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Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein
This is the filmography of Boris Karloff . Born as William Henry Pratt, he joined a touring company and adopted the stage name Boris Karloff. During these early stages of his career he was mostly left in obscurity. By 1919, Karloff found regular work as an extra at Universal Studios . Karloff's first significant hit film was in Howard Hawks 's The Criminal Code (1931). While shooting Graft , director James Whale convinced Karloff to star as a character in one of his most popular roles as Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein which led to him becoming an overnight superstar. After Frankenstein and starring in several high-profile films such as Bride of Frankenstein and Scarface , Karloff spent the remainder of the 1930s continuing to work at an incredible pace, but progressively more into less financially successful films. Karloff starred in a few acclaimed Val Lewton produced horror films of the 1940s and by the mid-1950s, he was a familiar presence on television hosting his own series including Thriller and The Veil and guest starring on such variety programs as The Donald O'Connor Show .
In the 1960s, Karloff was a fixture at Roger Corman 's American International Pictures . His final American film was in Peter Bogdanovich 's Targets portraying an aging horror film star.
Filmography
Year
Film
Role
Director
Notes
1918
The Lightning Raider
George B. Seitz
15-chapter film serial .
1919
The Masked Rider
Mexican roughneck in saloon (Ep. 2 only)
Aubrey M. Kennedy
15-chapter film serial.
His Majesty, the American
The Spy
Joseph Henabery
Credited as an extra.
The Prince and Betty
Robert Thornby
Bit part.
1920
The Deadlier Sex
Jules Borney
Robert Thornby
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
Tavish
David Smith
The Last of the Mohicans
Maurice Tourneur , Clarence Brown
Credited as an extra.
1921
The Hope Diamond Mystery
Dakar / High Priest of Temple of Sita
Stuart Paton
Film serial.
Without Benefit of Clergy
Ahmed Khan
James Young
Cheated Hearts
Nil Horned
Hobart Henley
The Cave Girl
Baptiste
Joseph Franz
1922
The Man from Downing Street
Edward Monckton / Maharajah Jehan Deharwar
Edward José
The Infidel
the Nabob
James Young
The Altar Stairs
Hugo
Lambert Hillyer
Omar the Tentmaker
the Holy Imam Mowaffak
James Young
The Woman Conquers
Raoul Maris
Tom Forman
1923
The Gentleman from America
Edward Sedgwick
Uncredited Bit part.
The Prisoner
Prince Kapolski
Jack Conway
1924
Riders of the Plains
Jacques Jaccard
The Hellion
Outlaw
Bruce Mitchell
Dynamite Dan
Tony Garcia
Bruce Mitchell
1925
Parisian Nights
Pierre
Alfred Santell
Forbidden Cargo
Pietro Castillano
Tom Buckingham
The Prairie Wife
Diego
Hugo Ballin
Perils of the Wild
Francis Ford
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Villain
Maurice Tourneur
Lady Robinhood
Cabraza
Ralph Ince
1926
The Greater Glory
the Scissors Grinder
Curt Rehfeld
Her Honor, the Governor
Snipe Collins
Chet Withey
The Bells
Mesmerist
James Young
The Nickel-Hopper
Big Bohunk
Hal Yates
The Golden Web
Dave Sinclair
Walter Lang
The Eagle of the Sea
Pirate
Frank Lloyd
Flames
Blackie Blanchett
Lewis H. Moomaw
Old Ironsides
Saracen Guard
James Cruze
Flaming Fury
Gaspard
James Hogan
Valencia
Dimitri Buchowetzki
Uncredited Bit part.
The Man in the Saddle
Robber
Clifford S. Smith
Uncredited.
1927
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
Ozawa, Waziri Chief
J. P. McGowan
Let It Rain
the Crooks
Edward Francis Cline
The Meddlin' Stranger
Al Meggs
Richard Thorpe
The Princess from Hoboken
Pavel
Allan Dale
The Phantom Buster
Ramón
William Bertram
Soft Cushions
The Chief Conspirator
Edward Francis Cline
Two Arabian Knights
Purser
Lewis Milestone
The Love Mart
Fleming
George Fitzmaurice
1928
The Vanishing Rider
The Villain
Ray Taylor
Film serial
Burning the Wind
Pug Doran
Henry MacRae , Herbert Blaché
Vultures of the Sea
Grouchy
Richard Thorpe
Film serial
The Little Wild Girl
Maurice Kent
Frank Mattison
1929
The Devil's Chaplain
Boris
Duke Worne
The Fatal Warning
Mullins
Richard Thorpe
Film serial
The Phantom of the North
Jules Gregg
Harry S. Webb
Two Sisters
Cecil
Scott Pembroke
Anne Against the World
Duke Worne
Bit part.
Behind That Curtain
Sudanese servant
Irving Cummings
First sound film .
The King of the Kongo
Macklin / Martin
Richard Thorpe
Film serial.
The Unholy Night
Abdoul
Lionel Barrymore
1930
The Bad One
Guard
George Fitzmaurice
The Sea Bat
Corsican
Wesley Ruggles
The Utah Kid
Baxter
Richard Thorpe
The Mother's Cry
Baxter
Hobart Henley
1931
Sous les verrous ("Pardon Us" - French version)
The Tiger
James Parrott
The Criminal Code
Ned Galloway
Howard Hawks
King of the Wild
Mustapha
B. Reeves Eason , Richard Thorpe
Final film serial.
Cracked Nuts
Revolutionary
Edward F. Cline
Young Donovan's Kid
Cokey Joe
Fred Niblo
Smart Money
Sport Williams
Alfred E. Green
The Public Defender
Professor
J. Walter Ruben
I Like Your Nerve
Luigi
William McGann
Graft
Joe Terry
William Christy Cabanne
Five Star Final
"Reverend" Vernon Isopod
Mervyn LeRoy
The Yellow Ticket
Orderly
Raoul Walsh
The Mad Genius
Fedor's Father
Michael Curtiz
The Guilty Generation
Tony Ricca
Rowland V. Lee
Frankenstein
The Monster
James Whale
Tonight or Never
The Waiter
Mervyn LeRoy
1932
Behind the Mask
Jim Henderson
John Francis Dillon
Alias the Doctor
Autopsy Surgeon
Lloyd Bacon , Michael Curtiz
Business and Pleasure
Sheikh
David Butler
Scarface
Gaffney
Howard Hawks
The Miracle Man
Nikko
Norman Z. McLeod
Night World
"Happy" MacDonald
Hobart Henley
The Old Dark House
Morgan
James Whale
Billed as KARLOFF
The Mask of Fu Manchu
Dr. Fu Manchu
Charles J. Brabin , Charles Vidor , King Vidor
The Mummy
Imhotep /Ardath Bey
Karl Freund
Billed as KARLOFF
1933
The Ghoul
Prof. Morlant
T. Hayes Hunter
1934
The Lost Patrol
Sanders
John Ford
The House of Rothschild
Count Ledrantz
Alfred L. Werker
The Black Cat
Hjalmar Poelzig
Edgar G. Ulmer
Billed as KARLOFF
Gift of Gab
Cameo Appearance (as Karloff)
Karl W. Freund
Billed as KARLOFF
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
The Monster
James Whale
Billed as KARLOFF
The Raven
Edmond Bateman
Lew Landers
Billed as KARLOFF
The Black Room
Baron Gregor de Berghmann / Anton de Berghmann
Roy William Neill
1936
The Invisible Ray
Dr. Janos Rukh
Lambert Hillyer
Billed as KARLOFF
The Walking Dead
John Ellman
Michael Curtiz
Juggernaut
Victor Sartorius
Henry Edwards
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Dr. Laurence
Robert Stevenson
Charlie Chan at the Opera
Gravelle
H. Bruce Humberstone
1937
Night Key
Dave Mallory
Lloyd Corrigan
Billed as KARLOFF
West of Shanghai
Gen. Wu Yen Fang
John Farrow
1938
The Invisible Menace
Mr. Jevries a.k.a. Dolman
Lloyd Corrigan
Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong
William Nigh
1939
Devil's Island
Dr. Charles Gaudet
William Nigh
Son of Frankenstein
The Monster
Rowland V. Lee
The Mystery of Mr. Wong
James Lee Wong
William Nigh
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
James Lee Wong
William Nigh
The Man They Could Not Hang
Dr. Henryk Savaard
Nick Grinde
Tower of London
Mord the Executioner
Rowland V. Lee
1940
The Fatal Hour
James Lee Wong
William Nigh
British Intelligence
Valdar
Terrell O. Morse
a.k.a. "Enemy Agent"
Black Friday
Dr. Ernest Sovac
Arthur Lubin
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal
Nick Grinde
Doomed to Die
James Lee Wong
William Nigh
Before I Hang
Dr. John Garth
Nick Grinde
The Ape
Dr. Bernard Adrian
William Nigh
You'll Find Out
Judge Mainwaring
David Butler
1941
The Devil Commands
Dr. Julian Blair
Edward Dmytryk
1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You
Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Lew Landers
1944
The Climax
Dr. Hohner
George Waggner
House of Frankenstein
Dr. Gustav Niemann
Erle C. Kenton
1945
The Body Snatcher
John Gray
Robert Wise
Isle of the Dead
Gen. Nikolas Pherides
Mark Robson
1946
Bedlam
Master George Sims
Mark Robson
1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Norman Z. McLeod
Lured
Charles von Druten
Douglas Sirk
Unconquered
Guyasuta , Chief of the Senecas
Cecil B. DeMille
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Gruesome
John Rawlins
1948
Tap Roots
Tishomingo
George Marshall
The Emperor's Nightingale
Narrator
Jiří Trnka
English-language version only.
1949
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Swami Talpur
Charles Barton
1951
The Strange Door
Voltan
Joseph Pevney
1952
Colonel March Investigates
Col. March
Cy Raker Endfield
Compiled from episodes of the television series Colonel March of Scotland Yard
The Black Castle
Dr. Meissen
Nathan Juran
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Charles Lamont
1954
The Island Monster
Roberto Bianchi Montero
The Hindu
General Pollegar
Frank Ferrin
a.k.a. Sabaka
1957
Voodoo Island
Dr. Phillip Knight
Reginald Le Borg
1958
The Juggler of Our Lady
Narrator
Al Kouzel
Animated short
The Creation of the World
Narrator (USA)
Eduard Hofman
English-language version only.
The Haunted Strangler
James Rankin
Robert Day
Frankenstein 1970
Baron Victor von Frankenstein
Howard W. Koch
Corridors of Blood
Dr. Thomas Bolton
Robert Day
1963
Black Sabbath
Gorca
Mario Bava
The Terror
Baron Von Leppe
Roger Corman
The Raven
Dr. Scarabus
Roger Corman
1964
Bikini Beach
Art dealer
William Asher
Mondo Balordo
Narrator
Roberto Bianchi Montero
The Comedy of Terrors
Amos Hinchley
Jacques Tourneur
1965
Die, Monster, Die! (UK: Monster of Terror )
Nahum Witley
Daniel Haller
1966
The Daydreamer
The Rat
Jules Bass
Voice only
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
The Corpse
Don Weis
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
The Grinch and the Narrator
Chuck Jones
Animated film. Won Grammy Award for Best Album for Children .
1967
The Venetian Affair
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Jerry Thorpe
Mad Monster Party?
Baron Boris von Frankenstein
Jules Bass
Voice only
The Sorcerers
Professor Marcus Montserrat
Michael Reeves
1968
Targets
Byron Orlok
Peter Bogdanovich
Curse of the Crimson Altar
Prof. Marshe
Vernon Sewell
Fear Chamber
Dr. Carl Mandel
Juan Ibañez , Jack Hill
House of Evil
Mathias Morteval
Luis Enrique Vergara , Jack Hill
1970
Cauldron of Blood (El Coleccionista de cadáveres ); aka Blind Man's Bluff (filmed in 1967)
Franz Badulescu
Santos Alcocer , Edward Mann
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1967
1971
The Incredible Invasion
Prof. John Meyer
Luis Enrique Vergara , Jack Hill
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968
Isle of the Snake People
Karl Van Molder / Damballah
Juan Ibañez , Jack Hill
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968
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