Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/23/1887
Place of Birth
Camberwell, London, England, UK
Also Known As
Boris Karloff
Biography
Known For
Unconquered
as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
The Emperor's Nightingale
as Narrator (English version)
Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Smart Money
as Sport Williams
The Mummy
as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
The Sorcerers
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
Bikini Beach
as Art Dealer
Mr. Wong, Detective
as James Lee Wong
Targets
as Byron Orlok
Transylvania Twist
as Man in Room (archive footage)
Karloff: The Gentle Monster
as Self (archive footage)
The Daydreamer
as The Rat (voice)
The Climax
as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Die, Monster, Die!
as Nahum Witley
Career Timeline
2023
2021
2013
2007
2006
2000
1994
1991
1990
1974
1968
1967
1966
1964
1963
1962
1960
1958
Heart of Darkness
as Mr. Kurtz
Frankenstein 1970
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
Grip of the Strangler
as James Rankin
Destination Nightmare
as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
Jack the Ripper
as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
The Veil
Role unknown
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947
1944
1942
1940
You'll Find Out
as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
The Ape
as Dr. Bernard Adrian
The Mummy's Hand
as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Before I Hang
as Dr. John Garth
Doomed to Die
as James Lee Wong
The Man with Nine Lives
as Dr. Leon Kravaal
Black Friday
as Dr. Ernest Sovac
The Fatal Hour
as James Lee Wong
1939
1937
1936
1935
1934
1932
The Mummy
as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Boo
as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
The Mask of Fu Manchu
as Dr. Fu Manchu
The Old Dark House
as Morgan
Skyscraper Souls
as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Night World
as 'Happy' MacDonald
Scarface
as Gaffney
The Miracle Man
as Nikko
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Boris Karloff
Behind the Mask
as Jim Henderson
Business and Pleasure
as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
1931
Frankenstein
as The Monster
The Guilty Generation
as Tony Ricca
The Yellow Ticket
as Drunken Orderly
The Mad Genius
as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Five Star Final
as T. Vernon Isopod
Graft
as Terry
I Like Your Nerve
as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
The Public Defender
as The Professor
Smart Money
as Sport Williams
Young Donovan's Kid
as Cokey Joe
The Vanishing Legion
as The Voice (voice)
Cracked Nuts
as Boris - First Revolutionary
King of the Wild
as Mustapha
Tonight or Never
as Waiter
The Criminal Code
as Ned Galloway
1930
1929
The Unholy Night
as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
The King of the Kongo
as Scarface Macklin
Behind That Curtain
as Beetham's Manservent
The Phantom of the North
as Jules Gregg
Anne Against the World
Role unknown
Two Sisters
as Cecil
The Devil's Chaplain
as Boris
The Fatal Warning
as Mullins
Burning the Wind
as Pug Doran
1928
1927
1926
Old Ironsides
as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Flaming Fury
as Gaspard
The Nickel-Hopper
as Dance Hall Masher
The Eagle of the Sea
as Pirate (uncredited)
Flames
as Blackie Blanchette
The Golden Web
as Dave Sinclair
The Bells
as The Mesmerist
Her Honor, the Governor
as Snipe Collins
The Man in the Saddle
as Robber (uncredited)
The Greater Glory
as Scissors Grinder