Boris Karloff
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!.
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As actor 275
What's My Line?
1950
The Wild Wild West
1965
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
The Red Skelton Show
1951
Studio One
1948
Route 66
1960
This Is Your Life
1955
Climax!
1954
Suspense
1949
The Name of the Game
1968
Telephone Time
1956
Thriller
1960
McCloud
1970
Lights Out
1949
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Shindig!
1964
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
Suspicion
1957
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
The George Gobel Show
1954
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Frankenstein
1931
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
Out of This World
1962
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
The Mummy
1932
Scarface
1932
The Raven
1963
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Macabre Serenade
1968
The Veil
1958
General Electric Theater
1953
Unconquered
1947
Targets
1968
The Terror
1963
The Lux Show
1957
Soft Cushions
1927
Son of Frankenstein
1939
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Tap Roots
1948
Madhouse
1974
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
Cracked Nuts
1931
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
The Raven
1935
Sharp Shooters
1928
Black Sabbath
1963
The Mummy's Hand
1940
The Black Cat
1934
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
Bedlam
1946
Mad Monster Party?
1967
The Old Dark House
1932
Lured
1947
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
The Walking Dead
1936
The Body Snatcher
1945
The Movie Orgy
1968
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Lost Patrol
1934
The Venetian Affair
1966
House of Frankenstein
1944
Smart Money
1931
Black Friday
1940
The Climax
1944
Corridors of Blood
1958
The Last Repair Shop
2024
The Black Room
1935
Sabaka
1955
Tower of London
1939
Frankenstein 1970
1958
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
The Mummy's Curse
1944
Die, Monster, Die!
1965
Bikini Beach
1964
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Down You Go
1951
Before I Hang
1940
Let It Rain
1927
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
The Universal Story
1996
The House of Rothschild
1934
Devil's Island
1939
King of the Wild
1931
The Ape
1940
Isle of the Dead
1945
Grip of the Strangler
1958
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
The Ghoul
1933
Doomed to Die
1940
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
The Invisible Ray
1936
Dracula in the Movies
1992
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Perils of the Wild
1925
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
The Strange Door
1951
The American Nightmare
2000
Horror!!!
1964
Transylvania Twist
1989
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
The Lark
1957
Cauldron of Blood
1968
Night Key
1937
Five Star Final
1931
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
2026
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
The Sorcerers
1967
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
The Mad Genius
1931
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
Heart of Darkness
1958
You'll Find Out
1940
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
The King of the Kongo
1929
Her Honor, the Governor
1926
The Black Castle
1952
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
The Horror Show
1979
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
The Invisible Menace
1938
The Sea Bat
1930
The Criminal Code
1931
The Horror of It All
1983
The Greater Glory
1926
The Phantom Buster
1927
Business and Pleasure
1932
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Omar the Tentmaker
1922
British Intelligence
1939
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
The Prairie Wife
1925
The Island Monster
1954
Skyscraper Souls
1932
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
Night World
1932
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Alien Terror
1971
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
The Fatal Hour
1940
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
The Devil Commands
1941
The Grim Reaper
1961
The Prisoner
1923
Universal Horror
1998
The Love Mart
1927
The Phantom of the North
1929
Voodoo Island
1957
Gift of Gab
1934
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
Colonel March Investigates
1953
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
His Majesty, the American
1919
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Burning the Wind
1929
The Fatal Impulse
1960
Tonight or Never
1931
Heroes of Horror
2001
The Daydreamer
1966
Old Ironsides
1926
Behind That Curtain
1929
Sting of Death
1955
Fear Chamber
1968
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Creepy Classics
1987
The Guilty Generation
1931
Cheated Hearts
1921
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
The Woman and the Puppet
1920
The Miracle Man
1932
The Little Wild Girl
1928
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Isle of the Snake People
1971
The Deadlier Sex
1920
Two Arabian Knights
1927
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
The Vanishing Rider
1928
The Bells
1926
A Fool's World
1964
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
Without Mercy
1925
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
The Utah Kid
1930
Today's Teens
1964
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
West of Shanghai
1937
Juggernaut
1936
Nan of the North
1922
The Bad One
1930
Graft
1931
The Cave Girl
1921
The Public Defender
1931
The Infidel
1922
Riders of the Plains
1924
The Man from Downing Street
1922
The Altar Stairs
1922
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
Jack the Ripper
1958
Vultures of the Sea
1928
The Unholy Night
1929
Little Lost Robot
1962
The Golden Web
1926
The White Panther
1924
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
The Storm
1962
The Fatal Warning
1929
The Lightning Raider
1919
Boo
1932
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
Two Sisters
1929
Flames
1926
Destination Nightmare
1958
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
I Like Your Nerve
1931
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
The Hellion
1924
Dynamite Dan
1924
Forbidden Cargo
1925
Parisian Nights
1925
Terror in the Tropics
2006
The Devil's Chaplain
1929
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
Cinema Circus
1937
The Man in the Saddle
1926
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
Anne Against the World
1929
Rendezvous in Black
1956
Behind the Mask
1932
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957
Lady Robinhood
1925
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
1960
The Vanishing Legion
1931
The Prince and Betty
1919
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941
The Woman Conquers
1922
The Mesmerist
2003
Flaming Fury
1926
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980