Auteur

Boris Karloff

1887–1969 · British actor

William Henry Pratt, known professionally as Boris Karloff, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932), and voiced the Grinch in, as well as narrating, the animated television special of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), which won him a Grammy Award.

Boris Karloff, in order

  1. 1919 His Majesty, the American: acted · directed by Joseph Henabery
  2. 1919 The Lightning Raider: acted · directed by George B. Seitz
  3. 1919 The Masked Rider: acted · directed by Aubrey M. Kennedy
  4. 1919 The Prince and Betty: acted · directed by Robert Thornby
  5. 1920 The Courage of Marge O'Doone: acted · directed by David Smith
  6. 1920 The Deadlier Sex: acted · directed by Robert Thornby
  7. 1920 The Last of the Mohicans: acted · directed by Clarence Brown and Maurice Tourneur
  8. 1921 Without Benefit of Clergy: acted · directed by James Young
  9. 1922 Omar the Tentmaker: acted · directed by James Young
  10. 1925 Forbidden Cargo: acted · directed by Tom Buckingham
  11. 1925 Lady Robinhood: acted · directed by Ralph Ince
  12. 1925 Never the Twain Shall Meet: acted · directed by Maurice Tourneur
  13. 1925 The Prairie Wife: acted · directed by Hugo Ballin
  14. 1926 Her Honor, the Governor: acted · directed by Chester Withey
  15. 1926 Old Ironsides: acted · directed by James Cruze
  16. 1926 The Eagle of the Sea: acted · directed by Frank Lloyd
  17. 1926 The General: acted · directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman
  18. 1926 The Nickel-Hopper (short film): acted · directed by F. Richard Jones and Hal Yates
  19. 1927 Tarzan and the Golden Lion: acted · directed by J. P. McGowan
  20. 1927 The Meddlin' Stranger: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
  21. 1927 Two Arabian Knights: acted · directed by Lewis Milestone
  22. 1928 Sharp Shooters: acted · directed by John G. Blystone
  23. 1928 Vultures of the Sea: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
  24. 1929 The Fatal Warning: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
  25. 1929 The King of the Kongo: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
  26. 1929 The Unholy Night: acted · directed by Lionel Barrymore
  27. 1930 The Bad One: acted · directed by George Fitzmaurice
  28. 1930 The Criminal Code: acted · directed by Howard Hawks · audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
  29. 1930 The Sea Bat: acted · directed by Lionel Barrymore and Wesley Ruggles
  30. 1930 The Utah Kid: acted · directed by Richard Thorpe
  31. 1931 Cracked Nuts: acted · directed by Edward F. Cline
  32. 1931 Dirigible: acted · directed by Frank Capra · audiences 50%
  33. 1931 Five Star Final: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy
  34. 1931 Frankenstein: acted · directed by James Whale · critics 94%, audiences 87% · streaming on Fawesome
  35. 1931 Graft: acted · directed by Christy Cabanne
  36. 1931 I Like Your Nerve: acted · directed by William C. McGann
  37. 1931 King of the Wild: acted · directed by B. Reeves Eason
  38. 1931 Pardon Us: acted · directed by James Parrott · audiences 67%
  39. 1931 The Guilty Generation: acted · directed by Rowland V. Lee
  40. 1931 The Mad Genius: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
  41. 1931 The Vanishing Legion: acted · directed by B. Reeves Eason and Ford Beebe
  42. 1931 The Yellow Ticket: acted · directed by Raoul Walsh
  43. 1931 Tonight or Never: acted · directed by Mervyn LeRoy
  44. 1931 Young Donovan's Kid: acted · directed by Fred Niblo
  45. 1932 Behind the Mask: acted · directed by John Francis Dillon
  46. 1932 Boo: acted · directed by Albert DeMond
  47. 1932 Business and Pleasure: acted · directed by David Butler
  48. 1932 Night World: acted · directed by Hobart Henley
  49. 1932 Scarface: acted · directed by Howard Hawks and Richard Rosson · critics 98%, audiences 87% · streaming on Kanopy
  50. 1932 The Mask of Fu Manchu: acted · directed by Charles Brabin and Charles Vidor
  51. 1932 The Miracle Man: acted · directed by Norman Z. McLeod
  52. 1932 The Mummy: acted · directed by Karl Freund
  53. 1932 The Old Dark House: acted · directed by James Whale · critics 97%, audiences 70% · streaming on Philo, Kanopy, Fawesome
  54. 1933 The Ghoul: acted · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
  55. 1934 Gift of Gab: acted · directed by Karl Freund
  56. 1934 The Black Cat: acted · directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
  57. 1934 The House of Rothschild: acted · directed by Alfred L. Werker and Sidney Lanfield · critics 100%, audiences 53%
  58. 1934 The Lost Patrol: acted · directed by John Ford · critics 100%, audiences 65% · streaming on HBO Max
  59. 1935 Bride of Frankenstein: acted · directed by James Whale
  60. 1935 The Black Room: acted · directed by Roy William Neill
  61. 1935 The Raven: acted · directed by Lew Landers
  62. 1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera: acted · directed by H. Bruce Humberstone · audiences 71%
  63. 1936 Juggernaut: acted · directed by Henry Edwards
  64. 1936 The Invisible Ray: acted · directed by Lambert Hillyer
  65. 1936 The Man Who Changed His Mind: acted · directed by Robert Stevenson
  66. 1936 The Walking Dead: acted · directed by Michael Curtiz
  67. 1937 Night Key: acted · directed by Lloyd Corrigan
  68. 1937 West of Shanghai: acted · directed by John Farrow
  69. 1938 Mr. Wong, Detective: acted · directed by William Nigh
  70. 1938 The Invisible Menace: acted · directed by John Farrow
  71. 1939 Devil's Island: acted · directed by William Clemens
  72. 1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown: acted · directed by William Nigh
  73. 1939 Son of Frankenstein: acted · directed by Rowland V. Lee
  74. 1939 The Man They Could Not Hang: acted · directed by Nick Grinde
  75. 1939 The Mystery of Mr. Wong: acted · directed by William Nigh
  76. 1939 Tower of London: acted · directed by Rowland V. Lee
  77. 1940 Before I Hang: acted · directed by Nick Grinde
  78. 1940 Black Friday: acted · directed by Arthur Lubin
  79. 1940 British Intelligence: acted · directed by Terry O. Morse
  80. 1940 Doomed to Die: acted · directed by William Nigh
  81. 1940 The Ape: acted · directed by William Nigh
  82. 1940 The Fatal Hour: acted · directed by William Nigh
  83. 1940 The Man with Nine Lives: acted · directed by Nick Grinde
  84. 1940 You'll Find Out: acted · directed by David Butler
  85. 1941 The Devil Commands: acted · directed by Edward Dmytryk · audiences 60%
  86. 1942 The Boogie Man Will Get You: acted · directed by Lew Landers
  87. 1944 House of Frankenstein: acted · directed by Erle C. Kenton
  88. 1944 The Climax: acted · directed by George Waggner
  89. 1944 The Mummy's Curse: acted · directed by Leslie Goodwins
  90. 1945 House of Dracula: acted · directed by Erle C. Kenton
  91. 1945 Isle of the Dead: acted · directed by Mark Robson · streaming on HBO Max
  92. 1945 The Body Snatcher: acted · directed by Robert Wise
  93. 1946 Bedlam: acted · directed by Mark Robson
  94. 1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome: acted · directed by John Rawlins
  95. 1947 Lured: acted · directed by Douglas Sirk · critics 100%, audiences 72% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  96. 1947 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: acted · directed by Norman Z. McLeod
  97. 1947 Unconquered: acted · directed by Cecil B. DeMille · critics 86%, audiences 67% · streaming on Philo
  98. 1948 Tap Roots: acted · directed by George Marshall
  99. 1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff: acted · directed by Charles Barton
  100. 1949 Boris Karloff Presents (TV series): acted
  101. 1951 The Strange Door: acted · directed by Joseph Pevney · audiences 36%
  102. 1952 The Black Castle: acted · directed by Nathan Juran
  103. 1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: acted · directed by Charles Lamont
  104. 1953 The Ernie Kovacs Show (TV series): acted · directed by Barry Shear
  105. 1954 The Island Monster: acted · directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
  106. 1955 Colonel March Investigates: acted · directed by Cy Endfield
  107. 1955 Colonel March of Scotland Yard (TV series): acted · directed by Cy Endfield
  108. 1957 Voodoo Island: acted · directed by Reginald LeBorg
  109. 1958 Corridors of Blood: acted · directed by Robert Day
  110. 1958 Frankenstein 1970: acted · directed by Howard W. Koch
  111. 1958 The Haunted Strangler: acted · directed by Robert Day
  112. 1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter: acted · directed by Robert Youngson
  113. 1962 Out of This World (TV series): acted
  114. 1963 Black Sabbath: acted · directed by Mario Bava
  115. 1963 The Comedy of Terrors: acted · directed by Jacques Tourneur
  116. 1963 The Raven: acted · directed by Roger Corman
  117. 1963 The Terror: acted · directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Hill
  118. 1964 A Fool's World: acted · directed by Roberto Bianchi Montero
  119. 1964 Bikini Beach: acted · directed by William Asher
  120. 1964 Ensign Pulver: acted · directed by Joshua Logan
  121. 1965 Die, Monster: acted · directed by Daniel Haller
  122. 1966 Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: acted · directed by Chuck Jones
  123. 1966 The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: acted · directed by Don Weis
  124. 1966 The Venetian Affair: acted · directed by Jerry Thorpe
  125. 1967 The Sorcerers: acted · directed by Michael Reeves
  126. 1968 Curse of the Crimson Altar: acted · directed by Vernon Sewell
  127. 1968 Fear Chamber: acted · directed by Jack Hill and Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez
  128. 1968 House of Evil: acted · directed by Jack Hill and Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez
  129. 1968 Targets: acted · directed by Peter Bogdanovich · critics 91%, audiences 81% · streaming on Hoopla
  130. 1970 Cauldron of Blood: acted · directed by Santos Alcocer Bádenas
  131. 1971 Isle of the Snake People: acted · directed by Jack Hill and Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez
  132. 1971 The Incredible Invasion: acted · directed by Jack Hill and Juan Ibáñez Díez-Gutiérrez
  133. 1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: acted · directed by Philippe Mora · audiences 57% · streaming on Fawesome
  134. 1984 Terror in the Aisles: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn · critics 63%, audiences 51%
  135. 2000 The American Nightmare: acted · directed by Adam Simon · audiences 74%