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Boris Karloff Acting Filmography (240)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025·Self - (archive footage)

The Last Repair Shop
2024·The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022·Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021·Self (archive footage)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!
2021·Self (archive footage)

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
2015·Self (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014·Various roles (archive footage)
A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)
2013·Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored
2013·Self (archive footage)

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features
2012

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce
2008·Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007·Himself (archive footage)

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
2007·Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007·Self (archive footage)

Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006·Self (archive footage)

Terror in the Tropics
2006·Mr. Wong (archive footage)

Karloff: The Gentle Monster
2006·Self (archive footage)

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004

The Mesmerist
2003·(archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
2001·(archive footage)

The American Nightmare
2000·Self

The Many Faces of Dracula
2000·The Monster (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000·Self (archive footage)

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999·Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999·Self (archive footage)

Universal Horror
1998·(archive footage)

The Universal Story
1996·Self (archive footage)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
1994·(voice - archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994·Self (archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies
1992

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991·The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.

Halloween Monster Bash
1991·Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990·Archival

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990·(archive footage)

Transylvania Twist
1989·Man in Room (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988

Creepy Classics
1987·Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984·(archive footage)

The Horror of It All
1983·Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982·Self (archive footage)

Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980

The Horror Show
1979·(archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975·Self (archive footage)

Madhouse
1974·(archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974·Self (archive footage)

Alien Terror
1971·Prof. John Mayer

Isle of the Snake People
1971·Carl van Molder / Damballah

Hatchet for the Honeymoon
1970·Gorca (archive footage)

The Movie Orgy
1968·Self (archive footage)

Curse of the Crimson Altar
1968·Professor John Marsh

Fear Chamber
1968·Dr. Carl Mandel

Macabre Serenade
1968·Matthias Morteval

Targets
1968·Byron Orlok

Cauldron of Blood
1968·Franz Badulescu

Mad Monster Party?
1967·Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

The Sorcerers
1967·Prof. Marcus Monserrat

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
1966·Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
1966·The Corpse

The Venetian Affair
1966·Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

The Daydreamer
1966·The Rat (voice)

Doom of Dracula
1966·The Madman (archive footage)

Die, Monster, Die!
1965·Nahum Witley

The Comedy of Terrors
1964·Amos Hinchley

A Fool's World
1964·Narrator

Bikini Beach
1964·Art Dealer
Today's Teens
1964·Narrator

Horror!!!
1964·Self

Corridors of Blood
1963·Dr. Thomas Bolton

The Terror
1963·Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

Black Sabbath
1963·Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

The Raven
1963·Dr. Scarabus

Little Lost Robot
1962·Host

Arsenic & Old Lace
1962·Jonathan Brewster

The Incredible Doktor Markesan
1962·Dr. Konrad Markesan

The Storm
1962

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing
1962

Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961·Self (archive footage)

The Grim Reaper
1961·Self

The Fatal Impulse
1960·Self

Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?
1960·Narrator

Frankenstein 1970
1958·Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

Grip of the Strangler
1958·James Rankin
Destination Nightmare
1958·Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
Jack the Ripper
1958·Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason

Heart of Darkness
1958·Mr. Kurtz

Voodoo Island
1957·Phillip Knight

The Lark
1957·Bishop Cauchon

The Juggler of Our Lady
1957·Narrator (voice)

Rendezvous in Black
1956·Ward Allen

Sting of Death
1955·Mr. Mycroft

A Connecticut Yankee
1955·King Arthur

Sabaka
1955·General Pollegar

The Island Monster
1954·Don Gaetano

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953·Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Colonel March Investigates
1953·Colonel March

The Black Castle
1952·Dr. Meissen

The Strange Door
1951·Voltan

The Emperor's Nightingale
1949·Narrator (English version)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949·Swami Talpur

Tap Roots
1948·Tishomingo

Lured
1947·Charles van Druten

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947·Dr Hugo Hollingshead

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947·Gruesome

Unconquered
1947·Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

Bedlam
1946·George Sims

The Body Snatcher
1945·John Gray

Isle of the Dead
1945·Gen. Nikolas Pherides

House of Frankenstein
1944·Dr. Gustav Niemann

The Mummy's Curse
1944·Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

The Climax
1944·Dr. Friedrich Hohner

The Boogie Man Will Get You
1942·Prof. Nathaniel Billings

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942·Himself
Information Please: Series 2, No. 12
1941·Self

The Devil Commands
1941·Dr. Julian Blair

Doomed to Die
1940·James Lee Wong

Before I Hang
1940·Dr. John Garth

The Man with Nine Lives
1940·Dr. Leon Kravaal

Black Friday
1940·Dr. Ernest Sovac

The Ape
1940·Dr. Bernard Adrian

The Mummy's Hand
1940·Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

You'll Find Out
1940·Judge Spencer Mainwaring

The Fatal Hour
1940·James Lee Wong

Son of Frankenstein
1939·The Monster

Devil's Island
1939·Dr. Charles Gaudet

The Man They Could Not Hang
1939·Dr. Henryk Savaard

Tower of London
1939·Mord

British Intelligence
1939·Valdar

Mr. Wong in Chinatown
1939·Mr. James Lee Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong
1939·James Lee Wong

Mr. Wong, Detective
1938·James Lee Wong

The Invisible Menace
1938·Jevries

Night Key
1937·David Mallory
Cinema Circus
1937·Himself

West of Shanghai
1937·"General" Wu Yen Fang

Breakdowns of 1937
1937·Self

Juggernaut
1936·Dr. Victor Sartorius

The Man Who Changed His Mind
1936·Dr. Laurence

The Walking Dead
1936·John Ellman

The Invisible Ray
1936·Dr. Janos Rukh

Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936·Gravelle

Bride of Frankenstein
1935·The Monster

The Black Room
1935·Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

The Raven
1935·Edmond Bateman
Hollywood Hobbies
1935·Himself

The Black Cat
1934·Hjalmar Poelzig

The Lost Patrol
1934·Sanders

The House of Rothschild
1934·Count Ledrantz

Gift of Gab
1934·Himself

Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934·Himself

The Ghoul
1933·Prof. Morlant

Scarface
1932·Gaffney

The Mask of Fu Manchu
1932·Dr. Fu Manchu

The Old Dark House
1932·Morgan

Business and Pleasure
1932·Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

Behind the Mask
1932·Jim Henderson

The Mummy
1932·Imhotep / Ardath Bey

Night World
1932·'Happy' MacDonald

The Miracle Man
1932·Nikko

Skyscraper Souls
1932·Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Boo
1932·Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
1932·Boris Karloff

Frankenstein
1931·The Monster

King of the Wild
1931·Mustapha

Five Star Final
1931·T. Vernon Isopod

The Criminal Code
1931·Ned Galloway

Smart Money
1931·Sport Williams

Tonight or Never
1931·Waiter

The Mad Genius
1931·Fedor's Father (uncredited)

The Vanishing Legion
1931·The Voice (voice)

The Public Defender
1931·The Professor

Graft
1931·Terry

The Guilty Generation
1931·Tony Ricca

Cracked Nuts
1931·Boris - First Revolutionary

The Yellow Ticket
1931·Drunken Orderly

I Like Your Nerve
1931·Luigi - Pacheco's Butler

Young Donovan's Kid
1931·Cokey Joe

The Bad One
1930·Monsieur Gaston

The Sea Bat
1930·Corsican

The Utah Kid
1930·Henchman Baxter

Burning the Wind
1929·Pug Doran

The Fatal Warning
1929·Mullins

The Devil's Chaplain
1929·Boris

Two Sisters
1929·Cecil
Anne Against the World
1929

The Unholy Night
1929·Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

Behind That Curtain
1929·Beetham's Manservent

The King of the Kongo
1929·Scarface Macklin
The Phantom of the North
1929·Jules Gregg

Sharp Shooters
1928·Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

The Vanishing Rider
1928·The Villain

Vultures of the Sea
1928·Grouchy

The Little Wild Girl
1928·Maurice Kent

Let It Rain
1927·Crook

The Princess from Hoboken
1927·Pavel

The Meddlin' Stranger
1927·Al Meggs

Soft Cushions
1927·The Chief Conspirator

Tarzan and the Golden Lion
1927·Owaza

Two Arabian Knights
1927·Purser

The Phantom Buster
1927·Ramon

The Love Mart
1927·Fleming

The Golden Web
1926·Dave Sinclair

Flames
1926·Blackie Blanchette

Flaming Fury
1926·Gaspard

The Bells
1926·The Mesmerist

The Nickel-Hopper
1926·Dance Hall Masher

The Eagle of the Sea
1926·Pirate (uncredited)

Old Ironsides
1926·Saracen Guard (uncredited)

The Greater Glory
1926·Scissors Grinder

Her Honor, the Governor
1926·Snipe Collins

The Man in the Saddle
1926·Robber (uncredited)

Forbidden Cargo
1925·Pietro Castillano

Lady Robinhood
1925·Cabraza

Never the Twain Shall Meet
1925

Perils of the Wild
1925

Without Mercy
1925·Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)

The Prairie Wife
1925·Diego

Parisian Nights
1925·Pierre

The White Panther
1924·Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

The Hellion
1924·The Outlaw

Riders of the Plains
1924

Dynamite Dan
1924·Tony Garcia

The Prisoner
1923·Prince Kapolski

Nan of the North
1922·Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Man from Downing Street
1922·Maharajah Jehan

The Infidel
1922·The Nabob

The Altar Stairs
1922·Hugo

The Woman Conquers
1922·Raoul Maris

Omar the Tentmaker
1922·Imam Mowaffak

Cheated Hearts
1921·Nei Hamid

The Cave Girl
1921·Baptiste

The Hope Diamond Mystery
1921·Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

Without Benefit of Clergy
1921·Ahmed Khan

The Courage of Marge O'Doone
1920·Tavish

The Last of the Mohicans
1920·Indian (uncredited)

The Deadlier Sex
1920·Jules Borney

The Woman and the Puppet
1920·(uncredited)

The Lightning Raider
1919

The Prince and Betty
1919·Undetermined Role

His Majesty, the American
1919·Henchman in cloth cap