Boris Karloff
Acting
🎂 1887-11-23
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). 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.
Cast credits(287)
Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
Dr. Philip Nestri
1954
Vicar Tellworth
1954
Self - Nominee
1956
Bennett Kimball
1950
1950
Skaggs
1948
Professor Koernig
1948
King Arthur
1948
1960
Mikhail Orlov
1968
Mr. Singh
1965
Self
1956
Professor Townsend (Spy)
1951
Clayton Mace
1960
Self - Host
1960
Dr. Thorne
1960
Dr. Albert Farnham
1960
Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
1960
Doktor Konrad Markesan
1960
George Redford
1953
Toff
1949
1949
Bronson
1949
Rasputin
1949
1949
Self
1950
1956
Sir Arthur Strangeways
1950
Montgomery Royle
1950
Larkin
1950
1951
Judge Winthrop Gelsey
1957
Self - Guest Host / Singer
1964
Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
1958
Mother Muffin
1966
Self
1955
1988
1957
Self
1957
The Monster
1931
Gaffney
1932
Self
1954
Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1966
The Monster
1935
Ward Allen
1956
Gorca (archive footage)
1970
Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
1956
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1947
Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1963
(archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
1996
Art Dealer
1964
Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
1932
Jevries
1938
Cauchon
1951
Jonathan Brewster
1951
Byron Orlok
1968
Professor John Marsh
1968
Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
1947
Self (archive footage)
1975
1962
The Voice (voice)
1931
Mr. Kurtz
1958
Morgan
1932
Self (archive footage)
2021
Dr. Gustav Niemann
1944
The Monster
1939
Dr. Fu Manchu
1932
Mr. Blue Ocean
1953
Henry E. Church
1953
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self (archive footage)
1968
Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
2004
Count Ledrantz
1934
The Corpse
1966
Charles van Druten
1947
John Ellman
1936
Dr. Julian Blair
1941
Charles Brandon
1951
Sanders
1934
Edmond Bateman
1935
George Sims
1946
Mr. Mycroft
1955
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1940
Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1958
(archive footage)
1979
Tishomingo
1948
Dr. Konrad Markesan
1962
Dr. Henryk Savaard
1939
Voltan
1951
Self
1960
Dr. Scarabus
1963
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1953
Himself
1937
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1945
Self
1964
Self (archive footage)
2007
1958
The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1991
Sport Williams
1931
Self (archive footage)
2021
Nahum Witley
1965
Valdar
1939
Self (archive footage)
1982
(voice - archive footage)
1994
Waiter
1931
The Rat (voice)
1966
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1967
Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
1991
Dr. Meissen
1952
Dr. Laurence
1936
Man in Room (archive footage)
1989
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1942
2012
Various roles (archive footage)
2014
Dr. Thomas Bolton
1958
Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
Phillip Knight
1957
Gravelle
1936
Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1963
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Self (archive footage)
2002
Self
2000
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1928
Narrator
1964
Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
2023
La Momia (archivo de imagen)
2023
Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1967
Self
1956
1962
Swami Talpur
1949
Mord
1939
Boris Karloff
1932
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1926
John Gray
1945
Robber (uncredited)
1926
Franz Badulescu
1970
Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1932
James Lee Wong
1940
The Professor
1931
Self (archive footage)
2006
Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1944
The Monster (archive footage)
2000
Self (archive footage)
1974
King Arthur
1955
1949
'Happy' MacDonald
1932
James Rankin
1958
Self
1937
Purser
1927
(archive footage)
1984
Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1958
Dr. Leon Kravaal
1940
Self (archive footage)
2008
Gruesome
1947
James Lee Wong
1939
Scissors Grinder
1926
Beetham's Manservent
1929
James Lee Wong
1940
Nikko
1932
Dr. Carl Mandel
1968
1919
David Mallory
1937
Cecil
1929
T. Vernon Isopod
1931
(archive footage)
1974
Dr. Bernard Adrian
1940
Self - Interviewee
2022
Colonel March
1953
Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1931
Himself
1934
Amos Hinchley
1964
Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1987
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1935
Hjalmar Poelzig
1934
Self (archive footage)
2013
Narrator (English version)
1949
The Madman (archive footage)
1966
Self (archive footage)
2000
Dr. Ernest Sovac
1940
Dr. John Garth
1940
Pirate (uncredited)
1926
Ned Galloway
1931
James Lee Wong
1938
Tony Ricca
1931
Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1929
(archive footage)
1990
Bishop Cauchon
1957
Boris - First Revolutionary
1931
Ramon
1927
Fleming
1927
The Mesmerist
1926
Prof. Morlant
1933
Terry
1931
Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1925
Mustapha
1931
Pierre
1925
Self
1951
1925
Matthias Morteval
1968
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1967
Dr. Charles Gaudet
1939
Himself
1942
1925
Baptiste
1921
Self (archive footage)
1999
Snipe Collins
1926
Drunken Orderly
1931
Diego
1925
Self (archive footage)
1961
Carl van Molder / Damballah
1971
Mr. James Lee Wong
1939
Indian (uncredited)
1920
Dr. Janos Rukh
1936
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931
Jim Henderson
1932
Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1940
Scarface Macklin
1929
"General" Wu Yen Fang
1937
Corsican
1930
Mullins
1929
Nei Hamid
1921
Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
Prince Kapolski
1923
Gaspard
1926
Tony Garcia
1924
Henchman Baxter
1930
Maurice Kent
1928
General Pollegar
1955
Jules Gregg
1929
1924
Mr. Wong (archive footage)
2006
Dave Sinclair
1926
Monsieur Gaston
1930
Prof. John Mayer
1971
Pietro Castillano
1925
Himself (archive footage)
2007
Himself
1935
Imam Mowaffak
1922
Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1983
Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936
(archive footage)
2001
Blackie Blanchette
1926
Himself
1934
Archival
1990
Henchman in cloth cap
1919
Pug Doran
1929
The Chief Conspirator
1927
Grouchy
1928
Host
1962
Owaza
1927
Crook
1927
Al Meggs
1927
1929
Pavel
1927
Narrator (voice)
1957
Hugo
1922
The Nabob
1922
Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1958
The Outlaw
1924
Dance Hall Masher
1926
Self (archive footage)
2015
Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
2007
Jonathan Brewster
1962
Don Gaetano
1954
Jules Borney
1920
Cokey Joe
1931
Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1924
Maharajah Jehan
1922
Self
1941
Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1932
Tavish
1920
Ahmed Khan
1921
(archive footage)
2003
The Villain
1928
Undetermined Role
1919
Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1921
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1922
Boris
1929
Cabraza
1925
Narrator
1964
2004
Raoul Maris
1922
Self (archive footage)
2013
1980