Boris Karloff
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1887
Died: February 2, 1969
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…
Known for
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
House of Frankenstein
1944
Frankenstein 1970
1958
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
Devil's Island
1939
The Devil Commands
1941
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
The Body Snatcher
1945
Isle of the Dead
1945
Corridors of Blood
1958
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
Juggernaut
1936
Doomed to Die
1940
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
The Black Cat
1934
Bedlam
1946
The Old Dark House
1932
The Terror
1963
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
Before I Hang
1940
The Black Room
1935
The Walking Dead
1936
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
The Invisible Ray
1936
Black Sabbath
1963
The Ghoul
1933
Night Key
1937
Die, Monster, Die!
1965
Alien Terror
1971
The Ape
1940
The Mummy
1932
Voodoo Island
1957
The Island Monster
1954
The Raven
1935
Mad Monster Party?
1967
The Climax
1944
Fear Chamber
1968
Isle of the Snake People
1971
Macabre Serenade
1968
British Intelligence
1939
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
The Sorcerers
1967
Grip of the Strangler
1958
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
The Fatal Hour
1940
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
Cauldron of Blood
1968
Sting of Death
1955
A Fool's World
1964
The Invisible Menace
1938
West of Shanghai
1937
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
Colonel March Investigates
1953
The Fatal Impulse
1960
Jack the Ripper
1958
Destination Nightmare
1958
Sabaka
1955
Today's Teens
1964
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962
Horror!!!
1964
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
The Grim Reaper
1961
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
1960
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941
The Black Castle
1952
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
Tower of London
1939
Heroes of Horror
2001
Black Friday
1940
The Lost Patrol
1934
The Strange Door
1951
Targets
1968
The Lark
1957
The House of Rothschild
1934
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
Terror in the Tropics
2006
The Mesmerist
2003
Doom of Dracula
1966
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
Tap Roots
1948
Forbidden Cargo
1925
Lady Robinhood
1925
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
The Man from Downing Street
1922
King of the Wild
1931
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
Behind the Mask
1932
The Raven
1963
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
You'll Find Out
1940
Gift of Gab
1934
Dynamite Dan
1924
Night World
1932
The Phantom Buster
1927
Little Lost Robot
1962
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
Frankenstein
1931
Lured
1947
The Hellion
1924
Flaming Fury
1926
Burning the Wind
1929
The Devil's Chaplain
1929
The Infidel
1922
The Criminal Code
1931
Behind That Curtain
1929
Unconquered
1947
Graft
1931
The King of the Kongo
1929
The Phantom of the North
1929
The Utah Kid
1930
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
Rendezvous in Black
1956
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015
The Golden Web
1926
Vultures of the Sea
1928
The Vanishing Rider
1928
The Little Wild Girl
1928
The Fatal Warning
1929
The Venetian Affair
1966
Tonight or Never
1931
The Public Defender
1931
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
The Bells
1926
The Guilty Generation
1931
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
Parisian Nights
1925
The Storm
1962
The Lightning Raider
1919
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
The Woman Conquers
1922
The Sea Bat
1930
The Deadlier Sex
1920
I Like Your Nerve
1931
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
The Universal Story
1996
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
The Prairie Wife
1925
Her Honor, the Governor
1926
The White Panther
1924
Flames
1926
Two Sisters
1929
The Altar Stairs
1922
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
Cracked Nuts
1931
Two Arabian Knights
1927
The Last Repair Shop
2024
The Cave Girl
1921
The Love Mart
1927
Heart of Darkness
1958
The Woman and the Puppet
1920
Scarface
1932
Cheated Hearts
1921
Business and Pleasure
1932
Nan of the North
1922
Five Star Final
1931
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
The Prince and Betty
1919
Soft Cushions
1927
Anne Against the World
1929
Omar the Tentmaker
1922
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
The Miracle Man
1932
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
Riders of the Plains
1924
Sharp Shooters
1928
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Boo
1932
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
Let It Rain
1927
The Mad Genius
1931
The Daydreamer
1966
His Majesty, the American
1919
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
The Prisoner
1923
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
The Man in the Saddle
1926
Without Mercy
1925
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
Cinema Circus
1937
Old Ironsides
1926
The Yellow Ticket
1931
Bikini Beach
1964
Smart Money
1931
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Perils of the Wild
1925
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
Creepy Classics
1987
The Horror of It All
1983
Skyscraper Souls
1932
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
The Bad One
1930
Madhouse
1974
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
The Vanishing Legion
1931
Transylvania Twist
1989
The Greater Glory
1926
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
Universal Horror
1998
The Unholy Night
1929
The Mummy's Hand
1940
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
The Horror Show
1979
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
The American Nightmare
2000
The Mummy's Curse
1944
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Movie Orgy
1968
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
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 Veil
1958
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
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
The George Gobel Show
1954
The Lux Show
1957
The Name of the Game
1968
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
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