Boris Karloff (1887 - 1969)

Date of Birth: 23 November 1887
Place of Birth: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Date of Death: 2 February 1969 (from emphysema)
Place of Death: Midhurst, Sussex, England, UK
Also Known As: ?; Karloff; William Henry Pratt (real name)

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

all as performer
* = television

1960
Thriller (host) *
Boris Karloff's Thriller

Thriller: The Prediction (22 November 1960) (Clay Mace) *

1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Emociones y risas - Venezuelan title
Emozioni e risate - Italian title
Här vare hejsan - Swedish title
Nauru pidentää ikää - Finnish title

Thriller: The Premature Burial (2 October 1961) (Doctor Thorne) *

Thriller: The Last of the Sommervilles (6 November 1961) (Dr Farnham) *

Thriller: Dialogues with Death (4 December 1961) (Pop Jenkins / Colonel Jackson Beauregarde LeJean) *

1962
Corridors of Blood (Dr Thomas Bolton)
Doctor From Seven Dials - shooting title
Pasillos de sangre - Spanish title

Hallmark Hall of Fame: Arsenic and Old Lace (Jonathan Brewster) *

Out of This World (host) *

Route 66: Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing (26 October 1962) (himself) *

Thriller: The Incredible Doktor Markesan (26 February 1962) (Doktor Konrad Markesan) *

1963
The Raven (Dr Scarabus)
Le corbeau - French title
O Corvo - Portugese title
El cuervo – Argentinian / Venezuelan title
Korpen - Swedish title
Korpen i skräckens borg - Swedish TV title
Korppi - Finnish title
Korppi joka kuoli nauruun - Finnish title
Kruk - Polish title
I maghi del terrore - Italian title
Der Rabe - Duell der Zauberer - German title
Ravnen - Danish title

The Terror (Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe / Eric)
The Castle of Terror
Genfærdets terror - Danish title
L'halluciné - French title
The Haunting - US TV title
Kauhun vallassa - Finnish title
Lady of the Shadows
Pahin kaikista - Finnish title
The Terror - Schloß des Schreckens - German title
El terror - Venezuelan title
O Terror - Portugese title
Terrorin vallassa - Finnish title
La vergine di cera - Italian title

I tre volti della paura (Gorca (in The Wurdalak))
Black Christmas
Black Sabbath – US title
Die Drei Gesichter der Furcht - German title
I skräckens klor - Swedish title
Der Ring der Verdammten - Austrian title
The Three Faces of Fear
The Three Faces of Terror
Las tres caras del miedo - Spanish title
Les trois visages de la peur – French title

1964
The Comedy of Terrors (Amos Hinchley)
Il clan del terrore - Italian title
La comedia de los horrores - Spanish title
La comèdia dels horrors - Catalan Spansih title
The Graveside Story
Komödie des Grauens - German title
Liget går amok - Danish title
Operation i skräck - Swedish title
Ruhe Sanft GmbH - German title

Mondo balordo (himself / narrator)
A Fool's World – US title

1965
Die, Monster, Die! (Nahum Witley)
Dö, monster, dö! - Swedish title
Das Grauen auf Schloss Witley - German title
The House at the End of the World – shooting title
Monster of Terror – UK title
Die Monster - German title
El monstruo del terror - Spanish title
La morte dall'occhio di cristallo - Italian title
Pahan kasvot - Finnish title

Shindig! Halloween '65: 30 October 1965 (himself) *

1966
The Daydreamer (the rat)
El soñador aventurero - Spanish title
O Sonhador Feliz - Portugese title

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (the corpse (Hiram Stokely))
Il castello delle donne maledette - Italian title
Erbschaft um Mitternacht - German TV title

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.: The Mother Muffin Affair (27 September 1966) (Mother Muffin) *

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (narrator / The Grinch) *
Dr Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Die Gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke - German title
Le Grincheux qui voulait gâcher Noël! – French Canadian title

The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Golden Cobra (23 September 1966) (Singh) *

1967
I Spy: Mainly on the Plains (22 February 1967) (Don Ernesto Silvando) *

Mad Monster Party? (Baron Boris von Frankenstein)
Frankensteins Monster-Party - German title
Mad Monsters Party?
Monsterpartyt - Swedish title

The Sorcerers (Professor Marcus Monserrat)
Los brujos - Spanish title
La créature invisible - French title
Im Banne des Dr Monserrat - German title
Il killer di Satana - Italian title

The Venetian Affair (Dr Pierre Vaugiroud)
Intriga en Venecia - Spanish title
Mitternacht Canale Grande - German title
Suspense a Venezia - Italian title
Tehtävä Venetsiassa - Finnish title

1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar (Professor John Marshe)
Black horror: le messe nere - Italian title
The Crimson Altar
The Crimson Cult – US title
Curse of the Crimson Cult
Die Hexe des Grafen Dracula - German TV title
La maison ensorcelée - French title
Monstret i skräckens hus - Swedish title
The Reincarnation
Schwarze Messe auf blutrotem Altar - German title
Spirit of the Dead
Witch House

La cámara del terror (Dr Carl Mandel)
Chamber of Fear
The Fear Chamber - US title
Folter - German title
The Torture Chamber – US video title
Torture Zone

Head (in archive footage from The Black Cat (1934) (uncredited))

Invasión siniestra (Professor John Mayer)
Alien Terror - German / US title
The Incredible Invasion
Sinister Invasion

The Jonathan Winters Show: 30 October 1968 (himself) *

La muerte viviente (Carl van Molder / Damballah)
Gli adoratori della morte - Italian title
Cult of the Dead - Hungarian title
Isla de los muertos - Spanish title
Isle of the Living Dead
Isle of the Snake People
Snake People
Todeskult - German title

The Red Skelton Show: He Who Steals my Robot Steals Trash (24 September 1968) (himself) *

Serenata macabra (Matthias Morteval)
Dance of Death
House of Evil
Macabre Serenade
Macabre sérénade - French title
Totentanz im Schreckensschloss - German title

Targets (Byron Orlok)
Before I Die
Bersagli - Italian title
Bewegliche Ziele - German title
El héroe anda suelto - Spanish title
Levande mål - Swedish title

1970
El coleccionista de cadáveres (Charles Badulescu)
Blind Man's Bluff – US title
Cauldron of Blood – UK title
Children of Blood
The Corpse Collectors
Death Comes from the Dark
The Shrinking Corpse

1974
Madhouse (archive footage)
Der Dämon - German title
Deathday
The Madhouse of Dr Fear
The Revenge of Dr Death
Das Schreckenshaus des Dr Death - German title

1983
The Hollywood Collection: The Horror of It All (in archive footage)

1984
Terror in the Aisles (Frankenstein monster (in archive footage from The Bride of Frankenstein))
Terreur dans la salle - French title
Terror im Parkett - German title
Terrore in sala - Italian title
Time for Terror – European English language video title

1986
Moonlighting: The Bride of Tupperman (Frankenstein's monster (in archive footage)) *

1990
The Transylvania Twist (in archive footage)

1992
Commercial Entertainment Product (Frankenstein's monster (in archive footage))

1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (archive footage) *

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition *

1995
Biography: Boris Karloff: The Gentle Monster (himself (in archive footage)) *

The Interactive History of Frankenstein (himself / Frankenstein monster (in archive footage)) +

1996
100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (himself (in archive footage)) *

1998
Bride of Chucky (in archive footage from Bride of Frankenstein (1933))

Gods and Monsters (character portrayal)

Rivals: Karloff vs. Lugosi (subject of film)

Universal Horror (himself (in archive footage)) *

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradtion Unearthed (Im-Ho-Tep (in archive footage))

2000
Songs in the Key of Grinch (archive footage)

2001
Heroes of Horror (himself / Frankenstein's monster / narrator / The Grinch / Professor Morlant / Byron Orlok / Gorca (in archive footage))

2002
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (subject of film)

2004
Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (in archive footage)

Van Helsing: Behind the Screams (in archive footage)

Van Helsing: The Man and the Monsters (in archive footage) *

1960
The DuPont Show of the Month: Treasure Island (Billy Bones) *

Playhouse 90: To the Sound of Trumpets (9 February 1960) (Guibert) *

Sunday Showcase: 3 April 1960 (host) *

1961
Playhouse 90: In the Presence of Mine Enemy (19 September 1961) *

1962
The Dickie Henderson Show: June 1962 (himself) *

The Paradine Case (Judge Lord Thomas Horfield) *

1963
I've Got a Secret: 28 January 1963 (himself) *

1964
Bikini Beach (the art dealer)
Bikini Beach - German TV title
Sexy building - bikini beach - Italian title

Ensign Pulver (in footage from The Walking Dead)
Dos Fracos Não Reza a História - Portugese title
Fähnrich Pulver - Austrian title
Kapteeni yli laidan - Finnish title
Una nave tutta matta - Italian title
Operation Pazifik - German title
¡Valiente marino! - Spanish title

The Garry Moore Show: 21 April 1964 (himself) *

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: June 1964 (himself) *

1965
The Entertainers: 16 January 1965 (himself) *

Hollywood, My Home Town (himself (in archive footage))

1968
The Name of the Game: The White Birch (29 November 1968) (Mikhail Orlov) *

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009