Boris Karloff
Known for: Acting
Born: November 23, 1887
Died: February 2, 1969
Place of birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
242 movies · 34 TV shows, newest first
NR
The Orbit of Minor Satellites
2026
NR
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
7.5
The Last Repair Shop
202410.0
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
6.3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
4.7
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021
NR
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
2015
10.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014NR
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013
5.5
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013
10.0
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012
8.4
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
8.0
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
7.6
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
7.6
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006
NR
Terror in the Tropics
2006
NR
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
8.0
The Mesmerist
20038.7
Heroes of Horror
2001
6.8
The American Nightmare
2000
7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
3.5
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
7.7
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
7.3
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
7.1
Universal Horror
1998
8.0
The Universal Story
1996
8.5
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
7.2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994
10.0
Dracula in the Movies
1992
NR
Halloween Monster Bash
1991
9.5
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
19916.3
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
8.5
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
NR
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
5.4
Transylvania Twist
1989
NR
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
6.4
Creepy Classics
1987
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
8.3
The Horror of It All
1983
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
NR
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
6.2
Madhouse
19747.7
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
3.6
Alien Terror
1971
3.1
Isle of the Snake People
1971
6.4
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970
7.2
McCloud
1970
5.2
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968
7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
7.1
Targets
1968
4.4
Fear Chamber
1968
4.0
Macabre Serenade
1968
4.3
Cauldron of Blood
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
1968
6.2
The Sorcerers
1967
6.5
Mad Monster Party?
1967
7.5
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966
4.9
The Venetian Affair
1966
6.9
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
5.1
The Daydreamer
1966
5.1
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966
10.0
Doom of Dracula
1966
5.6
Die, Monster, Die!
1965
7.5
The Wild Wild West
1965
6.4
Shindig!
1964
5.6
Bikini Beach
1964NR
Today's Teens
1964
6.5
The Comedy of Terrors
1964
1.0
Horror!!!
1964
3.4
A Fool's World
1964
7.2
Black Sabbath
1963
5.2
The Terror
1963
6.3
The Raven
1963
NR
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962
7.0
Little Lost Robot
1962
5.8
Out of This World
1962
7.0
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962
6.5
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
NR
The Storm
1962
2.0
The Grim Reaper
1961
6.0
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
NR
Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
1960
1.0
The Fatal Impulse
1960
6.7
Route 66
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.2
Corridors of Blood
1958
NR
Heart of Darkness
1958
5.4
Frankenstein 1970
1958
6.0
Grip of the Strangler
19586.0
Destination Nightmare
19587.5
Jack the Ripper
1958
6.5
Shirley Temple's Storybook
1958
7.8
The Veil
1958
7.7
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957
6.2
Suspicion
1957
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
19576.0
The Lux Show
1957
NR
The Lark
1957
4.6
Voodoo Island
1957
NR
Rendezvous in Black
1956
6.4
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
19568.0
The Rosemary Clooney Show
1956
6.5
Telephone Time
1956
7.5
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
1956
6.7
This Is Your Life
1955
6.0
A Connecticut Yankee
1955
NR
Sting of Death
1955
4.6
Sabaka
1955
3.8
Climax!
19547.8
The George Gobel Show
1954
3.2
The Island Monster
1954
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
6.3
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953
6.3
Colonel March Investigates
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
The Black Castle
1952
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
6.2
The Strange Door
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
19519.0
Down You Go
19516.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950NR
Starring Boris Karloff
1949
6.0
Lights Out
1949
6.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949
5.1
Suspense
1949
5.4
Studio One
1948
6.9
Tap Roots
1948
6.5
Unconquered
1947
5.5
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
6.8
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
6.3
Lured
1947
6.7
Bedlam
1946
6.0
Isle of the Dead
1945
7.0
The Body Snatcher
1945
5.5
The Mummy's Curse
1944
6.1
House of Frankenstein
1944
5.5
The Climax
1944
6.2
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.3
The Devil Commands
194110.0
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941
5.6
You'll Find Out
1940
4.8
The Ape
1940
5.7
The Mummy's Hand
1940
6.3
Before I Hang
1940
5.7
Doomed to Die
1940
6.3
The Man with Nine Lives
1940
6.0
Black Friday
1940
5.7
The Fatal Hour
1940
6.1
Tower of London
1939
5.8
British Intelligence
1939
6.6
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
5.4
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939
5.9
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939
6.7
Son of Frankenstein
1939
5.7
Devil's Island
1939
5.6
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
4.3
The Invisible Menace
1938
6.0
Breakdowns of 1937
1937
5.8
West of Shanghai
1937
6.2
Night Key
19378.0
Cinema Circus
1937
6.8
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
6.1
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936
4.5
Juggernaut
1936
6.3
The Walking Dead
1936
6.4
The Invisible Ray
1936
6.5
The Black Room
1935
6.6
The Raven
19357.0
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
7.5
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
5.2
Gift of Gab
1934
6.7
The Black Cat
1934
6.2
The House of Rothschild
1934
6.5
The Lost Patrol
1934
NR
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
5.6
The Ghoul
1933
6.7
The Mummy
1932
5.6
Boo
1932
5.4
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932
6.7
The Old Dark House
1932
5.5
Skyscraper Souls
1932
6.8
Night World
1932
7.4
Scarface
1932
5.9
The Miracle Man
1932
7.0
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932
5.8
Behind the Mask
1932
6.3
Business and Pleasure
1932
7.5
Frankenstein
1931
6.2
The Guilty Generation
1931
5.1
The Yellow Ticket
1931
6.4
The Mad Genius
1931
6.6
Five Star Final
1931
5.0
Graft
1931
5.9
I Like Your Nerve
1931
6.4
The Public Defender
1931
6.9
Smart Money
1931
10.0
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
8.5
The Vanishing Legion
1931
8.0
Cracked Nuts
1931
4.2
King of the Wild
1931
6.2
Tonight or Never
1931
6.1
The Criminal Code
1931
4.7
The Utah Kid
1930
4.4
The Sea Bat
1930
7.0
The Bad One
1930
5.7
The Unholy Night
1929
8.0
The King of the Kongo
1929
4.2
Behind That Curtain
19298.0
The Phantom of the North
19297.0
Anne Against the World
1929
6.5
Two Sisters
1929
9.0
The Devil's Chaplain
1929
5.0
The Fatal Warning
1929
10.0
Burning the Wind
1929
10.0
The Little Wild Girl
1928
9.0
Vultures of the Sea
1928
7.0
The Vanishing Rider
1928
7.0
Sharp Shooters
1928
8.0
The Love Mart
1927
5.8
Two Arabian Knights
1927
7.0
Soft Cushions
1927
8.0
The Phantom Buster
1927
9.0
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927
4.8
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927
8.0
The Princess from Hoboken
1927
7.0
Let It Rain
1927
6.4
Old Ironsides
1926
10.0
Flaming Fury
1926
7.5
The Nickel-Hopper
1926
10.0
The Eagle of the Sea
1926
10.0
Flames
1926
10.0
The Golden Web
1926
6.2
The Bells
1926
10.0
Her Honor, the Governor
1926
10.0
The Man in the Saddle
1926
8.0
The Greater Glory
1926
10.0
Without Mercy
1925
4.0
Parisian Nights
1925
6.0
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925
10.0
Perils of the Wild
1925
9.0
Lady Robinhood
1925
8.0
The Prairie Wife
1925
9.0
Forbidden Cargo
1925
6.0
Dynamite Dan
1924
10.0
Riders of the Plains
1924
8.0
The Hellion
1924
7.0
The White Panther
1924
7.0
The Prisoner
1923
10.0
Omar the Tentmaker
1922
8.0
The Altar Stairs
1922
10.0
The Woman Conquers
1922
10.0
The Man from Downing Street
1922
8.0
The Infidel
1922
10.0
Nan of the North
1922
9.0
The Cave Girl
1921
8.0
Cheated Hearts
1921
9.0
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921
10.0
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921
6.3
The Last of the Mohicans
1920
8.0
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920
9.0
The Woman and the Puppet
1920
7.5
The Deadlier Sex
1920
8.3
The Prince and Betty
1919
6.6
His Majesty, the American
1919
9.0
The Lightning Raider
1919
NR
Suspense: A Night at an Inn
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