Biography
William Henry Pratt, known professionally as Boris Karloff, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932), and voiced the Grinch in, as well as narrating, the animated television special of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966), which won him a Grammy Award.
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Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Tony Award — Best Actor in a Play · 1956 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters
The Vanishing Legion
The Horror of It All
The Veil
The Wild Wild West
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Bride of Frankenstein
Frankenstein
The Last Repair Shop
The Red Skelton Show
Scarface
McCloud
Black Sabbath
Targets
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
What's My Line?
The Body Snatcher
The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Mummy
Smart Money
Thriller
Route 66
Lux Video Theatre
The Man They Could Not Hang
Son of Frankenstein
The Black Cat
The Old Dark House
Mad Monster Party?
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
Bedlam
The Raven
The Lost Patrol
Five Star Final
The Comedy of Terrors
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Telephone Time
Unconquered
The Black Room
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
The Black Castle
Tales of Tomorrow
The Invisible Ray
Old Ironsides
The Raven
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Lured
Before I Hang