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(285)
Bennett Kimball
1950
1950
Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
George Redford
1953
Professor Townsend (Spy)
1951
Self
1950
Mr. Singh
1965
Mikhail Orlov
1968
1951
Toff
1949
1949
Bronson
1949
Rasputin
1949
Skaggs
1948
Professor Koernig
1948
King Arthur
1948
Clayton Mace
1960
Self - Host
1960
Dr. Thorne
1960
Dr. Albert Farnham
1960
Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
1960
Doktor Konrad Markesan
1960
Self
1955
1960
1956
Self
1956
Dr. Philip Nestri
1954
Vicar Tellworth
1954
Self
1957
Self
1954
Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
1956
Judge Winthrop Gelsey
1957
Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
1958
1957
Self - Guest Host / Singer
1964
Cauchon
1951
Jonathan Brewster
1951
1962
Self
1956
1949
1949
1966
Sir Arthur Strangeways
1950
Montgomery Royle
1950
Larkin
1950
1958
Mr. Blue Ocean
1953
Henry E. Church
1953
Valdar
1939
The Monster
1931
Self
1951
Self (archive footage)
1975
Charles Brandon
1951
Purser
1927
Dr. Bernard Adrian
1940
Gaffney
1932
The Monster
1935
Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
1932
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1947
Byron Orlok
1968
Gruesome
1947
Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1966
Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1963
Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1963
Charles van Druten
1947
Morgan
1932
James Lee Wong
1940
Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
2004
Hjalmar Poelzig
1934
Dr. Scarabus
1963
Indian (uncredited)
1920
The Monster
1939
Art Dealer
1964
Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
1947
James Lee Wong
1938
Gorca (archive footage)
1970
Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
John Ellman
1936
Sanders
1934
Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1967
Mord
1939
Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1940
James Lee Wong
1939
Dr. Gustav Niemann
1944
Self (archive footage)
1968
Count Ledrantz
1934
Edmond Bateman
1935
Professor John Marsh
1968
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1953
The Corpse
1966
Tishomingo
1948
(archive footage)
1974
Dr. Thomas Bolton
1958
John Gray
1945
Carl van Molder / Damballah
1971
Dr. Meissen
1952
The Monster (archive footage)
2000
Ned Galloway
1931
Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1935
Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1940
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Dr. Laurence
1936
Matthias Morteval
1968
Beetham's Manservent
1929
Man in Room (archive footage)
1989
Amos Hinchley
1964
Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1944
Dr. Fu Manchu
1932
Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1967
The Rat (voice)
1966
Swami Talpur
1949
Sport Williams
1931
Dr. Ernest Sovac
1940
Nahum Witley
1965
2012
James Lee Wong
1940
Dr. Henryk Savaard
1939
(archive footage)
1998
Dr. Leon Kravaal
1940
George Sims
1946
Dr. Janos Rukh
1936
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1967
Prof. Morlant
1933
T. Vernon Isopod
1931
Self (archive footage)
1982
Self (archive footage)
1994
Self (archive footage)
2002
Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1932
Voltan
1951
Phillip Knight
1957
Mr. James Lee Wong
1939
Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1926
Self (archive footage)
2021
Self
2000
Self (archive footage)
2006
Self
1964
Self (archive footage)
1999
Self (archive footage)
2021
(archive footage)
1984
Scissors Grinder
1926
Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1928
Dr. Konrad Markesan
1962
Himself
1937
Diego
1925
Self (archive footage)
2007
Dr. John Garth
1940
Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1921
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1945
Dr. Julian Blair
1941
Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1958
Prof. John Mayer
1971
(archive footage)
1979
Franz Badulescu
1970
Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1958
Robber (uncredited)
1926
Corsican
1930
Self (archive footage)
2013
Boris Karloff
1932
Colonel March
1953
2004
Monsieur Gaston
1930
Dr. Charles Gaudet
1939
Gravelle
1936
Henchman Baxter
1930
David Mallory
1937
General Pollegar
1955
Henchman in cloth cap
1919
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1942
1962
Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1932
Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
1991
Self (archive footage)
1961
Hugo
1922
Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1983
Bishop Cauchon
1957
Self - Interviewee
2022
Self (archive footage)
2015
James Rankin
1958
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931
Self (archive footage)
1974
Jevries
1938
Don Gaetano
1954
(archive footage)
1990
The Mesmerist
1926
Himself
1934
Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1987
The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1991
Self (archive footage)
1996
Jules Gregg
1929
Pierre
1925
'Happy' MacDonald
1932
Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1958
Tony Garcia
1924
Self
1960
Ramon
1927
Waiter
1931
Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1929
Narrator (English version)
1949
Self (archive footage)
2008
Pavel
1927
1925
Nikko
1932
Narrator
1964
Self (archive footage)
2000
Dance Hall Masher
1926
Mr. Wong (archive footage)
2006
Pirate (uncredited)
1926
Baptiste
1921
Terry
1931
Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
2007
Jonathan Brewster
1962
Jim Henderson
1932
Prince Kapolski
1923
Various roles (archive footage)
2014
Archival
1990
Ward Allen
1956
Ahmed Khan
1921
Fleming
1927
Dr. Carl Mandel
1968
King Arthur
1955
Drunken Orderly
1931
Mustapha
1931
Self (archive footage)
2006
Himself
1934
Dave Sinclair
1926
Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1925
(voice - archive footage)
1994
Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
The Professor
1931
Imam Mowaffak
1922
Tony Ricca
1931
Boris - First Revolutionary
1931
Mr. Mycroft
1955
Self (archive footage)
2013
Pietro Castillano
1925
Owaza
1927
Himself (archive footage)
2007
"General" Wu Yen Fang
1937
The Madman (archive footage)
1966
Mr. Kurtz
1958
The Voice (voice)
1931
Host
1962
Self
1937
Blackie Blanchette
1926
Cokey Joe
1931
Cecil
1929
Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1924
The Nabob
1922
(archive footage)
2001
Himself
1942
Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1931
Tavish
1920
1919
Grouchy
1928
The Chief Conspirator
1927
Scarface Macklin
1929
Himself
1935
Pug Doran
1929
Cabraza
1925
Maharajah Jehan
1922
Undetermined Role
1919
Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936
Nei Hamid
1921
Snipe Collins
1926
Jules Borney
1920
Narrator (voice)
1957
The Outlaw
1924
Crook
1927
Maurice Kent
1928
The Villain
1928
Mullins
1929
Raoul Maris
1922
(archive footage)
2003
1924
Boris
1929
Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
2023
La Momia (archivo de imagen)
2023
Al Meggs
1927
1925
Self
1941
1980
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1922
Gaspard
1926
1929
Narrator
1964