Boris Karloff
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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Películas (243)
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
2026 · Roger Ashley Norton, Vocals
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025 · Self (archive footage)
La última tienda de reparaciones
2024 · The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021 · Self (archive footage)
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015 · Self
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014 · Various roles (archive footage)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013 · Self (archive footage)
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007 · Himself (archive footage)
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007 · Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Karloff: El Monstruo Amable
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
2006 · Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
The Mesmerist
2003 · (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
2001 · (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
2000 · Self
Momia Querida: Una saga de Terror Desenterrada
2000 · Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000 · The Monster (archive footage)
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
1998 · (archive footage)
The Universal Story
1996 · Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994 · Self (archive footage)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994 · (voice - archive footage)
Dracula in the Movies
1992 · (archive footage)
Halloween Monster Bash
1991 · Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991 · The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990 · Archival
Transylvania Twist
1989 · Man in Room (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Creepy Classics
1987 · Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!
1985 · Self
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984 · (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
1983 · Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Self (archive footage)
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
The Horror Show
1979 · (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
Madhouse
1974 · (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
Alien Terror
1971 · Prof. John Mayer
Isle of the Snake People
1971 · Carl van Molder / Damballah
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970 · Gorca (archive footage)
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968 · Professor John Marsh
Targets
1968 · Byron Orlok
Fear Chamber
1968 · Dr. Carl Mandel
Macabre Serenade
1968 · Matthias Morteval
Cauldron of Blood
1968 · Franz Badulescu
The Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
The Sorcerers
1967 · Prof. Marcus Monserrat
Mad Monster Party?
1967 · Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966 · Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
The Venetian Affair
1966 · Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
The Daydreamer
1966 · The Rat (voice)
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966 · The Corpse
Die, Monster, Die!
1965 · Nahum Witley
Bikini Beach
1964 · Art Dealer, Thanks
Today's Teens
1964 · Narrator
The Comedy of Terrors
1964 · Amos Hinchley
Horror!!!
1964 · Self
A Fool's World
1964 · Narrator
Black Sabbath
1963 · Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
The Terror
1963 · Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
The Raven
1963 · Dr. Scarabus
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Little Lost Robot
1962 · Host
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962 · Dr. Konrad Markesan
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962 · Jonathan Brewster
The Storm
1962
The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
1961 · Self
The Devil's Ticket
1961 · Self
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · Self (archive footage)
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
1960 · Narrator
The Fatal Impulse
1960 · Self
Corridors of Blood
1958 · Dr. Thomas Bolton
Heart of Darkness
1958 · Mr. Kurtz
Frankenstein 1970
1958 · Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
Grip of the Strangler
1958 · James Rankin
Jack the Ripper
1958 · Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Destination Nightmare
1958 · Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957 · Narrator (voice)
The Lark
1957 · Bishop Cauchon
Voodoo Island
1957 · Phillip Knight
Rendezvous in Black
1956 · Ward Allen
A Connecticut Yankee
1955 · King Arthur
Sting of Death
1955 · Mr. Mycroft
Sabaka
1955 · General Pollegar
The Island Monster
1954 · Don Gaetano
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 · Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Colonel March Investigates
1953 · Colonel March
The Black Castle
1952 · Dr. Meissen
The Strange Door
1951 · Voltan
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949 · Swami Talpur
Tap Roots
1948 · Tishomingo
Unconquered
1947 · Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947 · Gruesome
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · Dr. Hollingshead
Lured
1947 · Charles van Druten
Bedlam
1946 · George Sims
Isle of the Dead
1945 · Gen. Nikolas Pherides
The Body Snatcher
1945 · John Gray
The Mummy's Curse
1944 · Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Dr. Gustav Niemann
The Climax
1944 · Dr. Friedrich Hohner
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942 · Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942 · Self
The Devil Commands
1941 · Dr. Julian Blair
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941 · Self
You'll Find Out
1940 · Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Ape
1940 · Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Mummy's Hand
1940 · Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Before I Hang
1940 · Dr. John Garth
Doomed to Die
1940 · James Lee Wong
The Man with Nine Lives
1940 · Dr. Leon Kravaal
Black Friday
1940 · Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Fatal Hour
1940 · James Lee Wong
Tower of London
1939 · Mord
British Intelligence
1939 · Valdar
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Dr. Henryk Savaard
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939 · Mr. James Lee Wong
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939 · James Lee Wong
Son of Frankenstein
1939 · The Monster
Devil's Island
1939 · Dr. Charles Gaudet
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938 · James Lee Wong
The Invisible Menace
1938 · Jevries
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 · Self
West of Shanghai
1937 · "General" Wu Yen Fang
Night Key
1937 · David Mallory
Cinema Circus
1937 · Himself
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936 · Gravelle
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936 · Dr. Laurence
Juggernaut
1936 · Dr. Victor Sartorius
The Walking Dead
1936 · John Ellman
The Invisible Ray
1936 · Dr. Janos Rukh
The Black Room
1935 · Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
The Raven
1935 · Edmond Bateman
Hollywood Hobbies
1935 · Himself
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · The Monster
Gift of Gab
1934 · Himself
The Black Cat
1934 · Hjalmar Poelzig
The House of Rothschild
1934 · Count Ledrantz
The Lost Patrol
1934 · Sanders
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934 · Himself
The Ghoul
1933 · Prof. Morlant
The Mummy
1932 · Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Boo
1932 · Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932 · Dr. Fu Manchu
The Old Dark House
1932 · Morgan
Skyscraper Souls
1932 · Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Night World
1932 · 'Happy' MacDonald
Scarface
1932 · Gaffney
The Miracle Man
1932 · Nikko
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932 · Boris Karloff
Behind the Mask
1932 · Jim Henderson
Business and Pleasure
1932 · Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
Frankenstein
1931 · The Monster
The Guilty Generation
1931 · Tony Ricca
The Yellow Ticket
1931 · Drunken Orderly
The Mad Genius
1931 · Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Five Star Final
1931 · T. Vernon Isopod
Graft
1931 · Terry
I Like Your Nerve
1931 · Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
The Public Defender
1931 · The Professor
Smart Money
1931 · Sport Williams
Young Donovan's Kid
1931 · Cokey Joe
The Vanishing Legion
1931 · The Voice (voice)
Cracked Nuts
1931 · Boris - First Revolutionary
King of the Wild
1931 · Mustapha
Tonight or Never
1931 · Waiter
The Criminal Code
1931 · Ned Galloway
The Utah Kid
1930 · Henchman Baxter
The Sea Bat
1930 · Corsican
The Bad One
1930 · Monsieur Gaston
The Unholy Night
1929 · Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
The King of the Kongo
1929 · Scarface Macklin
Behind That Curtain
1929 · Beetham's Manservent
The Phantom of the North
1929 · Jules Gregg
Anne Against the World
1929
Two Sisters
1929 · Cecil
The Devil's Chaplain
1929 · Boris
The Fatal Warning
1929 · Mullins
Burning the Wind
1929 · Pug Doran
The Little Wild Girl
1928 · Maurice Kent
Vultures of the Sea
1928 · Grouchy
The Vanishing Rider
1928 · The Villain
Sharp Shooters
1928 · Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
The Love Mart
1927 · Fleming
Two Arabian Knights
1927 · Purser
Soft Cushions
1927 · The Chief Conspirator
The Phantom Buster
1927 · Ramon
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927 · Al Meggs
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927 · Owaza
The Princess from Hoboken
1927 · Pavel
Let It Rain
1927 · Crook
Old Ironsides
1926 · Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Flaming Fury
1926 · Gaspard
The Nickel-Hopper
1926 · Dance Hall Masher
The Eagle of the Sea
1926 · Pirate (uncredited)
Flames
1926 · Blackie Blanchette
The Golden Web
1926 · Dave Sinclair
The Bells
1926 · The Mesmerist
Her Honor, the Governor
1926 · Snipe Collins
The Man in the Saddle
1926 · Robber (uncredited)
The Greater Glory
1926 · Scissors Grinder
Without Mercy
1925 · Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Parisian Nights
1925 · Pierre
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
Perils of the Wild
1925
Lady Robinhood
1925 · Cabraza
The Prairie Wife
1925 · Diego
Forbidden Cargo
1925 · Pietro Castillano
Dynamite Dan
1924 · Tony Garcia, The Foreman
Riders of the Plains
1924
The Hellion
1924 · The Outlaw
The White Panther
1924 · Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
The Prisoner
1923 · Prince Kapolski
Omar the Tentmaker
1922 · Imam Mowaffak
The Altar Stairs
1922 · Hugo
The Woman Conquers
1922 · Raoul Maris
The Man from Downing Street
1922 · Maharajah Jehan
The Infidel
1922 · The Nabob
Nan of the North
1922 · Undetermined Role (uncredited)
The Cave Girl
1921 · Baptiste
Cheated Hearts
1921 · Nei Hamid
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921 · Ahmed Khan
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921 · Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
The Last of the Mohicans
1920 · Indian (uncredited)
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920 · Tavish
The Woman and the Puppet
1920 · (uncredited)
The Deadlier Sex
1920 · Jules Borney
The Prince and Betty
1919 · Undetermined Role
His Majesty, the American
1919 · Henchman in cloth cap
The Lightning Raider
1919
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
· Toff
Series (35)
McCloud
1970 · Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Name of the Game
1968 · Mikhail Orlov
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966 · Mother Muffin
The Wild Wild West
1965 · Mr. Singh
Shindig!
1964 · Self - Guest Host / Singer
Out of This World
1962 · Host
Route 66
1960
Thriller
1960 · Clayton Mace, Self - Host, Dr. Albert Farnham, Dr. Thorne, Doktor Konrad Markesan, Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958 · Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
The Veil
1958
Suspicion
1957 · Judge Winthrop Gelsey
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
The Lux Show
1957 · Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956 · Self
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956 · Self
Telephone Time
1956
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956 · Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
This Is Your Life
1955 · Self
Climax!
1954 · Dr. Philip Nestri, Vicar Tellworth
The George Gobel Show
1954 · Self
The United States Steel Hour
1953 · George Redford
General Electric Theater
1953 · Mr. Blue Ocean, Henry E. Church
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Cauchon, Jonathan Brewster
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Charles Brandon
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Professor Townsend
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Down You Go
1951 · Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Sir Arthur Strangeways, Montgomery Royle, Larkin
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Bennett Kimball
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
1949 · Toff, Bronson, Rasputin
Studio One
1948 · Skaggs, Professor Koernig, King Arthur