Boris Karloff filmography

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 Peter Bogdanovich's Targets, portraying an aging horror film star.
==Filmography==
Year	Film 	Role 	Director 	Notes
1916	The Dumb Girl of Portici 	 	Lois Weber 	Credited as an extra.
1918	The Lightning Raider 	 	George B. Seitz 	15-chapter film serial.
1919	The Masked Rider 	 	Aubrey M. Kennedy 	15-chapter film serial.
1919	His Majesty, the American 	 	Joseph Henabery 	Credited as an extra.
1919	The Prince and Betty 	 	Robert T. Thornby 	Bit part.
1920	The Deadlier Sex 	Jules Borney 	Robert T. Thornby 	
1920	The Courage of Marge O'Doone 	Tavish 	David Smith 	
1920	The Last of the Mohicans 	 	Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown 	Credited as an extra.
1921	The Hope Diamond Mystery 	Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar 	Stuart Paton 	Film serial.
1921	Without Benefit of Clergy 	Ahmed Khan 	James Young 	
1921	Cheated Hearts 	Nil Horned 	Hobart Henley 	
1921	The Cave Girl 	Baptiste 	Joseph Franz 	
1922	The Man from Downing Street 	Edward Monckton / Maharajah Jehan Deharwar 	Edward José 	
1922	The Infidel 	the Nabob 	James Young 	
1922	The Altar Stairs 	Hugo 	Lambert Hillyer 	
1923	Omar the Tentmaker 	the Holy Imam Mowaffak 	James Young 	
1923	A Woman Conquers 	Raoul Maris 	Tom Forman 	
1923	The Gentleman from America 	 	Edward Sedgwick 	Uncredited Bit part.
1923	The Prisoner 	Prince Kapolski 	Jack Conway 	
1924	Riders of the Plains 	 	Jacques Jaccard 	
1924	The Hellion 	Outlaw 	Bruce Mitchell 	
1924	Dynamite Dan 	Tony Garcia 	Bruce Mitchell 	
1925	Parisian Nights 	Pierre 	Alfred Santell 	
1925	Forbidden Cargo 	Pietro Castillano 	Tom Buckingham 	
1925	The Prairie Wife 	Diego 	Hugo Ballin 	
1925	Perils of the Wild 	 	Francis Ford 	
1925	Never the Twain Shall Meet 	Villain 	Maurice Tourneur 	
1925	Lady Robinhood 	Cabraza 	Ralph Ince 	
1926	The Greater Glory 	the Scissors Grinder 	Curt Rehfeld 	
1926	Her Honor, the Governor 	Snipe Collins 	Chet Withey 	
1926	The Bells 	Mesmerist 	James Young 	
1926	The Nickel-Hopper 	Big Bohunk 	Hal Yates 	
1926	The Golden Web 	Dave Sinclair 	Walter Lang 	
1926	The Eagle of the Sea 	Pirate 	Frank Lloyd 	
1926	Flames 	Blackie Blanchett 	Lewis H. Moomaw 	
1926	Old Ironsides 	Saracen Guard 	James Cruze 	
1926	Flaming Fury 	Gaspard 	James Hogan 	
1926	Valencia 	 	Dimitri Buchowetzki 	Uncredited Bit part.
1926	The Man in the Saddle 	Robber 	Clifford S. Smith 	Uncredited.
1927	Tarzan and the Golden Lion 	Ozawa, Waziri Chief 	J.P. McGowan 	
1927	Let It Rain 	the Crooks 	Edward Francis Cline 	
1927	The Meddlin' Stranger 	Al Meggs 	Richard Thorpe 	
1927	The Princess from Hoboken 	Pavel 	Allan Dale 	
1927	The Phantom Buster 	Ramón 	William Bertram 	
1927	Soft Cushions 	The Chief Conspirator 	Edward Francis Cline 	
1927	Two Arabian Knights 	Purser 	Lewis Milestone 	
1927	The Love Mart 	Fleming 	George Fitzmaurice 	
1928	The Vanishing Rider 	The Villain 	Ray Taylor 	Film serial
1928	Burning the Wind 	Pug Doran 	Henry MacRae, Herbert Blaché 	
1928	Vultures of the Sea 	Grouchy 	Richard Thorpe 	Film serial
1928	The Little Wild Girl 	Maurice Kent 	Frank Mattison 	
1929	The Devil's Chaplain 	Boris 	Duke Worne 	
1929	The Fatal Warning 	Mullins 	Richard Thorpe 	Film serial
1929	The Phantom of the North 	Jules Gregg 	Harry S. Webb 	
1929	Two Sisters 	Cecil 	Scott Pembroke 	
1929	Anne Against the World 	 	Duke Worne 	Bit part.
1929	Behind That Curtain 	Sudanese servant 	Irving Cummings 	First sound film.
1929	The King of the Kongo 	Macklin / Martin 	Richard Thorpe 	Film serial.
1929	The Unholy Night 	Abdoul 	Lionel Barrymore 	
1930	The Bad One 	Guard 	George Fitzmaurice 	
1930	The Sea Bat 	Corsican 	Wesley Ruggles 	
1930	The Utah Kid 	Baxter 	Richard Thorpe 	
1930	The Mother's Cry 	Baxter 	Hobart Henley 	
1931	Sous les verrous ("Pardon Us" - French version) 	The Tiger 	James Parrott 	
1931	The Criminal Code 	Ned Galloway 	Howard Hawks 	
1931	King of the Wild 	Mustapha 	B. Reeves Eason, Richard Thorpe 	Final film serial.
1931	Cracked Nuts 	Revolutionary 	Edward F. Cline 	
1931	Young Donovan's Kid 	Cokey Joe 	Fred Niblo 	
1931	Smart Money 	Sport Williams 	Alfred E. Green 	
1931	The Public Defender 	Professor 	J. Walter Ruben 	
1931	I Like Your Nerve 	Luigi 	William McGann 	
1931	Graft 	Joe Terry 	William Christy Cabanne 	
1931	Five Star Final 	"Reverend" Vernon Isopod 	Mervyn LeRoy 	
1931	The Yellow Ticket 	Orderly 	Raoul Walsh 	
1931	The Mad Genius 	Fedor's Father 	Michael Curtiz 	
1931	The Guilty Generation 	Tony Ricca 	Rowland V. Lee 	
1931	Frankenstein 	The Monster 	James Whale 	
1931	Tonight or Never 	The Waiter 	Mervyn LeRoy 	
1932	Behind the Mask 	Jim Henderson 	John Francis Dillon 	
1932	Alias the Doctor 	Autopsy Surgeon 	Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz 	
1932	Business and Pleasure 	Sheikh 	David Butler 	
1932	Scarface 	Gaffney 	Howard Hawks 	
1932	The Miracle Man 	Nikko 	Norman Z. McLeod 	
1932	Night World 	"Happy" MacDonald 	Hobart Henley 	
1932	The Old Dark House 	Morgan 	James Whale 	Billed as KARLOFF
1932	The Mask of Fu Manchu 	Dr. Fu Manchu 	Charles J. Brabin, Charles Vidor, King Vidor	
1932	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 	
1934	The House of Rothschild 	Count Ledrantz 	Alfred L. Werker 	
1934	The Black Cat 	Hjalmar Poelzig 	Edgar G. Ulmer 	Billed as KARLOFF
1934	Gift of Gab 	Cameo Appearance (as Karloff) 	Karl W. Freund 	Billed as KARLOFF
1935	Bride of Frankenstein 	The Monster 	James Whale 	Billed as KARLOFF
1935	The Raven 	Edmond Bateman 	Lew Landers 	Billed as KARLOFF
1935	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
1936	The Walking Dead 	John Ellman 	Michael Curtiz 	
1936	Juggernaut 	John Ellman 	Michael Curtiz 	
1936	The Man Who Changed His Mind 	Dr. Laurence 	Robert Stevenson 	
1936	Charlie Chan at the Opera 	Gravelle 	H. Bruce Humberstone 	
1937	Night Key 	Dave Mallory 	Lloyd Corrigan 	Billed as KARLOFF
1937	West of Shanghai 	Gen. Wu Yen Fang 	John Farrow 	
1938	The Invisible Menace 	Dave Mallory 	Lloyd Corrigan 	
1938	Mr. Wong, Detective 	James Lee Wong 	William Nigh 	
1939	Devil's Island 	Dr. Charles Gaudet 	William Nigh 	
1939	Son of Frankenstein 	The Monster 	Rowland V. Lee 	
1939	The Mystery of Mr. Wong 	James Lee Wong 	William Nigh 	
1939	Mr. Wong in Chinatown 	James Lee Wong 	William Nigh 	
1939	The Man They Could Not Hang 	Dr. Henryk Savaard 	Nick Grinde 	
1939	Tower of London 	Mord the Executioner 	Rowland V. Lee 	
1940	The Fatal Hour 	James Lee Wong 	William Nigh 	
1940	British Intelligence 	Valdar 	Terrell O. Morse 	a.k.a Enemy Agent
1940	Black Friday 	Dr. Ernest Sovac 	Arthur Lubin 	
1940	The Man with Nine Lives 	Dr. Leon Kravaal 	Nick Grinde 	
1940	Doomed to Die 	James Lee Wong 	William Nigh 	
1940	Before I Hang 	Dr. John Garth 	Nick Grinde 	
1940	The Ape 	Dr. Bernard Adrian 	William Nigh 	
1940	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 	
1944	House of Frankenstein 	Dr. Gustav Niemann 	Erle C. Kenton 	
1945	The Body Snatcher 	John Gray 	Robert Wise 	
1945	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 	
1947	Lured 	Charles von Druten 	Douglas Sirk 	
1947	Unconquered 	Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas 	Cecil B. DeMille 	
1947	Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 	Gruesome 	John Rawlins 	
1948	Tap Roots 	Tishomingo 	George Marshall 	
1948	The Emperor's Nightingale 	Narrator 	Jirí Trnka 	English 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
1952	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 	
1954	The Hindu 	General Pollegar 	Frank Ferrin 	
1957	Voodoo Island 	Dr. Phillip Knight 	Reginald Le Borg 	
1958	The Juggler of Our Lady 	Narrator 	Al Kousel 	Animated short
1958	The Haunted Strangler 	James Rankin 	Robert Day 	
1958	Frankenstein 1970 	Baron Victor von Frankenstein 	Howard W. Koch 	
1958	Corridors of Blood 	Dr. Thomas Bolton 	Robert Day 	
1963	Black Sabbath 	Gorca 	Mario Bava 	
1963	The Terror 	Baron Von Leppe 	Roger Corman 	
1963	The Raven 	Dr. Scarabus 	Roger Corman 	
1964	Bikini Beach 	Art dealer 	William Asher 	
1964	The Comedy of Terrors 	Amos Hinchley 	Jacques Tourneur 	
1965	Die, Monster, Die!(UK title: Monster of Terror) 	Nahum Witley 	Daniel Haller 	
1966	The Daydreamer 	The Rat 	Jules Bass 	Voice only
1966	The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini 	The Corpse 	Don Weis 	
1966	How the Grinch Stole Christmas! 	The Grinch and the Narrator 	Chuck Jones 	Animated film.
1967	The Venetian Affair 	Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud 	Jerry Thorpe 	
1967	Mad Monster Party? 	Baron Boris von Frankenstein 	Jules Bass 	Voice only
1967	The Sorcerers 	Professor Marcus Montserrat 	Michael Reeves 	
1968	Targets 	Byron Orlok 	Peter Bogdanovich 	
1968	Curse of the Crimson Altar(a.k.a. The Crimson Cult) 	Prof. Marshe 	Vernon Sewell 	
1968	The Fear Chamber(a.k.a. Torture Zone) 	Dr. Carl Mandel 	Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill 	Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968
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
1971	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
==External links==
Boris Karloff on IMDb
Category:Actor filmographies