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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 23, 1887
Died
February 2, 1969
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Also Known As
- William Henry Pratt
- بوریس کارلوف
Boris Karloff
1.2 Popularity
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
0.0
Self - (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
7.5
The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Last Repair Shop
2024
0.0
Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
The Dark Universe
2023
0.0
La Momia (archivo de imagen)
The Dark Universe
2023
🎬
10.0
Self - Interviewee
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
4.7
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
10.0
Self (archive footage)
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
7.5
Various roles (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
🎬
0.0
Self (archive footage)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
Credits
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
0.0
The Last Repair Shop
as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
7.5
The Dark Universe
as Frankenstein (archivo de imagen)
2023
0.0
The Dark Universe
as La Momia (archivo de imagen)
2023
0.0
🎬
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
as Self - Interviewee
2022
10.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2021
7.0
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
as Self (archive footage)
2021
4.7
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
as Self (archive footage)
2015
10.0
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Various roles (archive footage)
2014
7.5
🎬
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
as Self (archive footage)
2013
0.0
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.5
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
10.0
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
as Self (archive footage)
2008
8.4
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
2007
6.3
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
2007
8.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
2007
9.0
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2006
7.6
Terror in the Tropics
as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
0.0
The Mesmerist
as (archive footage)
2003
8.0
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self (archive footage)
2002
7.7
🎬
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
2001
9.0
The American Nightmare
as Self
2000
6.8
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
2000
7.0
The Many Faces of Dracula
as The Monster (archive footage)
2000
3.5
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.9
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1998
7.1
The Universal Story
as Self (archive footage)
1996
7.7
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as (voice - archive footage)
1994
8.1
🎬
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
1991
5.7
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
1991
10.0
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
as (archive footage)
1990
9.0
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Archival
1990
0.0
Transylvania Twist
as Man in Room (archive footage)
1989
5.1
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Creepy Classics
as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
1987
6.3
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
10.0
The Horror of It All
as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
1983
8.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
0.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1975
6.1
Madhouse
as (archive footage)
1974
6.2
🎬
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1974
7.7
Alien Terror
as Prof. John Mayer
1971
3.4
Isle of the Snake People
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
1971
3.0
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
as Gorca (archive footage)
1970
6.4
Curse of the Crimson Altar
as Professor John Marsh
1968
5.2
The Name of the Game
as Mikhail Orlov
1968
6.8
Targets
as Byron Orlok
1968
7.0
Fear Chamber
as Dr. Carl Mandel
1968
4.3
Macabre Serenade
as Matthias Morteval
1968
3.9
Cauldron of Blood
as Franz Badulescu
1968
4.1
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
The Sorcerers
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
1967
6.1
Mad Monster Party?
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
1967
6.6
The Venetian Affair
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
1967
4.4
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
1966
7.5
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mother Muffin
1966
6.6
The Daydreamer
as The Rat (voice)
1966
4.6
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
as The Corpse
1966
5.0
Doom of Dracula
as The Madman (archive footage)
1966
0.0
Die, Monster, Die!
as Nahum Witley
1965
5.6
The Wild Wild West
as Mr. Singh
1965
7.6
Shindig!
as Self - Guest Host / Singer
1964
6.2
Bikini Beach
as Art Dealer
1964
5.5
🎬
Today's Teens
as Narrator
1964
0.0
The Comedy of Terrors
as Amos Hinchley
1964
6.5
Horror!!!
as Self
1964
1.0
A Fool's World
as Narrator
1964
2.6
Black Sabbath
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
1963
7.2
The Terror
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
1963
5.2
Corridors of Blood
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
1963
6.2
The Raven
as Dr. Scarabus
1963
6.3
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
0.0
Little Lost Robot
as Host
1962
7.0
Out of This World
as Host
1962
4.3
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
as Dr. Konrad Markesan
1962
7.0
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Jonathan Brewster
1962
6.5
The Storm
1962
0.0
The Grim Reaper
as Self
1961
0.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
1961
5.5
The Fatal Impulse
as Self
1960
1.0
Route 66
1960
6.3
Thriller
as Clayton Mace
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Self - Host
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Dr. Albert Farnham
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Dr. Thorne
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Doktor Konrad Markesan
1960
6.6
Thriller
as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
1960
6.6
Heart of Darkness
as Mr. Kurtz
1958
0.0
Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
1958
5.3
Grip of the Strangler
as James Rankin
1958
5.9
🎬
Jack the Ripper
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
1958
6.0
🎬
Destination Nightmare
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
1958
5.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
1958
6.2
The Veil
1958
7.6
The Juggler of Our Lady
as Narrator (voice)
1957
6.5
Suspicion
as Judge Winthrop Gelsey
1957
5.9
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
6.8
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
The Lark
as Bishop Cauchon
1957
0.0
Voodoo Island
as Phillip Knight
1957
4.3
Rendezvous in Black
as Ward Allen
1956
0.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
🎬
The Rosemary Clooney Show
as Self
1956
0.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
1956
7.3
This Is Your Life
as Self
1955
6.4
A Connecticut Yankee
as King Arthur
1955
4.0
Sting of Death
as Mr. Mycroft
1955
0.0
Sabaka
as General Pollegar
1955
4.1
Climax!
as Dr. Philip Nestri
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Vicar Tellworth
1954
3.3
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
The Island Monster
as Don Gaetano
1954
3.0
The United States Steel Hour
as George Redford
1953
6.2
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
1953
6.3
Colonel March Investigates
as Colonel March
1953
6.0
General Electric Theater
as Mr. Blue Ocean
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Henry E. Church
1953
6.4
The Black Castle
as Dr. Meissen
1952
6.4
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Cauchon
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jonathan Brewster
1951
8.6
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Charles Brandon
1951
7.2
The Red Skelton Show
as Professor Townsend (Spy)
1951
7.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
The Strange Door
as Voltan
1951
6.1
🎬
Down You Go
as Self
1951
0.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Sir Arthur Strangeways
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Montgomery Royle
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Larkin
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
6.9
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Bennett Kimball
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
🎬
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
0.0
Lights Out
1949
5.8
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
as Swami Talpur
1949
6.5
The Emperor's Nightingale
as Narrator (English version)
1949
5.4
Suspense
as Toff
1949
4.9
Suspense
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Bronson
1949
4.9
Suspense
as Rasputin
1949
4.9
Studio One
as Skaggs
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Professor Koernig
1948
5.0
Studio One
as King Arthur
1948
5.0
Tap Roots
as Tishomingo
1948
6.7
Unconquered
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
1947
6.3
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Gruesome
1947
5.3
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
1947
6.8
Lured
as Charles van Druten
1947
6.3
Bedlam
as George Sims
1946
6.6
Isle of the Dead
as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
1945
6.0
The Body Snatcher
as John Gray
1945
7.0
The Mummy's Curse
as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1944
5.5
House of Frankenstein
as Dr. Gustav Niemann
1944
6.0
The Climax
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
1944
5.5
The Boogie Man Will Get You
as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
1942
6.1
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as Himself
1942
6.0
The Devil Commands
as Dr. Julian Blair
1941
6.2
🎬
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
as Self
1941
0.0
You'll Find Out
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
1940
5.5
The Ape
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
1940
4.8
The Mummy's Hand
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
1940
5.7
Before I Hang
as Dr. John Garth
1940
6.2
Doomed to Die
as James Lee Wong
1940
5.5
The Man with Nine Lives
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
1940
6.2
Black Friday
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
1940
6.0
The Fatal Hour
as James Lee Wong
1940
5.6
Tower of London
as Mord
1939
6.0
British Intelligence
as Valdar
1939
5.7
The Man They Could Not Hang
as Dr. Henryk Savaard
1939
6.6
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
as Mr. James Lee Wong
1939
5.3
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
as James Lee Wong
1939
5.7
Son of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1939
6.7
Devil's Island
as Dr. Charles Gaudet
1939
5.4
Mr. Wong, Detective
as James Lee Wong
1938
5.5
The Invisible Menace
as Jevries
1938
3.8
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
1937
6.0
West of Shanghai
as "General" Wu Yen Fang
1937
5.4
Night Key
as David Mallory
1937
6.2
🎬
Cinema Circus
as Himself
1937
0.0
Charlie Chan at the Opera
as Gravelle
1936
6.8
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Dr. Laurence
1936
6.1
Juggernaut
as Dr. Victor Sartorius
1936
4.2
The Walking Dead
as John Ellman
1936
6.3
The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Janos Rukh
1936
6.3
The Black Room
as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
1935
6.5
The Raven
as Edmond Bateman
1935
6.6
🎬
Hollywood Hobbies
as Himself
1935
6.0
Bride of Frankenstein
as The Monster
1935
7.5
Gift of Gab
as Himself
1934
1.0
The Black Cat
as Hjalmar Poelzig
1934
6.7
The House of Rothschild
as Count Ledrantz
1934
6.2
The Lost Patrol
as Sanders
1934
6.5
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
1934
0.0
The Ghoul
as Prof. Morlant
1933
5.5
The Mummy
as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
1932
6.8
Boo
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
1932
5.1
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
1932
5.4
The Old Dark House
as Morgan
1932
6.7
Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
1932
5.3
Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
1932
6.7
Scarface
as Gaffney
1932
7.4
The Miracle Man
as Nikko
1932
5.7
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Boris Karloff
1932
0.0
Behind the Mask
as Jim Henderson
1932
5.8
Business and Pleasure
as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1932
4.5
Frankenstein
as The Monster
1931
7.5
The Guilty Generation
as Tony Ricca
1931
6.1
The Yellow Ticket
as Drunken Orderly
1931
4.7
The Mad Genius
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
1931
6.3
Five Star Final
as T. Vernon Isopod
1931
6.6
Graft
as Terry
1931
4.5
I Like Your Nerve
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
1931
5.7
The Public Defender
as The Professor
1931
6.0
Smart Money
as Sport Williams
1931
6.9
Young Donovan's Kid
as Cokey Joe
1931
0.0
The Vanishing Legion
as The Voice (voice)
1931
9.0
Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
1931
7.0
King of the Wild
as Mustapha
1931
3.2
Tonight or Never
as Waiter
1931
5.9
The Criminal Code
as Ned Galloway
1931
6.0
The Utah Kid
as Henchman Baxter
1930
3.0
The Sea Bat
as Corsican
1930
4.3
The Bad One
as Monsieur Gaston
1930
6.3
The Unholy Night
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
1929
5.3
The King of the Kongo
as Scarface Macklin
1929
7.0
Behind That Curtain
as Beetham's Manservent
1929
3.7
🎬
The Phantom of the North
as Jules Gregg
1929
0.0
🎬
Anne Against the World
1929
0.0
Two Sisters
as Cecil
1929
6.0
The Devil's Chaplain
as Boris
1929
0.0
The Fatal Warning
as Mullins
1929
3.0
Burning the Wind
as Pug Doran
1929
0.0
The Little Wild Girl
as Maurice Kent
1928
0.0
Vultures of the Sea
as Grouchy
1928
0.0
The Vanishing Rider
as The Villain
1928
0.0
Sharp Shooters
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
1928
0.0
The Love Mart
as Fleming
1927
0.0
Two Arabian Knights
as Purser
1927
5.8
Soft Cushions
as The Chief Conspirator
1927
0.0
The Phantom Buster
as Ramon
1927
0.0
The Meddlin' Stranger
as Al Meggs
1927
0.0
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
as Owaza
1927
4.9
The Princess from Hoboken
as Pavel
1927
0.0
Let It Rain
as Crook
1927
0.0
Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
1926
6.2
Flaming Fury
as Gaspard
1926
0.0
The Nickel-Hopper
as Dance Hall Masher
1926
7.0
The Eagle of the Sea
as Pirate (uncredited)
1926
0.0
Flames
as Blackie Blanchette
1926
0.0
The Golden Web
as Dave Sinclair
1926
0.0
The Bells
as The Mesmerist
1926
6.2
Her Honor, the Governor
as Snipe Collins
1926
0.0
The Man in the Saddle
as Robber (uncredited)
1926
0.0
The Greater Glory
as Scissors Grinder
1926
0.0
Without Mercy
as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
1925
0.0
Parisian Nights
as Pierre
1925
1.0
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
6.0
Perils of the Wild
1925
0.0
Lady Robinhood
as Cabraza
1925
0.0
The Prairie Wife
as Diego
1925
0.0
Forbidden Cargo
as Pietro Castillano
1925
0.0
Dynamite Dan
as Tony Garcia
1924
5.0
Riders of the Plains
1924
0.0
The Hellion
as The Outlaw
1924
0.0
The White Panther
as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
1924
0.0
The Prisoner
as Prince Kapolski
1923
0.0
Omar the Tentmaker
as Imam Mowaffak
1922
0.0
The Altar Stairs
as Hugo
1922
0.0
The Woman Conquers
as Raoul Maris
1922
0.0
The Infidel
as The Nabob
1922
0.0
The Man from Downing Street
as Maharajah Jehan
1922
0.0
Nan of the North
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1922
0.0
The Cave Girl
as Baptiste
1921
0.0
Cheated Hearts
as Nei Hamid
1921
0.0
Without Benefit of Clergy
as Ahmed Khan
1921
0.0
The Hope Diamond Mystery
as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
1921
0.0
The Last of the Mohicans
as Indian (uncredited)
1920
6.2
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
as Tavish
1920
0.0
The Woman and the Puppet
as (uncredited)
1920
0.0
The Deadlier Sex
as Jules Borney
1920
5.0
The Prince and Betty
as Undetermined Role
1919
7.5
His Majesty, the American
as Henchman in cloth cap
1919
5.8
The Lightning Raider
1919
0.0