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 (198)
Bride of Frankenstein
The Monster
The Terror
Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
Frankenstein
The Monster
The Mummy
Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Scarface
Gaffney
The Raven
Dr. Scarabus
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
House of Frankenstein
Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Raven
Edmond Bateman
The Lost Patrol
Sanders
The Mummy's Hand
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
The Last Repair Shop
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Walking Dead
John Ellman
Tower of London
Mord
Black Sabbath
Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
The Black Cat
Hjalmar Poelzig
The Body Snatcher
John Gray
Unconquered
Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
Lured
Charles van Druten
Son of Frankenstein
The Monster
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Professor John Marsh
The Old Dark House
Morgan
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
The Strange Door
Voltan
The Comedy of Terrors
Amos Hinchley
The Black Room
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
Targets
Byron Orlok
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
Smart Money
Sport Williams
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Hollingshead
The Climax
Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Madhouse
(archive footage)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
The Corpse
Tap Roots
Tishomingo
Mad Monster Party?
Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
Isle of the Dead
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
Bedlam
George Sims
The Mummy's Curse
Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Bikini Beach
Art Dealer
Grip of the Strangler
James Rankin
The Ghoul
Prof. Morlant
The Last of the Mohicans
Indian (uncredited)
Black Friday
Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Venetian Affair
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Alien Terror
Prof. John Mayer
The House of Rothschild
Count Ledrantz
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Gruesome
The Invisible Ray
Dr. Janos Rukh
Before I Hang
Dr. John Garth
Frankenstein 1970
Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
James Lee Wong
Die, Monster, Die!
Nahum Witley
Cauldron of Blood
Franz Badulescu
Corridors of Blood
Dr. Thomas Bolton
Cracked Nuts
Boris - First Revolutionary
Without Benefit of Clergy
Ahmed Khan
Universal Horror
(archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
The Daydreamer
The Rat (voice)
The Man They Could Not Hang
Dr. Henryk Savaard
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
Gorca (archive footage)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Mr. James Lee Wong
The Horror of It All
Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
(archive footage)
Night World
'Happy' MacDonald
The Fatal Hour
James Lee Wong
The Lark
Bishop Cauchon
Let It Rain
Crook
Night Key
David Mallory
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Owaza
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Sharp Shooters
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Vultures of the Sea
Grouchy
Transylvania Twist
Man in Room (archive footage)
King of the Wild
Mustapha
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong
The Eagle of the Sea
Pirate (uncredited)
The Sorcerers
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
West of Shanghai
"General" Wu Yen Fang
The Man in the Saddle
Robber (uncredited)
The Sea Bat
Corsican
The Ape
Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal
The King of the Kongo
Scarface Macklin
Soft Cushions
The Chief Conspirator
Creepy Classics
Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Dr. Konrad Markesan
Five Star Final
T. Vernon Isopod
Skyscraper Souls
Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Sabaka
General Pollegar
Two Arabian Knights
Purser
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
(voice - archive footage)
I Like Your Nerve
Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
(archive footage)
Young Donovan's Kid
Cokey Joe
The Little Wild Girl
Maurice Kent
The Island Monster
Don Gaetano
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
The Miracle Man
Nikko
Terror in the Tropics
Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Business and Pleasure
Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
You'll Find Out
Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Phantom Buster
Ramon
The Bad One
Monsieur Gaston
British Intelligence
Valdar
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Laurence
The Criminal Code
Ned Galloway
Doomed to Die
James Lee Wong
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
Rendezvous in Black
Ward Allen
Voodoo Island
Phillip Knight
The Yellow Ticket
Drunken Orderly
Arsenic & Old Lace
Jonathan Brewster
The Woman and the Puppet
(uncredited)
The Vanishing Rider
The Villain
The Black Castle
Dr. Meissen
Burning the Wind
Pug Doran
The Princess from Hoboken
Pavel
Macabre Serenade
Matthias Morteval
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Gravelle
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
The Meddlin' Stranger
Al Meggs
The Many Faces of Dracula
The Monster (archive footage)
Behind the Mask
Jim Henderson
Devil's Island
Dr. Charles Gaudet
Riders of the Plains
1924
Omar the Tentmaker
Imam Mowaffak
The Mad Genius
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
His Majesty, the American
Henchman in cloth cap
Behind That Curtain
Beetham's Manservent
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Various roles (archive footage)
Graft
Terry
Isle of the Snake People
Carl van Molder / Damballah
The Greater Glory
Scissors Grinder
A Fool's World
Narrator
A Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur
The Man from Downing Street
Maharajah Jehan
The Devil's Chaplain
Boris
The Cave Girl
Baptiste
Halloween Monster Bash
Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
The Public Defender
The Professor
The Deadlier Sex
Jules Borney
The Devil Commands
Dr. Julian Blair
The Vanishing Legion
The Voice (voice)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Archival
The Utah Kid
Henchman Baxter
Dynamite Dan
Tony Garcia
Juggernaut
Dr. Victor Sartorius
Old Ironsides
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Her Honor, the Governor
Snipe Collins
The Guilty Generation
Tony Ricca
Flaming Fury
Gaspard
The Prince and Betty
Undetermined Role
Nan of the North
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
The Love Mart
Fleming
The Juggler of Our Lady
Narrator (voice)
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Boris Karloff
Perils of the Wild
1925
Two Sisters
Cecil
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Tavish
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Fear Chamber
Dr. Carl Mandel
The Prisoner
Prince Kapolski
The Prairie Wife
Diego
The Storm
1962
The Mesmerist
(archive footage)
The Invisible Menace
Jevries
The Hope Diamond Mystery
Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
Little Lost Robot
Host
Forbidden Cargo
Pietro Castillano
The Bells
The Mesmerist
The Golden Web
Dave Sinclair
Colonel March Investigates
Colonel March
The Hellion
The Outlaw
The Altar Stairs
Hugo
The Fatal Warning
Mullins
Sting of Death
Mr. Mycroft
Without Mercy
Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Parisian Nights
Pierre
The Lightning Raider
1919
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
Narrator
The Unholy Night
Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
The White Panther
Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
Heart of Darkness
Mr. Kurtz
Tonight or Never
Waiter
Cheated Hearts
Nei Hamid
Lady Robinhood
Cabraza
The Infidel
The Nabob
The Nickel-Hopper
Dance Hall Masher
Boo
Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Woman Conquers
Raoul Maris
Flames
Blackie Blanchette
TV Shows (40)
The Red Skelton Show
Professor Townsend · 1 eps
Studio One
Skaggs · 1 eps
Studio One
Professor Koernig · 1 eps
Studio One
King Arthur · 1 eps
Climax!
Dr. Philip Nestri · 1 eps
Climax!
Vicar Tellworth · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
Bennett Kimball · 1 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Mr. Singh · 1 eps
Route 66
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
The Name of the Game
Mikhail Orlov · 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
Lights Out
1 eps
The United States Steel Hour
George Redford · 1 eps
Telephone Time
1 eps
Tales of Tomorrow
2 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Sir Arthur Strangeways · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Montgomery Royle · 1 eps
Lux Video Theatre
Larkin · 1 eps
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker · 1 eps
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
Mother Muffin · 1 eps
Suspicion
Judge Winthrop Gelsey · 1 eps
DuPont Show of the Month
1 eps
Out of This World
Host · 14 eps
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Colonel March Of Scotland Yard · 26 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cauchon · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jonathan Brewster · 1 eps
The Veil
10 eps
General Electric Theater
Mr. Blue Ocean · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Henry E. Church · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Charles Brandon · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (34)
What's My Line?
Self · 1 eps
Thriller
Self - Host · 67 eps
This Is Your Life
Self · 1 eps
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self · 2 eps
Shindig!
Self - Guest Host / Singer · 1 eps
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
Self
Horror!!!
Self
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Self (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Self (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Gift of Gab
Himself
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self (archive footage)
The Fatal Impulse
Self
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Self
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
Self
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Himself (archive footage)
The Grim Reaper
Self
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Himself
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
Self
The Universal Story
Self (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Self (archive footage)
