr. Meissen

1951
1951
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Jonathan Brewster

1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Charles Brandon

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Professor Townsend (Spy)

1951
Down You Go

as Self

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Sir Arthur Strangeways

1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Montgomery Royle

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
Robert Montgomery Presents

as Bennett Kimball

1949
The Emperor's Nightingale

as Narrator (English version)

1949
Suspense

as Toff

1949
Suspense

as Bronson

1949
Suspense

as Rasputin

1948
Tap Roots

as Tishomingo

1948
Studio One

as Skaggs

1948
Studio One

as Professor Koernig

1948
Studio One

as King Arthur

1947
Unconquered

as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

1947
Lured

as Charles van Druten

1946
Bedlam

as George Sims

1945
Isle of the Dead

as Gen. Nikolas Pherides

1945
The Body Snatcher

as John Gray

1944
The Mummy's Curse

as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

1944
House of Frankenstein

as Dr. Gustav Niemann

1944
The Climax

as Dr. Friedrich Hohner

1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You

as Prof. Nathaniel Billings

1941
The Devil Commands

as Dr. Julian Blair

1940
You'll Find Out

as Judge Spencer Mainwaring

1940
The Ape

as Dr. Bernard Adrian

1940
The Mummy's Hand

as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

1940
Before I Hang

as Dr. John Garth

1940
Doomed to Die

as James Lee Wong

1940
The Man with Nine Lives

as Dr. Leon Kravaal

1940
Black Friday

as Dr. Ernest Sovac

1940
The Fatal Hour

as James Lee Wong

1939
1939
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang

as Dr. Henryk Savaard

1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown

as Mr. James Lee Wong

1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

as James Lee Wong

1939
Son of Frankenstein

as The Monster

1939
Devil's Island

as Dr. Charles Gaudet

1938
Mr. Wong, Detective

as James Lee Wong

1938
1937
1937
West of Shanghai

as "General" Wu Yen Fang

1937
Night Key

as David Mallory

1937
Cinema Circus

as Himself

1936
1936
Juggernaut

as Dr. Victor Sartorius

1936
The Walking Dead

as John Ellman

1936
The Invisible Ray

as Dr. Janos Rukh

1935
The Black Room

as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

1935
The Raven

as Edmond Bateman

1935
1935
Bride of Frankenstein

as The Monster

1934
Gift of Gab

as Himself

1934
The Black Cat

as Hjalmar Poelzig

1934
The House of Rothschild

as Count Ledrantz

1934
The Lost Patrol

as Sanders

1933
The Ghoul

as Prof. Morlant

1932
The Mummy

as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey

1932
Boo

as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu

as Dr. Fu Manchu

1932
1932
Skyscraper Souls

as Man Approaching Ticket Counter

1932
Night World

as 'Happy' MacDonald

1932
Scarface

as Gaffney

1932
1932
Behind the Mask

as Jim Henderson

1932
Business and Pleasure

as Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited)

1931
Frankenstein

as The Monster

1931
The Guilty Generation

as Tony Ricca

1931
The Yellow Ticket

as Drunken Orderly

1931
The Mad Genius

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

1931
Five Star Final

as T. Vernon Isopod

1931
Graft

as Terry

1931
I Like Your Nerve

as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler

1931
The Public Defender

as The Professor

1931
Smart Money

as Sport Williams

1931
Young Donovan's Kid

as Cokey Joe

1931
The Vanishing Legion

as The Voice (voice)

1931
Cracked Nuts

as Boris - First Revolutionary

1931
King of the Wild

as Mustapha

1931
1931
The Criminal Code

as Ned Galloway

1930
The Utah Kid

as Henchman Baxter

1930
The Sea Bat

as Corsican

1930
The Bad One

as Monsieur Gaston

1929
The Unholy Night

as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

1929
The King of the Kongo

as Scarface Macklin

1929
Behind That Curtain

as Beetham's Manservent

1929
1929
Two Sisters

as Cecil

1929
1929
Burning the Wind

as Pug Doran

1928
The Little Wild Girl

as Maurice Kent

1928
1928
The Vanishing Rider

as The Villain

1928
Sharp Shooters

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

1927
The Love Mart

as Fleming

1927
1927
Soft Cushions

as The Chief Conspirator

1927
1927
1927
Let It Rain

as Crook

1926
Old Ironsides

as Saracen Guard (uncredited)

1926
Flaming Fury

as Gaspard

1926
The Nickel-Hopper

as Dance Hall Masher

1926
The Eagle of the Sea

as Pirate (uncredited)

1926
Flames

as Blackie Blanchette

1926
The Golden Web

as Dave Sinclair

1926
The Bells

as The Mesmerist

1926
Her Honor, the Governor

as Snipe Collins

1926
The Man in the Saddle

as Robber (uncredited)

1926
The Greater Glory

as Scissors Grinder

1925
Without Mercy

as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)

1925
Parisian Nights

as Pierre

1925
Lady Robinhood

as Cabraza

1925
1925
Forbidden Cargo

as Pietro Castillano

1924
Dynamite Dan

as Tony Garcia

1924
The Hellion

as The Outlaw

1924
The White Panther

as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

1923
The Prisoner

as Prince Kapolski

1922
Omar the Tentmaker

as Imam Mowaffak

1922
1922
The Woman Conquers

as Raoul Maris

1922
The Man from Downing Street

as Maharajah Jehan

1922
The Infidel

as The Nabob

1922
Nan of the North

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1921
The Cave Girl

as Baptiste

1921
Cheated Hearts

as Nei Hamid

1921
1921
The Hope Diamond Mystery

as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

1920
The Last of the Mohicans

as Indian (uncredited)

1920
The Deadlier Sex

as Jules Borney

1919
The Prince and Betty

as Undetermined Role

1919
His Majesty, the American

as Henchman in cloth cap

Crew

1964
Bikini Beach

as Thanks