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Boris Karloff
Actor· Camberwell, London, England, UK
William Henry Pratt (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), better known as Boris Karloff, 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!.
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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
80 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Orbit of Minor Satellites | Roger Ashley Norton | Film |
| 2015 | True Fear: The Making of Psycho | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) | Film |
| 2006 | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2003 | The Mesmerist | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | Film |
| 2000 | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. | Film |
| 1989 | Transylvania Twist | Man in Room (archive footage) | Film |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | Film |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 1974 | Madhouse | (archive footage) | Film |
| 1971 | Alien Terror | Prof. John Mayer | Film |
| 1971 | Isle of the Snake People | Carl van Molder / Damballah | Film |
| 1970 | Hatchet for the Honeymoon | Gorca (archive footage) | Film |
| 1968 | Macabre Serenade | Matthias Morteval | Film |
| 1968 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Professor John Marsh | Film |
| 1968 | Fear Chamber | Dr. Carl Mandel | Film |
| 1968 | Targets | Byron Orlok | Film |
| 1968 | Cauldron of Blood | Franz Badulescu | Film |
| 1967 | The Sorcerers | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | Film |
| 1967 | Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) | Film |
| 1966 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) | Film |
| 1966 | The Daydreamer | The Rat (voice) | Film |
| 1966 | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | Film |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | The Corpse | Film |
| 1965 | Die, Monster, Die! | Nahum Witley | Film |
| 1964 | The Comedy of Terrors | Amos Hinchley | Film |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer | Film |
| 1964 | A Fool's World | Narrator | Film |
| 1963 | The Raven | Dr. Scarabus | Film |
| 1963 | The Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | Film |
| 1963 | Black Sabbath | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") | Film |
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | Film |
| 1962 | Little Lost Robot | Host | Film |
| 1962 | Out of This World | Host | TV |
| 1960 | Thriller | Self - Host | TV |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton | Film |
| 1958 | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin | Film |
| 1958 | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | Film |
| 1957 | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight | Film |
| 1954 | The Island Monster | Don Gaetano | Film |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | Film |
| 1952 | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen | Film |
| 1951 | The Strange Door | Voltan | Film |
| 1951 | Down You Go | Self | TV |
| 1949 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur | Film |
| 1948 | Tap Roots | Tishomingo | Film |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Hollingshead | Film |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | Film |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome | Film |
| 1947 | Lured | Charles van Druten | Film |
| 1946 | Bedlam | George Sims | Film |
| 1945 | Isle of the Dead | Gen. Nikolas Pherides | Film |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher | John Gray | Film |
| 1944 | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | Film |
| 1944 | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Gustav Niemann | Film |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Prof. Nathaniel Billings | Film |
| 1941 | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair | Film |
| 1940 | Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac | Film |
| 1940 | Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth | Film |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | Film |
| 1940 | The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian | Film |
| 1940 | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong | Film |
| 1940 | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong | Film |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal | Film |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) | Film |
| 1939 | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | Film |
| 1939 | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | Film |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard | Film |
| 1939 | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong | Film |
| 1939 | British Intelligence | Valdar | Film |
| 1939 | Tower of London | Mord | Film |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein | The Monster | Film |
| 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detective | James Lee Wong | Film |
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