Bekannt für
Acting
Kredite
286
Geschlecht
Mann
Geburtstag
21. Nov. 1887
Todestag
2. Feb. 1969 (81)
Geburtsort
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Auch bekannt als
William Henry Pratt
Boris Karloff
Biografie
Boris Karloff, eigentlich William Henry Pratt, war ein britischer Theater- und Filmschauspieler. Er wurde vor allem als Darsteller in Horrorfilmen bekannt, nachdem er 1931 die Rolle des Monsters in Frankenstein gespielt hatte.
Bekannt für
Schauspielerische Rollen
| Jahr | Film / Fernsehsendung / Sonstiges | Rolle |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Last Repair Shop | The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self - Interviewee |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Various roles (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2012 | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | |
| 2008 | He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Der gefallene Vampir | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Cabman John Gray (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Lugosi: The Dark Prince | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Terror in the Tropics | Mr. Wong (archive footage) |
| 2005 | Bones - Die Knochenjägerin | Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Dr. Bernard Adrian (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | |
| 2003 | The Mesmerist | (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Die Akte Frankenstein | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self |
| 2000 | Die Lieblingsmumie | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | The Monster (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Monster im Mondlicht | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) |
| 1996 | The Universal Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1994 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition | (voice - archive footage) |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Archival |
| 1989 | Transylvania Twist | Man in Room |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Horrible Horror | Gruesome in 'Dick Tracey Meets Gruesome' |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | Das Schreckenshaus des Dr. Death | (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Todeskult | Carl van Molder / Damballah |
| 1971 | Alien Terror | Prof. John Mayer |
| 1970 | Red Wedding Night | Gorca (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Kochendes Blut | Franz Badulescu |
| 1968 | Bewegliche Ziele | Byron Orlok |
| 1968 | Die Hexe des Grafen Dracula | Professor John Marsh |
| 1968 | Folter | Dr. Carl Mandel |
| 1968 | Totentanz im Schreckensschloss | Matthias Morteval |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Mikhail Orlov |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1967 | Frankensteins Monster-Party | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) |
| 1967 | Im Banne des Dr. Monserrat | Prof. Marcus Monserrat |
| 1967 | Mitternacht - Canale Grande | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud |
| 1966 | Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) |
| 1966 | Erbschaft um Mitternacht | The Corpse |
| 1966 | Der Tagträumer | The Rat (voice) |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | |
| 1966 | Doom of Dracula | The Madman |
| 1965 | Verrückter wilder Westen | |
| 1965 | Das Grauen auf Schloss Witley | Nahum Witley |
| 1965 | The Son of Frankenstein | The Monster (archive footage) |
| 1964 | Ruhe Sanft GmbH | Amos Hinchley |
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer |
| 1964 | Mondo Balordo | Narrator |
| 1964 | Shindig! | Self - Guest Host / Singer |
| 1964 | Horror!!! | Self |
| 1964 | Today's Teens | Narrator |
| 1963 | Die drei Gesichter der Furcht | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") |
| 1963 | Der Rabe - Duell der Zauberer | Dr. Scarabus |
| 1963 | The Terror - Schloss des Schreckens | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe |
| 1962 | Out of This World | |
| 1962 | Little Lost Robot | Host |
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster |
| 1962 | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan |
| 1962 | The Storm | |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) |
| 1961 | The Return of Andrew Bentley | Host |
| 1960 | Route 66 | |
| 1960 | Thriller | Clayton Mace |
| 1960 | Thriller | Self - Host |
| 1960 | Thriller | Dr. Thorne |
| 1960 | Thriller | Dr. Albert Farnham |
| 1960 | Thriller | Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess |
| 1960 | Thriller | Doktor Konrad Markesan |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Self |
| 1958 | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton |
| 1958 | Die Hexenküche des Dr. Rambow | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein |
| 1958 | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin |
| 1958 | The Veil | |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | |
| 1958 | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs |
| 1958 | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason |
| 1958 | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz |
| 1957 | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Judge Winthrop Gelsey |
| 1957 | The Juggler of Our Lady | Narrator (voice) |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self |
| 1957 | The Lark | Bishop Cauchon |
| 1956 | Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Colonel March Of Scotland Yard |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self |
| 1956 | The Rosemary Clooney Show | Self |
| 1955 | This Is Your Life | Self |
| 1955 | Sabaka | General Pollegar |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur |
| 1955 | The Sting of Death | Mr. Mycroft |
| 1954 | Il mostro dell'isola | Don Gaetano |
| 1954 | Climax! | Dr. Philip Nestri |
| 1954 | Climax! | Vicar Tellworth |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self |
| 1953 | Abbott & Costello treffen Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mr. Blue Ocean |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Henry E. Church |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | George Redford |
| 1953 | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March |
| 1952 | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen |
| 1951 | Hinter den Mauern des Grauens | Voltan |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Professor Townsend (Spy) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cauchon |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jonathan Brewster |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Charles Brandon |
| 1951 | Down You Go | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sir Arthur Strangeways |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | Bennett Kimball |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Montgomery Royle |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Larkin |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | |
| 1949 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur |
| 1949 | Císařův slavík | Narrator (English version) |
| 1949 | Suspense | Toff |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1949 | Suspense | Bronson |
| 1949 | Suspense | Rasputin |
| 1949 | Lights Out | |
| 1949 | Starring Boris Karloff | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Skaggs |
| 1948 | Studio One | Professor Koernig |
| 1948 | Studio One | King Arthur |
| 1948 | Das Tal der Leidenschaften | Tishomingo |
| 1947 | Das Doppelleben des Herrn Mitty | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead |
| 1947 | Angelockt | Charles van Druten |
| 1947 | Die Unbesiegten | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome |
| 1946 | Bedlam | George Sims |
| 1945 | Der Leichendieb | John Gray |
| 1945 | Isle of the Dead | Gen. Nikolas Pherides |
| 1944 | Frankensteins Haus | Dr. Gustav Niemann |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner |
| 1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Prof. Nathaniel Billings |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Himself |
| 1941 | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair |
| 1941 | Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 | Self |
| 1940 | The Mummy's Hand | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) |
| 1940 | Schwarzer Freitag | Dr. Ernest Sovac |
| 1940 | The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian |
| 1940 | Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth |
| 1940 | The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring |
| 1940 | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong |
| 1940 | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong |
| 1939 | Frankensteins Sohn | The Monster |
| 1939 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard |
| 1939 | Der Henker von London | Mord |
| 1939 | British Intelligence | Valdar |
| 1939 | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong |
| 1939 | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong |
| 1939 | Die Teufelsinsel | Dr. Charles Gaudet |
| 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detective | James Lee Wong |
| 1938 | The Invisible Menace | Jevries |
| 1937 | Night Key | David Mallory |
| 1937 | West of Shanghai | "General" Wu Yen Fang |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self |
| 1937 | Cinema Circus | Himself |
| 1936 | Die Rache des Toten | John Ellman |
| 1936 | Tödliche Strahlen | Dr. Janos Rukh |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan in der Oper | Gravelle |
| 1936 | Der Mann, der sein Gehirn austauschte | Dr. Laurience |
| 1936 | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius |
| 1935 | Frankensteins Braut | The Monster |
| 1935 | Der Rabe | Edmond Bateman |
| 1935 | Das schwarze Zimmer | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman |
| 1935 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself |
| 1934 | Die schwarze Katze | Hjalmar Poelzig |
| 1934 | Die letzte Patrouille | Sanders |
| 1934 | Die Rothschilds | Count Ledrantz |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab | Himself |
| 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself |
| 1933 | Der Ghul | Prof. Morlant |
| 1932 | Die Mumie | Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey |
| 1932 | Scarface - Narbengesicht | Gaffney |
| 1932 | Das Haus des Grauens | Morgan |
| 1932 | Die Maske des Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu |
| 1932 | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson |
| 1932 | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter |
| 1932 | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") |
| 1932 | Spiel am Abgrund | Nikko |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali Ben Joseph (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Boris Karloff |
| 1931 | Frankenstein | The Monster |
| 1931 | Spätausgabe | T. Vernon Isopod |
| 1931 | Leichtes Geld | Sport Williams |
| 1931 | Das Strafgesetzbuch | Ned Galloway |
| 1931 | The Mad Genius | Fedor's Father (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Drunken Orderly |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Waiter |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca |
| 1931 | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler |
| 1931 | King of the Wild | Mustapha |
| 1931 | The Public Defender | The Professor |
| 1931 | Graft | Terry |
| 1931 | Cracked Nuts | Boris - First Revolutionary |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) |
| 1931 | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Corsican |
| 1930 | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston |
| 1930 | The Utah Kid | Henchman Baxter |
| 1929 | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent |
| 1929 | The Unholy Night | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Fatal Warning | Mullins |
| 1929 | Two Sisters | Cecil |
| 1929 | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin |
| 1929 | Burning the Wind | Pug Doran |
| 1929 | The Devil's Chaplain | Boris |
| 1929 | Anne Against the World | |
| 1929 | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg |
| 1928 | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Rider | The Villain |
| 1928 | Vultures of the Sea | Grouchy |
| 1928 | The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent |
| 1927 | Die Schlachtenbummler | Purser |
| 1927 | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza |
| 1927 | Let It Rain | Crook |
| 1927 | The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel |
| 1927 | The Meddlin' Stranger | Al Meggs |
| 1927 | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator |
| 1927 | The Phantom Buster | Ramon |
| 1927 | The Love Mart | Fleming |
| 1926 | The Bells | The Mesmerist |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher |
| 1926 | The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair |
| 1926 | Flames | Blackie Blanchette |
| 1926 | Flaming Fury | Gaspard |
| 1926 | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder |
| 1926 | Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins |
| 1926 | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Never the Twain Shall Meet | |
| 1925 | Parisian Nights | Pierre |
| 1925 | Forbidden Cargo | Pietro Castillano |
| 1925 | Lady Robinhood | Cabraza |
| 1925 | Perils of the Wild | |
| 1925 | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1925 | The Prairie Wife | Diego |
| 1924 | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia |
| 1924 | The White Panther | Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) |
| 1924 | The Hellion | The Outlaw |
| 1924 | Riders of the Plains | |
| 1923 | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski |
| 1922 | Nan of the North | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
| 1922 | The Man from Downing Street | Maharajah Jehan |
| 1922 | The Infidel | The Nabob |
| 1922 | The Altar Stairs | Hugo |
| 1922 | The Woman Conquers | Raoul Maris |
| 1922 | Omar the Tentmaker | Imam Mowaffak |
| 1921 | Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid |
| 1921 | The Cave Girl | Baptiste |
| 1921 | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar |
| 1921 | Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan |
| 1920 | Der letzte Mohikaner | Indian (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney |
| 1920 | The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Tavish |
| 1919 | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap |
| 1919 | The Prince and Betty | Undetermined Role |
| 1919 | The Lightning Raider |
Kredite
| Jahr | Film / Fernsehsendung / Sonstiges | Rolle |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Bikini Beach | Thanks |