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Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff, 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Camberwell, London, England, UK, 1887-11-23

Died: 1969-02-02

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1919	The Lightning Raider		0
2	1919	His Majesty, the American	Henchman in cloth cap	58
3	1919	The Prince and Betty	Undetermined Role	75
4	1920	The Deadlier Sex	Jules Borney	50
5	1920	The Courage of Marge O'Doone	Tavish	0
6	1920	The Last of the Mohicans	Indian (uncredited)	62
7	1921	The Hope Diamond Mystery	Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar	0
8	1921	Without Benefit of Clergy	Ahmed Khan	0
9	1921	Cheated Hearts	Nei Hamid	0
10	1921	The Cave Girl	Baptiste	0
11	1922	Nan of the North	Undetermined Role (uncredited)	0
12	1922	The Man from Downing Street	Maharajah Jehan	0
13	1922	The Infidel	The Nabob	0
14	1922	The Woman Conquers	Raoul Maris	0
15	1922	The Altar Stairs	Hugo	0
16	1922	Omar the Tentmaker	Imam Mowaffak	0
17	1923	The Prisoner	Prince Kapolski	0
18	1924	The White Panther	Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)	0
19	1924	The Hellion	The Outlaw	0
20	1924	Riders of the Plains		0
21	1924	Dynamite Dan	Tony Garcia	50
22	1925	Forbidden Cargo	Pietro Castillano	0
23	1925	The Prairie Wife	Diego	0
24	1925	Lady Robinhood	Cabraza	0
25	1925	Perils of the Wild		0
26	1925	Never the Twain Shall Meet		60
27	1925	Parisian Nights	Pierre	10
28	1925	Without Mercy	Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)	0
29	1926	The Greater Glory	Scissors Grinder	0
30	1926	The Man in the Saddle	Robber (uncredited)	0
31	1926	Her Honor, the Governor	Snipe Collins	0
32	1926	The Bells	The Mesmerist	62
33	1926	The Golden Web	Dave Sinclair	0
34	1926	Flames	Blackie Blanchette	0
35	1926	The Eagle of the Sea	Pirate (uncredited)	0
36	1926	The Nickel-Hopper	Dance Hall Masher	70
37	1926	Flaming Fury	Gaspard	0
38	1926	Old Ironsides	Saracen Guard (uncredited)	62
39	1927	Let It Rain	Crook	0
40	1927	The Princess from Hoboken	Pavel	0
41	1927	Tarzan and the Golden Lion	Owaza	49
42	1927	The Meddlin' Stranger	Al Meggs	0
43	1927	The Phantom Buster	Ramon	0
44	1927	Soft Cushions	The Chief Conspirator	0
45	1927	Two Arabian Knights	Purser	60
46	1927	The Love Mart	Fleming	0
47	1928	Sharp Shooters	Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)	0
48	1928	The Vanishing Rider	The Villain	0
49	1928	Vultures of the Sea	Grouchy	0
50	1928	The Little Wild Girl	Maurice Kent	0
51	1929	Burning the Wind	Pug Doran	0
52	1929	The Fatal Warning	Mullins	30
53	1929	The Devil's Chaplain	Boris	0
54	1929	Two Sisters	Cecil	60
55	1929	Anne Against the World		0
56	1929	The Phantom of the North	Jules Gregg	0
57	1929	Behind That Curtain	Beetham's Manservent	39
58	1929	The King of the Kongo	Scarface Macklin	70
59	1929	The Unholy Night	Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)	53
60	1930	The Bad One	Monsieur Gaston	63
61	1930	The Sea Bat	Corsican	46
62	1930	The Utah Kid	Henchman Baxter	30
63	1931	The Criminal Code	Ned Galloway	61
64	1931	Tonight or Never	Waiter	59
65	1931	King of the Wild	Mustapha	32
66	1931	Cracked Nuts	Boris - First Revolutionary	70
67	1931	The Vanishing Legion	The Voice (voice)	90
68	1931	Young Donovan's Kid	Cokey Joe	0
69	1931	Smart Money	Sport Williams	69
70	1931	The Public Defender	The Professor	60
71	1931	I Like Your Nerve	Luigi - Pacheco's Butler	57
72	1931	Graft	Terry	45
73	1931	Five Star Final	T. Vernon Isopod	67
74	1931	The Mad Genius	Fedor's Father (uncredited)	63
75	1931	The Yellow Ticket	Drunken Orderly	50
76	1931	The Guilty Generation	Tony Ricca	61
77	1931	Frankenstein	The Monster	75
78	1932	Business and Pleasure	Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph	40
79	1932	Behind the Mask	Jim Henderson	58
80	1932	The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood	Boris Karloff	0
81	1932	The Miracle Man	Nikko	57
82	1932	Scarface	Gaffney	74
83	1932	Night World	'Happy' MacDonald	69
84	1932	Skyscraper Souls	Man Approaching Ticket Counter	56
85	1932	The Old Dark House	Morgan	67
86	1932	The Mask of Fu Manchu	Dr. Fu Manchu	55
87	1932	Boo	Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")	51
88	1932	The Mummy	Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey	67
89	1933	The Ghoul	Prof. Morlant	55
90	1934	Screen Snapshots No. 11	Himself	0
91	1934	The Lost Patrol	Sanders	65
92	1934	The House of Rothschild	Count Ledrantz	62
93	1934	The Black Cat	Hjalmar Poelzig	67
94	1934	Gift of Gab	Himself	10
95	1935	Bride of Frankenstein	The Monster	75
96	1935	Hollywood Hobbies	Himself	60
97	1935	The Raven	Edmond Bateman	66
98	1935	The Black Room	Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman	64
99	1936	The Invisible Ray	Dr. Janos Rukh	63
100	1936	The Walking Dead	John Ellman	62
101	1936	Juggernaut	Dr. Victor Sartorius	42
102	1936	The Man Who Changed His Mind	Dr. Laurence	60
103	1936	Charlie Chan at the Opera	Gravelle	68
104	1937	Cinema Circus	Himself	0
105	1937	Night Key	David Mallory	61
106	1937	West of Shanghai	"General" Wu Yen Fang	54
107	1937	Breakdowns of 1937	Self	60
108	1938	The Invisible Menace	Jevries	41
109	1938	Mr. Wong, Detective	James Lee Wong	55
110	1939	Devil's Island	Dr. Charles Gaudet	54
111	1939	Son of Frankenstein	The Monster	67
112	1939	The Mystery of Mr. Wong	James Lee Wong	57
113	1939	Mr. Wong in Chinatown	Mr. James Lee Wong	52
114	1939	The Man They Could Not Hang	Dr. Henryk Savaard	66
115	1939	British Intelligence	Valdar	57
116	1939	Tower of London	Mord	59
117	1940	The Fatal Hour	James Lee Wong	57
118	1940	Black Friday	Dr. Ernest Sovac	60
119	1940	The Man with Nine Lives	Dr. Leon Kravaal	62
120	1940	Doomed to Die	James Lee Wong	55
121	1940	Before I Hang	Dr. John Garth	61
122	1940	The Mummy's Hand	Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)	57
123	1940	The Ape	Dr. Bernard Adrian	48
124	1940	You'll Find Out	Judge Spencer Mainwaring	55
125	1941	Information Please: Series 2, No. 12	Self	0
126	1941	The Devil Commands	Dr. Julian Blair	62
127	1942	Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6	Himself	60
128	1942	The Boogie Man Will Get You	Prof. Nathaniel Billings	63
129	1944	The Climax	Dr. Friedrich Hohner	54
130	1944	House of Frankenstein	Dr. Gustav Niemann	60
131	1944	The Mummy's Curse	Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)	55
132	1945	The Body Snatcher	John Gray	70
133	1945	Isle of the Dead	Gen. Nikolas Pherides	60
134	1946	Bedlam	George Sims	65
135	1947	Lured	Charles van Druten	63
136	1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Dr. Hugo Hollingshead	67
137	1947	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome	Gruesome	54
138	1947	Unconquered	Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas	62
139	1948	Tap Roots	Tishomingo	64
140	1949	The Emperor's Nightingale	Narrator (English version)	53
141	1949	Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff	Swami Talpur	65
142	1951	The Strange Door	Voltan	62
143	1952	The Black Castle	Dr. Meissen	64
144	1953	Colonel March Investigates	Colonel March	60
145	1953	Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde	63
146	1954	The Island Monster	Don Gaetano	30
147	1955	Sabaka	General Pollegar	41
148	1955	Sting of Death	Mr. Mycroft	0
149	1955	A Connecticut Yankee	King Arthur	40
150	1956	Rendezvous in Black	Ward Allen	0
151	1957	Voodoo Island	Phillip Knight	45
152	1957	The Lark	Bishop Cauchon	0
153	1957	The Juggler of Our Lady	Narrator (voice)	65
154	1958	Jack the Ripper	Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason	60
155	1958	Destination Nightmare	Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs	55
156	1958	Grip of the Strangler	James Rankin	61
157	1958	Frankenstein 1970	Baron Viktor von Frankenstein	54
158	1958	Heart of Darkness	Mr. Kurtz	0
159	1958	Corridors of Blood	Dr. Thomas Bolton	61
160	1960	The Fatal Impulse	Self	0
161	1961	Days of Thrills and Laughter	Self (archive footage)	55
162	1962	The Storm		0
163	1962	Arsenic & Old Lace	Jonathan Brewster	65
164	1962	The Incredible Doktor Markesan	Dr. Konrad Markesan	70
165	1962	Little Lost Robot	Host	70
166	1963	The Raven	Dr. Scarabus	63
167	1963	The Terror	Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe	51
168	1963	Black Sabbath	Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")	72
169	1964	A Fool's World	Narrator	27
170	1964	Horror!!!	Self	10
171	1964	The Comedy of Terrors	Amos Hinchley	64
172	1964	Today's Teens	Narrator	0
173	1964	Bikini Beach	Art Dealer	57
174	1965	Die, Monster, Die!	Nahum Witley	56
175	1966	Doom of Dracula	The Madman (archive footage)	0
176	1966	The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini	The Corpse	51
177	1966	The Daydreamer	The Rat (voice)	50
178	1966	How the Grinch Stole Christmas!	Narrator / The Grinch (voice)	75
179	1967	The Venetian Affair	Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud	49
180	1967	Mad Monster Party?	Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)	66
181	1967	The Sorcerers	Prof. Marcus Monserrat	62
182	1968	The Movie Orgy	Self (archive footage)	65
183	1968	Fear Chamber	Dr. Carl Mandel	45
184	1968	Macabre Serenade	Matthias Morteval	41
185	1968	Targets	Byron Orlok	71
186	1968	Curse of the Crimson Altar	Professor John Marsh	53
187	1970	Cauldron of Blood	Franz Badulescu	43
188	1970	Hatchet for the Honeymoon	Gorca (archive footage)	65
189	1971	Isle of the Snake People	Carl van Molder / Damballah	31
190	1971	Alien Terror	Prof. John Mayer	35
191	1974	The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute	Self (archive footage)	77
192	1974	Madhouse	(archive footage)	62
193	1975	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Self (archive footage)	57
194	1979	The Horror Show	(archive footage)	38
195	1980	Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)		0
196	1982	Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!	Self (archive footage)	60
197	1983	The Horror of It All	Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)	80
198	1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s	(archive footage)	100
199	1987	Creepy Classics	Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)	63
200	1989	Transylvania Twist	Man in Room (archive footage)	53
201	1990	Abbott and Costello in the Movies	Archival	0
202	1990	Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To	(archive footage)	90
203	1991	Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook	Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)	100
204	1991	Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook	The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.	57
205	1994	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition	(voice - archive footage)	81
206	1994	Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld	Self (archive footage)	70
207	1996	The Universal Story	Self (archive footage)	77
208	1998	Universal Horror	(archive footage)	71
209	1999	Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'	Self (archive footage)	69
210	2000	The Many Faces of Dracula	The Monster (archive footage)	35
211	2000	Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed	Self (archive footage)	70
212	2000	The American Nightmare	Self	70
213	2001	Heroes of Horror	(archive footage)	90
214	2002	The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster	Self (archive footage)	77
215	2003	The Mesmerist	(archive footage)	80
216	2004	Monster Movie Trivia Quiz		0
217	2004	The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made	Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)	46
218	2006	Terror in the Tropics	Mr. Wong (archive footage)	0
219	2006	Karloff: The Gentle Monster	Self (archive footage)	76
220	2006	Lugosi: The Dark Prince	Self (archive footage)	76
221	2007	Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman	Self (archive footage)	90
222	2007	Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde	Cabman John Gray (archive footage)	80
223	2007	Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire	Himself (archive footage)	63
224	2008	He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce	Self (archive footage)	84
225	2012	The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features		100
226	2013	Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored	Self (archive footage)	55
227	2013	A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)	Self (archive footage)	0
228	2014	Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film	Various roles (archive footage)	75
229	2015	Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters	Self (archive footage)	100
230	2021	Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!	Self (archive footage)	40
231	2021	Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster	Self (archive footage)	70
232	2022	Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story	Self - Interviewee	100
233	2023	The dark Universe	Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)	0
234	2023	The dark Universe	La Momia (archivo de imagen)	0
235	2024	The Last Repair Shop	The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)	75

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Skaggs	50
2	1948	Studio One	Professor Koernig	50
3	1948	Studio One	King Arthur	50
4	1949	Suspense	Toff	49
5	1949	Suspense		49
6	1949	Suspense	Bronson	49
7	1949	Suspense	Rasputin	49
8	1949	Lights Out		53
9	1949	Starring Boris Karloff		0
10	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Bennett Kimball	56
11	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents		56
12	1950	What's My Line?	Self	69
13	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Sir Arthur Strangeways	63
14	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Montgomery Royle	63
15	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Larkin	63
16	1951	Down You Go	Self	0
17	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
18	1951	The Red Skelton Show	Professor Townsend (Spy)	74
19	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Charles Brandon	73
20	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Cauchon	86
21	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Jonathan Brewster	86
22	1953	General Electric Theater	Mr. Blue Ocean	63
23	1953	General Electric Theater	Henry E. Church	63
24	1953	The United States Steel Hour	George Redford	62
25	1954	The George Gobel Show	Self	73
26	1954	Climax!	Dr. Philip Nestri	33
27	1954	Climax!	Vicar Tellworth	33
28	1955	This Is Your Life	Self	64
29	1956	Colonel March of Scotland Yard	Colonel March Of Scotland Yard	73
30	1956	Telephone Time		63
31	1956	The Rosemary Clooney Show	Self	0
32	1956	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show	Self	60
33	1957	The Lux Show	Self	60
34	1957	DuPont Show of the Month		68
35	1957	Suspicion	Judge Winthrop Gelsey	59
36	1958	The Veil		76
37	1958	Shirley Temple's Storybook	Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker	62
38	1960	Thriller	Clayton Mace	64
39	1960	Thriller	Self - Host	64
40	1960	Thriller	Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess	64
41	1960	Thriller	Dr. Thorne	64
42	1960	Thriller	Doktor Konrad Markesan	64
43	1960	Thriller	Dr. Albert Farnham	64
44	1960	Route 66		63
45	1962	Out of This World		43
46	1964	Shindig!	Self - Guest Host / Singer	62
47	1965	The Wild Wild West	Mr. Singh	75
48	1966	The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.		66
49	1968	The Name of the Game	Mikhail Orlov	68
50	2005	Bones	Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)	82