Boris Karloff

The Monster

Colin Clive

Henry Frankenstein

Valerie Hobson

Elizabeth

Ernest Thesiger

Doctor Pretorius

Elsa Lanchester

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate

Gavin Gordon

Lord Byron

Douglas Walton

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Una O'Connor

Minnie

E. E. Clive

Burgomaster

Lucien Prival

Butler

O. P. Heggie

Hermit

Dwight Frye

Karl

Reginald Barlow

Hans

Mary Gordon

Hans' Wife

Anne Darling

Shepherdess

Ted Billings

Ludwig

Billy Barty

Baby (uncredited)

Robert Adair

Hunter in Woods (uncredited)

Norman Ainsley

Archbishop (uncredited)

Frank Benson

Villager (uncredited)

Maurice Black

Gypsy (uncredited)

Walter Brennan

Peasant (uncredited)

Mae Bruce

Villager (uncredited)

A.S. Byron

King Homunculus (uncredited)

John Carradine

Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)

D'Arcy Corrigan

Procession Leader (uncredited)

Grace Cunard

Villager (uncredited)

J. Gunnis Davis

Uncle Glutz (uncredited)

Marie DeForrest

Ballerina (uncredited)

Elspeth Dudgeon

Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)

Helen Jerome Eddy

Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)

Neil Fitzgerald

Rudy (uncredited)

Brenda Fowler

Mother (uncredited)

John George

Villager (uncredited)

Helen Gibson

Villager (uncredited)

Marilyn Harris

Girl (uncredited)

Carmencita Johnson

Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)

Rollo Lloyd

Neighbor (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie

Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)

Josephine McKim

Little Mermaid (uncredited)

Torben Meyer

Victim in flashback (uncredited)

Edwin Mordant

Coroner (uncredited)

Charles Murphy

Guard (uncredited)

Joseph North

Servant (uncredited)

Helen Parrish

Communion Girl (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

Villager (uncredited)

Tempe Pigott

Auntie Glutz (uncredited)

Sarah Schwartz

Marta (uncredited)

Peter Shaw

Devil (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

Neighbor (uncredited)

Frank Terry

Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)

Anders Van Haden

Villager (uncredited)

Dorothy Vernon

Maid (uncredited)

Lucio Villegas

Priest (uncredited)

Joan Woodbury

Queen Homunculus (uncredited)