Boris Karloff
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1887-11-23 (82 years old)
Deathday
1969-02-02
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Also known As
William Henry Pratt
بوریس کارلوف
Boris Karloff
Biography
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 o...
Acting
1935
as The Monster
1932
as Gaffney
1953
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1931
as The Monster
1939
as The Monster
1944
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
1958
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1932
as Dr. Fu Manchu
1968
as Self (archive footage)
1941
1939
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
1941
as Dr. Julian Blair
1947
as Charles van Druten
1942
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1952
as Dr. Meissen
1945
as John Gray
1945
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1958
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
1936
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936
as Dr. Laurence
1948
as Tishomingo
1940
as James Lee Wong
2008
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as James Lee Wong
1934
as Hjalmar Poelzig
1946
as George Sims
1932
as Morgan
1963
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1924
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1924
as The Outlaw
1919
as Undetermined Role
1925
as Pietro Castillano
1925
as Cabraza
1925
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1920
as Tavish
1926
as Dave Sinclair
1921
as Nei Hamid
1926
as Blackie Blanchette
1926
as Gaspard
1927
as Crook
1927
as Pavel
1927
as Al Meggs
1927
as The Chief Conspirator
1928
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1928
as The Villain
1928
as Grouchy
1929
as Pug Doran
1940
as Dr. John Garth
1940
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
1939
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
1928
as Maurice Kent
1935
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1929
as Mullins
1929
as Boris
1929
as Cecil
1929
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1930
as Monsieur Gaston
1932
as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1949
as Narrator (English version)
1936
as John Ellman
1949
as Swami Talpur
1966
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1922
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1922
as Maharajah Jehan
1922
as The Nabob
1922
as Hugo
1922
as Raoul Maris
1922
as Imam Mowaffak
1923
as Prince Kapolski
1979
as (archive footage)
1936
as Dr. Janos Rukh
1963
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1936
as Gravelle
1937
as David Mallory
1933
as Prof. Morlant
1931
as Mustapha
1968
as Professor John Marsh
1947
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1932
as Jim Henderson
1939
as Mord
2001
as (archive footage)
1940
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
1963
as Dr. Scarabus
1974
as (archive footage)
1965
as Nahum Witley
1964
as Amos Hinchley
1971
as Prof. John Mayer
1931
as T. Vernon Isopod
1931
as Ned Galloway
1940
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
1932
as Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey
1940
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1974
as Self (archive footage)
1957
as Phillip Knight
1944
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1954
as Don Gaetano
1935
as Edmond Bateman
1929
as Beetham's Manservent
1934
as Sanders
1967
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1944
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1951
as Voltan
1931
as Sport Williams
1968
as Dr. Carl Mandel
1968
as Matthias Morteval
1971
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
1968
as Byron Orlok
1940
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1939
as Valdar
1947
as Gruesome
1947
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1967
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1987
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1957
as Bishop Cauchon
2000
as Self
1934
as Count Ledrantz
1958
as James Rankin
1939
as Mr. James Lee Wong
1939
as James Lee Wong
1940
as James Lee Wong
1966
as The Corpse
1970
as Franz Badulescu
1967
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1931
as Waiter
1955
as Mr. Mycroft
1927
as Owaza
1964
as Narrator
1937
as Himself
1931
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931
as The Voice (voice)
1991
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
2000
as The Monster (archive footage)
1991
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1934
as Himself
1931
as The Professor
1931
as Terry
1926
as The Mesmerist
1926
as Dance Hall Masher
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1930
as Corsican
1938
as Jevries
1937
as "General" Wu Yen Fang
1931
as Tony Ricca
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1924
as Tony Garcia
2014
as Various roles (archive footage)
1929
as Scarface Macklin
1966
as The Rat (voice)
1931
as Boris - First Revolutionary
1932
as 'Happy' MacDonald
2006
as Self (archive footage)
1984
as (archive footage)
1983
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1932
as Nikko
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1927
as Purser
1929
as Jules Gregg
1930
as Henchman Baxter
1920
as Indian (uncredited)
1990
as Archival
1926
as Pirate (uncredited)
1927
as Ramon
1957
as Narrator (voice)
2024
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
as Self - Interviewee
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
1926
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1920
as Jules Borney
1931
as Drunken Orderly
1961
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Self (archive footage)
1953
as Colonel March
2004
as Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage)
1932
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1960
as Self
1931
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1958
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1958
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1989
as Man in Room (archive footage)
1932
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1962
as Host
1955
as King Arthur
1921
as Baptiste
2000
as Self (archive footage)
2006
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
1964
as Art Dealer
1919
as Henchman in cloth cap
1937
as Self
1932
as Boris Karloff
1975
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as (archive footage)
1942
as Himself
2006
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1931
as Cokey Joe
1990
as (archive footage)
1927
as Fleming
1996
as Self (archive footage)
2007
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1921
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1955
as General Pollegar
1926
as Scissors Grinder
1964
as Narrator
1962
as Jonathan Brewster
1925
as Diego
1921
as Ahmed Khan
1926
as Snipe Collins
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1966
as The Madman (archive footage)
1935
as Himself
1934
as Himself
1925
as Pierre
1958
as Mr. Kurtz
1926
as Robber (uncredited)
1962
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
1970
as Gorca (archive footage)
1962
2007
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1998
as (archive footage)
1964
as Self
1994
as (voice - archive footage)
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2023
as Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
2023
as La Momia (archivo de imagen)
1956
as Ward Allen
Production
1964
as Thanks
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