Boris Karloff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1887-11-23

Day of Death

1969-02-02

Place of Birth

Camberwell, London, England, UK

Boris Karloff

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.

Filmography (240)

⭐ 0 Role: Self - (archive footage)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

⭐ 7.4 Role: The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Repair Shop

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

⭐ 4.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

⭐ 7.5 Role: Various roles (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)

⭐ 5.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

⭐ 8.4 Role: Self (archive footage)

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

⭐ 6.3 Role: Himself (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

⭐ 8.0 Role: Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

⭐ 7.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

⭐ 7.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

⭐ 0 Role: Mr. Wong (archive footage)

Terror in the Tropics

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

⭐ 8.0 Role: (archive footage)

The Mesmerist

⭐ 8.7 Role: (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

The American Nightmare

⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

⭐ 3.5 Role: The Monster (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

⭐ 7.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

⭐ 7.2 Role: Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

⭐ 7.1 Role: (archive footage)

Universal Horror

⭐ 8.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Universal Story

⭐ 8.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

⭐ 7.2 Role: (voice - archive footage)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Dracula in the Movies

⭐ 0 Role: Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

⭐ 9.5 Role: Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 6.2 Role: The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

⭐ 8.5 Role: (archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

⭐ 0 Role: Archival

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

⭐ 5.4 Role: Man in Room (archive footage)

Transylvania Twist

⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

Creepy Classics

⭐ 9.0 Role: (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

⭐ 8.3 Role: Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

The Horror of It All

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)

⭐ 3.8 Role: (archive footage)

The Horror Show

⭐ 6.3 Role: Self (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

⭐ 6.2 Role: (archive footage)

Madhouse

⭐ 7.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

⭐ 3.6 Role: Prof. John Mayer

Alien Terror

⭐ 3.1 Role: Carl van Molder / Damballah

Isle of the Snake People

⭐ 6.4 Role: Gorca (archive footage)

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

⭐ 5.2 Role: Professor John Marsh

Curse of the Crimson Altar

⭐ 7.1 Role: Byron Orlok

Targets

⭐ 4.4 Role: Dr. Carl Mandel

Fear Chamber

⭐ 4.0 Role: Matthias Morteval

Macabre Serenade

⭐ 4.3 Role: Franz Badulescu

Cauldron of Blood

⭐ 6.6 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy

⭐ 6.2 Role: Prof. Marcus Monserrat

The Sorcerers

⭐ 6.6 Role: Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

Mad Monster Party?

⭐ 7.5 Role: Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

⭐ 4.9 Role: Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

The Venetian Affair

⭐ 5.1 Role: The Rat (voice)

The Daydreamer

⭐ 5.1 Role: The Corpse

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

⭐ 10.0 Role: The Madman (archive footage)

Doom of Dracula

⭐ 5.6 Role: Nahum Witley

Die, Monster, Die!

⭐ 5.6 Role: Art Dealer

Bikini Beach

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Today's Teens

⭐ 6.5 Role: Amos Hinchley

The Comedy of Terrors

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self

Horror!!!

⭐ 3.4 Role: Narrator

A Fool's World

⭐ 7.2 Role: Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

Black Sabbath

⭐ 5.2 Role: Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

The Terror

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Scarabus

The Raven

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

⭐ 7.0 Role: Host

Little Lost Robot

⭐ 7.0 Role: Dr. Konrad Markesan

The Incredible Doktor Markesan

⭐ 6.5 Role: Jonathan Brewster

Arsenic & Old Lace

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Storm

⭐ 0 Role: Self

The Grim Reaper

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Days of Thrills and Laughter

⭐ 0 Role: Narrator

Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?

⭐ 1.0 Role: Self

The Fatal Impulse

⭐ 6.2 Role: Dr. Thomas Bolton

Corridors of Blood

⭐ 0 Role: Mr. Kurtz

Heart of Darkness

⭐ 5.4 Role: Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

Frankenstein 1970

⭐ 6.0 Role: James Rankin

Grip of the Strangler

⭐ 7.5 Role: Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason

Jack the Ripper

⭐ 6.0 Role: Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs

Destination Nightmare

⭐ 7.7 Role: Narrator (voice)

The Juggler of Our Lady

⭐ 0 Role: Bishop Cauchon

The Lark

⭐ 4.6 Role: Phillip Knight

Voodoo Island

⭐ 0 Role: Ward Allen

Rendezvous in Black

⭐ 6.0 Role: King Arthur

A Connecticut Yankee

⭐ 0 Role: Mr. Mycroft

Sting of Death

⭐ 4.6 Role: General Pollegar

Sabaka

⭐ 3.3 Role: Don Gaetano

The Island Monster

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

⭐ 6.2 Role: Colonel March

Colonel March Investigates

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Meissen

The Black Castle

⭐ 6.1 Role: Voltan

The Strange Door

⭐ 6.6 Role: Swami Talpur

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

⭐ 5.6 Role: Narrator (English version)

The Emperor's Nightingale

⭐ 6.9 Role: Tishomingo

Tap Roots

⭐ 6.4 Role: Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

Unconquered

⭐ 5.5 Role: Gruesome

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

⭐ 6.8 Role: Dr Hugo Hollingshead

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

⭐ 6.3 Role: Charles van Druten

Lured

⭐ 6.6 Role: George Sims

Bedlam

⭐ 6.1 Role: Gen. Nikolas Pherides

Isle of the Dead

⭐ 7.0 Role: John Gray

The Body Snatcher

⭐ 5.5 Role: Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

The Mummy's Curse

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Gustav Niemann

House of Frankenstein

⭐ 5.5 Role: Dr. Friedrich Hohner

The Climax

⭐ 6.1 Role: Prof. Nathaniel Billings

The Boogie Man Will Get You

⭐ 6.0 Role: Himself

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Julian Blair

The Devil Commands

⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Information Please: Series 2, No. 12

⭐ 5.6 Role: Judge Spencer Mainwaring

You'll Find Out

⭐ 4.8 Role: Dr. Bernard Adrian

The Ape

⭐ 5.7 Role: Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

The Mummy's Hand

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. John Garth

Before I Hang

⭐ 5.7 Role: James Lee Wong

Doomed to Die

⭐ 6.3 Role: Dr. Leon Kravaal

The Man with Nine Lives

⭐ 6.0 Role: Dr. Ernest Sovac

Black Friday

⭐ 5.7 Role: James Lee Wong

The Fatal Hour

⭐ 6.1 Role: Mord

Tower of London

⭐ 5.8 Role: Valdar

British Intelligence

⭐ 6.7 Role: Dr. Henryk Savaard

The Man They Could Not Hang

⭐ 5.4 Role: Mr. James Lee Wong

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

⭐ 5.8 Role: James Lee Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

⭐ 6.7 Role: The Monster

Son of Frankenstein

⭐ 5.7 Role: Dr. Charles Gaudet

Devil's Island

⭐ 5.6 Role: James Lee Wong

Mr. Wong, Detective

⭐ 4.3 Role: Jevries

The Invisible Menace

⭐ 6.0 Role: Self

Breakdowns of 1937

⭐ 5.8 Role: "General" Wu Yen Fang

West of Shanghai

⭐ 6.2 Role: David Mallory

Night Key

⭐ 8.0 Role: Himself

Cinema Circus

⭐ 6.8 Role: Gravelle

Charlie Chan at the Opera

⭐ 6.1 Role: Dr. Laurence

The Man Who Changed His Mind

⭐ 4.5 Role: Dr. Victor Sartorius

Juggernaut

⭐ 6.3 Role: John Ellman

The Walking Dead

⭐ 6.4 Role: Dr. Janos Rukh

The Invisible Ray

⭐ 6.5 Role: Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

The Black Room

⭐ 6.6 Role: Edmond Bateman

The Raven

⭐ 7.0 Role: Himself

Hollywood Hobbies

⭐ 7.5 Role: The Monster

Bride of Frankenstein

⭐ 5.0 Role: Himself

Gift of Gab

⭐ 6.7 Role: Hjalmar Poelzig

The Black Cat

⭐ 6.2 Role: Count Ledrantz

The House of Rothschild

⭐ 6.6 Role: Sanders

The Lost Patrol

⭐ 0 Role: Himself

Screen Snapshots No. 11

⭐ 5.6 Role: Prof. Morlant

The Ghoul

⭐ 6.8 Role: Imhotep / Ardath Bey

The Mummy

⭐ 5.6 Role: Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

Boo

⭐ 5.4 Role: Dr. Fu Manchu

The Mask of Fu Manchu

⭐ 6.7 Role: Morgan

The Old Dark House

⭐ 5.5 Role: Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Skyscraper Souls

⭐ 6.8 Role: 'Happy' MacDonald

Night World

⭐ 7.4 Role: Gaffney

Scarface

⭐ 5.9 Role: Nikko

The Miracle Man

⭐ 7.0 Role: Boris Karloff

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

⭐ 5.8 Role: Jim Henderson

Behind the Mask

⭐ 6.3 Role: Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

Business and Pleasure

⭐ 7.5 Role: The Monster

Frankenstein

⭐ 6.2 Role: Tony Ricca

The Guilty Generation

⭐ 5.1 Role: Drunken Orderly

The Yellow Ticket

⭐ 6.3 Role: Fedor's Father (uncredited)

The Mad Genius

⭐ 6.6 Role: T. Vernon Isopod

Five Star Final

⭐ 5.0 Role: Terry

Graft

⭐ 5.9 Role: Luigi - Pacheco's Butler

I Like Your Nerve

⭐ 6.4 Role: The Professor

The Public Defender

⭐ 6.8 Role: Sport Williams

Smart Money

⭐ 10.0 Role: Cokey Joe

Young Donovan's Kid

⭐ 8.5 Role: The Voice (voice)

The Vanishing Legion

⭐ 8.0 Role: Boris - First Revolutionary

Cracked Nuts

⭐ 4.2 Role: Mustapha

King of the Wild

⭐ 6.2 Role: Waiter

Tonight or Never

⭐ 6.1 Role: Ned Galloway

The Criminal Code

⭐ 5.5 Role: Henchman Baxter

The Utah Kid

⭐ 4.5 Role: Corsican

The Sea Bat

⭐ 7.0 Role: Monsieur Gaston

The Bad One

⭐ 5.6 Role: Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

The Unholy Night

⭐ 8.0 Role: Scarface Macklin

The King of the Kongo

⭐ 4.2 Role: Beetham's Manservent

Behind That Curtain

⭐ 8.0 Role: Jules Gregg

The Phantom of the North

⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Anne Against the World

⭐ 6.5 Role: Cecil

Two Sisters

⭐ 9.0 Role: Boris

The Devil's Chaplain

⭐ 5.0 Role: Mullins

The Fatal Warning

⭐ 10.0 Role: Pug Doran

Burning the Wind

⭐ 10.0 Role: Maurice Kent

The Little Wild Girl

⭐ 9.0 Role: Grouchy

Vultures of the Sea

⭐ 7.0 Role: The Villain

The Vanishing Rider

⭐ 7.0 Role: Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

Sharp Shooters

⭐ 8.0 Role: Fleming

The Love Mart

⭐ 5.9 Role: Purser

Two Arabian Knights

⭐ 7.0 Role: The Chief Conspirator

Soft Cushions

⭐ 8.0 Role: Ramon

The Phantom Buster

⭐ 9.0 Role: Al Meggs

The Meddlin' Stranger

⭐ 5.0 Role: Owaza

Tarzan and the Golden Lion

⭐ 8.0 Role: Pavel

The Princess from Hoboken

⭐ 7.0 Role: Crook

Let It Rain

⭐ 6.4 Role: Saracen Guard (uncredited)

Old Ironsides

⭐ 10.0 Role: Gaspard

Flaming Fury

⭐ 7.5 Role: Dance Hall Masher

The Nickel-Hopper

⭐ 10.0 Role: Pirate (uncredited)

The Eagle of the Sea

⭐ 10.0 Role: Blackie Blanchette

Flames

⭐ 10.0 Role: Dave Sinclair

The Golden Web

⭐ 6.3 Role: The Mesmerist

The Bells

⭐ 10.0 Role: Snipe Collins

Her Honor, the Governor

⭐ 10.0 Role: Robber (uncredited)

The Man in the Saddle

⭐ 8.0 Role: Scissors Grinder

The Greater Glory

⭐ 10.0 Role: Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)

Without Mercy

⭐ 4.0 Role: Pierre

Parisian Nights

⭐ 6.0 Role: Unknown

Never the Twain Shall Meet

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Perils of the Wild

⭐ 9.0 Role: Cabraza

Lady Robinhood

⭐ 8.0 Role: Diego

The Prairie Wife

⭐ 9.0 Role: Pietro Castillano

Forbidden Cargo

⭐ 6.0 Role: Tony Garcia

Dynamite Dan

⭐ 10.0 Role: Unknown

Riders of the Plains

⭐ 8.0 Role: The Outlaw

The Hellion

⭐ 7.0 Role: Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

The White Panther

⭐ 7.0 Role: Prince Kapolski

The Prisoner

⭐ 10.0 Role: Imam Mowaffak

Omar the Tentmaker

⭐ 8.0 Role: Hugo

The Altar Stairs

⭐ 10.0 Role: Raoul Maris

The Woman Conquers

⭐ 10.0 Role: Maharajah Jehan

The Man from Downing Street

⭐ 8.0 Role: The Nabob

The Infidel

⭐ 10.0 Role: Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Nan of the North

⭐ 9.0 Role: Baptiste

The Cave Girl

⭐ 8.0 Role: Nei Hamid

Cheated Hearts

⭐ 9.0 Role: Ahmed Khan

Without Benefit of Clergy

⭐ 10.0 Role: Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

The Hope Diamond Mystery

⭐ 6.3 Role: Indian (uncredited)

The Last of the Mohicans

⭐ 8.0 Role: Tavish

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

⭐ 9.0 Role: (uncredited)

The Woman and the Puppet

⭐ 7.5 Role: Jules Borney

The Deadlier Sex

⭐ 8.3 Role: Undetermined Role

The Prince and Betty

⭐ 6.6 Role: Henchman in cloth cap

His Majesty, the American

⭐ 9.0 Role: Unknown

The Lightning Raider