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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