Boris Karloff filmography
Boris Karloff (1887-1969) was an English actor. He became known for his role as Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 Frankenstein (his 82nd film), leading to a long career in film, radio, and television.
Born William Henry Pratt in England,
Karloff starred in a few highly acclaimed
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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1919 | The Lightning Raider | Extra | George B. Seitz | 15-chapter film serial starring Pearl Whitean incomplete print exists |
The Masked Rider | Mexican Roughneck | Aubrey M. Kennedy | 15-chapter film serial (Karloff appeared in Episode 2 only) an incomplete print exists | |
His Majesty, the American | Extra | Joseph Henabery | starring Douglas Fairbanks a complete print exists | |
The Prince and Betty | Extra | Robert Thornby | considered a lost film | |
1920 | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney, fur trader | Robert Thornby | This film was restored in 2014 |
The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Buck Tavish, a mountain man | David Smith | considered a lost film | |
The Last of the Mohicans | Huron Indian brave (extra) | Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown | a complete print exists | |
1921 | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Dakar: High Priest of Kama-Sita | Stuart Paton | 15-chapter film serial; Karloff's first major screen credit a complete print exists |
Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan | James Young | Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling a complete print exists | |
Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid | Hobart Henley | considered a lost film | |
The Cave Girl | Baptiste, the half-breed | Joseph Franz
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considered a lost film | |
1922 | The Man from Downing Street | dual role as Dell Monckton/ Maharajah Jehan Dharwar | Edward José | considered a lost film |
Nan of the North | Extra (Uncredited) | Duke Worne | considered a lost film[3] | |
The Infidel | The Nabob of Menang | James Young | considered a lost film | |
The Altar Stairs | Hugo | Lambert Hillyer | considered a lost film | |
The Woman Conquers | Raoul Maris | Tom Forman | considered a lost film | |
Omar the Tentmaker | Holy Imam Mowaffak | James Young | Based on the play Omar Khayyam considered a lost film | |
1923 | The Gentleman from America | Extra (Uncredited) | Edward Sedgwick | starring Hoot Gibson considered a lost film |
The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski | Jack Conway | considered a lost film | |
1924 | The White Panther | Native | Alan James | considered a lost film[4] |
The Hellion | Outlaw | Bruce Mitchell
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considered a lost film | |
Riders of the Plains | Extra (Uncredited) | Jacques Jaccard | 15-chapter film serial considered a lost film | |
Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia | Bruce Mitchell
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available on DVD | |
1925 | Forbidden Cargo | Pietro Castellano | Tom Buckingham | considered a lost film |
Parisian Nights | Pierre, a French Apache | Alfred Santell | A print exists in a Belgian archive[5] | |
The Prairie Wife | Diego | Hugo Ballin | considered a lost film | |
Lady Robinhood | Cabraza, a Spaniard | Ralph Ince | Only the trailer exists in the Library of Congress | |
Perils of the Wild | Extra (Uncredited) | Francis Ford | 15-chapter film serial based on the novel Swiss Family Robinson considered a lost film | |
Without Mercy
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Henchman | George Melford | considered a lost film[6] | |
Never the Twain Shall Meet | Villain (bit part) | Maurice Tourneur | considered a lost film remade by MGM in 1931[7] | |
1926 | The Greater Glory | Scissors grinder | Curt Rehfeld | aka The Viennese Medley considered a lost film[8] |
The Man in the Saddle | Robber | Clifford S. Smith | starring Hoot Gibson and Fay Wray; considered a lost film[9] | |
Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins, drug addict | Chet Withey
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aka The Second Mrs. Fenway A complete print survives | |
The Bells | The Mesmerist | James Young | co-starring Lionel Barrymore; available on DVD | |
The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair, a blackmailer | Walter Lang | considered a lost film[10] | |
Flames | Blackie Blanchett, a bandit | Lewis H. Moomaw
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Only one reel survives in the Library of Congress The film's climax was filmed in color | |
The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate | Frank Lloyd | Based on a novel Captain Sazarac An incomplete print exists | |
The Nickel-Hopper | Big Bohunk, a masher | Hal Yates | co-starring Oliver Hardy | |
Flaming Fury | Gaspard, the half-breed | James Hogan | co-starring Ranger, the Wonder Dog A complete print exists in the Cinematheque Royale de Belgique | |
Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard | James Cruze | aka Sons of the Sea; starring Wallace Beery; a complete print exists | |
Valencia | Bit part (uncredited) | Dimitri Buchowetzki | aka The Love Song; considered a lost film[11] | |
1927 | Let It Rain | Crook | Edward Francis Cline
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considered a lost film |
The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel, a Frenchman | Allan Dale | considered a lost film | |
Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza, the Waziri native chieftain | J. P. McGowan | starring James Pierce as "Tarzan"; available on DVD | |
The Meddlin' Stranger | Al Meggs | Richard Thorpe | considered a lost film[12] | |
The Phantom Buster | Ramón, a smuggler | William Bertram | considered a lost film[13] | |
Soft Cushions | Chief Conspirator | Edward Francis Cline
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considered a lost film[14] | |
Two Arabian Knights | Ship's Purser | Lewis Milestone | produced by Howard Hughes A print exists at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas | |
The Love Mart | Fleming | George Fitzmaurice | considered a lost film[15] | |
1928 | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Owner | John G. Blystone | A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives |
The Vanishing Rider | Villain | Ray Taylor | 10-chapter film serial considered a lost film[16] | |
Vultures of the Sea | Grouchy, a pirate | Richard Thorpe | 10-chapter film serial considered a lost film[17] | |
The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent | Frank Mattison | Prints of this film are held at UCLA Film & TV and at the Library of Congress.[18] | |
Burning the Wind | Pug Doran | Henry MacRae, Herbert Blaché | starring Hoot Gibson considered a lost film | |
1929 | The Fatal Warning | Mullins | Richard Thorpe | 10-chapter film serial considered a lost film[19] |
The Devil's Chaplain | Boris | Duke Worne | Survival status unknown | |
Two Sisters | Cecil | Scott Pembroke | considered to be lost | |
Anne Against the World | Extra (Uncredited) | Duke Worne | Survival status unknown | |
The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg, fur thief | Harry S. Webb | Karloff's last silent film An incomplete print is available on DVD[20] | |
Behind That Curtain | a Sudanese servant | Irving Cummings | Karloff's first sound film features a cameo by Charlie Chan Available on DVD | |
The King of the Kongo | dual role as Scarface Macklin and Martin | Richard Thorpe | 10-chapter film serial A kickstarter project is under way to restore this serial | |
The Unholy Night | Abdoul | Lionel Barrymore | Based on a story called The Doomed Regiment A complete print exists | |
1930 | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston, a guard | George Fitzmaurice | |
The Sea Bat | Corsican | Wesley Ruggles | Originally written in 1929 as a Lon Chaney/Tod Browning collaboration[21] | |
The Utah Kid | Baxter | Richard Thorpe | Western starring Rex Lease | |
Mothers Cry | Murder victim | Hobart Henley | co-starring Helen Chandler and David Manners; Karloff's involvement is disputed by some sources[22] | |
1931 | Sous les verrous (French version of Pardon Us) |
The Tiger, a jailhouse prisoner | James Parrott | Karloff only appears in the French language version of this Laurel and Hardy film[23] |
The Criminal Code | Ned Galloway, convict | Howard Hawks | The film that brought Karloff to James Whale's attention | |
King of the Wild | Mustapha | B. Reeves Eason, Richard Thorpe | 12-chapter film serial | |
The Last Parade | Prison Warden | Erle C. Kenton | starring Jack Holt; Karloff's appearance is disputed in some sources[24] | |
Cracked Nuts | Boris, a revolutionary | Edward F. Cline | stars the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey[25] | |
The Vanishing Legion | voice of "The Voice", the serial's mystery villain | Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason | 12-chapter film serial; only Karloff's voice appears in this film | |
Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe, a drug dealer | Fred Niblo | starring Jackie Cooper | |
Smart Money | Sport Williams, a gambler (uncredited) | Alfred E. Green | starring James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson | |
The Public Defender | The Professor | J. Walter Ruben | based on the novel The Splendid Crime | |
I Like Your Nerve | Luigi | William McGann
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starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young | |
Graft | Joe Terry, a gangster | William Christy Cabanne
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Five Star Final | "Reverend" T. Vernon Isopod | Mervyn LeRoy | starring Edward G. Robinson | |
The Yellow Ticket | Lecherous orderly | Raoul Walsh | starring Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Olivier | |
The Mad Genius | Fedor's abusive father | Michael Curtiz | starring John Barrymore | |
The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca, a gangster | Rowland V. Lee | starring Leo Carrillo and Robert Young | |
Frankenstein | Frankenstein's monster | James Whale | starring Colin Clive, Edward Van Sloan, Dwight Frye and Mae Clarke | |
Tonight or Never | Waiter | Mervyn LeRoy | starring Gloria Swanson and Melvyn Douglas | |
1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Himself | Mervyn LeRoy | Karloff and Tom Mix both appear as themselves in cameos[26] |
Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson, a hoodlum | John Francis Dillon | co-starring Jack Holt and Edward Van Sloan | |
Business and Pleasure | Sheikh | David Butler | starring Will Rogers and Joel McCrea | |
Scarface | Tom Gaffney, a gangster | Howard Hawks | produced by Howard Hughes | |
The Miracle Man | Nikko, crooked restaurant owner | Norman Z. McLeod | Remake of a Lon Chaney silent film | |
Night World
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"Happy" MacDonald, nightclub owner | Hobart Henley | starring Lew Ayres and Mae Clarke | |
The Old Dark House | Morgan, the butler | James Whale | Billed for the first time as KARLOFF co-starred Charles Laughton and Ernest Thesiger | |
Alias the Doctor | Autopsy Surgeon | Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz | Karloff's scenes were edited out of the film by the censors due to violence and no longer exist | |
The Mask of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu | Charles J. Brabin, Charles Vidor, King Vidor
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Based on the Fu Manchu novels by Sax Rohmer | |
The Mummy | dual role as Imhotep and Ardath Bey
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Karl Freund | Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Edward Van Sloan and Zita Johann | |
1933 | The Ghoul | Professor Morlant | T. Hayes Hunter | This film was shot in England, co-starring Cedric Hardwicke and Ernest Thesiger |
1934 | The Lost Patrol | Sanders, a religious fanatic | John Ford | co-starring Victor McLaglen |
The House of Rothschild | Count Ledrantz, an anti-Semite | Alfred L. Werker | filmed partially in Technicolor | |
The Black Cat | Hjalmar Poelzig, Satanist | Edgar G. Ulmer | Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Bela Lugosi | |
Gift of Gab | Himself | Karl W. Freund
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Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Bela Lugosi | |
1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Frankenstein's Monster | James Whale | Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Colin Clive, Dwight Frye and Ernest Thesiger |
The Raven | Edmond Bateman | Lew Landers | Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Bela Lugosi | |
The Black Room | dual role as Gregor de Berghmann and Anton de Berghmann | Roy William Neill | ||
1936 | The Invisible Ray | Dr. Janos Rukh | Lambert Hillyer | Billed as KARLOFF co-starring Bela Lugosi |
The Walking Dead | John Ellman | Michael Curtiz | ||
Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius | Henry Edwards | filmed in England | |
The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Laurience | Robert Stevenson
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aka The Man Who Lived Again; filmed in England[27] | |
Charlie Chan at the Opera | Gravelle, an opera star | H. Bruce Humberstone | starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan | |
1937 | Night Key | Inventor Dave Mallory | Lloyd Corrigan | Billed as KARLOFF |
West of Shanghai | General Wu Yen Fang, Chinese warlord | John Farrow | ||
1938 | The Invisible Menace | Jevries, a red herring | Lloyd Corrigan | |
Mr. Wong, Detective | James Lee Wong | William Nigh | First of five "Mr. Wong" films Karloff starred in | |
1939 | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet | William Nigh | |
Son of Frankenstein | Frankenstein's Monster | Rowland V. Lee | co-starring Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone and Lionel Atwill | |
The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong | William Nigh | ||
Mr. Wong in Chinatown | James Lee Wong | William Nigh | ||
The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard | Nick Grinde | ||
Tower of London | Mord, the executioner | Rowland V. Lee | co-starring Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price | |
1940 | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong | William Nigh | |
British Intelligence | dual role as Valdar and Franz Strendler | Terrell O. Morse
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aka Enemy Agent | |
Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac | Arthur Lubin | co-starring Bela Lugosi and written by Curt Siodmak | |
The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal | Nick Grinde | ||
Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong | William Nigh | Fifth and final "Mr. Wong" film to star Karloff | |
Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth | Nick Grinde | co-starring Edward Van Sloan | |
The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian | William Nigh | co-written by Curt Siodmak | |
You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring | David Butler | co-starring Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre | |
1941 | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair | Edward Dmytryk | |
1942 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Professor Nathaniel Billings | Lew Landers | co-starring Peter Lorre |
1944 | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner | George Waggner | Karloff's first Technicolor film |
The House of Frankenstein
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Dr. Gustav Niemann | Erle C. Kenton | co-starring Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine | |
1945 | The Body Snatcher | John Gray, a body snatcher | Robert Wise | co-starring Bela Lugosi; produced by Val Lewton |
Isle of the Dead | General Nikolas Pherides | Mark Robson | produced by Val Lewton | |
1946 | Bedlam | Master George Sims | Mark Robson | produced by Val Lewton |
1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | Norman Z. McLeod | starring Danny Kaye |
Lured | Charles Van Druten, an artist | Douglas Sirk | co-starring George Zucco and Lucille Ball | |
Unconquered | Indian chief Guyasuta | Cecil B. DeMille | directed by Cecil B. DeMille; starring Gary Cooper | |
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome | John Rawlins | starring Ralph Byrd as Dick Tracy | |
1948 | Tap Roots | Tishomingo, an Indian brave | George Marshall | Filmed in Technicolor; starring Van Heflin |
1949 | Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur | Charles Barton | co-starring Lenore Aubert |
1951 | The Emperor's Nightingale aka Cisaruv Slavik |
Narrator only | Jiří Trnka | Czech animated film; Karloff narrated the English-language version only; filmed in 1949 but released in U.S. in 1951[27] |
The Strange Door | Voltan, the servant | Joseph Pevney | starring Charles Laughton; based on a story by Robert Louis Stevenson | |
1952 | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen | Nathan Juran | co-starring Richard Greene and Lon Chaney Jr. |
1953 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde | Charles Lamont | |
Sabaka (aka The Hindu) |
General Pollegar | Frank Ferrin | Filmed partially in India, but Karloff's scenes were filmed in Hollywood; film was previewed in 1953 as The Hindu, and later went into general release in 1955 retitled Sabaka[28][29][27] | |
1954 | The Monster of the Island (Il mostro dell'isola) |
Don Gaetano | Roberto Bianchi Montero | Filmed in Italy; aka The Island Monster |
Colonel March Investigates (Feature film version) |
Colonel Perceval March | Cyril Endfield | Feature film composed of three "Colonel March" British TV episodes | |
1957 | Voodoo Island | Dr. Phillip Knight | Reginald Le Borg | |
1958 | The Juggler of Our Lady | Narrator only | Al Kouzel | Terrytoons cartoon nominated for a BAFTA Award[27] |
The Creation of the World (aka La creation du monde) |
Narrator (of the English language version only) | Eduard Hofman | An 83-minute Czechoslovakian/French cartoon; Karloff narrated the English language dubbed version only; film was condemned by the Vatican | |
The Haunted Strangler (aka Grip of the Strangler) |
James Rankin | Robert Day | filmed in England; produced by Richard Gordon | |
Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Victor von Frankenstein
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Howard W. Koch | ||
Corridors of Blood (aka The Doctor From Seven Dials) |
Dr. Thomas Bolton | Robert Day | filmed in England in 1958, co-starring Christopher Lee; released in U.S. in May 1963[30][31] | |
1960 | Who Killed Chung Ling Soo? | Narrator only | Al Kouzel | Five-minute short subject investigating the death of a true-life Chinese magician in 1900[27][32] |
1962 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster | George Schaefer | Hallmark Hall of Fame Made-for-TV film |
1963 | The Raven | The sorcerer Dr. Scarabus | Roger Corman | co-starring Vincent Price and Peter Lorre; written by Richard Matheson |
The Terror | Baron Victor von Leppe | Roger Corman | starring Jack Nicholson and Sandra Knight | |
Black Sabbath (aka I tre volti della paura) |
dual role as Narrator and Gorca the vampire | Mario Bava | Filmed in Italy in 1963; released in U.S. in May 1964 | |
The Comedy of Terrors | Amos Hinchley | Jacques Tourneur | co-starring Vincent Price, Basil Rathbone and Peter Lorre; released in U.S. Christmas Day, 1963[33] | |
1964 | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer | William Asher | starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello |
1965 | Die, Monster, Die! (U.K. title: Monster of Terror) |
Nahum Whitley | Daniel Haller | filmed in England; based on a story by H. P. Lovecraft |
1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | Hiram Stokely | Don Weis | co-starring Tommy Kirk and Basil Rathbone |
The Daydreamer (animated film) | The Rat | Jules Bass | Rankin-Bass animated film inspired by the stories of Hans Christian Andersen | |
Mondo Balordo (Foolish World) | Narrator only | Roberto Bianchi Montero | documentary filmed in Italy; English-dubbed version was released in U.S. in 1969 | |
1967 | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud | Jerry Thorpe | co-starring Robert Vaughn, Roger C. Carmel and Elke Sommer |
Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice only) | Jules Bass | Feature-length puppet animation film[34] | |
The Sorcerers | Professor Marcus Montserrat | Michael Reeves | filmed in England; directed by Michael Reeves | |
Cauldron of Blood (El Coleccionista de cadáveres) aka Blindman's Bluff |
Charles Franz Badulescu, a blind sculptor | Santos Alcocer (credited as Edward Mann) | Filmed in Spain in Spring 1967; released in Spain in 1970 posthumously | |
1968 | Targets | Byron Orlok, aging horror film star | Peter Bogdanovich | released in August, 1968 |
Curse of the Crimson Altar (U.S. title: The Crimson Cult) |
Professor Marsh | Vernon Sewell | Filmed in England; released in U.K. Nov. 24, 1968 (the final film released during Karloff's lifetime); released in U.S. in May, 1970 posthumously | |
Isle of the Snake People (aka La muerte viviente, Snake People and Cult of the Dead) |
dual role as Karl van Molder / Damballah | Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill | Filmed in May 1968; released in March 1971 posthumously[28] | |
The Incredible Invasion (aka Alien Terror, Invasion siniestra and The Sinister Invasion) |
Professor John Mayer | Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill | Filmed in May 1968; released in April 1971 posthumously[28] | |
Fear Chamber (aka La camara del terror and The Torture Zone) |
Dr. Carl Mandel | Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill | Filmed in May 1968; released in 1971 posthumously[28] | |
House of Evil (aka Serenata macabra and Dance of Death) |
Mathias Morteval | Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill | Filmed in May 1968; released in 1972 posthumously[28][27][3] |
Television and Newsreel Appearances
(Major appearances are highlighted in boldface)
- Screen Snapshots #11 (1934) Karloff and Bela Lugosi appeared in this 10-minute newsreel feature, along with James Cagney and Maureen O'Sullivan (interviews)
- Hollywood Hobbies (1935) Karloff was interviewed briefly on this 10-minute newsreel feature which also featured Clark Gable and Buster Crabbe
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre NBC-TV Show (Feb. 7, 1949) Episode Expert Opinion
- The Ford Theatre Hour CBS-TV Anthology show (April 11, 1949) acted in the play Arsenic and Old Lace
- Star Theatre (April 12, 1949)
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (April 26, 1949) Episode A Night at an Inn
- The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre NBC-TV Show (May 9, 1949) Episode Passenger to Bali
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (May 17, 1949) Episode The Monkey's Paw
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (June 7, 1949) Episode The Yellow Scarf
- Celebrity Time ABC-TV Quiz Show (Sept. 4, 1949) – with host Conrad Nagel
- Starring Boris Karloff Weekly ABC-TV Anthology Series (Sept. 22, 1949 - Dec. 15, 1949) – Karloff acted in 13 weekly 30-minute episodes; this show was broadcast as both a TV show and a radio show simultaneously[35] (See subsection on Karloff's appearances on Starring Boris Karloff below.)
- Inside U.S.A. with ChevroletCBS-TV Variety Show (1949)
- Supper Club (Feb. 19, 1950) Guest
- Masterpiece Playhouse NBC-TV Anthology Series (Sept. 3, 1950) – co-starred with Eva Gabor in "Uncle Vanya", written by Anton Chekov
- Lights Out NBC-TV Anthology show (Sept. 18, 1950) – appeared in 30-minute episode entitled "The Leopard Lady"
- Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue ABC-TV variety show (Oct. 29, 1950) Karloff co-starred in a haunted house Halloween skit
- The Texaco Star Theatre (aka The Milton Berle Show) (Dec. 12, 1950) NBC-TV comedy/variety show – Guest
- The Don McNeil TV Club ABC-TV variety show (April 11, 1951) Guest
- The Texaco Star Theatre (aka The Milton Berle Show) (Oct. 9, 1951) Guest
- The Fred Waring General Electric Show CBS-TV musical variety show (Oct. 21, 1951) Guest
- Robert Montgomery Presents NBC-TV dramatic anthology show (Nov. 19, 1951) Karloff acted in a play entitled "The Kimballs"
- Celebrity Time CBS-TV quiz show (Nov. 25, 1951) Karloff appeared with Kitty Carlisle and host Conrad Nagel
- Studio One CBS-TV Anthology show (Dec. 3, 1951) Karloff acted in a play entitled "Mutiny on the Nicolette"
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (Christmas Day, 1951) Episode The Lonely Place; co-starred Judith Evelyn
- Lux Video Theatre CBS-TV Anthology Show (Dec. 31, 1951) Karloff played Arthur Strangways in a play entitled "The Jest of Hahalaba" (written by Lord Dunsany)
- Columbia Workshop (aka CBS Television Workshop) – CBS-TV Anthology Show (Jan. 13, 1952) Karloff played the title role in a play Don Quixote
- The Stork Club CBS-TV Talk show (Jan. 30, 1952) interviewed by host Sherman Billingsley
- Tales of Tomorrow ABC-TV Sci-Fi Anthology Show (Feb. 22, 1952) Episode "Memento"
- The Texaco Star Theatre (aka The Milton Berle Show) (April 29, 1952) Guest
- Studio One CBS-TV Anthology show (May 19, 1952) Karloff played King Arthur in a radio play entitled A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain; co-starred Thomas Mitchell
- Celebrity Time CBS-TV Quiz show (May 25, 1952) with Orson Bean and host Conrad Nagel
- Philip Morris Playhouse on Broadway (June 1, 1952) Karloff acted in a radio play called "Outward Bound"
- I've Got a Secret CBS-TV Quiz show (June 19, 1952)
- Curtain Call NBC-TV Anthology show (June 27, 1952) episode "Soul of the Great Bell"
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars NBC-TV Anthology show (July 4, 1952) with Host Irene Dunne; Karloff acted in a radio play entitled "House of Death"
- Lux Video Theatre NBC-TV Anthology show (Dec. 8, 1952) Karloff and Bramwell Fletcher acted in a radio play entitled "Fear"
- Who's There? CBS-TV Quiz show (1952) with host Arlene Francis
- The Texaco Star Theatre (aka The Milton Berle Show) (Dec. 16, 1952) Guest
- All Star Revue Musical-Comedy show (Jan. 17, 1953) co-featuring Peter Lorre and Martha Raye
- Hollywood Opening Night NBC-TV Anthology show (March 2, 1953) Episode "The Invited Seven"
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (Mar. 17, 1953) Episode The Black Prophet; Karloff played Rasputin
- Robert Montgomery Presents NBC-TV Anthology show (Mar. 30, 1953) Episode "Burden of Proof"
- Tales of Tomorrow Sci-fi Anthology show (Apr. 3, 1953) Karloff starred in an episode entitled "Past Tense"
- Quick as a Flash (May 7, 1953) Quiz Show
- Plymouth Playhouse (aka "ABC Album") ABC-TV Anthology show (May 25, 1953) with Host Cedric Hardwicke; Karloff starred in 2 episodes entitled "The Chaser" and "The Reticence of Lady Anne"
- Suspense CBS-TV Anthology show (June 23, 1953) episode "The Signal Man" (written by Charles Dickens)
- Rheingold Theatre NBC-TV Anthology show (1953) episode "House of Death"
- I've Got a Secret CBS-TV Quiz show (Oct. 13, 1954) appeared with Host Garry Moore, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle
- The George Gobel Show (Nov. 6, 1954) Guest
- Truth or Consequences (Nov. 9, 1954) Guest
- Climax! CBS-TV Anthology show (Dec. 16, 1954) Episode The White Carnation, with Host William Lundigan
- Down You Go TV Quiz Show on the Dumont Network (Dec. 17, 1954) appeared with Phil Rizzuto and others
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard – 26-episode British TV series starring Karloff as a detective. First broadcast in the U.S weekly from Dec. 1954-Spring, 1955; later broadcast in U.K. weekly from Sept. 24, 1955-March 17, 1956
- The Best of Broadway CBS-TV Anthology show (Jan. 5, 1955) Karloff acted in a TV version of "Arsenic and Old Lace", co-starring Peter Lorre, Helen Hayes, Orson Bean and Edward Everett Horton
- The Donald O'Connor Texaco Star Theatre NBC-TV Sitcom (Feb. 19, 1955) Karloff sang two songs, Arry and Erbert and The Human Thing To Do
- The Elgin Hour ABC-TV Anthology show (Feb. 22, 1955);[36] Episode "The Sting of Death"
- Max Liebman Presents NBC-TV Musical Variety show (Mar. 12, 1955) a musical version of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Mark Twain; Karloff performed two songs, co-featuring Eddie Albert
- Who Said That? TV Quiz Show on the Dumont Network (April 30, 1955) with host John K. M. McCaffrey
- General Electric Theatre CBS-TV Anthology show (May 1, 1955) with host Ronald Reagan; episode "Mr. Blue Ocean", co-starring Bramwell Fletcher, Eli Wallach, Susan Strasberg and Anthony Perkins
- Boris Karloff (July 15, 1955) British TV show about Karloff's life
- I've Got a Secret CBS-TV Quiz show (Aug. 24, 1955) with host Garry Moore, Bill Cullen and Kitty Carlisle
- The U.S. Steel Hour (aka Alcoa Hour) CBS-TV Anthology show (Aug. 31, 1955) episode "Counterfeit"
- The Alcoa Hour NBC-TV Anthology show (April 15, 1956) episode "Even the Weariest River", co-starring Christopher Plummer and Franchot Tone
- The Amazing Dunninger ABC-TV Mind-reading show (July 18, 1956) Guest
- Frankie Laine Time CBS-TV Musical Variety show (Aug. 1 and Aug. 8, 1956) Karloff performed on this variety show two weeks in a row
- The Ernie Kovacs Show NBC-TV Comedy show (Aug. 13, 1956) Guest
- Climax! CBS-TV Anthology show (Sept. 6, 1956) episode "Bury Me Later", with Torin Thatcher and Angela Lansbury
- Playhouse 90 CBS-TV Anthology show (Oct. 25, 1956) episode "Rendezvous in Black", by Cornell Woolrich.
- The Red Skelton Show CBS-TV Comedy show (Nov. 27, 1956) Guest
- The $64,000 Question CBS-TV Quiz show (December 11, 18 and 25, 1956) Karloff appeared three times and won $32,000 in the "Children's Fairy Tales" category
- The Rosemary Clooney Show NBC-TV Variety show (Jan. 9, 1957) Karloff played the Big Bad Wolf in a Little Red Riding Hood skit and sang a song called "You'd Be Surprised"
- Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC-TV Anthology show (Feb. 10, 1957) Karloff played Bishop Cauchon in a 90-minute Made-for-TV version of the play The Lark, co-starring Basil Rathbone, Julie Harris (as Joan of Arc), Denholm Elliott, Jack Warden and Eli Wallach
- Lux Video Theatre NBC-TV Anthology show (Apr. 25, 1957) Karloff played Montgomery Royle in an episode called "The Man Who Played God"
- The Kate Smith Special ABC-TV Variety show (Apr. 28, 1957) Karloff sang a song called "The September Song" on this program
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show NBC-TV Variety show (May 17, 1957) Karloff sang "Mama Look a' Boo Boo" on this variety program
- A to Z (British TV show) (Aug. 30, 1957) Guest
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show NBC-TV Variety show (Oct. 27, 1957) Karloff appeared in a Halloween skit; show co-featured the Skylarks and the Steiner Brothers
- The Rosemary Clooney Show NBC-TV Variety show (Halloween, 1957) Karloff did a musical number
- The Gisele MacKenzie Show (Nov. 16, 1957) Guest
- This Is Your Life (Nov. 20, 1957) Karloff was feted on this show which guest-starred Evelyn Karloff and makeup artist Jack Pierce among other people from Karloff's past; hosted by Ralph Edwards
- Suspicion NBC-TV Anthology show (Dec. 9, 1957) episode "The Deadly Game", co-starring Gary Merrill and Joseph Wiseman, hosted by Dennis O'Keefe; Karloff played Judge Withrop Gelsey
- The Betty White Show ABC-TV Variety show (Feb. 12, 1958) guest-starred Karloff and Buster Keaton among others
- Telephone Time ABC-TV Anthology show (Feb. 25, 1958) episode "The Vestris"; this episode was made as a pilot for Karloff's 1958 12-episode anthology series The Veil, but was shown separately from the other episodes on Telephone Time
- Shirley Temple's Storybook NBC-TV Anthology show for children (Mar. 5, 1958) Shirley Temple and John Ericson costarred in this one-hour TV version of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", narrated by Boris Karloff
- Studio One CBS-TV Anthology show (March 31, 1958) Karloff played as Professor Theodore Koenig in the episode "The Shadow of a Genius"
- The Jack Paar Show NBC-TV Talk Show (aka The Tonight Show)(April 22, 1958) Jack Paar interviewed Karloff
- The Veil (1958) 12-episode Anthology show (similar to The Twilight Zone) produced by Hal Roach Jr; Karloff hosted each episode and starred in all but one of them (Jack the Ripper); the series was never broadcast nor syndicated, but is available today on DVD (several episodes were later re-edited into 3 different feature-length films to be shown on late night TV)
- Playhouse 90 CBS-TV Anthology show (Nov. 6, 1958) Karloff played Captain Kurtz in this 90-minute Made-for-TV version of "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad; co-starring Eartha Kitt, Oscar Homolka and Roddy McDowall
- The Gale Storm Show CBS-TV sitcom (Jan. 31, 1959) co-starring Zasu Pitts in an episode entitled "It's Murder, My Dear"
- General Electric Theatre (aka GE Theatre) - CBS-TV Anthology show (May 17, 1959) hosted by Ronald Reagan; Karloff plays Henry Church in an episode called "Indian Giver", co-starring Edgar Buchanan and Jackie Coogan
- Playhouse 90 CBS-TV Anthology show (Feb. 9, 1960) Karloff played a character named Guibert in an episode called "To the Sound of Trumpets", costarring Judith Anderson, Stephen Boyd and Sam Jaffe
- The Du Pont Show of the Month CBS-TV Anthology show (Mar. 5, 1960) produced by David Susskind; Karloff played a pirate named "Billy Bones" in this 90-minute Made-for-TV adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island", co-starring Michael Gough and Barry Morse, among others.
- Hollywood Sings NBC-TV Variety show (April 3, 1960) Karloff sang a song on this program, which co-featured Eddie Albert and Tammy Grimes
- Upgreen and At' em: or, A Maiden Nearly Over (British TV show) (June 6, 1960) Guest
- The Secret World of Eddie Hodges - CBS-TV Musical Special (June 23, 1960) – A one-hour Musical Special directed in N.Y. City by Norman Jewison, featuring Boris Karloff (as Capt. Hook), Margaret Hamilton, Bert Lahr, Hugh O'Brien and others, narrated by Jackie Gleason.
- Thriller NBC-TV Anthology show (Sept. 13, 1960-April 30, 1962) Sixty-six hour-long episode B&W series hosted by Karloff, who also acted in five of the episodes themselves: "The Premature Burial" (10/2/60), "The Prediction" (11/22/60), "Last of the Sommervilles" (11/6/61), "Dialogues with Death" which consisted of two 30-minute stories (12/4/61), and "The Incredible Dr. Markesan" (2/26/62); the other episodes were only hosted by Karloff
- The Hallmark Hall of Fame NBC-TV Anthology show (Feb. 5, 1962) Karloff acted in this 90-minute Made-for-TV adaptation of "Arsenic and Old Lace", co-starring Tony Randall, Tom Bosley, Mildred Natwick and others; Karloff played Jonathan Brewster
- PM syndicated Talk Show (Feb. 12, 1962) Mike Wallace interviewed Karloff, Tony Randall, Kim Hunter, Ed Wynn and Julie Harris.
- Theatre '62 NBC-TV Anthology show (Mar. 11, 1962) Karloff played a character named Simon Flaquer in an episode entitled "The Paradine Case", co-starring Richard Basehart, Robert Webber and Viveca Lindfors
- The Dickie Henderson Show a British Variety show (June 1962) Karloff appeared on this show while he was filming Out of this World in England
- Out of This World (British TV series) – ABC-TV British Sci-Fi Anthology show produced in England by BBC-TV (broadcast June 30-Sept. 22, 1962) Thirteen one-hour episodes hosted by Karloff; stories adapted from the works of John Wyndham, Terry Nation, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and others (Karloff filmed these immediately after the Thriller TV series ended production.)
- Route 66 CBS-TV Drama show (Oct. 26, 1962) Karloff appeared as the Frankenstein Monster in this episode entitled "Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing", co-starring Lon Chaney Jr. (as The Wolf Man/ Mummy), Peter Lorre, Martin Milner and George Maharis.
- I've Got a Secret Game Show (Jan. 28, 1963) Guest
- The Hy Gardner Show WOR-TV Talk Show (March 3, 1963) Karloff and Peter Lorre were both interviewed in this episode
- Chronicle CBS-TV Documentary show (Christmas Day, 1963) Karloff narrated "A Danish Fairy Tale" (a biography of Hans Christian Andersen)
- Today's Teens (Jan., 1964) 11-minute newsreel feature narrated by Karloff
- The Garry Moore Show CBS-TV Variety show (Apr. 21, 1964) also featuring Alan King and Dorothy Loudon
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (NBC-TV talk show) (June, 1964) Guest
- The Entertainers CBS-TV Variety show (Jan. 16, 1965) also featuring Carol Burnett and Art Buchwald
- Shindig ABC-TV Musical show (Oct. 30, 1965) Karloff sang The Peppermint Twist and The Monster Mash; also costarred Ted Cassidy and Jimmy O'Neill[37]
- The Wild Wild West CBS-TV Western program (Sept. 23, 1966) Karloff played a villain named Singh on an episode entitled "Night of the Golden Cobra", co-starred Robert Conrad and Ross Martin
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. NBC-TV Adventure series (Sept. 27, 1966) Karloff played a transvestite character named Mother Muffin in an episode entitled "The Mother Muffin Affair", co-starring Stefanie Powers, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Vaughn and Noel Harrison
- Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas'' - 30-minute CBS-TV animated cartoon (broadcast Dec. 18, 1966) - narrated by Karloff who also does the voice of the Grinch; directed by Chuck Jones, this animated TV Special won Grammy Award for Best Album for Children
- I Spy NBC-TV Adventure series (Sept. 24, 1968) Karloff travelled to Spain to play Don Ernesto Silvando in this episode entitled "Mainly on the Plains", co-starring Robert Culp, Bill Cosby and (future Spanish horror film star) Paul Naschy in an uncredited bit part
- The Red Skelton Show CBS-TV Variety show (Sept. 24, 1968) Karloff and Vincent Price sung a duet called "The Two of Us" on this show, and acted together in a skit called "He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash"
- The Jonathan Winters Show CBS-TV Variety show (Oct. 30, 1968) Karloff sang "It Was a Very Good Year" on this program, which also featured Agnes Moorehead, Abby Dalton, Alice Ghostly, Paul Lynde and others
- The Name of the Game NBC-TV adventure series (Nov. 29, 1968) Karloff played a character called Mikhail Orlov in this 90-minute episode entitled "The White Birch", co-starring Susan Saint James, Roddy McDowall, Gene Barry, Peter Deuel, Ben Gazzara, Richard Jaeckel and Susan Oliver; this was Karloff's final dramatic performance, broadcast just weeks before his death.[38][27][3]
Appearances on Starring Boris Karloff
Karloff acted in 13 episodes of the "Starring Boris Karloff" anthology TV/ radio series in 1949: this show was broadcast as both a TV show and a radio show simultaneously[39]
- "Five Golden Guineas" (Sept. 21, 1949)
- "The Mask" (Sept. 28, 1949)
- "Mungahara" (Oct. 5, 1949)
- "Mad Illusion" (Oct. 12, 1949)
- "Perchance To Dream" (Oct. 19, 1949)
- "The Devil Takes a Bride" (Oct. 26, 1949)
- "The Moving Finger" (Nov. 2, 1949)
- "The Twisted Path" (Nov. 9, 1949)
- "False Face" (Nov. 16, 1949)
- "Cranky Bill" (Nov. 23, 1949)
- "Three O'Clock" (Nov. 30, 1949)
- "The Shop at Sly Corner" (Dec. 7, 1949)
- "The Night Reveals" (Dec. 14, 1949)[39][40]
Stage performances (from 1928 on)
- The Idiot (January 25-28, 1928) Belmont Theatre, Los Angeles[41]
- Monna Vanna (April 23-May 2, 1928) Karloff played Guido Collona; Los Angeles[42]
- For the Soul of Rafael (opened May 3, 1928) Los Angeles
- Hotel Imperial (opened May 23, 1928) Karloff played General Juskievica; Los Angeles
- Window Panes (opened Aug. 5, 1928) Karloff played Artem Tiapkin; Los Angeles
- Kongo (1929) Karloff played "Kregg" at the Capitol Theatre in San Francisco[43]
- The Criminal Code (Opened May 12, 1930) Karloff played "Galloway" in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1930 (he reprised the role in the 1931 film version the following year).
- Mud, Blood and Kisses (Nov. 17, 1934) Karloff appeared in this one-night performance in Padua, California
- The Drunkard (Oct. 19, 1936) Karloff appeared as a guest-star for one night in this play at the Theatre Mart in Hollywood, to celebrate the play's 1200th performance
- The Tell-Tale Heart (1938) Karloff toured with this play in April 1938, which he only narrated
- Arsenic and Old Lace (beginning Dec. 26, 1940) Karloff starred as Jonathan Brewster for 2 weeks in Baltimore, Md.
- Arsenic and Old Lace (Jan. 10, 1941-June, 1942) Fulton Theatre and West Point Military Academy in N.Y.; co-starred with Josephine Hull and Wyrley Birch
- Night of the Stars (Nov. 26, 1941) appeared for one night at Madison Square Garden, NY
- The Navy Relief Show (Mar. 10, 1942) played at Madison Square Garden, NY for one night, with Eddie Cantor, Danny Kaye, Ed Wynn, Clifton Webb and Vincent Price
- Arsenic and Old Lace (Aug. 17, 1942-Jan. 23, 1944) on tour (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Milwaukee, Boston, Washington DC, Seattle, Kansas City, and back to Washington DC and Kansas City again)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (Feb. to June, 1945) U.S.O. Pacific tour (Midway, Oahu, Marshall Islands, etc.)
- On Borrowed Time (Nov. 5-Nov. 24, 1946) Karloff played "Gramps" in San Francisco and Los Angeles
- The Linden Tree (Feb 4-Mar. 6, 1948) toured Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, and at The Music Box Theatre in N.Y.; co-starred Una O'Connor and Noel Leslie
- On Borrowed Time (March, 1947) played "Gramps" again for one week in Mexico City
- The Shop at Sly Corner (December 25, 1948-Jan. 22, 1949) played Boston, Mass. and the Booth Theater in N.Y.; co-starred Una O'Connor, Jay Robinson
- On Borrowed Time (Jan. 16, 1950-Feb. 4, 1950) played "Gramps" again at the Penthouse Theater in Atlanta, Georgia
- Peter Pan (April 24, 1950-January 27, 1951) ran 321 performances at the Imperial and St. James Theatres in N.Y., co-starred Jean Arthur as Peter Pan, Karloff as Captain Hook, Marcia Henderson as Wendy, and Nehemiah Persoff as Cecco[44]
- Peter Pan (Jan. 27, 1951-Apr. 29, 1951) toured as Captain Hook in Boston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and Minneapolis
- Night of 100 Stars (June 25, 1955) Karloff played a drunken butler at a one-night fundraiser for the Actors' Orphanage at the London Palladium in England
- The Lark (Oct. 28, 1955-Nov. 12, 1955) Karloff played Bishop Cauchon at the Plymouth Theatre in Boston
- The Lark (Nov. 17, 1955-June 2, 1956) ran 229 performances at the Longacre Theater in N.Y.; featuring Julie Harris as Joan of Arc, Karloff as Bishop Cauchon, Christopher Plummer as Warwick, and Joseph Wiseman as the Inquisitor
- The Lark (opened Sept. 5, 1956) played approximately 3 weeks in San Francisco
- Arsenic and Old Lace (March 21-23, 1957) played Jonathan Brewster for 3 days at a high school in Anchorage, Alaska
- Arsenic and Old Lace (Jan. 12-17, 1960) Tapia Theatre in San Juan, Puerto Rico[45]
- On Borrowed Time (opened Jan. 17, 1961) played "Gramps" at the Tapia Theatre in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- On Borrowed Time (March 17–25, 1961) played "Gramps" at the Wharf Theatre in Monterey, Cal.; Karloff's final stage play[27][44]
References
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External links
- Boris Karloff at IMDb