Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

23/11/1887

Day of Death

02/02/1969
(82) years old

Place of Birth

Camberwell, London, England, UK

Biography

Boris Karloff, 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)... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2024

The Last Repair Shop

as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredite...

2023

The dark Universe

as Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)

2023

The dark Universe

as La Momia (archivo de imagen)

2022

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

as Self - Interviewee

2021

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monste...

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! M...

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monste...

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the H...

as Various roles (archive footage)

2013

A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B,...

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

as Self (archive footage)

2008

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art o...

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

as Himself (archive footage)

2007

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr...

as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Terror in the Tropics

as Mr. Wong (archive footage)

2004

The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)

2003

The Mesmerist

as (archive footage)

2002

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood ...

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Heroes of Horror

as (archive footage)

2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Uneart...

as Self (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

as The Monster (archive footage)

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga ...

as Self (archive footage)

1998

Universal Horror

as (archive footage)

1996

The Universal Story

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

as Self (archive footage)

1994

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special ...

as (voice - archive footage)

1991

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)

1991

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyl...

1990

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

as (archive footage)

1989

Transylvania Twist

as Man in Room (archive footage)

1987

Creepy Classics

as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1983

The Horror of It All

as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive...

1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

1979

The Horror Show

as (archive footage)

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

1974

Madhouse

as (archive footage)

1974

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salut...

as Self (archive footage)

1971

Alien Terror

as Prof. John Mayer

1971

Isle of the Snake People

as Carl van Molder / Damballah

1970

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

as Gorca (archive footage)

1970

Cauldron of Blood

as Franz Badulescu

1968

Curse of the Crimson Altar

as Professor John Marsh

1968

Targets

as Byron Orlok

1968

Fear Chamber

as Dr. Carl Mandel

1968

Macabre Serenade

as Matthias Morteval

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1967

The Sorcerers

as Prof. Marcus Monserrat

1967

Mad Monster Party?

as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

1967

The Venetian Affair

as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

1966

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

1966

The Daydreamer

as The Rat (voice)

1966

Doom of Dracula

as The Madman (archive footage)

1965

Die, Monster, Die!

as Nahum Witley

1964

Bikini Beach

as Art Dealer

1964

Today's Teens

as Narrator

1964

The Comedy of Terrors

as Amos Hinchley

1964

Horror!!!

as Self

1964

A Fool's World

as Narrator

1963

Black Sabbath

as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

1963

The Terror

as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

1963

The Raven

as Dr. Scarabus

1962

The Incredible Doktor Markesan

as Dr. Konrad Markesan

1962

Arsenic & Old Lace

as Jonathan Brewster

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

1958

Corridors of Blood

as Dr. Thomas Bolton

1958

Heart of Darkness

as Mr. Kurtz

1958

Frankenstein 1970

as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

1958

Grip of the Strangler

as James Rankin

1958

Jack the Ripper

as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbu...

1958

Destination Nightmare

as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Profe...

1957

The Juggler of Our Lady

as Narrator (voice)

1957

The Lark

as Bishop Cauchon

1957

Voodoo Island

as Phillip Knight

1956

Rendezvous in Black

as Ward Allen

1955

A Connecticut Yankee

as King Arthur

1955

Sting of Death

as Mr. Mycroft

1955

Sabaka

as General Pollegar

1954

The Island Monster

as Don Gaetano

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and ...

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

1953

Colonel March Investigates

as Colonel March

1952

The Black Castle

as Dr. Meissen

1951

The Strange Door

as Voltan

1949

The Emperor's Nightingale

as Narrator (English version)

1948

Tap Roots

as Tishomingo

1947

Unconquered

as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead

1947

Lured

as Charles van Druten

1946

Bedlam

as George Sims

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 / u...

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

The Ape

as Dr. Bernard Adrian

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

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

1939

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

1937

Cinema Circus

as Himself

1936

The Man Who Changed His Mind

as Dr. Laurence

1936

Juggernaut

as Dr. Victor Sartorius

1936

The Walking Dead

as John Ellman

1936

The Invisible Ray

as Dr. Janos Rukh

1935

The Black Room

as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berg...

1935

The Raven

as Edmond Bateman

1935

Hollywood Hobbies

as Himself

1935

Bride of Frankenstein

as The Monster

1934

Gift of Gab

as Himself

1934

The Black Cat

as Hjalmar Poelzig

1934

The House of Rothschild

as Count Ledrantz

1934

The Lost Patrol

as Sanders

1933

The Ghoul

as Prof. Morlant

1932

The Mummy

as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey

1932

Boo

as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Fra...

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

Behind the Mask

as Jim Henderson

1932

Business and Pleasure

as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

1931

Frankenstein

as The Monster

1931

The Guilty Generation

as Tony Ricca

1931

The Yellow Ticket

as Drunken Orderly

1931

The Mad Genius

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

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

Young Donovan's Kid

as Cokey Joe

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

1931

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 (u...

1929

The King of the Kongo

as Scarface Macklin

1929

Behind That Curtain

as Beetham's Manservent

1929

The Phantom of the North

as Jules Gregg

1929

Two Sisters

as Cecil

1929

The Fatal Warning

as Mullins

1929

Burning the Wind

as Pug Doran

1928

The Little Wild Girl

as Maurice Kent

1928

Vultures of the Sea

as Grouchy

1928

The Vanishing Rider

as The Villain

1928

Sharp Shooters

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

1927

The Love Mart

as Fleming

1927

Two Arabian Knights

as Purser

1927

Soft Cushions

as The Chief Conspirator

1927

The Phantom Buster

as Ramon

1927

The Meddlin' Stranger

as Al Meggs

1927

Let It Rain

as Crook

1926

Old Ironsides

as Saracen Guard (uncredited)

1926

Flaming Fury

as Gaspard

1926

The Nickel-Hopper

as Dance Hall Masher

1926

The Eagle of the Sea

as Pirate (uncredited)

1926

Flames

as Blackie Blanchette

1926

The Golden Web

as Dave Sinclair

1926

The Bells

as The Mesmerist

1926

Her Honor, the Governor

as Snipe Collins

1926

The Man in the Saddle

as Robber (uncredited)

1926

The Greater Glory

as Scissors Grinder

1925

Without Mercy

as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited...

1925

Parisian Nights

as Pierre

1925

Lady Robinhood

as Cabraza

1925

The Prairie Wife

as Diego

1925

Forbidden Cargo

as Pietro Castillano

1924

Dynamite Dan

as Tony Garcia

1924

The Hellion

as The Outlaw

1924

The White Panther

as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

1923

The Prisoner

as Prince Kapolski

1922

Omar the Tentmaker

as Imam Mowaffak

1922

The Altar Stairs

as Hugo

1922

The Woman Conquers

as Raoul Maris

1922

The Man from Downing Street

as Maharajah Jehan

1922

The Infidel

as The Nabob

1922

Nan of the North

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

1921

The Cave Girl

as Baptiste

1921

Cheated Hearts

as Nei Hamid

1921

Without Benefit of Clergy

as Ahmed Khan

1921

The Hope Diamond Mystery

as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

1920

The Last of the Mohicans

as Indian (uncredited)

1920

The Deadlier Sex

as Jules Borney

1919

The Prince and Betty

as Undetermined Role

1919

His Majesty, the American

as Henchman in cloth cap

Crew

1964

Bikini Beach

as Thanks