Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

acting Nov 23, 1887 Feb 2, 1969 Camberwell, London, England, UK

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IMDb avg 6.2
IMDb median 6.4
RT avg 81%
RT median 89%

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  1. Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies → Self - (archive footage)
  2. The Last Repair Shop → The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
  3. Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story → Self - Interviewee
  4. Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster → Self (archive footage)
  5. Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! → Self (archive footage)
  6. Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters → Self (archive footage)
  7. Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film → Various roles (archive footage)
  8. Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored → Self (archive footage)
  9. A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) → Self (archive footage)
  10. The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
  11. He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce → Self (archive footage)
  12. Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman → Self (archive footage)
  13. Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire → Himself (archive footage)
  14. Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde → Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
  15. Lugosi: The Dark Prince → Self (archive footage)
  16. Terror in the Tropics → Mr. Wong (archive footage)
  17. Karloff: The Gentle Monster → Self (archive footage)
  18. Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
  19. The Mesmerist → (archive footage)
  20. Heroes of Horror → (archive footage)
  21. The American Nightmare → Self
  22. The Many Faces of Dracula → The Monster (archive footage)
  23. Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed → Self (archive footage)
  24. Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' → Self (archive footage)
  25. The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster → Self (archive footage)
  26. Universal Horror → (archive footage)
  27. The Universal Story → Self (archive footage)
  28. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition → (voice - archive footage)
  29. Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld → Self (archive footage)
  30. Dracula in the Movies
  31. Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook → The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
  32. Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook → Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
  33. Halloween Monster Bash → Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
  34. Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To → (archive footage)
  35. Abbott and Costello in the Movies → Archival
  36. Transylvania Twist → Man in Room (archive footage)
  37. Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
  38. Creepy Classics → Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
  39. Going Hollywood: The '30s → (archive footage)
  40. The Horror of It All → Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
  41. Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! → Self (archive footage)
  42. Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
  43. The Horror Show → (archive footage)
  44. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? → Self (archive footage)
  45. Madhouse → (archive footage)
  46. The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute → Self (archive footage)
  47. Isle of the Snake People → Carl van Molder / Damballah
  48. Alien Terror → Prof. John Mayer
  49. McCloud (TV) → Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
  50. Hatchet for the Honeymoon → Gorca (archive footage)
  51. The Name of the Game (TV) → Mikhail Orlov
  52. The Movie Orgy → Self (archive footage)
  53. Targets → Byron Orlok
  54. Curse of the Crimson Altar → Professor John Marsh
  55. Cauldron of Blood → Franz Badulescu
  56. Fear Chamber → Dr. Carl Mandel
  57. Macabre Serenade → Matthias Morteval
  58. Mad Monster Party? → Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
  59. The Sorcerers → Prof. Marcus Monserrat
  60. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV) → Mother Muffin
  61. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! → Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
  62. The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini → The Corpse
  63. The Daydreamer → The Rat (voice)
  64. Doom of Dracula → The Madman (archive footage)
  65. The Venetian Affair → Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
  66. The Wild Wild West (TV) → Mr. Singh
  67. Die, Monster, Die! → Nahum Witley
  68. Shindig! (TV) → Self - Guest Host / Singer
  69. Bikini Beach → Art Dealer
  70. The Comedy of Terrors → Amos Hinchley
  71. A Fool's World → Narrator
  72. Horror!!! → Self
  73. Today's Teens → Narrator
  74. Black Sabbath → Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
  75. The Terror → Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
  76. The Raven → Dr. Scarabus
  77. Corridors of Blood → Dr. Thomas Bolton
  78. Out of This World (TV) → Host
  79. The Storm
  80. The Incredible Doktor Markesan → Dr. Konrad Markesan
  81. Arsenic & Old Lace → Jonathan Brewster
  82. Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
  83. Little Lost Robot → Host
  84. Days of Thrills and Laughter → Self (archive footage)
  85. The Grim Reaper → Self
  86. Route 66 (TV)
  87. Thriller (TV) → Clayton Mace
  88. Thriller (TV) → Self - Host
  89. Thriller (TV) → Dr. Albert Farnham
  90. Thriller (TV) → Dr. Thorne
  91. Thriller (TV) → Doktor Konrad Markesan
  92. Thriller (TV) → Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
  93. The Fatal Impulse → Self
  94. Who Killed Chung Ling Soo? → Narrator
  95. Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV) → Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
  96. The Veil (TV)
  97. Frankenstein 1970 → Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
  98. Destination Nightmare → Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
  99. Heart of Darkness → Mr. Kurtz
  100. Grip of the Strangler → James Rankin
  101. Jack the Ripper → Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
  102. Suspicion (TV) → Judge Winthrop Gelsey
  103. DuPont Show of the Month (TV)
  104. The Lux Show (TV) → Self
  105. The Lark → Bishop Cauchon
  106. Voodoo Island → Phillip Knight
  107. The Juggler of Our Lady → Narrator (voice)
  108. The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV) → Self
  109. Telephone Time (TV)
  110. Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV) → Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
  111. The Rosemary Clooney Show (TV) → Self
  112. Rendezvous in Black → Ward Allen
  113. This Is Your Life (TV) → Self
  114. Sabaka → General Pollegar
  115. A Connecticut Yankee → King Arthur
  116. Sting of Death → Mr. Mycroft
  117. Climax! (TV) → Dr. Philip Nestri
  118. Climax! (TV) → Vicar Tellworth
  119. The George Gobel Show (TV) → Self
  120. The Island Monster → Don Gaetano
  121. The United States Steel Hour (TV) → George Redford
  122. General Electric Theater (TV) → Mr. Blue Ocean
  123. General Electric Theater (TV) → Henry E. Church
  124. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde → Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
  125. Colonel March Investigates → Colonel March
  126. The Black Castle → Dr. Meissen
  127. The Red Skelton Show (TV) → Professor Townsend (Spy)
  128. Tales of Tomorrow (TV)
  129. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Cauchon
  130. Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Jonathan Brewster
  131. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV) → Charles Brandon
  132. Down You Go (TV) → Self
  133. The Strange Door → Voltan
  134. Robert Montgomery Presents (TV) → Bennett Kimball
  135. Robert Montgomery Presents (TV)
  136. What's My Line? (TV) → Self
  137. Lux Video Theatre (TV) → Sir Arthur Strangeways
  138. Lux Video Theatre (TV) → Montgomery Royle
  139. Lux Video Theatre (TV) → Larkin
  140. Suspense (TV) → Toff
  141. Suspense (TV)
  142. Suspense (TV) → Bronson
  143. Suspense (TV) → Rasputin
  144. Lights Out (TV)
  145. Starring Boris Karloff (TV)
  146. Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff → Swami Talpur
  147. The Emperor's Nightingale → Narrator (English version)
  148. Studio One (TV) → Skaggs
  149. Studio One (TV) → Professor Koernig
  150. Studio One (TV) → King Arthur
  151. Tap Roots → Tishomingo
  152. Unconquered → Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
  153. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty → Dr Hugo Hollingshead
  154. Lured → Charles van Druten
  155. Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome → Gruesome
  156. Bedlam → George Sims
  157. The Body Snatcher → John Gray
  158. Isle of the Dead → Gen. Nikolas Pherides
  159. House of Frankenstein → Dr. Gustav Niemann
  160. The Mummy's Curse → Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
  161. The Climax → Dr. Friedrich Hohner
  162. The Boogie Man Will Get You → Prof. Nathaniel Billings
  163. Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 → Himself
  164. The Devil Commands → Dr. Julian Blair
  165. Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 → Self
  166. The Mummy's Hand → Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
  167. Before I Hang → Dr. John Garth
  168. Doomed to Die → James Lee Wong
  169. The Ape → Dr. Bernard Adrian
  170. The Man with Nine Lives → Dr. Leon Kravaal
  171. Black Friday → Dr. Ernest Sovac
  172. You'll Find Out → Judge Spencer Mainwaring
  173. The Fatal Hour → James Lee Wong
  174. Son of Frankenstein → The Monster
  175. Tower of London → Mord
  176. The Man They Could Not Hang → Dr. Henryk Savaard
  177. British Intelligence → Valdar
  178. Devil's Island → Dr. Charles Gaudet
  179. Mr. Wong in Chinatown → Mr. James Lee Wong
  180. The Mystery of Mr. Wong → James Lee Wong
  181. Mr. Wong, Detective → James Lee Wong
  182. The Invisible Menace → Jevries
  183. Breakdowns of 1937 → Self
  184. West of Shanghai → "General" Wu Yen Fang
  185. Night Key → David Mallory
  186. Cinema Circus → Himself
  187. Charlie Chan at the Opera → Gravelle
  188. The Walking Dead → John Ellman
  189. The Invisible Ray → Dr. Janos Rukh
  190. The Man Who Changed His Mind → Dr. Laurence
  191. Juggernaut → Dr. Victor Sartorius
  192. Bride of Frankenstein → The Monster
  193. The Raven → Edmond Bateman
  194. The Black Room → Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
  195. Hollywood Hobbies → Himself
  196. The House of Rothschild → Count Ledrantz
  197. The Black Cat → Hjalmar Poelzig
  198. The Lost Patrol → Sanders
  199. Gift of Gab → Himself
  200. Screen Snapshots No. 11 → Himself
  201. The Ghoul → Prof. Morlant
  202. Scarface → Gaffney
  203. The Mummy → Imhotep / Ardath Bey
  204. The Mask of Fu Manchu → Dr. Fu Manchu
  205. The Old Dark House → Morgan
  206. Skyscraper Souls → Man Approaching Ticket Counter
  207. Night World → 'Happy' MacDonald
  208. The Miracle Man → Nikko
  209. Business and Pleasure → Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
  210. Behind the Mask → Jim Henderson
  211. Boo → Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
  212. The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood → Boris Karloff
  213. Frankenstein → The Monster
  214. Smart Money → Sport Williams
  215. Young Donovan's Kid → Cokey Joe
  216. The Yellow Ticket → Drunken Orderly
  217. The Criminal Code → Ned Galloway
  218. The Vanishing Legion → The Voice (voice)
  219. Five Star Final → T. Vernon Isopod
  220. Graft → Terry
  221. King of the Wild → Mustapha
  222. The Mad Genius → Fedor's Father (uncredited)
  223. The Public Defender → The Professor
  224. The Guilty Generation → Tony Ricca
  225. I Like Your Nerve → Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
  226. Cracked Nuts → Boris - First Revolutionary
  227. Tonight or Never → Waiter
  228. The Sea Bat → Corsican
  229. The Bad One → Monsieur Gaston
  230. The Utah Kid → Henchman Baxter
  231. The Unholy Night → Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
  232. The King of the Kongo → Scarface Macklin
  233. Behind That Curtain → Beetham's Manservent
  234. The Fatal Warning → Mullins
  235. The Devil's Chaplain → Boris
  236. The Phantom of the North → Jules Gregg
  237. Burning the Wind → Pug Doran
  238. Two Sisters → Cecil
  239. Anne Against the World
  240. Sharp Shooters → Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
  241. Vultures of the Sea → Grouchy
  242. The Little Wild Girl → Maurice Kent
  243. The Vanishing Rider → The Villain
  244. The Princess from Hoboken → Pavel
  245. Two Arabian Knights → Purser
  246. The Meddlin' Stranger → Al Meggs
  247. The Love Mart → Fleming
  248. Soft Cushions → The Chief Conspirator
  249. Let It Rain → Crook
  250. Tarzan and the Golden Lion → Owaza
  251. The Phantom Buster → Ramon
  252. Old Ironsides → Saracen Guard (uncredited)
  253. The Man in the Saddle → Robber (uncredited)
  254. The Nickel-Hopper → Dance Hall Masher
  255. The Greater Glory → Scissors Grinder
  256. The Bells → The Mesmerist
  257. The Eagle of the Sea → Pirate (uncredited)
  258. The Golden Web → Dave Sinclair
  259. Her Honor, the Governor → Snipe Collins
  260. Flaming Fury → Gaspard
  261. Flames → Blackie Blanchette
  262. The Prairie Wife → Diego
  263. Lady Robinhood → Cabraza
  264. Without Mercy → Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
  265. Parisian Nights → Pierre
  266. Never the Twain Shall Meet
  267. Forbidden Cargo → Pietro Castillano
  268. Perils of the Wild
  269. Dynamite Dan → Tony Garcia
  270. The Hellion → The Outlaw
  271. The White Panther → Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
  272. Riders of the Plains
  273. The Prisoner → Prince Kapolski
  274. Omar the Tentmaker → Imam Mowaffak
  275. The Infidel → The Nabob
  276. Nan of the North → Undetermined Role (uncredited)
  277. The Man from Downing Street → Maharajah Jehan
  278. The Altar Stairs → Hugo
  279. The Woman Conquers → Raoul Maris
  280. Cheated Hearts → Nei Hamid
  281. Without Benefit of Clergy → Ahmed Khan
  282. The Cave Girl → Baptiste
  283. The Hope Diamond Mystery → Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
  284. The Last of the Mohicans → Indian (uncredited)
  285. The Deadlier Sex → Jules Borney
  286. The Courage of Marge O'Doone → Tavish
  287. The Woman and the Puppet → (uncredited)
  288. The Prince and Betty → Undetermined Role
  289. His Majesty, the American → Henchman in cloth cap
  290. The Lightning Raider

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