Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff, nome artístico de William Henry Pratt (Dulwich, Londres, 23 de novembro de 1887 - Sussex, 2 de fevereiro de 1969) foi um ator britânico nascido na Inglaterra. Atuava principalmente em filmes de terror. Projetou-se interpretando o monstro de Frankenstein em 1931, com isso se especializando em papéis de filmes de terror. Seu último trabalho foi em Targets (1968). Morreu devido a graves problemas respiratórios em 2 de fevereiro de 1969, na Inglaterra, aos 81 anos de idade. Em 25 de junho de 2019, a The New York Times Magazine listou Boris Karloff cujo material teria sido destruído no incêndio na Universal Studios em 2008.
Filmografia ( 240 obras)
| Ano | Nota | Título | Personagem |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self - (archive footage) | |
| 2024 | A Última Loja de Consertos | The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 2023 | The Dark Universe | Frankenstein (archivo de imagen) | |
| 2023 | The Dark Universe | La Momia (archivo de imagen) | |
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self - Interviewee | |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Various roles (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2012 | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | - | |
| 2008 | He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Le vampire déchu | Himself (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde | Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Lugosi: The Dark Prince | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Karloff: The Gentle Monster | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Terror in the Tropics | Mr. Wong (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | - | |
| 2003 | The Mesmerist | (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self | |
| 2000 | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | The Monster (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | The Universal Story | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition | (voice - archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. | |
| 1990 | Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To | (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Archival | |
| 1989 | Transylvania Twist | Man in Room (archive footage) | |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | - | |
| 1987 | Creepy Classics | Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage) | |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1980 | Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) | - | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | A Casa do Terror | (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1971 | Invasión Siniestra | Prof. John Mayer | |
| 1971 | La muerte viviente | Carl van Molder / Damballah | |
| 1970 | O Alerta Vermelho da Loucura | Gorca (archive footage) | |
| 1968 | A Maldição do Altar Escarlate | Professor John Marsh | |
| 1968 | Na Mira da Morte | Byron Orlok | |
| 1968 | A Câmara do Terror | Dr. Carl Mandel | |
| 1968 | Serenata Macabra | Matthias Morteval | |
| 1968 | El coleccionista de cadáveres | Franz Badulescu | |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1967 | Sob o Poder da Maldade | Prof. Marcus Monserrat | |
| 1967 | A Festa do Monstro Maluco | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) | |
| 1967 | Missão Secreta em Veneza | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | |
| 1966 | Como o Grinch Roubou o Natal | Narrator / The Grinch (voice) | |
| 1966 | No Mundo Encantado dos Sonhos | The Rat (voice) | |
| 1966 | Fantasma de Biquíni | The Corpse | |
| 1966 | Doom of Dracula | The Madman (archive footage) | |
| 1965 | Morte Para um Monstro | Nahum Witley | |
| 1964 | A Praia dos Biquínis | Art Dealer | |
| 1964 | A Praia dos Biquínis | Thanks | |
| 1964 | Today's Teens | Narrator | |
| 1964 | Farsa Trágica | Amos Hinchley | |
| 1964 | Horror!!! | Self | |
| 1964 | Mondo Balordo | Narrator | |
| 1963 | Black Sabbath: As Três Máscaras do Terror | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") | |
| 1963 | Sombras do Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | |
| 1963 | Corredores de Sangue | Dr. Thomas Bolton | |
| 1963 | O Corvo | Dr. Scarabus | |
| 1962 | Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing | - | |
| 1962 | Little Lost Robot | Host | |
| 1962 | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan | |
| 1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | |
| 1962 | The Storm | - | |
| 1961 | The Grim Reaper | Self | |
| 1961 | Days of Thrills and Laughter | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1960 | The Fatal Impulse | Self | |
| 1958 | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz | |
| 1958 | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | |
| 1958 | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin | |
| 1958 | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | |
| 1958 | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | |
| 1957 | The Juggler of Our Lady | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1957 | The Lark | Bishop Cauchon | |
| 1957 | A Ilha do Terror | Phillip Knight | |
| 1956 | Rendezvous in Black | Ward Allen | |
| 1955 | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur | |
| 1955 | Sting of Death | Mr. Mycroft | |
| 1955 | Sabaka, O Demônio de Fogo | General Pollegar | |
| 1954 | Il mostro dell'isola | Don Gaetano | |
| 1953 | Abbott e Costello Enfrentando o Médico e o Monstro | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde | |
| 1953 | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March | |
| 1952 | O Castelo do Pavor | Dr. Meissen | |
| 1951 | O Tirano | Voltan | |
| 1949 | Frente a Frente com Assassinos | Swami Talpur | |
| 1949 | Císařův slavík | Narrator (English version) | |
| 1948 | Paixão e Sangue | Tishomingo | |
| 1947 | Os Inconquistáveis | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Contra o Monstro | Gruesome | |
| 1947 | O Homem de 8 Vidas | Dr Hugo Hollingshead | |
| 1947 | Emboscada | Charles van Druten | |
| 1946 | Bedlam | George Sims | |
| 1945 | A Ilha dos Mortos | Gen. Nikolas Pherides | |
| 1945 | O Túmulo Vazio | John Gray | |
| 1944 | A Praga da Múmia | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) | |
| 1944 | A Mansão de Frankenstein | Dr. Gustav Niemann | |
| 1944 | Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | |
| 1942 | Um Cientista Distraído | Prof. Nathaniel Billings | |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Himself | |
| 1941 | Os Mortos Falam | Dr. Julian Blair | |
| 1941 | Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 | Self | |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | |
| 1940 | O Gorila Matador | Dr. Bernard Adrian | |
| 1940 | A Mão da Múmia | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) | |
| 1940 | O Mago da Morte | Dr. John Garth | |
| 1940 | Condenado à Morte | James Lee Wong | |
| 1940 | A Ilha dos Ressuscitados | Dr. Leon Kravaal | |
| 1940 | Sexta-Feira 13 | Dr. Ernest Sovac | |
| 1940 | Noite de Terror | James Lee Wong | |
| 1939 | A Torre de Londres | Mord | |
| 1939 | Espiã Fascinadora | Valdar | |
| 1939 | O Homem Imortal | Dr. Henryk Savaard | |
| 1939 | Mr. Wong no Bairro Chinês | Mr. James Lee Wong | |
| 1939 | Mistério de Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | |
| 1939 | O Filho de Frankenstein | The Monster | |
| 1939 | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | |
| 1938 | Mr. Wong, Detetive | James Lee Wong | |
| 1938 | Aviso Sinistro | Jevries | |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | |
| 1937 | Às Portas de Shanghai | "General" Wu Yen Fang | |
| 1937 | A Chave Noturna | David Mallory | |
| 1937 | Cinema Circus | Himself | |
| 1936 | Charlie Chan na Ópera | Gravelle | |
| 1936 | O Homem Que Mudou de Alma | Dr. Laurence | |
| 1936 | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius | |
| 1936 | O Morto Ambulante | John Ellman | |
| 1936 | O Poder Invisível | Dr. Janos Rukh | |
| 1935 | O Mistério do Quarto Escuro | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman | |
| 1935 | O Corvo | Edmond Bateman | |
| 1935 | Hollywood Hobbies | Himself | |
| 1935 | A Noiva de Frankenstein | The Monster | |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab | Himself | |
| 1934 | O Gato Preto | Hjalmar Poelzig | |
| 1934 | A Casa de Rothschild | Count Ledrantz | |
| 1934 | A Patrulha Perdida | Sanders | |
| 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself | |
| 1933 | O Zumbi | Prof. Morlant | |
| 1932 | A Múmia | Imhotep / Ardath Bey | |
| 1932 | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") | |
| 1932 | A Máscara de Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | |
| 1932 | A Casa Sinistra | Morgan | |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter | |
| 1932 | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald | |
| 1932 | Scarface: A Vergonha de uma Nação | Gaffney | |
| 1932 | The Miracle Man | Nikko | |
| 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Boris Karloff | |
| 1932 | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson | |
| 1932 | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph | |
| 1931 | Frankenstein | The Monster | |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca | |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Drunken Orderly | |
| 1931 | O Gênio do Mal | Fedor's Father (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Five Star Final | T. Vernon Isopod | |
| 1931 | Graft | Terry | |
| 1931 | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | |
| 1931 | The Public Defender | The Professor | |
| 1931 | Smart Money | Sport Williams | |
| 1931 | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe | |
| 1931 | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) | |
| 1931 | Cracked Nuts | Boris - First Revolutionary | |
| 1931 | King of the Wild | Mustapha | |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Waiter | |
| 1931 | O Código Penal | Ned Galloway | |
| 1930 | The Utah Kid | Henchman Baxter | |
| 1930 | The Sea Bat | Corsican | |
| 1930 | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston | |
| 1929 | The Unholy Night | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) | |
| 1929 | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin | |
| 1929 | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent | |
| 1929 | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg | |
| 1929 | Anne Against the World | - | |
| 1929 | Two Sisters | Cecil | |
| 1929 | The Devil's Chaplain | Boris | |
| 1929 | The Fatal Warning | Mullins | |
| 1929 | Burning the Wind | Pug Doran | |
| 1928 | The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent | |
| 1928 | Vultures of the Sea | Grouchy | |
| 1928 | The Vanishing Rider | The Villain | |
| 1928 | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) | |
| 1927 | The Love Mart | Fleming | |
| 1927 | Two Arabian Knights | Purser | |
| 1927 | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator | |
| 1927 | The Phantom Buster | Ramon | |
| 1927 | The Meddlin' Stranger | Al Meggs | |
| 1927 | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza | |
| 1927 | The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel | |
| 1927 | Let It Rain | Crook | |
| 1926 | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Flaming Fury | Gaspard | |
| 1926 | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher | |
| 1926 | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Flames | Blackie Blanchette | |
| 1926 | The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair | |
| 1926 | The Bells | The Mesmerist | |
| 1926 | Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins | |
| 1926 | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder | |
| 1925 | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) | |
| 1925 | Parisian Nights | Pierre | |
| 1925 | Never the Twain Shall Meet | - | |
| 1925 | Perils of the Wild | - | |
| 1925 | Lady Robinhood | Cabraza | |
| 1925 | The Prairie Wife | Diego | |
| 1925 | Forbidden Cargo | Pietro Castillano | |
| 1924 | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia | |
| 1924 | Riders of the Plains | - | |
| 1924 | The Hellion | The Outlaw | |
| 1924 | The White Panther | Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) | |
| 1923 | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski | |
| 1922 | Omar the Tentmaker | Imam Mowaffak | |
| 1922 | The Altar Stairs | Hugo | |
| 1922 | The Woman Conquers | Raoul Maris | |
| 1922 | The Man from Downing Street | Maharajah Jehan | |
| 1922 | The Infidel | The Nabob | |
| 1922 | Nan of the North | Undetermined Role (uncredited) | |
| 1921 | The Cave Girl | Baptiste | |
| 1921 | Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid | |
| 1921 | Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan | |
| 1921 | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar | |
| 1920 | The Last of the Mohicans | Indian (uncredited) | |
| 1920 | The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Tavish | |
| 1920 | The Woman and the Puppet | (uncredited) | |
| 1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney | |
| 1919 | The Prince and Betty | Undetermined Role | |
| 1919 | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap | |
| 1919 | The Lightning Raider | - |
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