Boris Karloff filmography
Filmography

Boris Karloff filmography

Section Title: Filmography
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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	Uncredited

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, the 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 Frankenstein 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 Frankenstein 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 Frankenstein 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 several 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. Edward Hyde	Charles Lamont

1954	The Island Monster	Roberto Bianchi Montero

The Hindu	General Pollegar	Frank Ferrin	a.k.a. Sabaka

1955	The Elgin Hour	Mr. Mycroft	Daniel Petrie	Episode "Sting of Death" based on H. F. Heard's novel A Taste for Honey.

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

1962	Arsenic & Old Lace	Jonathan Brewster	George Schaefer	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film.

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 title: Monster of Terror)	Nahum Whitley	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.

The Wild Wild West	Mr. Singh	Irving J. Moore	2x02 "The Night of the Golden Cobra".

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 (a.k.a. The Crimson Cult)	Prof. Marshe	Vernon Sewell

Fear Chamber (a.k.a. Torture Zone)	Dr. Carl Mandel	Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968

House of Evil (a.k.a. Dance of Death)	Mathias Morteval	Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968

1970	Cauldron of Blood (El Coleccionista de cadáveres); a.k.a. Blind Man's Bluff)	Franz Badulescu	Santos Alcocer, Edward Mann	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968

1971	The Incredible Invasion (a.k.a. Alien Terror and The Sinister Invasion)	Prof. John Meyer	Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968

Isle of the Snake People (a.k.a. Cult of the Dead)	Karl Van Molder / Damballah	Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968

Sentence(s)

In 1931, Karloff appeared in Howard Hawks's, "The Criminal Code".

final_sentence: In 1931, Karloff appeared in Howard Hawks's, "The Criminal Code".