Biography
William Henry Pratt (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), better known as Boris Karloff, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in 1909. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). His popularity following Frankenstein was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or "Karloff the Uncanny". His best-known non-horror role is as the Grinch in the television special of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. Description above from the Wikipedia article Boris Karloff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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!
Bride of Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
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
Son of Frankenstein
The Man They Could Not Hang
The Black Cat
The Old Dark House
Lux Video Theatre
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
The Black Room
Telephone Time
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Hatchet for the Honeymoon
The Black Castle
The Invisible Ray
Old Ironsides
Tales of Tomorrow
The Raven
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Lured
Before I Hang
The Man with Nine Lives