Boris Karloff
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!.
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Acted in
The Last Repair Shop
2024
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Various roles (archive footage)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
2006
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Bones
2005
as Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
2004
as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
The Mesmerist
2003
as (archive footage)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000
as Self
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
as The Monster (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998
as (archive footage)
The Universal Story
1996
as Self (archive footage)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
as (voice - archive footage)
In Search of Dr. Seuss
1994
as (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
as Archival
Transylvania Twist
1989
as Man in Room
Creepy Classics
1987
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
Horrible Horror
1986
as Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome'
Terror in the Aisles
1984
as The Monster (Archive Footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
as (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Madhouse
1974
as (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
Alien Terror
1971
as Prof. John Mayer
Isle of the Snake People
1971
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
as Gorca (archive footage)
Cauldron of Blood
1970
as Franz Badulescu
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
as Professor John Marsh
The Name of the Game
1968
as Mikhail Orlov
Targets
1968
as Byron Orlok
Fear Chamber
1968
as Dr. Carl Mandel
Macabre Serenade
1968
as Matthias Morteval
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Sorcerers
1967
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
Mad Monster Party?
1967
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
The Venetian Affair
1967
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The Daydreamer
1966
as The Rat (voice)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
as The Corpse
Doom of Dracula
1966
as The Madman
Die, Monster, Die!
1965
as Nahum Witley
The Wild Wild West
1965
The Son of Frankenstein
1965
as The Monster (archive footage)
Shindig!
1964
as Self - Guest Host / Singer
Bikini Beach
1964
as Art Dealer
Today's Teens
1964
as Narrator
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
as Amos Hinchley
Horror!!!
1964
as Self
A Fool's World
1964
as Narrator
Black Sabbath
1963
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
The Terror
1963
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
The Raven
1963
as Dr. Scarabus
Little Lost Robot
1962
as Host
Out of This World
1962
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
as Jonathan Brewster
The Storm
1962
The Return of Andrew Bentley
1961
as Host
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Fatal Impulse
1960
as Self
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960
as Self - Host
Thriller
1960
as Clayton Mace
Thriller
1960
as Dr. Thorne
Thriller
1960
as Dr. Albert Farnham
Thriller
1960
as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
Thriller
1960
as Doktor Konrad Markesan
Corridors of Blood
1958
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
Heart of Darkness
1958
as Mr. Kurtz
Frankenstein 1970
1958
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
Grip of the Strangler
1958
as James Rankin
Destination Nightmare
1958
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
Jack the Ripper
1958
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
The Veil
1958
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957
as Narrator (voice)
Suspicion
1957
as Judge Winthrop Gelsey
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
The Lark
1957
as Bishop Cauchon
Voodoo Island
1957
as Phillip Knight
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
as Self
Telephone Time
1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
This Is Your Life
1955
as Self
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
as King Arthur
The Sting of Death
1955
as Mr. Mycroft
Sabaka
1955
as General Pollegar
Climax!
1954
as Dr. Philip Nestri
Climax!
1954
as Vicar Tellworth
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
The Island Monster
1954
as Don Gaetano
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as George Redford
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Colonel March Investigates
1953
as Colonel March
General Electric Theater
1953
as Mr. Blue Ocean
General Electric Theater
1953
as Henry E. Church
The Black Castle
1952
as Dr. Meissen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Cauchon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Jonathan Brewster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Charles Brandon
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Strange Door
1951
as Voltan
Down You Go
1951
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sir Arthur Strangeways
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Larkin
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Montgomery Royle
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Bennett Kimball
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
Lights Out
1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
as Swami Talpur
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949
as Narrator (English version)
Suspense
1949
as Toff
Suspense
1949
Suspense
1949
as Bronson
Suspense
1949
as Rasputin
Studio One
1948
as Skaggs
Studio One
1948
as King Arthur
Studio One
1948
as Professor Koernig
Tap Roots
1948
as Tishomingo
Unconquered
1947
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Gruesome
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Lured
1947
as Charles van Druten
Bedlam
1946
as George Sims
Isle of the Dead
1945
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
The Body Snatcher
1945
as John Gray
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
House of Frankenstein
1944
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Climax
1944
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
as Himself
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941
as Self
The Devil Commands
1941
as Dr. Julian Blair
You'll Find Out
1940
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Ape
1940
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Mummy's Hand
1940
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Before I Hang
1940
as Dr. John Garth
Doomed to Die
1940
as James Lee Wong
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
Black Friday
1940
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Fatal Hour
1940
as James Lee Wong
Tower of London
1939
as Mord
British Intelligence
1939
as Valdar
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
as Mr. James Lee Wong
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
as James Lee Wong
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as The Monster
Devil's Island
1939
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
as James Lee Wong
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Jevries
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self
West of Shanghai
1937
as "General" Wu Yen Fang
Night Key
1937
as David Mallory
Cinema Circus
1937
as Himself
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
as Gravelle
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
as Dr. Laurience
Juggernaut
1936
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
The Walking Dead
1936
as John Ellman
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Dr. Janos Rukh
The Black Room
1935
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
The Raven
1935
as Edmond Bateman
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
as Himself
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as The Monster
Gift of Gab
1934
as Himself
The Black Cat
1934
as Hjalmar Poelzig
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Count Ledrantz
The Lost Patrol
1934
as Sanders
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
as Himself
The Ghoul
1933
as Prof. Morlant
The Mummy
1932
as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
Boo
1932
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
as Dr. Fu Manchu
The Old Dark House
1932
as Morgan
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Night World
1932
as 'Happy' MacDonald
Scarface
1932
as Gaffney
The Miracle Man
1932
as Nikko
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
as Boris Karloff
Behind the Mask
1932
as Jim Henderson
Business and Pleasure
1932
as Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited)
Frankenstein
1931
as The Monster
The Guilty Generation
1931
as Tony Ricca
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Drunken Orderly
The Mad Genius
1931
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Five Star Final
1931
as T. Vernon Isopod
Graft
1931
as Terry
I Like Your Nerve
1931
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
The Public Defender
1931
as The Professor
Smart Money
1931
as Sport Williams
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
as Cokey Joe
The Vanishing Legion
1931
as The Voice (voice)
Cracked Nuts
1931
as Boris - First Revolutionary
King of the Wild
1931
as Mustapha
Tonight or Never
1931
as Waiter
The Criminal Code
1931
as Ned Galloway
The Utah Kid
1930
as Henchman Baxter
The Sea Bat
1930
as Corsican
The Bad One
1930
as Monsieur Gaston
The Unholy Night
1929
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
The King of the Kongo
1929
as Scarface Macklin
Behind That Curtain
1929
as Beetham's Manservent
The Phantom of the North
1929
as Jules Gregg
Anne Against the World
1929
Two Sisters
1929
as Cecil
The Devil's Chaplain
1929
as Boris
The Fatal Warning
1929
as Mullins
Burning the Wind
1929
as Pug Doran
The Little Wild Girl
1928
as Maurice Kent
Vultures of the Sea
1928
as Grouchy
The Vanishing Rider
1928
as The Villain
Sharp Shooters
1928
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
The Love Mart
1927
as Fleming
Two Arabian Knights
1927
as Purser
Soft Cushions
1927
as The Chief Conspirator
The Phantom Buster
1927
as Ramon
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
as Al Meggs
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
as Owaza
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
as Pavel
Let It Rain
1927
as Crook
Old Ironsides
1926
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Flaming Fury
1926
as Gaspard
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
as Dance Hall Masher
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
as Pirate (uncredited)
Flames
1926
as Blackie Blanchette
The Golden Web
1926
as Dave Sinclair
The Bells
1926
as The Mesmerist
Her Honor, the Governor
1926
as Snipe Collins
The Man in the Saddle
1926
as Robber (uncredited)
The Greater Glory
1926
as Scissors Grinder
Without Mercy
1925
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Parisian Nights
1925
as Pierre
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
Perils of the Wild
1925
Lady Robinhood
1925
as Cabraza
The Prairie Wife
1925
as Diego
Forbidden Cargo
1925
as Pietro Castillano
Dynamite Dan
1924
as Tony Garcia
Riders of the Plains
1924
The Hellion
1924
as The Outlaw
The White Panther
1924
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
The Prisoner
1923
as Prince Kapolski
Omar the Tentmaker
1922
as Imam Mowaffak
The Altar Stairs
1922
as Hugo
The Woman Conquers
1922
as Raoul Maris
The Man from Downing Street
1922
as Maharajah Jehan
The Infidel
1922
as The Nabob
Nan of the North
1922
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Cave Girl
1921
as Baptiste
Cheated Hearts
1921
as Nei Hamid
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
as Ahmed Khan
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
as Indian (uncredited)
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920
as Tavish
The Deadlier Sex
1920
as Jules Borney
The Prince and Betty
1919
as Undetermined Role
His Majesty, the American
1919
as Henchman in cloth cap
The Lightning Raider
1919