
Boris Karloff
AKA: William Henry PrattBirthday: 1887-11-23
Died: 1969-02-02
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Home Page: http://www.karloff.com/
Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 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!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Bride of Frankenstein
Character: The MonsterScarface
Character: GaffneyAbbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. HydeFrankenstein
Character: The MonsterSon of Frankenstein
Character: The MonsterHouse of Frankenstein
Character: Dr. Gustav NiemannFrankenstein 1970
Character: Baron Viktor von FrankensteinThe Mask of Fu Manchu
Character: Dr. Fu ManchuThe Movie Orgy
Character: Self (archive footage)Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
Character: SelfDevil's Island
Character: Dr. Charles GaudetThe Devil Commands
Character: Dr. Julian BlairLured
Character: Charles van DrutenThe Boogie Man Will Get You
Character: Prof. Nathaniel BillingsThe Black Castle
Character: Dr. MeissenThe Body Snatcher
Character: John GrayIsle of the Dead
Character: Gen. Nikolas PheridesCorridors of Blood
Character: Dr. Thomas BoltonJuggernaut
Character: Dr. Victor SartoriusThe Man Who Changed His Mind
Character: Dr. LaurenceTap Roots
Character: TishomingoDoomed to Die
Character: James Lee WongHe Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
Character: Self (archive footage)Mr. Wong, Detective
Character: James Lee WongThe Black Cat
Character: Hjalmar PoelzigBedlam
Character: George SimsThe Old Dark House
Character: MorganThe Terror
Character: Baron Victor Frederick Von LeppeThe White Panther
Character: Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)The Hellion
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The Prince and Betty
Character: Undetermined RoleForbidden Cargo
Character: Pietro CastillanoLady Robinhood
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Without Mercy
Character: Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Character: TavishThe Golden Web
Character: Dave SinclairCheated Hearts
Character: Nei HamidFlames
Character: Blackie BlanchetteFlaming Fury
Character: GaspardLet It Rain
Character: CrookThe Princess from Hoboken
Character: PavelThe Meddlin' Stranger
Character: Al MeggsSoft Cushions
Character: The Chief ConspiratorSharp Shooters
Character: Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)The Vanishing Rider
Character: The VillainVultures of the Sea
Character: GrouchyBurning the Wind
Character: Pug DoranBefore I Hang
Character: Dr. John GarthThe Man with Nine Lives
Character: Dr. Leon KravaalThe Man They Could Not Hang
Character: Dr. Henryk SavaardThe Little Wild Girl
Character: Maurice KentThe Black Room
Character: Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de BerghmanThe Fatal Warning
Character: MullinsThe Devil's Chaplain
Character: BorisTwo Sisters
Character: CecilThe Unholy Night
Character: Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)The Bad One
Character: Monsieur GastonBusiness and Pleasure
Character: Sheik Ali-Ben JosephThe Emperor's Nightingale
Character: Narrator (English version)The Walking Dead
Character: John EllmanBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Character: Narrator / The Grinch (voice)Nan of the North
Character: Undetermined Role (uncredited)The Man from Downing Street
Character: Maharajah JehanThe Infidel
Character: The NabobThe Altar Stairs
Character: HugoThe Woman Conquers
Character: Raoul MarisOmar the Tentmaker
Character: Imam MowaffakThe Prisoner
Character: Prince KapolskiThe Horror Show
Character: (archive footage)The Invisible Ray
Character: Dr. Janos RukhBlack Sabbath
Character: Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")Charlie Chan at the Opera
Character: GravelleNight Key
Character: David MalloryThe Ghoul
Character: Prof. MorlantKing of the Wild
Character: MustaphaCurse of the Crimson Altar
Character: Professor John MarshThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Character: Dr. Hugo HollingsheadBehind the Mask
Character: Jim HendersonTower of London
Character: MordHeroes of Horror
Character: (archive footage)Black Friday
Character: Dr. Ernest SovacThe Raven
Character: Dr. ScarabusMadhouse
Character: (archive footage)Die, Monster, Die!
Character: Nahum WitleyThe Comedy of Terrors
Character: Amos HinchleyAlien Terror
Character: Prof. John MayerFive Star Final
Character: T. Vernon IsopodThe Criminal Code
Character: Ned GallowayThe Ape
Character: Dr. Bernard AdrianThe Mummy
Character: Imhotep, alias Ardath BeyThe Mummy's Hand
Character: Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Character: Self (archive footage)Voodoo Island
Character: Phillip KnightThe Mummy's Curse
Character: Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)The Island Monster
Character: Don GaetanoThe Raven
Character: Edmond BatemanBehind That Curtain
Character: Beetham's ManserventThe Lost Patrol
Character: SandersMad Monster Party?
Character: Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)The Climax
Character: Dr. Friedrich HohnerThe Strange Door
Character: VoltanSmart Money
Character: Sport WilliamsFear Chamber
Character: Dr. Carl MandelMacabre Serenade
Character: Matthias MortevalIsle of the Snake People
Character: Carl van Molder / DamballahTargets
Character: Byron OrlokYou'll Find Out
Character: Judge Spencer MainwaringBritish Intelligence
Character: ValdarDick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Character: GruesomeUnconquered
Character: Guyasuta, Chief of the SenecasBoris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character: Self (archive footage)The Sorcerers
Character: Prof. Marcus MonserratCreepy Classics
Character: Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)The Lark
Character: Bishop CauchonThe American Nightmare
Character: SelfThe House of Rothschild
Character: Count LedrantzGrip of the Strangler
Character: James RankinMr. Wong in Chinatown
Character: Mr. James Lee WongThe Mystery of Mr. Wong
Character: James Lee WongThe Fatal Hour
Character: James Lee WongThe Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Character: The CorpseCauldron of Blood
Character: Franz BadulescuThe Venetian Affair
Character: Dr. Pierre VaugiroudTonight or Never
Character: WaiterSting of Death
Character: Mr. MycroftTarzan and the Golden Lion
Character: OwazaA Fool's World
Character: NarratorCinema Circus
Character: HimselfThe Mad Genius
Character: Fedor's Father (uncredited)The Vanishing Legion
Character: The Voice (voice)Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)The Many Faces of Dracula
Character: The Monster (archive footage)Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.Gift of Gab
Character: HimselfThe Public Defender
Character: The ProfessorGraft
Character: TerryThe Bells
Character: The MesmeristThe Nickel-Hopper
Character: Dance Hall MasherOops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character: Self (archive footage)The Sea Bat
Character: CorsicanThe Invisible Menace
Character: JevriesWest of Shanghai
Character: "General" Wu Yen FangThe Guilty Generation
Character: Tony RiccaA Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
Character: Self (archive footage)Dynamite Dan
Character: Tony GarciaMonster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Character: Various roles (archive footage)The King of the Kongo
Character: Scarface MacklinThe Daydreamer
Character: The Rat (voice)Cracked Nuts
Character: Boris - First RevolutionaryNight World
Character: 'Happy' MacDonaldLugosi: The Dark Prince
Character: Self (archive footage)Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)The Horror of It All
Character: Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)The Miracle Man
Character: NikkoClassic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
Character: Self (archive footage)Two Arabian Knights
Character: PurserThe Phantom of the North
Character: Jules GreggThe Utah Kid
Character: Henchman BaxterThe Last of the Mohicans
Character: Indian (uncredited)Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Character: ArchivalThe Eagle of the Sea
Character: Pirate (uncredited)The Phantom Buster
Character: RamonThe Juggler of Our Lady
Character: Narrator (voice)The Last Repair Shop
Character: The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character: Self - IntervieweeBela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Character: Himself (archive footage)Old Ironsides
Character: Saracen Guard (uncredited)The Deadlier Sex
Character: Jules BorneyThe Yellow Ticket
Character: Drunken OrderlyDays of Thrills and Laughter
Character: Self (archive footage)Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
Character: Self (archive footage)Colonel March Investigates
Character: Colonel MarchThe 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
Character: Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)Skyscraper Souls
Character: Man Approaching Ticket CounterThe Fatal Impulse
Character: SelfI Like Your Nerve
Character: Luigi - Pacheco's ButlerDestination Nightmare
Character: Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan DebsJack the Ripper
Character: Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis MasonTransylvania Twist
Character: Man in Room (archive footage)Boo
Character: Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")Little Lost Robot
Character: HostA Connecticut Yankee
Character: King ArthurThe Cave Girl
Character: BaptisteMummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Character: Self (archive footage)Terror in the Tropics
Character: Mr. Wong (archive footage)Bikini Beach
Character: Art DealerHis Majesty, the American
Character: Henchman in cloth capBreakdowns of 1937
Character: SelfThe Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
Character: Boris KarloffBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)The Mesmerist
Character: (archive footage)Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Character: HimselfKarloff: The Gentle Monster
Character: Self (archive footage)The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Character: Self (archive footage)Young Donovan's Kid
Character: Cokey JoeMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
Character: (archive footage)The Love Mart
Character: FlemingThe Universal Story
Character: Self (archive footage)Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Character: Cabman John Gray (archive footage)The Hope Diamond Mystery
Character: Priest of Kama-Sita / DakarSabaka
Character: General PollegarThe Greater Glory
Character: Scissors GrinderToday's Teens
Character: NarratorArsenic & Old Lace
Character: Jonathan BrewsterThe Prairie Wife
Character: DiegoWithout Benefit of Clergy
Character: Ahmed KhanHer Honor, the Governor
Character: Snipe CollinsJack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
Character: Self (archive footage)Doom of Dracula
Character: The Madman (archive footage)Hollywood Hobbies
Character: HimselfScreen Snapshots No. 11
Character: HimselfParisian Nights
Character: PierreHeart of Darkness
Character: Mr. KurtzThe Man in the Saddle
Character: Robber (uncredited)The Incredible Doktor Markesan
Character: Dr. Konrad MarkesanHatchet for the Honeymoon
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