Boris Karloff
Department: Acting
Biography
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!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
Scarface
1932
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
Frankenstein
1931
Son of Frankenstein
1939
House of Frankenstein
1944
Frankenstein 1970
1958
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
The Movie Orgy
1968
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941
Lured
1947
The Devil Commands
1941
Devil's Island
1939
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
The Black Castle
1952
The Body Snatcher
1945
Isle of the Dead
1945
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
Corridors of Blood
1963
Juggernaut
1936
Tap Roots
1948
Doomed to Die
1940
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
Bedlam
1946
The Black Cat
1934
The Old Dark House
1932
The Terror
1963
The White Panther
1924
The Hellion
1924
The Lightning Raider
1919
Riders of the Plains
1924
The Prince and Betty
1919
Forbidden Cargo
1925
Perils of the Wild
1925
Lady Robinhood
1925
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
Without Mercy
1925
Cheated Hearts
1921
The Golden Web
1926
Flames
1926
Flaming Fury
1926
Let It Rain
1927
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
Soft Cushions
1927
The Vanishing Rider
1928
Sharp Shooters
1928
Vultures of the Sea
1928
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
Burning the Wind
1929
Before I Hang
1940
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
The Little Wild Girl
1928
The Black Room
1935
The Devil's Chaplain
1929
Two Sisters
1929
The Fatal Warning
1929
The Bad One
1930
The Unholy Night
1929
Business and Pleasure
1932
Anne Against the World
1929
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949
The Walking Dead
1936
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
Nan of the North
1922
The Man from Downing Street
1922
The Infidel
1922
Omar the Tentmaker
1922
The Woman Conquers
1922
The Altar Stairs
1922
The Prisoner
1923
The Horror Show
1979
The Invisible Ray
1936
Black Sabbath
1963
The Ghoul
1933
King of the Wild
1931
Night Key
1937
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Behind the Mask
1932
Tower of London
1939
Heroes of Horror
2001
Black Friday
1940
The Raven
1963
Madhouse
1974
Die, Monster, Die!
1965
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
Alien Terror
1971
Five Star Final
1931
The Criminal Code
1931
The Ape
1940
The Mummy
1932
The Mummy's Hand
1940
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Voodoo Island
1957
The Mummy's Curse
1944
The Island Monster
1954
The Raven
1935
Behind That Curtain
1929
The Lost Patrol
1934
Mad Monster Party?
1967
The Climax
1944
The Strange Door
1951
Smart Money
1931
Fear Chamber
1968
Macabre Serenade
1968
Isle of the Snake People
1971
Targets
1968
You'll Find Out
1940
British Intelligence
1939
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
Unconquered
1947
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
The Sorcerers
1967
Creepy Classics
1987
The Lark
1957
The American Nightmare
2000
The House of Rothschild
1934
Grip of the Strangler
1958
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
The Fatal Hour
1940
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
Cauldron of Blood
1968
The Venetian Affair
1967
Tonight or Never
1931
Sting of Death
1955
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
A Fool's World
1964
Cinema Circus
1937
The Mad Genius
1931
The Vanishing Legion
1931
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Gift of Gab
1934
The Public Defender
1931
Graft
1931
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
The Bells
1926
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
The Sea Bat
1930
The Invisible Menace
1938
West of Shanghai
1937
The Guilty Generation
1931
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
Dynamite Dan
1924
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
The King of the Kongo
1929
The Daydreamer
1966
Cracked Nuts
1931
Night World
1932
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Horror of It All
1983
The Miracle Man
1932
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
Two Arabian Knights
1927
The Phantom of the North
1929
The Utah Kid
1930
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
The Phantom Buster
1927
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957
The Last Repair Shop
2024
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
Old Ironsides
1926
The Deadlier Sex
1920
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Colonel March Investigates
1953
Skyscraper Souls
1932
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
The Fatal Impulse
1960
I Like Your Nerve
1931
Jack the Ripper
1958
Destination Nightmare
1958
Transylvania Twist
1989
Boo
1932
Little Lost Robot
1962
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
The Cave Girl
1921
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
Terror in the Tropics
2006
Bikini Beach
1964
His Majesty, the American
1919
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Mesmerist
2003
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
The Love Mart
1927
The Universal Story
1996
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921
Sabaka
1955
The Greater Glory
1926
Today's Teens
1964
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
The Prairie Wife
1925
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
Her Honor, the Governor
1926
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
Doom of Dracula
1966
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
Parisian Nights
1925
Heart of Darkness
1958
The Man in the Saddle
1926
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
The Storm
1962
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Universal Horror
1998
Horror!!!
1964
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
The Dark Universe
2023
The Dark Universe
2023
Rendezvous in Black
1956
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
The Grim Reaper
1961
The Woman and the Puppet
1920
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Dracula in the Movies
1992
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Route 66
1960
This Is Your Life
1955
Out of This World
1962
Studio One
1948
General Electric Theater
1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Shindig!
1964
Thriller
1960
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Climax!
1954
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Veil
1958
Down You Go
1951
Suspense
1949
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lights Out
1949
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Suspicion
1957
Telephone Time
1956
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
Thriller
1960
The George Gobel Show
1954
Lux Video Theatre
1950
General Electric Theater
1953
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Lux Show
1957
The Name of the Game
1968
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
Thriller
1960
Thriller
1960
Thriller
1960
Thriller
1960
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Climax!
1954
Suspense
1949
Suspense
1949
Suspense
1949
The Red Skelton Show
1951
The United States Steel Hour
1953
What's My Line?
1950
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
The Wild Wild West
1965
McCloud
1970