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Karloff, Boris (1887-1969)
 

Film & TV credits


HIS MAJESTY THE AMERICAN1919[.]
The LAST OF THE MOHICANS1920marauding Indian
The CAVE GIRL1921Cast Member
The HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY1921Cast Member
CHEATED HEARTS1921Cast Member
The ALTAR STAIRS1922Cast Member
DYNAMITE DAN1924Cast Member
LADY ROBINHOOD1925Cast Member
FORBIDDEN CARGO1925Cast Member
The BELLS1926Cast Member
FLAMES1926Cast Member
FLAMING FURY1926Cast Member
OLD IRONSIDES1926Saracen guard
HER HONOR THE GOVERNOR1926Snipe Collins
The PRINCESS FROM HOBOKEN1927Pavel
The LOVE MART1927Fleming
BEHIND THAT CURTAIN1929Cast Member
KING OF THE KONGO1929Cast Member
BURNING THE WIND1929Cast Member
The SEA BAT1930Cast Member
The UTAH KID1930Cast Member
The CRIMINAL CODE1930Ned Galloway
FRANKENSTEIN1931The Monster
GRAFT1931Cast Member
KING OF THE WILD1931Cast Member
The MAD GENIUS1931Fedor's father
The PUBLIC DEFENDER1931Cast Member
TONIGHT OR NEVER1931the waiter
The YELLOW TICKET1931Cast Member
YOUNG DONOVAN'S KID1931Cast Member
SMART MONEY1931["Sport" Williams]
FIVE STAR FINAL1931T. Vernon Isopod
The GUILTY GENERATION1931Tony Ricca
PARDON US1931[.]
BEHIND THE MASK1932Henderson
The MASK OF FU MANCHU1932Dr Fu Manchu
The MIRACLE MAN1932Cast Member
NIGHT WORLD1932'Happy' MacDonald
The OLD DARK HOUSE1932Morgan
SCARFACE1932Tom Gaffney
The COHENS AND KELLYS IN HOLLYWOOD1932[cameo]
The HOUSE OF ROTHSCHILD1933Cast Member
The GHOUL1933Professor Henry Morlant
The MUMMY1933Imhotep/Ardeth Bey
The BLACK CAT1934Hjalmar Poelzig
The LOST PATROL1934Sanders
GIFT OF GAB1934himself
The BLACK ROOM1935Gregor de Berghman/Anton de Berghman
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN1935The Monster
The RAVEN1935Edmond Bateman
JUGGERNAUT1936Dr Sartorius
The MAN WHO CHANGED HIS MIND1936Dr Laurience
CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA1936Gravelle
The INVISIBLE RAY1936Cast Member
The WALKING DEAD1936John Ellman
The INVISIBLE MENACE1937Cast Member
MR. WONG, DETECTIVE1937Cast Member
NIGHT KEY1937Dave Mallory
WEST OF SHANGHAI1937Cast Member
The MYSTERY OF MR. WONG1938Cast Member
TOWER OF LONDON1939Mord
DEVIL'S ISLAND1939Dr. Charles Gaudet
The MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG1939Dr. Henryk Savaard
MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN1939Cast Member
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN1939the monster
BLACK FRIDAY1940Doctor Ernest Sovac
The APE1940Cast Member
BEFORE I HANG1940Dr John Garth
The MAN WITH NINE LIVES1940Cast Member
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE1940Franz Strendler/Valdar
FATAL HOUR1940Cast Member
YOU'LL FIND OUT1940Judge Spencer Mainwaring
DOOMED TO DIE1940Cast Member
The DEVIL COMMANDS1941Dr. Julian Blair
The BOOGIE MAN WILL GET YOU1942Cast Member
The CLIMAX1944Cast Member
HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN1944Cast Member
The BODY SNATCHER1945John Gray
ISLE OF THE DEAD1945General Pherides
BEDLAM1946Master Sims
DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME1947Gruesome
LURED1947Charles Van Druten, artist
UNCONQUERED1947Cast Member
The SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY1947Dr. Hollingshead
TAP ROOTS1948Tishomingo
CISARUV SLAVIK1948Narration (English Language)
BUD ABBOTT LOU COSTELLO MEET THE KILLER1949Swami Talpur
THREE O'CLOCK1949Host
The NIGHT REVEALS1949Host
The LEOPARD LADY1950Cast Member
The STRANGE DOOR1951Voltan
The BLACK CASTLE1952Dr. Meissen
DON QUIXOTE1952Don Quixote
The SIGNAL MAN1953Cast Member
COLONEL MARCH INVESTIGATES1953Colonel March
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE1953Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
The HINDU1953General Pollegar
MURDER IS PERMANENT1956Colonel March
The DEVIL SELLS HIS SOUL1956Colonel March
The SECOND MONA LISA1956Colonel March
The STOLEN CRIME1956Colonel March
AT NIGHT ALL CATS ARE GRAY1956Colonel March
RENDEZVOUS IN BLACK1956Ward Allen
HOT MONEY1956Colonel March
DEATH IN THE DRESSING ROOM1956Colonel March
The NEW INVISIBLE MAN1956Colonel March
The ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN1956Colonel March
The CASE OF THE LIVELY GHOST1956Colonel March
The SORCERER1956Colonel March
The DEADLY GIFT1956Colonel March
PASSAGE AT ARMS1956Colonel March
The HEADLESS HAT1956Colonel March
The CASE OF THE KIDNAPPED POODLE1956Colonel March
The CASE OF THE MISGUIDED MISSAL1956Colonel March
DEATH AND THE OTHER MONKEY1956Colonel March
DEATH IN INNER SPACE1956Colonel March
The INVISIBLE KNIFE1956Colonel March
The MISSING LINK1956Colonel March
PRESENT TENSE1956Colonel March
The SILVER CURTAIN1956Colonel March
The STRANGE EVENT AT ROMAN FALL1956Colonel March
The TALKING HEAD1956Colonel March
The JUGGLER OF OUR LADY1957Presenter
VOODOO ISLAND1957Cast Member
The LARK1957Cast Member
ERROR AT DAYBREAK1957Colonel March
FRANKENSTEIN - 19701958Baron Victor von Frankenstein
GRIP OF THE STRANGLER1958James Rankin
CORRIDORS OF BLOOD1958Dr. Thomas Bolton
ROSE'S LAST SUMMER1960Host
MAN IN THE MIDDLE1960Host
GIRL WITH A SECRET1960Host
The GUILTY MEN1960Host
[series file]1960Host (all 67 episodes)
The TERROR IN TEAKWOOD1961host
PIGEONS FROM HELL1961Host
DAYS OF THRILLS AND LAUGHTER1961Cast Member
GUILLOTINE1961Host
LATE DATE1961Host
The PREMATURE BURIAL1961Dr Thorne
DIALOGUES WITH DEATH1961Pop Jenkins/Col Jackson Beauregard
The YELLOW PILL1962Presenter
LITTLE LOST ROBOT1962Presenter
COLD EQUATIONS1962Presenter
IMPOSTER1962Presenter
BOTANY BAY1962Presenter
MEDICINE SHOW1962Presenter
PICTURES DON'T LIE1962Presenter
The TYCOONS1962Presenter
VANISHING ACT1962Presenter
DIVIDED WE FALL1962Presenter
The DARK STAR1962Presenter
IMMIGRANT1962Presenter
TARGET GENERATION1962Presenter
The PARADINE CASE1962Cast Member
The RAVEN1963Dr Scarabus
The TERROR1963Baron von Leppe
The COMEDY OF TERRORS1963Amos Hinchley
I TRE VOLTI DELLA PAURA1963Gorka [3]
MONSTER OF TERROR1965Nahum Witley
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS1966Narrator
The VENETIAN AFFAIR1966Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS1966voice
MAD MONSTER PARTY1967Voice
The SORCERERS1967Professor Monserrat
TARGETS1967Byron Orlok
CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR1968Professor Marsh
El COLECCIONISTA DE CADAVERES1968Franz Badulescu
The HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR1969[originally cast in Dennis Price role]
La MUERTE VIVIENTE1971Dr Karl Van Molder, 'Damballah'
INVASION SINIESTRA1971Professor John Mayer
SERENATA MACABRA1971Matias Morthevald
La CAMARA DEL TERROR1972Karl Mantell
Lizard's Leg And Owlet's Wing1986Cast Member
TRANSYLVANIA TWIST1990Cast Member
WORSE THAN MURDER1995Host