Boris Karloff
Birthday
1887/11/23
Day of death
1969/02/02 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Also know as
William Henry Pratt, بوریس کارلوف
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1935) Bride of Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1932) Scarface
as Gaffney
(1953) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
(1931) Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1939) Son of Frankenstein
as The Monster
(1944) House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
(1958) Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
(1932) The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
(1968) The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
(1941) Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
as Self
(1939) Devil's Island
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
(1947) Lured
as Charles van Druten
(1941) The Devil Commands
as Dr. Julian Blair
(1942) The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
(1952) The Black Castle
as Dr. Meissen
(1945) The Body Snatcher
as John Gray
(1945) Isle of the Dead
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
(1958) Corridors of Blood
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
(1936) The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Laurence
(1936) Juggernaut
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
(1948) Tap Roots
as Tishomingo
(1940) Doomed to Die
as James Lee Wong
(2008) He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Mr. Wong, Detective
as James Lee Wong
(1934) The Black Cat
as Hjalmar Poelzig
(1946) Bedlam
as George Sims
(1932) The Old Dark House
as Morgan
(1963) The Terror
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
(1919) The Lightning Raider
as ---
(1924) The Hellion
as The Outlaw
(1924) The White Panther
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
(1924) Riders of the Plains
as ---
(1925) Forbidden Cargo
as Pietro Castillano
(1919) The Prince and Betty
as Undetermined Role
(1925) Perils of the Wild
as ---
(1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet
as ---
(1925) Without Mercy
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
(1925) Lady Robinhood
as Cabraza
(1920) The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as Tavish
(1926) Flaming Fury
as Gaspard
(1921) Cheated Hearts
as Nei Hamid
(1926) Flames
as Blackie Blanchette
(1926) The Golden Web
as Dave Sinclair
(1927) The Princess from Hoboken
as Pavel
(1927) Let It Rain
as Crook
(1927) The Meddlin' Stranger
as Al Meggs
(1927) Soft Cushions
as The Chief Conspirator
(1928) Sharp Shooters
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
(1928) Vultures of the Sea
as Grouchy
(1929) Burning the Wind
as Pug Doran
(1939) The Man They Could Not Hang
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
(1928) The Vanishing Rider
as The Villain
(1940) The Man with Nine Lives
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
(1940) Before I Hang
as Dr. John Garth
(1928) The Little Wild Girl
as Maurice Kent
(1935) The Black Room
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
(1929) The Fatal Warning
as Mullins
(1929) The Devil's Chaplain
as Boris
(1929) Two Sisters
as Cecil
(1929) The Unholy Night
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
(1930) The Bad One
as Monsieur Gaston
(1929) Anne Against the World
as ---
(1932) Business and Pleasure
as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
(1949) The Emperor's Nightingale
as Narrator (English version)
(1936) The Walking Dead
as John Ellman
(1949) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur
(2004) Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
as ---
(1966) How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
(1922) Nan of the North
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
(1922) The Man from Downing Street
as Maharajah Jehan
(1922) The Infidel
as The Nabob
(1922) The Woman Conquers
as Raoul Maris
(1922) The Altar Stairs
as Hugo
(1923) The Prisoner
as Prince Kapolski
(1922) Omar the Tentmaker
as Imam Mowaffak
(1979) The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
(1936) The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Janos Rukh
(1963) Black Sabbath
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
(1931) King of the Wild
as Mustapha
(1936) Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Gravelle
(1933) The Ghoul
as Prof. Morlant
(1937) Night Key
as David Mallory
(1968) Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Professor John Marsh
(1947) The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
(1932) Behind the Mask
as Jim Henderson
(1939) Tower of London
as Mord
(2001) Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
(1940) Black Friday
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
(1963) The Raven
as Dr. Scarabus
(1974) Madhouse
as (archive footage)
(1965) Die, Monster, Die!
as Nahum Witley
(1964) The Comedy of Terrors
as Amos Hinchley
(1971) Alien Terror
as Prof. John Mayer
(1931) Five Star Final
as T. Vernon Isopod
(1931) The Criminal Code
as Ned Galloway
(1940) The Ape
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
(1932) The Mummy
as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
(1940) The Mummy's Hand
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
(1974) The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) Voodoo Island
as Phillip Knight
(1944) The Mummy's Curse
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
(1954) The Island Monster
as Don Gaetano
(1935) The Raven
as Edmond Bateman
(1929) Behind That Curtain
as Beetham's Manservent
(1934) The Lost Patrol
as Sanders
(1967) Mad Monster Party?
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
(1944) The Climax
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
(1951) The Strange Door
as Voltan
(1931) Smart Money
as Sport Williams
(1968) Fear Chamber
as Dr. Carl Mandel
(1971) Isle of the Snake People
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
(1968) Macabre Serenade
as Matthias Morteval
(1968) Targets
as Byron Orlok
(1940) You'll Find Out
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
(1939) British Intelligence
as Valdar
(1947) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Gruesome
(1947) Unconquered
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
(2021) Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(1967) The Sorcerers
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
(1987) Creepy Classics
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
(1957) The Lark
as Bishop Cauchon
(2000) The American Nightmare
as Self
(1934) The House of Rothschild
as Count Ledrantz
(1958) Grip of the Strangler
as James Rankin
(1939) Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Mr. James Lee Wong
(1940) The Fatal Hour
as James Lee Wong
(1939) The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as James Lee Wong
(1966) The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as The Corpse
(1970) Cauldron of Blood
as Franz Badulescu
(1967) The Venetian Affair
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
(1931) Tonight or Never
as Waiter
(1955) Sting of Death
as Mr. Mycroft
(1927) Tarzan and the Golden Lion
as Owaza
(1964) A Fool's World
as Narrator
(1937) Cinema Circus
as Himself
(1931) The Mad Genius
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
(1931) The Vanishing Legion
as The Voice (voice)
(1991) Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
(2000) The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
(1991) Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
(1934) Gift of Gab
as Himself
(1931) The Public Defender
as The Professor
(1931) Graft
as Terry
(1926) The Nickel-Hopper
as Dance Hall Masher
(1926) The Bells
as The Mesmerist
(1982) Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
(1930) The Sea Bat
as Corsican
(1938) The Invisible Menace
as Jevries
(1937) West of Shanghai
as "General" Wu Yen Fang
(1931) The Guilty Generation
as Tony Ricca
(2013) A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
as Self (archive footage)
(1924) Dynamite Dan
as Tony Garcia
(2014) Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Various roles (archive footage)
(1929) The King of the Kongo
as Scarface Macklin
(1966) The Daydreamer
as The Rat (voice)
(1931) Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
(1932) Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
(2006) Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage)
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1983) The Horror of It All
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
(1932) The Miracle Man
as Nikko
(2013) Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
(1927) Two Arabian Knights
as Purser
(1929) The Phantom of the North
as Jules Gregg
(1930) The Utah Kid
as Henchman Baxter
(1920) The Last of the Mohicans
as Indian (uncredited)
(1990) Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Archival
(1926) The Eagle of the Sea
as Pirate (uncredited)
(1927) The Phantom Buster
as Ramon
(1957) The Juggler of Our Lady
as Narrator (voice)
(2024) The Last Repair Shop
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2022) Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
(2007) Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
(1926) Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
(1920) The Deadlier Sex
as Jules Borney
(1931) The Yellow Ticket
as Drunken Orderly
(1961) Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
(2021) Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) Colonel March Investigates
as Colonel March
(2004) The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
(1932) Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
(1980) Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
as ---
(1960) The Fatal Impulse
as Self
(1931) I Like Your Nerve
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
(1958) Jack the Ripper
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
(1958) Destination Nightmare
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
(1989) Transylvania Twist
as Man in Room (archive footage)
(1932) Boo
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
(1962) Little Lost Robot
as Host
(1955) A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur
(1921) The Cave Girl
as Baptiste
(2000) Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Terror in the Tropics
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
(1964) Bikini Beach
as Art Dealer
(1919) His Majesty, the American
as Henchman in cloth cap
(1937) Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
(1932) The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Boris Karloff
(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
(2003) The Mesmerist
as (archive footage)
(1942) Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
(2006) Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self (archive footage)
(1931) Young Donovan's Kid
as Cokey Joe
(1990) Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
(1927) The Love Mart
as Fleming
(1996) The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
(1921) The Hope Diamond Mystery
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
(1955) Sabaka
as General Pollegar
(1926) The Greater Glory
as Scissors Grinder
(1964) Today's Teens
as Narrator
(1962) Arsenic & Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
(1925) The Prairie Wife
as Diego
(1921) Without Benefit of Clergy
as Ahmed Khan
(1926) Her Honor, the Governor
as Snipe Collins
(2015) Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Doom of Dracula
as The Madman (archive footage)
(1935) Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
(1934) Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
(1925) Parisian Nights
as Pierre
(1958) Heart of Darkness
as Mr. Kurtz
(1926) The Man in the Saddle
as Robber (uncredited)
(1962) The Incredible Doktor Markesan
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
(1970) Hatchet for the Honeymoon
as Gorca (archive footage)
(2012) The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
as ---
(1962) The Storm
as ---
(2007) Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
(1998) Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
(1964) Horror!!!
as Self
(1994) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as (voice - archive footage)
(1966) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as ---
(1960) Route 66
as ---
(1955) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1962) Out of This World
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as Skaggs
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Mr. Blue Ocean
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cauchon
(1964) Shindig!
as Self - Guest Host / Singer
(1960) Thriller
as Clayton Mace
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Sir Arthur Strangeways
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Charles Brandon
(1954) Climax!
as Dr. Philip Nestri
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1958) The Veil
as ---
(1951) Down You Go
as Self
(1949) Suspense
as Toff
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bennett Kimball
(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1956) Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
(1957) DuPont Show of the Month
as ---
(1957) Suspicion
as Judge Winthrop Gelsey
(1956) Telephone Time
as ---
(1949) Starring Boris Karloff
as ---
(1960) Thriller
as Self - Host
(1954) The George Gobel Show
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Montgomery Royle
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Henry E. Church
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Larkin
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as ---
(1957) The Lux Show
as Self
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Mikhail Orlov
(1956) The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
(1960) Thriller
as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
(1960) Thriller
as Dr. Thorne
(1960) Thriller
as Doktor Konrad Markesan
(1960) Thriller
as Dr. Albert Farnham
(1948) Studio One
as Professor Koernig
(1948) Studio One
as King Arthur
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jonathan Brewster
(1954) Climax!
as Vicar Tellworth
(1949) Suspense
as ---
(1949) Suspense
as Bronson
(1949) Suspense
as Rasputin
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Professor Townsend (Spy)
(1953) The United States Steel Hour
as George Redford
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self
(2005) Bones
as Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1958) Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
(1958) The Veil
as Dr. Pierre
(1965) The Wild Wild West
as Mr. Singh