Boris Karloff
Born: 1887-11-23
Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known For
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990★ 9.0
The Universal Story
1996★ 7.7
The Fatal Hour
1940★ 5.6
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961★ 5.5
Frankenstein 1970
1958★ 5.3
The Miracle Man
1932★ 5.7
The Daydreamer
1966★ 4.6
Fear Chamber
1968★ 4.3
The Comedy of Terrors
1964★ 6.5
Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962★ 0.0
Scarface
1932★ 7.4
Gift of Gab
1934★ 2.5
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939★ 5.7
Two Sisters
1929★ 6.0
Tap Roots
1948★ 6.7
The Walking Dead
1936★ 6.3
Behind That Curtain
1929★ 3.7
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966★ 7.5
The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932★ 5.4
Little Lost Robot
1962★ 7.0
The Mesmerist
2003★ 8.0
Forbidden Cargo
1925★ 0.0
Dynamite Dan
1924★ 5.0
Frankenstein
1931★ 7.5
The Lark
1957★ 0.0
Lured
1947★ 6.3
Unconquered
1947★ 6.3
Alien Terror
1971★ 3.4
Night World
1932★ 6.7
The Bells
1926★ 6.2
Skyscraper Souls
1932★ 5.3
The Raven
1963★ 6.3
The Climax
1944★ 5.5
The Sorcerers
1967★ 6.1
The Eagle of the Sea
1926★ 0.0
Bride of Frankenstein
1935★ 7.5
The Terror
1963★ 5.2
Soft Cushions
1927★ 0.0
The Storm
1962★ 0.0
Bedlam
1946★ 6.6
Cheated Hearts
1921★ 0.0
Without Mercy
1925★ 0.0
Graft
1931★ 4.5
Bikini Beach
1964★ 5.5
The Yellow Ticket
1931★ 4.7
The Public Defender
1931★ 6.0
The Mummy
1932★ 6.8
Tower of London
1939★ 6.0
The Devil's Chaplain
1929★ 0.0
Cracked Nuts
1931★ 7.0
The Golden Web
1926★ 0.0
Smart Money
1931★ 6.9
Creepy Classics
1987★ 6.3
Madhouse
1974★ 6.2
Voodoo Island
1957★ 4.3
Flames
1926★ 0.0
Sabaka
1955★ 4.1
Macabre Serenade
1968★ 3.9
Targets
1968★ 7.0
The Lightning Raider
1919★ 0.0
The Juggler of Our Lady
1957★ 6.5
The Black Room
1935★ 6.5
Corridors of Blood
1963★ 6.2
Vultures of the Sea
1928★ 0.0
Night Key
1937★ 6.2
Before I Hang
1940★ 6.2
Isle of the Snake People
1971★ 3.0
Lady Robinhood
1925★ 0.0
Sharp Shooters
1928★ 0.0
The White Panther
1924★ 0.0
The Strange Door
1951★ 6.1
The Lost Patrol
1934★ 6.5
A Connecticut Yankee
1955★ 4.0
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947★ 6.8
Horror!!!
1964★ 1.0
The Movie Orgy
1968★ 6.3
Black Sabbath
1963★ 7.2
Transylvania Twist
1989★ 5.3
The Woman Conquers
1922★ 0.0
Mad Monster Party?
1967★ 6.6
Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968★ 5.2
Son of Frankenstein
1939★ 6.7
House of Frankenstein
1944★ 6.0
Without Benefit of Clergy
1921★ 0.0
The Body Snatcher
1945★ 7.0
The Raven
1935★ 6.6
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991★ 10.0
The House of Rothschild
1934★ 6.2
You'll Find Out
1940★ 5.5
The Mad Genius
1931★ 6.3
Isle of the Dead
1945★ 6.0
The Horror of It All
1983★ 8.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984★ 10.0
The Emperor's Nightingale
1949★ 5.4
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007★ 6.3
The Cave Girl
1921★ 0.0
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970★ 6.4
The Vanishing Legion
1931★ 9.0
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013★ 5.5
The Phantom Buster
1927★ 0.0
King of the Wild
1931★ 3.2
The Black Cat
1934★ 6.7
Perils of the Wild
1925★ 0.0
The Little Wild Girl
1928★ 0.0
The Old Dark House
1932★ 6.7
The Last of the Mohicans
1920★ 6.3
Rendezvous in Black
1956★ 0.0
The Mummy's Curse
1944★ 5.5
Devil's Island
1939★ 5.4
Black Friday
1940★ 6.0
Heart of Darkness
1958★ 0.0
I Like Your Nerve
1931★ 5.7
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938★ 5.5
The Nickel-Hopper
1926★ 7.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953★ 6.3
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004★ 0.0
Doomed to Die
1940★ 5.5
The Horror Show
1979★ 3.8
British Intelligence
1939★ 5.7
Tonight or Never
1931★ 5.9
The Mummy's Hand
1940★ 5.7
Let It Rain
1927★ 0.0
Grip of the Strangler
1958★ 5.9
The Grim Reaper
1961★ 0.0
The Black Castle
1952★ 6.4
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966★ 5.0
West of Shanghai
1937★ 5.4
The Greater Glory
1926★ 0.0
Business and Pleasure
1932★ 4.5
Sting of Death
1955★ 0.0
The Venetian Affair
1967★ 4.4
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947★ 5.3
Die, Monster, Die!
1965★ 5.6
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949★ 6.5
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939★ 5.3
The Prairie Wife
1925★ 0.0
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999★ 6.9
The Last Repair Shop
2024★ 7.5
The Woman and the Puppet
1920★ 0.0
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962★ 6.5
The Island Monster
1954★ 3.0
The American Nightmare
2000★ 6.8
The Vanishing Rider
1928★ 0.0
Colonel March Investigates
1953★ 6.0
Cauldron of Blood
1968★ 4.1
The King of the Kongo
1929★ 7.0
Omar the Tentmaker
1922★ 0.0
Breakdowns of 1937
1937★ 6.0
The Unholy Night
1929★ 5.3
The Ghoul
1933★ 5.5
Two Arabian Knights
1927★ 5.8
The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936★ 6.1
Riders of the Plains
1924★ 0.0
The Invisible Menace
1938★ 3.8
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000★ 3.5
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006★ 7.6
The Ape
1940★ 4.8
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936★ 6.8
The Man with Nine Lives
1940★ 6.2
The Criminal Code
1931★ 6.0
The Deadlier Sex
1920★ 5.0
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939★ 6.6
The Man in the Saddle
1926★ 0.0
The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921★ 0.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007★ 9.0
The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942★ 6.1
The Bad One
1930★ 6.3
Universal Horror
1998★ 7.1
The Invisible Ray
1936★ 6.3
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975★ 6.1
Doom of Dracula
1966★ 0.0
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994★ 8.1
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025★ 0.0
The Infidel
1922★ 0.0
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927★ 0.0
Her Honor, the Governor
1926★ 0.0
Five Star Final
1931★ 6.6
The Utah Kid
1930★ 3.0
Behind the Mask
1932★ 5.7
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982★ 6.0
Nan of the North
1922★ 0.0
The Devil Commands
1941★ 6.2
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932★ 0.0
Old Ironsides
1926★ 6.2
His Majesty, the American
1919★ 5.8
Burning the Wind
1929★ 0.0
Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021★ 4.7
The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012★ 10.0
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990★ 0.0
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021★ 7.0
Parisian Nights
1925★ 1.0
The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962★ 7.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994★ 7.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988★ 0.0
Boo
1932★ 5.1
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006★ 7.6
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007★ 8.0
Juggernaut
1936★ 4.2
The Dark Universe
2023★ 0.0
The Dark Universe
2023★ 0.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000★ 7.0
Flaming Fury
1926★ 0.0
The Prince and Betty
1919★ 7.5
The Prisoner
1923★ 0.0
Young Donovan's Kid
1931★ 0.0
The Sea Bat
1930★ 4.3
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942★ 6.0
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934★ 0.0
The Fatal Impulse
1960★ 1.0
The Princess from Hoboken
1927★ 0.0
The Man from Downing Street
1922★ 0.0
Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925★ 6.0
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
2002★ 7.7
The Hellion
1924★ 0.0
A Fool's World
1964★ 2.6
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014★ 7.5
The Guilty Generation
1931★ 6.1
The Fatal Warning
1929★ 3.0
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980★ 0.0
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927★ 4.9
The Love Mart
1927★ 0.0
He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008★ 8.4
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920★ 0.0
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015★ 10.0
Terror in the Tropics
2006★ 0.0
The Altar Stairs
1922★ 0.0