Boris Karloff
Age: N/A | From: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: William Henry Pratt
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Homepage: http://www.karloff.com/
Movie Involvements: 187
TV Involvements: 28
Most Famous Work
Biography
Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 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.
Most Famous Work
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Bennett Kimball
Studio One
(1948) Professor Koernig
Bones
(2005) Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
The Name of the Game
(1968) Mikhail Orlov
The United States Steel Hour
(1953) George Redford
Climax!
(1954) Vicar Tellworth
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
(1956) Colonel March Of Scotland YardActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2022 | Self - Interviewee | |
| 2021 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Various roles (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | N/A | |
| 2008 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2006 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Mr. Wong (archive footage) | ||
| 2005 | Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2004 | Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage) | |
| N/A | ||
| 2003 | (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Self | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| The Monster (archive footage) | ||
| 1999 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | (voice - archive footage) | |
| (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1991 | Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage) | |
| The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. | ||
| 1990 | (archive footage) | |
| Archival | ||
| 1989 | Man in Room | |
| 1987 | Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome' | |
| 1984 | The Monster (Archive Footage) | |
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1983 | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1979 | (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1971 | Prof. John Mayer | |
| Carl van Molder / Damballah | ||
| 1970 | Gorca (archive footage) | |
| Franz Badulescu | ||
| 1968 | Professor John Marsh | |
| Mikhail Orlov | ||
| Byron Orlok | ||
| Dr. Carl Mandel | ||
| Matthias Morteval | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1967 | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | |
| Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) | ||
| Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | ||
| 1966 | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| The Rat (voice) | ||
| The Corpse | ||
| The Madman | ||
| 1965 | Nahum Witley | |
| N/A | ||
| The Monster (archive footage) | ||
| 1964 | Self - Guest Host / Singer | |
| Art Dealer | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Amos Hinchley | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1963 | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") | |
| Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | ||
| Dr. Scarabus | ||
| 1962 | Host | |
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Konrad Markesan | ||
| Jonathan Brewster | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1961 | Host | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1960 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Clayton Mace | ||
| Dr. Thorne | ||
| Dr. Albert Farnham | ||
| Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess | ||
| Doktor Konrad Markesan | ||
| 1958 | Dr. Thomas Bolton | |
| Mr. Kurtz | ||
| Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | ||
| James Rankin | ||
| Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | ||
| Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1957 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Judge Winthrop Gelsey | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| Bishop Cauchon | ||
| Phillip Knight | ||
| 1956 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Colonel March Of Scotland Yard | ||
| 1955 | self | |
| King Arthur | ||
| Mr. Mycroft | ||
| General Pollegar | ||
| 1954 | Dr. Philip Nestri | |
| Vicar Tellworth | ||
| Self | ||
| Don Gaetano | ||
| 1953 | George Redford | |
| Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | ||
| Colonel March | ||
| Mr. Blue Ocean | ||
| Henry E. Church | ||
| 1952 | Dr. Meissen | |
| 1951 | Cauchon | |
| Jonathan Brewster | ||
| Charles Brandon | ||
| Professor Townsend (Spy) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Voltan | ||
| Self | ||
| 1950 | Sir Arthur Strangeways | |
| Larkin | ||
| Montgomery Royle | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| Bennett Kimball | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1949 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Swami Talpur | ||
| Narrator (English version) | ||
| Toff | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bronson | ||
| Rasputin | ||
| 1948 | Skaggs | |
| King Arthur | ||
| Professor Koernig | ||
| Tishomingo | ||
| 1947 | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | |
| Gruesome | ||
| Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | ||
| Charles van Druten | ||
| 1946 | George Sims | |
| 1945 | Gen. Nikolas Pherides | |
| John Gray | ||
| 1944 | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | |
| Dr. Gustav Niemann | ||
| Dr. Friedrich Hohner | ||
| 1942 | Prof. Nathaniel Billings | |
| Himself | ||
| 1941 | Self | |
| Dr. Julian Blair | ||
| 1940 | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | |
| Dr. Bernard Adrian | ||
| Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) | ||
| Dr. John Garth | ||
| James Lee Wong | ||
| Dr. Leon Kravaal | ||
| Dr. Ernest Sovac | ||
| James Lee Wong | ||
| 1939 | Mord | |
| Valdar | ||
| Dr. Henryk Savaard | ||
| Mr. James Lee Wong | ||
| James Lee Wong | ||
| The Monster | ||
| Dr. Charles Gaudet | ||
| 1938 | James Lee Wong | |
| Jevries | ||
| 1937 | Self | |
| "General" Wu Yen Fang | ||
| David Mallory | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1936 | Gravelle | |
| Dr. Laurience | ||
| Dr. Victor Sartorius | ||
| John Ellman | ||
| Dr. Janos Rukh | ||
| 1935 | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman | |
| Edmond Bateman | ||
| Himself | ||
| The Monster | ||
| 1934 | Himself | |
| Hjalmar Poelzig | ||
| Count Ledrantz | ||
| Sanders | ||
| Himself | ||
| 1933 | Prof. Morlant | |
| 1932 | Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey | |
| Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") | ||
| Dr. Fu Manchu | ||
| Morgan | ||
| Man Approaching Ticket Counter | ||
| 'Happy' MacDonald | ||
| Gaffney | ||
| Nikko | ||
| Boris Karloff | ||
| Jim Henderson | ||
| Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | The Monster | |
| Tony Ricca | ||
| Drunken Orderly | ||
| Fedor's Father (uncredited) | ||
| T. Vernon Isopod | ||
| Terry | ||
| Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | ||
| The Professor | ||
| Sport Williams | ||
| Cokey Joe | ||
| The Voice (voice) | ||
| Boris - First Revolutionary | ||
| Mustapha | ||
| Waiter | ||
| Ned Galloway | ||
| 1930 | Henchman Baxter | |
| Corsican | ||
| Monsieur Gaston | ||
| 1929 | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) | |
| Scarface Macklin | ||
| Beetham's Manservent | ||
| Jules Gregg | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cecil | ||
| Boris | ||
| Mullins | ||
| Pug Doran | ||
| 1928 | Maurice Kent | |
| Grouchy | ||
| The Villain | ||
| Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) | ||
| 1927 | Fleming | |
| Purser | ||
| The Chief Conspirator | ||
| Ramon | ||
| Al Meggs | ||
| Owaza | ||
| Pavel | ||
| Crook | ||
| 1926 | Saracen Guard (uncredited) | |
| Gaspard | ||
| Dance Hall Masher | ||
| Pirate (uncredited) | ||
| Blackie Blanchette | ||
| Dave Sinclair | ||
| The Mesmerist | ||
| Snipe Collins | ||
| Robber (uncredited) | ||
| Scissors Grinder | ||
| 1925 | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) | |
| Pierre | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cabraza | ||
| Diego | ||
| Pietro Castillano | ||
| 1924 | Tony Garcia | |
| N/A | ||
| The Outlaw | ||
| Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) | ||
| 1923 | Prince Kapolski | |
| 1922 | Imam Mowaffak | |
| Hugo | ||
| Raoul Maris | ||
| Maharajah Jehan | ||
| The Nabob | ||
| Undetermined Role (uncredited) | ||
| 1921 | Baptiste | |
| Nei Hamid | ||
| Ahmed Khan | ||
| Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar | ||
| 1920 | Indian (uncredited) | |
| Tavish | ||
| Jules Borney | ||
| 1919 | Undetermined Role | |
| Henchman in cloth cap | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Thanks | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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