Personal Info
Known Credits
231
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1887-11-23 (138 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Also Known For
William Henry Prattبوریس کارلوف
Boris Karloff
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 ...
Known For
Acting
2024 --
The Last Repair Shop
| The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022 --
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
| Self - Interviewee
2021 --
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
| Self (archive footage)
2021 --
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
| Self (archive footage)
2015 --
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
| Various roles (archive footage)
2013 --
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
| Self (archive footage)
2013 --
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
| Self (archive footage)
2012 --
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
|
2008 --
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
| Self (archive footage)
2007 --
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
| Himself (archive footage)
2007 --
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
| Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
2007 --
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
| Self (archive footage)
2006 --
Terror in the Tropics
| Mr. Wong (archive footage)
2004 --
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
| Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
2004 --
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
|
2003 --
The Mesmerist
| (archive footage)
2002 --
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
| Self (archive footage)
2001 --
Heroes of Horror
| (archive footage)
2000 --
The American Nightmare
| Self
2000 --
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
The Many Faces of Dracula
| The Monster (archive footage)
1999 --
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
| Self (archive footage)
1998 --
Universal Horror
| (archive footage)
1996 --
The Universal Story
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
| (voice - archive footage)
1991 --
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
| The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1991 --
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
| Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
1990 --
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
| (archive footage)
1990 --
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
| Archival
1989 --
Transylvania Twist
| Man in Room (archive footage)
1987 --
Creepy Classics
| Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1984 --
Going Hollywood: The '30s
| (archive footage)
1983 --
The Horror of It All
| Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1982 --
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
| Self (archive footage)
1980 --
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
|
1979 --
The Horror Show
| (archive footage)
1975 --
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
| Self (archive footage)
1974 --
Madhouse
| (archive footage)
1974 --
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
| Self (archive footage)
1971 --
Alien Terror
| Prof. John Mayer
1971 --
Isle of the Snake People
| Carl van Molder / Damballah
1970 --
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
| Gorca (archive footage)
1970 --
Cauldron of Blood
| Franz Badulescu
1968 --
Curse of the Crimson Altar
| Professor John Marsh
1968 --
Targets
| Byron Orlok
1968 --
Macabre Serenade
| Matthias Morteval
1968 --
Fear Chamber
| Dr. Carl Mandel
1968 --
The Movie Orgy
| Self (archive footage)
1967 --
The Sorcerers
| Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1967 --
Mad Monster Party?
| Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1967 --
The Venetian Affair
| Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1966 --
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
| Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1966 --
The Daydreamer
| The Rat (voice)
1966 --
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
| The Corpse
1966 --
Doom of Dracula
| The Madman (archive footage)
1965 --
Die, Monster, Die!
| Nahum Witley
1964 --
Bikini Beach
| Art Dealer
1964 --
Today's Teens
| Narrator
1964 --
The Comedy of Terrors
| Amos Hinchley
1964 --
Horror!!!
| Self
1964 --
A Fool's World
| Narrator
1963 --
Black Sabbath
| Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1963 --
The Terror
| Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1963 --
The Raven
| Dr. Scarabus
1962 --
Little Lost Robot
| Host
1962 --
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
| Dr. Konrad Markesan
1962 --
Arsenic & Old Lace
| Jonathan Brewster
1962 --
The Storm
|
1961 --
Days of Thrills and Laughter
| Self (archive footage)
1960 --
The Fatal Impulse
| Self
1958 --
Corridors of Blood
| Dr. Thomas Bolton
1958 --
Heart of Darkness
| Mr. Kurtz
1958 --
Frankenstein 1970
| Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1958 --
Grip of the Strangler
| James Rankin
1958 --
Jack the Ripper
| Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1958 --
Destination Nightmare
| Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1957 --
The Juggler of Our Lady
| Narrator (voice)
1957 --
The Lark
| Bishop Cauchon
1957 --
Voodoo Island
| Phillip Knight
1955 --
A Connecticut Yankee
| King Arthur
1955 --
Sting of Death
| Mr. Mycroft
1955 --
Sabaka
| General Pollegar
1954 --
The Island Monster
| Don Gaetano
1953 --
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
| Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1953 --
Colonel March Investigates
| Colonel March
1952 --
The Black Castle
| Dr. Meissen
1951 --
The Strange Door
| Voltan
1949 --
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
| Swami Talpur
1949 --
The Emperor's Nightingale
| Narrator (English version)
1948 --
Tap Roots
| Tishomingo
1947 --
Unconquered
| Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
1947 --
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
| Gruesome
1947 --
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
| Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1947 --
Lured
| Charles van Druten
1946 --
Bedlam
| George Sims
1945 --
Isle of the Dead
| Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1945 --
The Body Snatcher
| John Gray
1944 --
The Mummy's Curse
| Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1944 --
House of Frankenstein
| Dr. Gustav Niemann
1944 --
The Climax
| Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1942 --
The Boogie Man Will Get You
| Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1942 --
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
| Himself
1941 --
The Devil Commands
| Dr. Julian Blair
1941 --
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
| Self
1940 --
You'll Find Out
| Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1940 --
The Ape
| Dr. Bernard Adrian
1940 --
The Mummy's Hand
| Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1940 --
Before I Hang
| Dr. John Garth
1940 --
Doomed to Die
| James Lee Wong
1940 --
The Man with Nine Lives
| Dr. Leon Kravaal
1940 --
Black Friday
| Dr. Ernest Sovac
1940 --
The Fatal Hour
| James Lee Wong
1939 --
Tower of London
| Mord
1939 --
British Intelligence
| Valdar
1939 --
The Man They Could Not Hang
| Dr. Henryk Savaard
1939 --
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
| Mr. James Lee Wong
1939 --
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
| James Lee Wong
1939 --
Son of Frankenstein
| The Monster
1939 --
Devil's Island
| Dr. Charles Gaudet
1938 --
Mr. Wong, Detective
| James Lee Wong
1938 --
The Invisible Menace
| Jevries
1937 --
Breakdowns of 1937
| Self
1937 --
West of Shanghai
| "General" Wu Yen Fang
1937 --
Night Key
| David Mallory
1937 --
Cinema Circus
| Himself
1936 --
Charlie Chan at the Opera
| Gravelle
1936 --
The Man Who Changed His Mind
| Dr. Laurence
1936 --
Juggernaut
| Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936 --
The Walking Dead
| John Ellman
1936 --
The Invisible Ray
| Dr. Janos Rukh
1935 --
The Black Room
| Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1935 --
The Raven
| Edmond Bateman
1935 --
Hollywood Hobbies
| Himself
1935 --
Bride of Frankenstein
| The Monster
1934 --
Gift of Gab
| Himself
1934 --
The Black Cat
| Hjalmar Poelzig
1934 --
The House of Rothschild
| Count Ledrantz
1934 --
The Lost Patrol
| Sanders
1934 --
Screen Snapshots No. 11
| Himself
1933 --
The Ghoul
| Prof. Morlant
1932 --
The Mummy
| Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
1932 --
Boo
| Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932 --
The Mask of Fu Manchu
| Dr. Fu Manchu
1932 --
The Old Dark House
| Morgan
1932 --
Skyscraper Souls
| Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1932 --
Night World
| 'Happy' MacDonald
1932 --
Scarface
| Gaffney
1932 --
The Miracle Man
| Nikko
1932 --
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
| Boris Karloff
1932 --
Behind the Mask
| Jim Henderson
1932 --
Business and Pleasure
| Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1931 --
Frankenstein
| The Monster
1931 --
The Guilty Generation
| Tony Ricca
1931 --
The Yellow Ticket
| Drunken Orderly
1931 --
The Mad Genius
| Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931 --
Five Star Final
| T. Vernon Isopod
1931 --
Graft
| Terry
1931 --
I Like Your Nerve
| Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1931 --
The Public Defender
| The Professor
1931 --
Smart Money
| Sport Williams
1931 --
Young Donovan's Kid
| Cokey Joe
1931 --
The Vanishing Legion
| The Voice (voice)
1931 --
Cracked Nuts
| Boris - First Revolutionary
1931 --
King of the Wild
| Mustapha
1931 --
Tonight or Never
| Waiter
1931 --
The Criminal Code
| Ned Galloway
1930 --
The Utah Kid
| Henchman Baxter
1930 --
The Sea Bat
| Corsican
1930 --
The Bad One
| Monsieur Gaston
1929 --
The Unholy Night
| Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1929 --
The King of the Kongo
| Scarface Macklin
1929 --
Behind That Curtain
| Beetham's Manservent
1929 --
The Phantom of the North
| Jules Gregg
1929 --
Anne Against the World
|
1929 --
Two Sisters
| Cecil
1929 --
The Devil's Chaplain
| Boris
1929 --
The Fatal Warning
| Mullins
1929 --
Burning the Wind
| Pug Doran
1928 --
The Little Wild Girl
| Maurice Kent
1928 --
Vultures of the Sea
| Grouchy
1928 --
The Vanishing Rider
| The Villain
1928 --
Sharp Shooters
| Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1927 --
The Love Mart
| Fleming
1927 --
Two Arabian Knights
| Purser
1927 --
Soft Cushions
| The Chief Conspirator
1927 --
The Phantom Buster
| Ramon
1927 --
The Meddlin' Stranger
| Al Meggs
1927 --
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
| Owaza
1927 --
The Princess from Hoboken
| Pavel
1927 --
Let It Rain
| Crook
1926 --
Old Ironsides
| Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1926 --
Flaming Fury
| Gaspard
1926 --
The Nickel-Hopper
| Dance Hall Masher
1926 --
The Eagle of the Sea
| Pirate (uncredited)
1926 --
Flames
| Blackie Blanchette
1926 --
The Golden Web
| Dave Sinclair
1926 --
The Bells
| The Mesmerist
1926 --
Her Honor, the Governor
| Snipe Collins
1926 --
The Man in the Saddle
| Robber (uncredited)
1926 --
The Greater Glory
| Scissors Grinder
1925 --
Without Mercy
| Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1925 --
Parisian Nights
| Pierre
1925 --
Never the Twain Shall Meet
|
1925 --
Perils of the Wild
|
1925 --
Lady Robinhood
| Cabraza
1925 --
The Prairie Wife
| Diego
1925 --
Forbidden Cargo
| Pietro Castillano
1924 --
Dynamite Dan
| Tony Garcia
1924 --
Riders of the Plains
|
1924 --
The Hellion
| The Outlaw
1924 --
The White Panther
| Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1923 --
The Prisoner
| Prince Kapolski
1922 --
Omar the Tentmaker
| Imam Mowaffak
1922 --
The Altar Stairs
| Hugo
1922 --
The Woman Conquers
| Raoul Maris
1922 --
The Infidel
| The Nabob
1922 --
The Man from Downing Street
| Maharajah Jehan
1922 --
Nan of the North
| Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1921 --
The Cave Girl
| Baptiste
1921 --
Cheated Hearts
| Nei Hamid
1921 --
Without Benefit of Clergy
| Ahmed Khan
1921 --
The Hope Diamond Mystery
| Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1920 --
The Last of the Mohicans
| Indian (uncredited)
1920 --
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
| Tavish
1920 --
The Deadlier Sex
| Jules Borney
1919 --
The Prince and Betty
| Undetermined Role
1919 --
His Majesty, the American
| Henchman in cloth cap
1919 --
The Lightning Raider
|