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Boris Karloff
Actor
Born November 23, 1887Died February 2, 1969 (81 years)
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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Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | Film is Dead. Long Live Film! · as Scarface Macklin |
| 2023 | The Last Repair Shop · as The Monster (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story · as The Monster |
| 2017 | Greetings from Tromaville · as Cast |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film · as Various Roles (archive Footage) |
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel · as Dr. Scarabus |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as The Monster (clip From Frankenstein (1931)) |
| 2009 | Happy Tears · as Imhotep |
| 2008 | One for the Fire: The Legacy of 'Night of the Living Dead' · as John Ellman |
| 2007 | Ian Rankin: Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde · as Cabman John Gray (archive Footage) |
| 2006 | Terror in the Tropics · as Mr. Wong (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Imhotep (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The Dead Will Walk · as The Monster |
| 2004 | Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen · as Cast |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made · as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive Footage) |
| 2004 | Van Helsing: The Man and the Monsters · as Frankenstein's Monster |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | The Mesmerist · as (archive Footage) |
| 2002 | The Universe According to Universal · as Dr. Janos Rukh |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula · as The Monster (archive Footage) |
| 1998 | Universal Horror · as (archive Footage) |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld · as Cast |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss · as (voice) (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers · as The Monster |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies · as Doctor Gustav Niemann |
| 1991 | Campfire Tales · as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe |
| 1990 | The Horror Hall of Fame · as Inductee |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to · as (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies · as Archival |
| 1989 | Shocker · as The Monster |
| 1989 | Transylvania Twist · as Man In Room (archive Footage) |
| 1986 | Lugosi: The Forgotten King · as The Monster |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror · as Gruesome In 'dick Tracey Meets Gruesome' |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as The Monster |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s · as (archive Footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All · as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as (archive Footage) |
| 1974 | Madhouse · as (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | The Incredible Invasion · as Prof. John Mayer |
| 1971 | Isle of the Snake People · as Carl Van Molder / Damballah |
| 1970 | Hatchet for the Honeymoon · as Gorca (archive Footage) |
| 1968 | The Crimson Cult · as Professor John Marsh |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game (TV Series) · as Mikhail Orlov |
| 1968 | Targets · as Byron Orlok |
| 1968 | Fear Chamber · as Dr. Carl Mandel |
| 1968 | House of Evil · as Matthias Morteval |
| 1968 | Cauldron of Blood · as Franz Badulescu |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? · as Baron Boris Von Frankenstein (voice) |
| 1967 | The Sorcerers · as Prof. Marcus Monserrat |
| 1966 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! · as Narrator / The Grinch (voice) |
| 1966 | The Venetian Affair · as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer · as The Rat (voice) |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini · as The Corpse |
| 1965 | Die, Monster, Die! · as Nahum Witley |
| 1965 | The Wild Wild West (TV Series) |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Don Ernesto Silvando |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach · as Art Dealer |
| 1964 | A Fool's World · as Narrator |
| 1963 | The Comedy of Terrors · as Amos Hinchley |
| 1963 | The Raven · as Dr. Scarabus |
| 1963 | Black Sabbath · as Gorca (segment "the Wurdalak") |
| 1963 | Tri plyus dva · as Mystery Novel Character |
| 1963 | The Terror · as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe |
| 1962 | Out of This World (TV Series) |
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace · as Jonathan Brewster |
| 1960 | |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood · as Dr. Thomas Bolton |
| 1958 | Frankenstein 1970 · as Baron Viktor Von Frankenstein |
| 1958 | The Haunted Strangler · as James Rankin |
| 1958 | Destination Nightmare · as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Jack the Ripper · as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason |
| 1958 | Boris Karloff's The Veil (TV Series) |
| 1958 | |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Judge Winthrop Gelsey |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) |
| 1957 | Voodoo Island · as Phillip Knight |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Guibert |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Alcoa Hour (TV Series) · as Doc Dixon |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee · as King Arthur |
| 1954 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV Series) · as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard |
| 1954 | |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Dr. Philip Nestri |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Mr. Mycroft |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway (TV Series) · as Jonathan Brewster |
| 1954 | The Island Monster · as Don Gaetano |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as George Redford |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
| 1953 | Colonel March Investigates · as Colonel March |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Henry E. Church |
| 1952 | The Black Castle · as Dr. Meissen |
| 1952 | CBS Television Workshop (TV Series) · as Don Quixote |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Jonathan Brewster |
| 1951 | The Strange Door · as Voltan |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Charles Brandon |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Professor Townsend (spy) |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow (TV Series) |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Montgomery Royle |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre (TV Series) · as Bennett Kimball |
| 1949 | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff · as Swami Talpur |
| 1949 | The Emperor's Nightingale · as Narrator (english Version) |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Toff |
| 1948 | Tap Roots · as Tishomingo |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Skaggs |
| 1948 | Ford Theatre (TV Series) · as Jonathan Brewster |
| 1948 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as Doctor Steven Johnson |
| 1947 | Unconquered · as Guyasuta, Chief Of The Senecas |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome · as Gruesome |
| 1947 | Lured · as Charles Van Druten |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead |
| 1946 | Lights Out (TV Series) |
| 1946 | Bedlam · as George Sims |
| 1945 | House of Dracula · as Frankenstein Monster In Dream Sequence |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Tower of London · as Mord |
| 1939 | British Intelligence · as Valdar |
| 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 |
| 1938 | Devil's Island · as Dr. Charles Gaudet |
| 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detective · as James Lee Wong |
| 1938 | The Invisible Menace · as Jevries |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai · as "general" Wu Yen Fang |
| 1937 | Night Key · as David Mallory |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan at the Opera · as Gravelle |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Again · as Dr. Laurience |
| 1936 | Juggernaut · as Dr. Victor Sartorius |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead · as John Ellman |
| 1935 | 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 | Bride of Frankenstein · as The Monster |
| 1934 | The Black Cat · as Hjalmar Poelzig |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild · as Count Ledrantz |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol · as Sanders |
| 1933 | |
| 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 | The Old Dark House · as Morgan |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls · as Man Approaching Ticket Counter |
| 1932 | Night World · as 'happy' Macdonald |
| 1932 | Scarface · as Gaffney |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man · as Nikko |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasure · as Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Behind the Mask · as Jim Henderson |
| 1931 | Frankenstein · as The Monster |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation · as Tony Ricca |
| 1931 | The Mad Genius · as Fedor's Father (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket · as Drunken Orderly |
| 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 | The Vanishing Legion · as The Voice (voice) |
| 1931 | Cracked Nuts · as Boris - First Revolutionary |
| 1931 | King of the Wild · as Mustapha |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never · as Waiter |
| 1930 | 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 | |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights · as Purser |
| 1927 | Soft Cushions · as The Chief Conspirator |
| 1927 | Tarzan and the Golden Lion · as Owaza |
| 1927 | Let It Rain · as Crook |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides · as Saracen Guard (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Bells · as The Mesmerist |
| 1924 | Dynamite Dan · as Tony Garcia |
| 1921 | The Hope Diamond Mystery · as Priest Of Kama-Sita / Dakar |
| 1920 | The Last of the Mohicans · as Indian (uncredited) |
| 1919 | His Majesty, the American · as Henchman In Cloth Cap |
| 1919 |