Boris Karloff
- Acting
- November 23, 1887 · Camberwell, London, England, UK
- February 2, 1969
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
Filmography
- The Orbit of Minor Satellites · Roger Ashley Norton, Vocals
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies · Self
- The Last Repair Shop · The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story · Self
- Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster · Self
- Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! · Self
- True Fear: The Making of Psycho · Self
- Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters · Self
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film · Various roles (archive footage)
- A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) · Self
- Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored · Self
- The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
- He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce · Self
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire · Self
- Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde · Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman · Self
- Lugosi: The Dark Prince · Self
- Karloff: The Gentle Monster · Self
- Terror in the Tropics · Mr. Wong (archive footage)
- Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
- The Mesmerist · (archive footage)
- Heroes of Horror · (archive footage)
- The American Nightmare · Self
- Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed · Self
- The Many Faces of Dracula · The Monster (archive footage)
- The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster · Self
- Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' · Self
- Universal Horror · (archive footage)
- The Universal Story · Self
- Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld · Self
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition · (voice - archive footage)
- Dracula in the Movies · (archive footage)
- Halloween Monster Bash · Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook · Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook · The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
- Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To · (archive footage)
- Abbott and Costello in the Movies · Archival
- Transylvania Twist · Man in Room (archive footage)
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Creepy Classics · Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
- Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie! · Self
- Going Hollywood: The '30s · (archive footage)
- The Horror of It All · Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! · Self
- Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
- The Horror Show · (archive footage)
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? · Self
- Madhouse · (archive footage)
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute · Self
- Alien Terror · Prof. John Mayer
- Isle of the Snake People · Carl van Molder / Damballah
- Hatchet for the Honeymoon · Gorca (archive footage)
- McCloud · Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Curse of the Crimson Altar · Professor John Marsh
- The Name of the Game · Mikhail Orlov
- Targets · Byron Orlok
- Fear Chamber · Dr. Carl Mandel
- Macabre Serenade · Matthias Morteval
- Cauldron of Blood · Franz Badulescu
- The Movie Orgy · Self
- The Sorcerers · Prof. Marcus Monserrat
- Mad Monster Party? · Baron Boris von Frankenstein (Voice)
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas! · Narrator / The Grinch (Voice)
- The Venetian Affair · Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. · Mother Muffin
- The Daydreamer · The Rat (Voice)
- The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini · The Corpse
- Die, Monster, Die! · Nahum Witley
- The Wild Wild West · Mr. Singh
- Shindig! · Self
- Bikini Beach · Art Dealer, Thanks
- Today's Teens · Narrator
- The Comedy of Terrors · Amos Hinchley
- Horror!!! · Self
- A Fool's World · Narrator
- Black Sabbath · Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
- The Terror · Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
- The Raven · Dr. Scarabus
- Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
- Little Lost Robot · Host