Boris Karloff
Acting
Born: November 23, 1887 · Camberwell, London, England, UK
Died: February 2, 1969 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
Biography
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!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Frankenstein
1931
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
The Mummy
1932
Scarface
1932
Black Sabbath
1963
The Black Cat
1934
The Old Dark House
1932
The Raven
1963
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Targets
1968
The Body Snatcher
1945
Photos (11)
Movies (199)
Black Sabbath
Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
Frankenstein
The Monster
Scarface
Gaffney
Bride of Frankenstein
The Monster
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
The Mummy
Imhotep / Ardath Bey
The Comedy of Terrors
Amos Hinchley
Unconquered
Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
The Raven
Dr. Scarabus
Targets
Byron Orlok
The Terror
Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
The Body Snatcher
John Gray
Let It Rain
Crook
Tap Roots
Tishomingo
Son of Frankenstein
The Monster
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
The Raven
Edmond Bateman
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Various roles (archive footage)
Tonight or Never
Waiter
The Black Cat
Hjalmar Poelzig
Lured
Charles van Druten
Madhouse
(archive footage)
The Last Repair Shop
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Old Dark House
Morgan
House of Frankenstein
Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Hollingshead
Bikini Beach
Art Dealer
The Climax
Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Black Friday
Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Ghoul
Prof. Morlant
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Professor John Marsh
Bedlam
George Sims
Soft Cushions
The Chief Conspirator
The Mummy's Hand
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
The Lost Patrol
Sanders
The House of Rothschild
Count Ledrantz
The Walking Dead
John Ellman
The Strange Door
Voltan
Macabre Serenade
Matthias Morteval
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
The Corpse
The Black Room
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal
Tower of London
Mord
Night Key
David Mallory
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Gravelle
Omar the Tentmaker
Imam Mowaffak
British Intelligence
Valdar
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Archival
The Mummy's Curse
Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Corridors of Blood
Dr. Thomas Bolton
Sharp Shooters
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Before I Hang
Dr. John Garth
The Venetian Affair
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Gorca (archive footage)
Sabaka
General Pollegar
Die, Monster, Die!
Nahum Witley
Devil's Island
Dr. Charles Gaudet
Mad Monster Party?
Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
Voodoo Island
Phillip Knight
Smart Money
Sport Williams
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Gruesome
The Last of the Mohicans
Indian (uncredited)
The Ape
Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Laurence
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
King of the Wild
Mustapha
Frankenstein 1970
Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
The Invisible Ray
Dr. Janos Rukh
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
The Invisible Menace
Jevries
The King of the Kongo
Scarface Macklin
The Mad Genius
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
The Fatal Hour
James Lee Wong
Grip of the Strangler
James Rankin
Doom of Dracula
The Madman (archive footage)
Five Star Final
T. Vernon Isopod
The Daydreamer
The Rat (voice)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Two Arabian Knights
Purser
The Greater Glory
Scissors Grinder
Cracked Nuts
Boris - First Revolutionary
Isle of the Snake People
Carl van Molder / Damballah
Creepy Classics
Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
Arsenic & Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
The Criminal Code
Ned Galloway
Transylvania Twist
Man in Room (archive footage)
Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
(voice - archive footage)
The Sorcerers
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
The Lark
Bishop Cauchon
The Yellow Ticket
Drunken Orderly
Cauldron of Blood
Franz Badulescu
The Unholy Night
Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
Doomed to Die
James Lee Wong
The Black Castle
Dr. Meissen
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
His Majesty, the American
Henchman in cloth cap
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
James Lee Wong
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Isle of the Dead
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
You'll Find Out
Judge Spencer Mainwaring
Two Sisters
Cecil
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Monster (archive footage)
The Meddlin' Stranger
Al Meggs
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
The Man They Could Not Hang
Dr. Henryk Savaard
The Guilty Generation
Tony Ricca
The Prairie Wife
Diego
Night World
'Happy' MacDonald
The Phantom Buster
Ramon
Her Honor, the Governor
Snipe Collins
West of Shanghai
"General" Wu Yen Fang
The Bad One
Monsieur Gaston
The Deadlier Sex
Jules Borney
Heart of Darkness
Mr. Kurtz
The Vanishing Rider
The Villain
Young Donovan's Kid
Cokey Joe
The Devil Commands
Dr. Julian Blair
Business and Pleasure
Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
The Horror of It All
Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Without Benefit of Clergy
Ahmed Khan
Perils of the Wild
1925
The Eagle of the Sea
Pirate (uncredited)
The Woman and the Puppet
(uncredited)
Sting of Death
Mr. Mycroft
Riders of the Plains
1924
The Miracle Man
Nikko
Alien Terror
Prof. John Mayer
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Behind the Mask
Jim Henderson
Cheated Hearts
Nei Hamid
The Sea Bat
Corsican
The Infidel
The Nabob
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Dr. Konrad Markesan
The Public Defender
The Professor
Parisian Nights
Pierre
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
The Man in the Saddle
Robber (uncredited)
The Altar Stairs
Hugo
Fear Chamber
Dr. Carl Mandel
Behind That Curtain
Beetham's Manservent
Colonel March Investigates
Colonel March
The Bells
The Mesmerist
The White Panther
Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
Halloween Monster Bash
Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
Rendezvous in Black
Ward Allen
The Prisoner
Prince Kapolski
Terror in the Tropics
Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Boo
Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Without Mercy
Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Boris Karloff
Vultures of the Sea
Grouchy
The Golden Web
Dave Sinclair
Lady Robinhood
Cabraza
Juggernaut
Dr. Victor Sartorius
The Little Wild Girl
Maurice Kent
Old Ironsides
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
The Hellion
The Outlaw
The Island Monster
Don Gaetano
The Lightning Raider
1919
Nan of the North
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Graft
Terry
The Man from Downing Street
Maharajah Jehan
Forbidden Cargo
Pietro Castillano
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Tavish
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Mr. James Lee Wong
Dynamite Dan
Tony Garcia
I Like Your Nerve
Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
Flames
Blackie Blanchette
The Vanishing Legion
The Voice (voice)
The Utah Kid
Henchman Baxter
A Fool's World
Narrator
Flaming Fury
Gaspard
The Fatal Warning
Mullins
The Love Mart
Fleming
The Cave Girl
Baptiste
The Mesmerist
(archive footage)
The Princess from Hoboken
Pavel
The Storm
1962
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Owaza
The Nickel-Hopper
Dance Hall Masher
The Hope Diamond Mystery
Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
Burning the Wind
Pug Doran
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
The Woman Conquers
Raoul Maris
The Prince and Betty
Undetermined Role
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
The Devil's Chaplain
Boris
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
Narrator
Little Lost Robot
Host
The Juggler of Our Lady
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (37)
Robert Montgomery Presents
Bennett Kimball · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Mr. Singh · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
Professor Townsend · 1 eps
Climax!
Dr. Philip Nestri · 1 eps
Climax!
Vicar Tellworth · 1 eps
Studio One
Skaggs · 1 eps
Studio One
Professor Koernig · 1 eps
Studio One
King Arthur · 1 eps
The Name of the Game
Mikhail Orlov · 1 eps
Route 66
1 eps
Thriller
Clayton Mace · 1 eps
Thriller
Dr. Albert Farnham · 1 eps
Thriller
Dr. Thorne · 1 eps
Thriller
Doktor Konrad Markesan · 1 eps
Thriller
Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess · 1 eps
Telephone Time
1 eps
Lights Out
1 eps
McCloud
Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Suspense
Toff · 1 eps
Suspense
3 eps
Suspense
Bronson · 1 eps
Suspense
Rasputin · 1 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
2 eps
The United States Steel Hour
George Redford · 1 eps
Suspicion
Judge Winthrop Gelsey · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Mother Muffin · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
1 eps
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March Of Scotland Yard · 26 eps
General Electric Theater
Mr. Blue Ocean · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Henry E. Church · 1 eps
Out of This World
Host · 14 eps
The Veil
10 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Charles Brandon · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cauchon · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jonathan Brewster · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (33)
Thriller
Self - Host · 67 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 2 eps
Shindig!
Self - Guest Host / Singer · 1 eps
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self - (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Self
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
The Grim Reaper
Self
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
Horror!!!
Self
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Himself
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
The Fatal Impulse
Self
Gift of Gab
Himself
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self (archive footage)
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Self (archive footage)
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Self
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Himself
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
