Bride of Frankenstein1935
As The Monster
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Boris Karloff
Born
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.
Filmography (242)
Frankenstein1931
As The Monster
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Mummy1932
As Imhotep / Ardath Bey
TMDb 6.7 / 10
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!1966
As Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Scarface1932
As Gaffney
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Raven1963
As Dr. Scarabus
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Son of Frankenstein1939
As The Monster
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Black Sabbath1963
As Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty1947
As Dr. Hollingshead
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Terror1963
As Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Old Dark House1932
As Morgan
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Unconquered1947
As Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies2025
As Self - (archive footage)
The Body Snatcher1945
As John Gray
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991
As The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Mad Monster Party?1967
As Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Mummy's Hand1940
As Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Targets1968
As Byron Orlok
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Movie Orgy1968
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Sharp Shooters1928
As Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Walking Dead1936
As John Ellman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Raven1935
As Edmond Bateman
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Last Repair Shop2024
As The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Tap Roots1948
As Tishomingo
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Comedy of Terrors1964
As Amos Hinchley
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1953
As Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lured1947
As Charles van Druten
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Mask of Fu Manchu1932
As Dr. Fu Manchu
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Black Cat1934
As Hjalmar Poelzig
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?1975
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Lost Patrol1934
As Sanders
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Black Room1935
As Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Soft Cushions1927
As The Chief Conspirator
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome1947
As Gruesome
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies1988
As (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman2007
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Curse of the Crimson Altar1968
As Professor John Marsh
TMDb 5.2 / 10
The Invisible Ray1936
As Dr. Janos Rukh
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Universal Story1996
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff1949
As Swami Talpur
TMDb 6.6 / 10
House of Frankenstein1944
As Dr. Gustav Niemann
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Tower of London1939
As Mord
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!2021
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini1966
As The Corpse
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!1982
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Mad Genius1931
As Fedor's Father (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld1994
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The American Nightmare2000
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dracula in the Movies1992
As (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Corridors of Blood1958
As Dr. Thomas Bolton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Last of the Mohicans1920
As Indian (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Die, Monster, Die!1965
As Nahum Witley
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Man They Could Not Hang1939
As Dr. Henryk Savaard
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Isle of the Dead1945
As Gen. Nikolas Pherides
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hatchet for the Honeymoon1970
As Gorca (archive footage)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The House of Rothschild1934
As Count Ledrantz
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bikini Beach1964
As Art Dealer
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Climax1944
As Dr. Friedrich Hohner
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Madhouse1974
As (archive footage)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Macabre Serenade1968
As Matthias Morteval
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored2013
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Venetian Affair1966
As Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster1999
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Devil's Island1939
As Dr. Charles Gaudet
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Bedlam1946
As George Sims
TMDb 6.7 / 10
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition1994
As (voice - archive footage)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Mummy's Curse1944
As Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Karloff: The Gentle Monster2006
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Cracked Nuts1931
As Boris - First Revolutionary
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Charlie Chan at the Opera1936
As Gravelle
TMDb 6.8 / 10
King of the Wild1931
As Mustapha
TMDb 4.2 / 10
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Smart Money1931
As Sport Williams
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To1990
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Strange Door1951
As Voltan
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'1999
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Frankenstein 19701958
As Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed2000
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
You'll Find Out1940
As Judge Spencer Mainwaring
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Business and Pleasure1932
As Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Man with Nine Lives1940
As Dr. Leon Kravaal
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Ghoul1933
As Prof. Morlant
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Invisible Menace1938
As Jevries
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Many Faces of Dracula2000
As The Monster (archive footage)
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Before I Hang1940
As Dr. John Garth
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Man Who Changed His Mind1936
As Dr. Laurence
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Doomed to Die1940
As James Lee Wong
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Black Friday1940
As Dr. Ernest Sovac
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Universal Horror1998
As (archive footage)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Lark1957
As Bishop Cauchon
Transylvania Twist1989
As Man in Room (archive footage)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Hollywood Hobbies
Hollywood Hobbies1935
As Himself
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Boogie Man Will Get You1942
As Prof. Nathaniel Billings
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The King of the Kongo1929
As Scarface Macklin
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Daydreamer1966
As The Rat (voice)
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Mr. Wong, Detective1938
As James Lee Wong
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Breakdowns of 19371937
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Sorcerers1967
As Prof. Marcus Monserrat
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Let It Rain1927
As Crook
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Incredible Doktor Markesan1962
As Dr. Konrad Markesan
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Without Benefit of Clergy1921
As Ahmed Khan
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Creepy Classics1987
As Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Night World1932
As 'Happy' MacDonald
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Five Star Final1931
As T. Vernon Isopod
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Mystery of Mr. Wong1939
As James Lee Wong
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Black Castle1952
As Dr. Meissen
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film2014
As Various roles (archive footage)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story2022
As Self - Interviewee
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Sabaka1955
As General Pollegar
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook1991
As Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
TMDb 9.5 / 10
Skyscraper Souls1932
As Man Approaching Ticket Counter
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Without Mercy1925
As Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood1932
As Boris Karloff
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Sea Bat1930
As Corsican
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Gift of Gab1934
As Himself
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Days of Thrills and Laughter1961
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce2008
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.4 / 10
Perils of the Wild1925
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Horror Show1979
As (archive footage)
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Horror!!!1964
As Self
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Isle of the Snake People1971
As Carl van Molder / Damballah
TMDb 3.1 / 10
The Ape1940
As Dr. Bernard Adrian
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Horror of It All1983
As Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
The Devil Commands1941
As Dr. Julian Blair
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tonight or Never1931
As Waiter
TMDb 6.2 / 10
British Intelligence1939
As Valdar
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Old Ironsides1926
As Saracen Guard (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Cauldron of Blood1968
As Franz Badulescu
TMDb 4.3 / 10
West of Shanghai1937
As "General" Wu Yen Fang
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Her Honor, the Governor1926
As Snipe Collins
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Miracle Man1932
As Nikko
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mr. Wong in Chinatown1939
As Mr. James Lee Wong
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Suspense: A Night at an InnRelease date TBA
As Toff
Voodoo Island1957
As Phillip Knight
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Man in the Saddle1926
As Robber (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Fatal Impulse1960
As Self
TMDb 1.0 / 10
Night Key1937
As David Mallory
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Bells1926
As The Mesmerist
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Vultures of the Sea1928
As Grouchy
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Fatal Hour1940
As James Lee Wong
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Storm1962
I Like Your Nerve1931
As Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lugosi: The Dark Prince2006
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Riders of the Plains1924
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Young Donovan's Kid1931
As Cokey Joe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Lightning Raider1919
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire2007
As Himself (archive footage)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features2012
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Island Monster1954
As Don Gaetano
TMDb 3.2 / 10
The Grim Reaper1961
As Self
TMDb 2.0 / 10
The Little Wild Girl1928
As Maurice Kent
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Grip of the Strangler1958
As James Rankin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Guilty Generation1931
As Tony Ricca
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Halloween Monster Bash1991
As Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
Arsenic & Old Lace1962
As Jonathan Brewster
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Phantom Buster1927
As Ramon
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Omar the Tentmaker1922
As Imam Mowaffak
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing1962
The Utah Kid1930
As Henchman Baxter
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Fear Chamber1968
As Dr. Carl Mandel
TMDb 4.4 / 10
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
The Orbit of Minor Satellites2026
As Roger Ashley Norton
The Criminal Code1931
As Ned Galloway
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Two Arabian Knights1927
As Purser
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Heart of Darkness1958
As Mr. Kurtz
The Love Mart1927
As Fleming
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Alien Terror1971
As Prof. John Mayer
TMDb 3.6 / 10
The Hope Diamond Mystery1921
As Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
TMDb 10.0 / 10
His Majesty, the American1919
As Henchman in cloth cap
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Behind That Curtain1929
As Beetham's Manservent
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Screen Snapshots No. 111934
As Himself
The Eagle of the Sea1926
As Pirate (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Graft1931
As Terry
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Cinema Circus
Cinema Circus1937
As Himself
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Bad One1930
As Monsieur Gaston
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Phantom of the North
The Phantom of the North1929
As Jules Gregg
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Never the Twain Shall Meet1925
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Prisoner1923
As Prince Kapolski
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 61942
As Himself
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Man from Downing Street1922
As Maharajah Jehan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Behind the Mask1932
As Jim Henderson
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Abbott and Costello in the Movies1990
As Archival
Tarzan and the Golden Lion1927
As Owaza
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Heroes of Horror
Heroes of Horror2001
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.7 / 10
The Yellow Ticket1931
As Drunken Orderly
TMDb 5.1 / 10
The Infidel1922
As The Nabob
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Golden Web1926
As Dave Sinclair
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Vanishing Legion1931
As The Voice (voice)
TMDb 8.5 / 10
The Woman and the Puppet1920
As (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Fool's World1964
As Narrator
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Little Lost Robot1962
As Host
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde2007
As Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Anne Against the World
Anne Against the World1929
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Juggernaut1936
As Dr. Victor Sartorius
TMDb 4.5 / 10
The Prairie Wife1925
As Diego
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Nickel-Hopper1926
As Dance Hall Masher
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Meddlin' Stranger1927
As Al Meggs
TMDb 9.0 / 10
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)2013
As Self (archive footage)
The Fatal Warning1929
As Mullins
TMDb 5.0 / 10
The Courage of Marge O'Doone1920
As Tavish
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Public Defender1931
As The Professor
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Princess from Hoboken1927
As Pavel
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Vanishing Rider1928
As The Villain
TMDb 7.0 / 10
True Fear: The Making of Psycho2015
As Self
The Greater Glory1926
As Scissors Grinder
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Deadlier Sex1920
As Jules Borney
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Terror in the Tropics2006
As Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Rendezvous in Black1956
As Ward Allen
The Hellion1924
As The Outlaw
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Unholy Night1929
As Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
A Connecticut Yankee1955
As King Arthur
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Colonel March Investigates1953
As Colonel March
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Nan of the North1922
As Undetermined Role (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Boo1932
As Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Burning the Wind1929
As Pug Doran
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz2004
The Devil's Chaplain1929
As Boris
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sting of Death1955
As Mr. Mycroft
The Prince and Betty1919
As Undetermined Role
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Cheated Hearts1921
As Nei Hamid
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
Information Please: Series 2, No. 121941
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Altar Stairs1922
As Hugo
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Parisian Nights1925
As Pierre
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Don't Scream: It's Only a Movie!1985
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Two Sisters1929
As Cecil
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Forbidden Cargo1925
As Pietro Castillano
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Cave Girl1921
As Baptiste
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Destination Nightmare
Destination Nightmare1958
As Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The White Panther1924
As Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?1960
As Narrator
Flames1926
As Blackie Blanchette
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper1958
As Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Juggler of Our Lady1957
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Lady Robinhood1925
As Cabraza
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Woman Conquers1922
As Raoul Maris
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)1980
Flaming Fury1926
As Gaspard
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Mesmerist2003
As (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Dynamite Dan1924
As Tony Garcia
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Today's Teens
Today's Teens1964
As Narrator
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters2015
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb