Boris Karloff
Birthday: 1887-11-23 | Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England, UKBoris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), whose real name was William Henry Pratt, 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
Acting
Role
as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as (voice - archive footage)
as The Grinch
as Matthias Morteval
as Carl van Molder / Damballah
as Prof. John Mayer
as Franz Badulescu
as Professor John Marsh
as Byron Orlok
as Dr. Carl Mandel
as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
as The Rat (voice)
as Nahum Witley
as Amos Hinchley
as Narrator
as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
as Dr. Scarabus
as Dr. Thomas Bolton
as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
as Self - Host
as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
as James Rankin
