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The Films of Boris Karloff

SILENT FILMS

1919

The Lightning Raider [15 chapter serial] (d. George B. Seitz), Extra.

The Masked Rider [15 chapter serial] (Aubrey M. Kennedy), Mexican.

His Majesty, the American (d. Joseph Henabery), Extra.

The Prince and Betty (d. Robert Thornby). Bit part.

1920

The Deadlier Sex (d. Robert Thornby), Jules Borney.

The Courage of Marge O’Doone (d. David Smith), Tavish.

The Last of the Mohicans (d. Maurice Tourneur), Indian.

1921

The Hope Diamond Mystery (d. Stuart Payton), Priest of Kama-Sita/Dakar.

Without Benefit of Clergy (d. James Young), Ahmed Khan.

Cheated Hearts (d. Hobart Henley), Nei Hamid.

The Cave Girl (d. Joseph J. Franz), Baptiste.

1922

Nan of the North (d. Duke Worne), (undetermined role).

The Infidel (d. James Young), The Nabob.

The Man from Downing Street (d. Edward José), Maharajah Jehan.

The Altar Stairs (d. Lambert Hillyer), Hugo.

The Woman Conquers (d. Tom Forman), Raoul Maris.

Omar the Tentmaker (d. James Young), Imam Mowaffak.

1923

The Gentleman from America (d. Edward Sedgwick), (undetermined role). 

The Prisoner (d. Jack Conway), Prince Kapolski

1924

The White Panther (d. Alan James) Native.

The Hellion (d. Bruce Mitchell), Outlaw.

Riders of the Plains [15 chapter serial] (d. Jacques Jaccard), Bit part.

Dynamite Dan (d. Bruce Mitchell), Tony Garcia.

1925

Forbidden Cargo (d. Tom Buckingham), Pietro Castillano.

The Prairie Wife (d. Hugo Ballin), Diego.

Parisian Nights (d. Al Santell), Pierre.

Lady Robinhood (d. Ralph Ince), Cabraza

Perils of the Wild [15 chapter serial] (d. Francis Ford), Bit part.

Without Mercy (d. George Melford), Henchman.

Never the Twain Shall Meet (d. Maurice Tourneur), Villain.

1926

The Greater Glory (d. Curt Rehfeld), Scissors grinder.

The Man in the Saddle (d. Clifford S. Smith), Robber.

Her Honor the Governor (d. Chet Withey), Snipe Collins.

The Bells (d. James Young), Mesmerist.

The Golden Web (d. Walter Lang), Dave Sinclair.

Flames (d. Lewis H. Moomaw), Blackie Blanchette.

The Eagle of the Sea (d. Frank Lloyd) Pirate.

The Nickel Hopper (1926), The masher.

Flaming Fury (d. James P. Hogan), Gaspard.

Old Ironsides (d. James Cruze), Saracen Guard.

Valencia (d. Dimitri Buchowetzki), Bit part.

1927

Let It Rain (d. Edward F. Cline), Crook.

The Princess from Hoboken (d. Allan Dale), Pavel.

Tarzan and the Golden Lion (d. J.P. McGowan), Owaza.

The Meddlin’ Stranger (d. Richard Thorpe), Al Meggs.

The Phantom Buster (d. William Bertram), Ramon.

Soft Cushions (d. Edward F. Cline), The Chief Conspirator.

Two Arabian Knights (d. Lewis Milestone), Purser.

The Love Mart (d. George Fitzmaurice), Fleming.

1928

Sharp Shooters (d. John G. Blystone), Cafe proprietor.

The Vanishing Rider [10 chapter serial] (d. Ray Taylor), The villain.

Vultures of the Sea (d. Richard Thorpe), Grouchy.

The Little Wild Girl (d. Frank S. Mattison), Maurice Kent.

Burning the Wind (d. Henry MacRae), Pug Doran.

1929

The Fatal Warning [10 chapter serial] (d. Richard Thorpe), Mullins.

The Devil’s Chaplain (d. Duke Worne), Boris.

Two Sisters (d. Scott Pembroke), Cecil.

Anne Against the World (d. Duke Worne) Bit part.

The Phantom of the North (d. Harry Webb), Jules Gregg.

 

SOUND FILMS

1929

Behind That Curtain (d. Irving Cummings), Sudanese servant.

The King of the Kongo [10 chapter serial] (d. Richard Thorpe), Scarface Macklin.

The Unholy Night (d. Lionel Barrymore) Abdoul.

1930

The Bad One (d. George Fitzmaurice), Monsieur Gaston.

The Sea Bat (d. Wesley Ruggles), Corsican.

The Utah Kid (d. Richard Thorpe), Baxter.

1931

Sous les verrous [a.k.a. Pardon Us], Convict.

The Criminal Code (d. Howard Hawks), Galloway.

King of the Wild (d. Richard Thorpe and B. Reeves Eason), Mustapha.

Cracked Nuts (d. Edward Cline), Revolutionary.

The Vanishing Legion (d. Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason), The Voice (voice only).

Young Donovan’s Kid (d. Fred Niblo), Cokey Joe.

Smart Money (d. Alfred E. Green) Sport Williams.

The Public Defender (d. J. Walter Ruben), ‘Professor’.

I Like Your Nerve (William McGann), Luigi.

Graft (d. Christy Cabanne), Terry.

Five Star Final (d. Mervyn LeRoy), T. Vernon Isopod.

The Yellow Ticket (d. Raoul Walsh) Orderly.

The Mad Genius (d. Michael Curtiz), Fedor’s father.

The Guilty Generation (d. Rowland V. Lee), Tony Ricca.

Frankenstein (d. James Whale), The Monster.

Tonight or Never (d. Mervyn LeRoy), Waiter.

1932

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (d. John Francis Dillon), Self.

Behind the Mask (d. John Francis Dillon), Jim Henderson.

Business and Pleasure (d. David Butler), Sheik.

Scarface (d. Howard Hawks), Gaffney.

The Miracle Man (d. Norman McLeod), Nikko.

Night World (d. Hobart Henley), ‘Happy’ MacDonald.

The Old Dark House (d. James Whale), Morgan [billed as Karloff].

Alias the Doctor (d. Michael Curtiz), Autopsy surgeon.

The Mask of Fu Manchu (d. Charles Brabin), Dr. Fu Manchu.

The Mummy (d. Karl Freund), Imhotep.

1933

The Ghoul (d. T. Hayes Hunter), Professor Morlant.

1934

The Lost Patrol (d. John Ford), Sanders.

The House of Rothschild (d. Alfred Werker), Count Ledrantz.

The Black Cat (d. Edgar G. Ulmer), Hjalmar Poelzig [billed as Karloff].

Gift of Gab (d. Karl Freund), Self [billed as Karloff].

1935

Bride of Frankenstein (d. James Whale) The Monster [billed as Karloff].

The Raven (d. Louis Friedlander) Edmond Bateman [billed as Karloff].

The Black Room (d. R. William Neill), Gregor and Anton de Berghman.

1936

The Invisible Ray (d. Lambert Hillyer), Dr. Janos Rukh [billed as Karloff].

The Walking Dead (d. Michael Curtiz), John Ellman.

Juggernaut (d. Henry Edwards), Dr. Victor Sartorius.

The Man Who Changed His Mind (d. Robert Stevenson), Dr. Laurience.

Charlie Chan at the Opera (d. H. Bruce Humberstone), Gravelle.

1937

Night Key (d. Lloyd Corrigan), Dave Mallory.

West of Shanghai (d. John Farrow), Wu Yen Fang.

1938

The Invisible Menace (d. John Farrow), Jevries.

Mr. Wong, Detective (d. William Nigh), James Lee Wong.

1939

Devil’s Island (d. William Clemens), Dr. Charles Gaudet.

Son of Frankenstein (d. Rowland V. Lee), The Monster.

The Mystery of Mr. Wong (d. William Nigh), James Lee Wong.

Mr. Wong in Chinatown (d. William Nigh), James Lee Wong.

The Man They Could Not Hang (d. Nick Grinde), Dr. Henryk Savaard.

Tower of London (d. Rowland V. Lee), Mord.

1940

The Fatal Hour (d. William Nigh), James Lee Wong.

British Intelligence (d. Terry Morse), Valdar.

Black Friday (d. Arthur Lubin), Dr. Ernest Sovac.

The Man with Nine Lives (d. Nick Grinde), Dr. Leon Kravaal.

Doomed to Die (d. William Nigh), James Lee Wong.

Before I Hang (d. Nick Grinde), Dr. John Garth.

The Ape (d. William Nigh), Dr. Bernard Adrian.

You’ll Find Out (d. David Butler), Judge Spencer Mainwaring.

1941

The Devil Commands (d. Edward Dmytryk), Dr. Julian Blair.

1942

The Boogie Man Will Get You (d. Lew Landers), Professor Nathaniel Billings.

1944

The Climax (d. George Waggner), Dr. Friedrich Hohner.

House of Frankenstein (d. Erle C. Kenton), Doctor Gustav Niemann.

1945

The Body Snatcher (d. Robert Wise), Cabman John Gray.

Isle of the Dead (d. Mark Robson), General Nikolas Pherides.

1946

Bedlam (d. Mark Robson), Master George Sims.

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (d. Norman Z. McLeod), Dr. Hugo Hollingshead.

Lured (d. Douglas Sirk), Charles van Druten.

Unconquered (d. Cecil B. DeMille), Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas.

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (d. John Rawlins), Gruesome.

1948

Tap Roots (d. George Marshall), Tishomingo.

1949

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (d. Charles T. Barton), Swami Talpur.

1951

Cisaruv slavík [a.k.a. The Emperor’s Nightingale] (d. Jirí Trnka), Narrator.

The Strange Door (d. Joseph Pevney), Voltan.

1952

The Black Castle (d. Nathan Juran), Dr. Meissen.

Colonel March Investigates (Cy Endfield), Colonel Perceval March.

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (d. Charles Lamont), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Sabaka [a.k.a. The Hindu] (d. Frank Ferrin), General Pollegar.

1954

Il mostro dell’isola [a.k.a. Monster of the Island] (d. Roberto Bianchi Montero), Don Gaetano.

1957

Voodoo Island (d. Reginald LeBorg), Phillip Knight.

1958

The Juggler of Our Lady (d. Al Kouzel), Narrator [short].

Grip of the Strangler [a.k.a. The Haunted Strangler] (d. Robert Day), James Rankin.

Frankenstein 1970 (d. Howard W. Koch), Baron Victor von Frankenstein.

1963

The Doctor from Seven Dials [a.k.a. Corridors of Blood] (d. Robert Day), Dr. Thomas Bolton [filmed in 1958].

The Raven (d. Roger Corman), Dr. Scarabus.

The Terror (d. Roger Corman), Baron Victor Von Leppe.

I tre volti della paura [a.k.a. Black Sabbath] (d. Mario Bava), Self / Gorca.

The Comedy of Terrors (d. Jacques Tourneur), Amos Hinchley.

1964

Bikini Beach (d. William Asher), Art dealer.

1965

Die, Monster, Die! (d. Daniel Haller), Nahum Witley.

1966

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (d. Don Weis), Hiram Stokely.

The Daydreamer (d. Jules Bass), The Rat (voice).

1967

The Venetian Affair (d. Jerry Thorpe), Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud.

Mad Monster Party? (d. Jules Bass), Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice).

Mondo Balordo (d. Roberto Bianchi Montero), Narrator .

The Sorcerers (d. Michael Reeves), Professor Marcus Monserrat.

El coleccionista de cadáveres [a.k.a. Cauldron of Blood / Blindman’s Bluff] (d. Santos Alcocer), Charles Badulescu. 

 1968

Targets (d. Peter Bogdanovich), Byron Orlok.

Curse of the Crimson Altar (d. Vernon Sewell), Professor Marsh.

Serenata macabre [a.k.a. House of Evil] (d. Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez), Matthias Morteval.

La cámara del terror [a.k.a. Fear Chamber] (d. Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez), Dr. Carl Mandel.

Invasión siniestra [a.k.a. The Incredible Invasion] (d. Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez), Professor John Mayer.

La muerte viviente [a.k.a. Isle of the Snake People] (d. Jack Hill, Juan Ibanez), Carl van Molder/Damballah.