Boris Karloff English actor
Boris Karloff is a 81 years old English actor from London, England. Boris Karloff was born on November 23, 1887 (died on February 02, 1969, he was 81 years old) in London, England as William Henry Pratt. His nickname was Pratt William Henry.
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His real name:
Birth name of Boris Karloff is William Henry Pratt
Birth name of Boris Karloff is William Henry Pratt
No, he died on 02/02/1969, 55 years ago. He was 81 years old when he died. Cause of death: pneumonia. He died in Midhurst
Boris Karloff net worth
He had a net worth of 20 million dollars.
Works
Boris Karloff Movies (155)
There are 155 movies of Boris Karloff.
His first feature film was Scarface (1932, as Gaffney). He was 44 when he starred in this movie. Since 1932, he has appeared in 155 feature films. The last one is A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) (2013). In this movie, we watched him as himself .
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Boris Karloff movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Gaffney | Scarface (1932) | 44 |
| Imhotep / Ardath Bey | The Mummy (1932) | 45 |
| Narrator / The Grinch | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) | 79 |
| The Monster | The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) | 47 |
| Himself / Gorca | Black Sabbath (1963) | 76 |
| The Monster | Frankenstein (1931) | 43 |
| Hjalmar Poelzig | The Black Cat (1934) | 46 |
| The Monster | Son of Frankenstein (1939) | 51 |
| Dr. Scarabus | The Raven (1963) | 75 |
| Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe | The Terror (1963) | 75 |
| Dr. Niemann | House of Frankenstein (1944) | 57 |
| Amos Hinchley | The Comedy of Terrors (1964) | 76 |
| Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) | 59 |
| Edmond Bateman | The Raven (1935) | 47 |
| Byron Orlok | Targets (1968) | 80 |
| Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas | Unconquered (1947) | 59 |
| Charles van Druten | Lured (1947) | 59 |
| Cabman John Gray | The Body Snatcher (1945) | 57 |
| Morgan | The Old Dark House (1932) | 44 |
| Baron Boris von Frankenstein | Mad Monster Party? (1967) | 79 |
| John Ellman | The Walking Dead (1936) | 48 |
| Dr. Henry Jekyll | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) | 65 |
| Gen. Nikolas Pherides | Isle of the Dead (1945) | 57 |
| Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman | The Black Room (1935) | 47 |
| Art Dealer | Bikini Beach (1964) | 76 |
| Professor John Marsh | Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968) | 82 |
| Gruesome | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) | 59 |
| Nahum Witley | Die, Monster, Die! (1965) | 77 |
| Master George Sims | Bedlam (1946) | 58 |
| Prof. Morlant | The Ghoul (1933) | 45 |
| Dr. Ernest Sovac | Black Friday (1940) | 52 |
| Dr. Janos Rukh | The Invisible Ray (1936) | 48 |
| Tishomingo | Tap Roots (1948) | 60 |
| Voltan | The Strange Door (1951) | 63 |
| Dr. Thomas Bolton | Corridors of Blood (1958) | 75 |
| Himself | Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored (2013) | 125 |
| Dr. Henryk Savaard | The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) | 51 |
| The Grinch | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Documentary (1966) | 78 |
| Dr. Friedrich Hohner | The Climax (1944) | 56 |
| Dr. Fu Manchu | The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932) | 44 |
| Indian | The Last of the Mohicans (1920) | 32 |
| Saracen Guard | Old Ironsides (1926) | 39 |
| Swami Talpur | Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) | 61 |
| Himself | 100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family (1996) | 108 |
| The Corpse | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) | 78 |
| Mord | Tower of London (1939) | 51 |
| Dr. Julian Blair | The Devil Commands (1941) | 53 |
| T. Vernon Isopod | Five Star Final (1931) | 43 |
| Gravelle | Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936) | 49 |
| Prof. Nathaniel Billings | The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) | 54 |
| Sanders | The Lost Patrol (1934) | 46 |
| Prof. Marcus Monserrat | The Sorcerers (1967) | 79 |
| Dr. Carl Mandel | Fear Chamber (1968) | 80 |
| James Rankin | Grip of the Strangler (1958) | 70 |
| Dr. Bernard Adrian | The Ape (1940) | 52 |
| Dr. Laurience | The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936) | 48 |
| Jules Gregg | The Phantom of the North (1929) | 41 |
| Himself | Karloff: The Gentle Monster (2006) | 118 |
| Ned Galloway | The Criminal Code (1930) | 43 |
| Dr. Meissen | The Black Castle (1952) | 65 |
| Dr. John Garth | Before I Hang (1940) | 52 |
| Baron Viktor von Frankenstein | Frankenstein 1970 (1958) | 70 |
| Himself | The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (1999) | 111 |
| Jevries | The Invisible Menace (1938) | 50 |
| Judge Spencer Mainwaring | You'll Find Out (1940) | 52 |
| Don Gaetano | The Island Monster (1954) | 69 |
| Valdar | British Intelligence (1940) | 52 |
| Dr. Leon Kravaal | The Man with Nine Lives (1940) | 52 |
| James Lee Wong | The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) | 51 |
| David Mallory | Night Key (1937) | 49 |
| General Pollegar | Sabaka (1955) | 67 |
| Man in Room | Transylvania Twist (1989) | 101 |
| Sport Williams | Smart Money (1931) | 43 |
| Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To (1990) | 103 | |
| Phillip Knight | Voodoo Island (1957) | 69 |
| Carl van Molder / Damballah | Isle of the Snake People (1971) | 83 |
| Prof. John Mayer | Alien Terror (1971) | 83 |
| Count Ledrantz | The House of Rothschild (1934) | 46 |
| Baptiste | The Cave Girl (1921) | 34 |
| Corsican | The Sea Bat (1930) | 42 |
| Waiter | Tonight or Never (1931) | 43 |
| 'Happy' MacDonald | Night World (1932) | 44 |
| Franz Badulescu | Cauldron of Blood (1970) | 82 |
| Im-ho-Tep | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000) | 112 |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) | 87 | |
| Various Roles | Heroes of Horror (2001) | 113 |
| The Rat | The Daydreamer (1966) | 78 |
| Narrator | The Emperor's Nightingale (1949) | 61 |
| Cokey Joe | Young Donovan's Kid (1931) | 43 |
| Fedor's Father | The Mad Genius (1931) | 43 |
| Hollywood My Home Town (1965) | 78 | |
| Dr. Victor Sartorius | Juggernaut (1936) | 48 |
| The Purser | Two Arabian Knights (1927) | 39 |
| Himself | The Universal Story (1996) | 108 |
| Drunken Orderly | The Yellow Ticket (1931) | 43 |
| Mr. James Lee Wong | Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) | 51 |
| James Lee Wong | The Fatal Hour (1940) | 52 |
| Himself | 100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead (1996) | 108 |
| Mr. James Lee Wong | Mr. Wong, Detective (1938) | 50 |
| James Lee Wong | Doomed to Die (1940) | 52 |
| Boris Karloff | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932) | 44 |
| Matthias Morteval | Macabre Serenade (1972) | 94 |
| Himself | Lugosi: The Dark Prince (2006) | 118 |
| himself | Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters (2015) | 127 |
| Mustapha | King of the Wild (1931) | 43 |
| Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) | 73 | |
| The Professor | The Public Defender (1931) | 43 |
| Jim Henderson | Behind the Mask (1932) | 44 |
| Henchman Baxter | The Utah Kid (1930) | 42 |
| Tony Ricca | The Guilty Generation (1931) | 43 |
| Frankenstein's Monster | Boo (1932) | 45 |
| Scarface Macklin | The King of the Kongo (1929) | 41 |
| Himself | Breakdowns of 1937 (1937) | 49 |
| Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs | Destination Nightmare (1958) | 70 |
| Dr. Charles Gaudet | Devil's Island (1939) | 51 |
| Wu Yen Fang | West Of Shanghai (1937) | 49 |
| The Prairie Wife (1925) | 37 | |
| Terry | Graft (1931) | 43 |
| Narrator | The Juggler of Our Lady (1957) | 70 |
| The Hindu Lawyer | The Unholy Night (1929) | 41 |
| Beetham's Manservent | Behind That Curtain (1929) | 41 |
| Man Approaching Ticket Counter | Skyscraper Souls (1932) | 44 |
| Pirate | The Eagle of the Sea (1926) | 38 |
| Henchman in cloth cap | His Majesty, the American (1919) | 31 |
| Boris - First Revolutionary | Cracked Nuts (1931) | 43 |
| Cabman John Gray | Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (2007) | 119 |
| Fleming | The Love Mart (1927) | 40 |
| Dance Hall Masher | The Nickel-Hopper (1926) | 39 |
| Scissors Grinder | The Greater Glory (1926) | 38 |
| The Voice | The Vanishing Legion (1931) | 43 |
| The Deadlier Sex (1920) | 32 | |
| King Arthur | A Connecticut Yankee (1955) | 67 |
| Without Benefit of Clergy (1921) | 33 | |
| Tony Garcia | Dynamite Dan (1924) | 36 |
| The Hope Diamond Mystery (1921) | 33 | |
| Her Honor, the Governor (1926) | 38 | |
| The mesmerist | The Bells (1926) | 38 |
| Owaza | Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) | 39 |
| Ramon | The Phantom Buster (1927) | 39 |
| Luigi - Pacheco's Butler | I Like Your Nerve (1931) | 43 |
| Nikko | The Miracle Man (1932) | 44 |
| Himself | Gift of Gab (1934) | 46 |
| Himself | Cinema Circus (1937) | 49 |
| Himself | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942) | 54 |
| Colonel March | Colonel March Investigates (1955) | 67 |
| Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason | Jack the Ripper (1958) | 70 |
| Jonathan Brewster | Arsenic & Old Lace (1962) | 74 |
| Host | Little Lost Robot (1962) | 74 |
| Himself - Narrator | A Fool's World (1964) | 76 |
| Narrator | Today's Teens (1964) | 76 |
| Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | The Venetian Affair (1967) | 79 |
| The Mesmerist (2003) | 115 | |
| Mr. Wong | Terror in the Tropics (2006) | 118 |
| Himself | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire (2007) | 119 |
| Himself | A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) (2013) | 125 |
Boris Karloff TV Shows (30)
His first TV Show was The Dr. Seuss Show (1942).
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Awards (1)
Nominated Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1955 .
Education
He graduated from King's College London
What was Boris's zodiac sign?Boris Karloff zodiac sign was sagittarius.
Other facts about Boris Karloff
| Alias | Pratt William Henry |
|---|---|
| Birth name | William Henry Pratt |
| DeathCause | Pneumonia |
| Place of death | Midhurst |
| Pseudonym | Boris Karloff , writing system: Latin script , object has role: stage name |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| Official website | Boris Karloff official website |
| Family name | Pratt. Show people with the surname Pratt |
| Work period (start) | 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Filmography | Boris Karloff Filmography |
| British Museum person-institution | 33496 |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10582959 |
| Libris-URI | 20dghqpl5bm6dq9 |
| Name in native language | William Henry Pratt |
| Given name | William Henry |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Date of death | 1969-02-02T00:00:00Z |
| Work period (end) | 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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