Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

1887-11-23 Camberwell, London, England, UK Male 273 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-11-23

Place of Birth

Camberwell, London, England, UK

Known Credits

273

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

William Henry Pratt, بوریس کارلوف

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Frankenstein

1931

The Monster

Scarface

1932

Gaffney

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

The Monster

The Mummy

1932

Imhotep / Ardath Bey

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966

Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

The Black Cat

1934

Hjalmar Poelzig

Unconquered

1947

Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

Black Sabbath

1963

Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

Targets

1968

Byron Orlok

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

Dr Hugo Hollingshead

The Terror

1963

Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

The Movie Orgy

1968

Self (archive footage)

The Raven

1963

Dr. Scarabus

Bikini Beach

1964

Art Dealer

Son of Frankenstein

1939

The Monster

The Last Repair Shop

2024

The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

House of Frankenstein

1944

Dr. Gustav Niemann

Lured

1947

Charles van Druten

The Climax

1944

Dr. Friedrich Hohner

The Daydreamer

1966

The Rat (voice)

Transylvania Twist

1989

Man in Room (archive footage)

The Universal Story

1996

Self (archive footage)

Black Friday

1940

Dr. Ernest Sovac

The Walking Dead

1936

John Ellman

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932

Dr. Fu Manchu

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.

The Raven

1935

Edmond Bateman

The Criminal Code

1931

Ned Galloway

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

Amos Hinchley

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Self (archive footage)

The Mummy's Hand

1940

Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

Various roles (archive footage)

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

James Lee Wong

Madhouse

1974

(archive footage)

The Black Room

1935

Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

Professor John Marsh

The Body Snatcher

1945

John Gray

The Horror Show

1979

(archive footage)

Tap Roots

1948

Tishomingo

Voodoo Island

1957

Phillip Knight

The Mummy's Curse

1944

Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

Bedlam

1946

George Sims

The Lost Patrol

1934

Sanders

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

Self (archive footage)

Die, Monster, Die!

1965

Nahum Witley

Smart Money

1931

Sport Williams

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

Self (archive footage)

Mad Monster Party?

1967

Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

Creepy Classics

1987

Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

(archive footage)

The Black Castle

1952

Dr. Meissen

Before I Hang

1940

Dr. John Garth

The Sorcerers

1967

Prof. Marcus Monserrat

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

The Monster (archive footage)

The Invisible Ray

1936

Dr. Janos Rukh

The Strange Door

1951

Voltan

Night Key

1937

David Mallory

Skyscraper Souls

1932

Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Isle of the Snake People

1971

Carl van Molder / Damballah

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942

Prof. Nathaniel Billings

The Ape

1940

Dr. Bernard Adrian

Old Ironsides

1926

Saracen Guard (uncredited)

The Sea Bat

1930

Corsican

The Man with Nine Lives

1940

Dr. Leon Kravaal

The Mad Genius

1931

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

The Fatal Hour

1940

James Lee Wong

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

1970

Gorca (archive footage)

Doomed to Die

1940

James Lee Wong

Frankenstein 1970

1958

Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

Night World

1932

'Happy' MacDonald

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939

Mr. James Lee Wong

The House of Rothschild

1934

Count Ledrantz

The Bells

1926

The Mesmerist

The Ghoul

1933

Prof. Morlant

Behind the Mask

1932

Jim Henderson

The Last of the Mohicans

1920

Indian (uncredited)

Corridors of Blood

1958

Dr. Thomas Bolton

Colonel March Investigates

1953

Colonel March

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)

Grip of the Strangler

1958

James Rankin

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939

James Lee Wong

Five Star Final

1931

T. Vernon Isopod

The Venetian Affair

1966

Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

Devil's Island

1939

Dr. Charles Gaudet

The Vanishing Legion

1931

The Voice (voice)

Universal Horror

1998

(archive footage)

I Like Your Nerve

1931

Luigi - Pacheco's Butler

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Self (archive footage)

Cinema Circus

1937

Himself

Graft

1931

Terry

Heart of Darkness

1958

Mr. Kurtz

Halloween Monster Bash

1991

Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013

Self (archive footage)

Boo

1932

Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

Behind That Curtain

1929

Beetham's Manservent

The Yellow Ticket

1931

Drunken Orderly

The Devil Commands

1941

Dr. Julian Blair

The Greater Glory

1926

Scissors Grinder

Cheated Hearts

1921

Nei Hamid

Gift of Gab

1934

Himself

Isle of the Dead

1945

Gen. Nikolas Pherides

The Man They Could Not Hang

1939

Dr. Henryk Savaard

The Unholy Night

1929

Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

The Public Defender

1931

The Professor

The Love Mart

1927

Fleming

Young Donovan's Kid

1931

Cokey Joe

Alien Terror

1971

Prof. John Mayer

Business and Pleasure

1932

Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

The Lark

1957

Bishop Cauchon

The Horror of It All

1983

Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Omar the Tentmaker

1922

Imam Mowaffak

Macabre Serenade

1968

Matthias Morteval

Cauldron of Blood

1968

Franz Badulescu

Sabaka

1955

General Pollegar

West of Shanghai

1937

"General" Wu Yen Fang

Without Mercy

1925

Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)

A Connecticut Yankee

1955

King Arthur

Flames

1926

Blackie Blanchette

Soft Cushions

1927

The Chief Conspirator

Tonight or Never

1931

Waiter

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

Self (archive footage)

You'll Find Out

1940

Judge Spencer Mainwaring

Flaming Fury

1926

Gaspard

The Incredible Doktor Markesan

1962

Dr. Konrad Markesan

Fear Chamber

1968

Dr. Carl Mandel

Juggernaut

1936

Dr. Victor Sartorius

The Infidel

1922

The Nabob

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006

Self (archive footage)

Arsenic & Old Lace

1962

Jonathan Brewster

Dynamite Dan

1924

Tony Garcia

Rendezvous in Black

1956

Ward Allen

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

2007

Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

King of the Wild

1931

Mustapha

The Prince and Betty

1919

Undetermined Role

Doom of Dracula

1966

The Madman (archive footage)

The King of the Kongo

1929

Scarface Macklin

A Fool's World

1964

Narrator

The Deadlier Sex

1920

Jules Borney

Heroes of Horror

2001

(archive footage)

Destination Nightmare

1958

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

Sharp Shooters

1928

Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

The Eagle of the Sea

1926

Pirate (uncredited)

The Utah Kid

1930

Henchman Baxter

The Mesmerist

2003

(archive footage)

The Bad One

1930

Monsieur Gaston

Let It Rain

1927

Crook

The Woman Conquers

1922

Raoul Maris

Nan of the North

1922

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Little Wild Girl

1928

Maurice Kent

Jack the Ripper

1958

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

The Guilty Generation

1931

Tony Ricca

The Man in the Saddle

1926

Robber (uncredited)

Horror!!!

1964

Self

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Lady Robinhood

1925

Cabraza

The Prisoner

1923

Prince Kapolski

Terror in the Tropics

2006

Mr. Wong (archive footage)

Burning the Wind

1929

Pug Doran

The Island Monster

1954

Don Gaetano

The Fatal Warning

1929

Mullins

The Woman and the Puppet

1920

(uncredited)

Hollywood Hobbies

1935

Himself

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006

Self (archive footage)

The Golden Web

1926

Dave Sinclair

The Man from Downing Street

1922

Maharajah Jehan

Two Sisters

1929

Cecil

Cracked Nuts

1931

Boris - First Revolutionary

The Hope Diamond Mystery

1921

Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

The Cave Girl

1921

Baptiste

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

Dance Hall Masher

Forbidden Cargo

1925

Pietro Castillano

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007

Himself (archive footage)

The Juggler of Our Lady

1957

Narrator (voice)

Parisian Nights

1925

Pierre

The Hellion

1924

The Outlaw

Her Honor, the Governor

1926

Snipe Collins

His Majesty, the American

1919

Henchman in cloth cap

The White Panther

1924

Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

The Vanishing Rider

1928

The Villain

Sting of Death

1955

Mr. Mycroft

Today's Teens

1964

Narrator

TV Credits

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

Bennett Kimball (1 episodes)

Climax!

1954

Dr. Philip Nestri (1 episodes)

The Wild Wild West

1965

Mr. Singh (1 episodes)

Route 66

1960

(1 episodes)

Studio One

1948

Skaggs (1 episodes)

What's My Line?

1950

Self (1 episodes)

The Red Skelton Show

1951

Professor Townsend (Spy) (1 episodes)

The Name of the Game

1968

Mikhail Orlov (1 episodes)

Thriller

1960

Clayton Mace (1 episodes)

McCloud

1970

Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Suspense

1949

Toff (1 episodes)

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker (1 episodes)

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

Self (2 episodes)

Lights Out

1949

(1 episodes)

Telephone Time

1956

(1 episodes)

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

(2 episodes)

Lux Video Theatre

1950

Sir Arthur Strangeways (1 episodes)

The United States Steel Hour

1953

George Redford (1 episodes)

This Is Your Life

1955

Self (1 episodes)

Suspicion

1957

Judge Winthrop Gelsey (1 episodes)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

Mother Muffin (1 episodes)

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

(1 episodes)

The George Gobel Show

1954

Self (1 episodes)

Shindig!

1964

Self - Guest Host / Singer (1 episodes)

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956

Colonel March Of Scotland Yard (26 episodes)

Out of This World

1962

Host (14 episodes)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Cauchon (1 episodes)

General Electric Theater

1953

Mr. Blue Ocean (1 episodes)

The Veil

1958

(10 episodes)

The Lux Show

1957

Self (1 episodes)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Charles Brandon (1 episodes)

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

Self (1 episodes)

Starring Boris Karloff

1949

(13 episodes)

Down You Go

1951

Self (7 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Bikini Beach

Thanks

1964

TV Production Credits

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