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Boris Karloff is a Actor and Thanks British born on 23 november 1887 at London (United-kingdom)

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff
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Birth name William Henry Pratt
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 23 november 1887 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 2 february 1969 (at 81 years) at Midhurst (United-kingdom)

William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name Boris Karloff, was an English actor.

Karloff is widely known for his roles in horror films and especially for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939), which resulted in his immense popularity. His best-known non-horror role is as the Grinch, as well as the narrator, in the animated television special of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966). He also had a memorable role in the original Scarface (1932). For his contribution to film and television, Boris Karloff was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Biography

Beginning in 1940, Karloff dressed as Father Christmas every Christmas to hand out presents to physically disabled children in a Baltimore hospital.

Despite living and working in the United States for many years, Karloff never became a naturalised American citizen and never legally changed his name to "Boris Karloff." He signed official documents "William H. Pratt, a.k.a. Boris Karloff."

Karloff was a charter member of the Screen Actors Guild, and was especially outspoken regarding working conditions on sets that actors were expected to deal with in the mid-1930s, some of which were extremely hazardous. In 1931, Boris Karloff took out insurance against premature aging that might be caused by his fright make-up.

He married five times and had one child, daughter Sara Karloff, by his fourth wife. At the time of his daughter's birth Karloff was filming Son of Frankenstein, and reportedly rushed from the film set to the hospital while still in full makeup.

Best films

Unconquered (1947)
(Actor)
Five Star Final (1931)
(Actor)
Two Arabian Knights (1927)
(Actor)
The Criminal Code (1931)
(Actor)

Usually with

Jack Pierce
Jack Pierce
(16 films)
Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi
(14 films)
Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(13 films)
Vera West
Vera West
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Boris Karloff (182 films)

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Actor

Bride of Chucky, 1h29
Directed by Ronny Yu
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror, Black comedy, Romance, Slasher
Themes Pregnancy films, Jeu, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Road movies, Comedy horror films
Actors Jennifer Tilly, Ed Gale, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette
Roles Clips from 'Bride of Frankenstein' (archive footage)
Rating56% 2.8070752.8070752.8070752.8070752.807075
Shortly after the events of the previous film, Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), a former girlfriend and accomplice of serial killer Charles Lee Ray (voice of Brad Dourif), acquires the remains of Chucky from a police evidence locker after bribing and then murdering a police officer with access to the locker. Assuming that Ray's soul still inhabits the doll, Tiffany takes it back to her place. She crudely stitches Chucky back together and reenacts the voodoo ritual which instilled Ray inside the doll ten years ago.
Natural Born Killers, 1h58
Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Road movies
Actors Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore, Tommy Lee Jones, Rodney Dangerfield
Rating71% 3.5990853.5990853.5990853.5990853.599085
Mickey Knox and his wife Mallory stop at a roadside café in the New Mexico desert. A group of rednecks arrive and one begins sexually harassing Mallory. She briefly encourages him before beating him to a pulp. Mickey and Mallory then murder all but one of the diner's patrons, culminating in a morbid game of Eeny, meeny, miny, moe to decide who lives and dies. After executing the waitress Mabel, the couple ensures that the only survivor remembers their names before they embrace and declare their undying love.
In Search of Dr. Seuss, 1h30
Directed by Vincent Paterson
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Kathy Najimy, Matt Frewer, Christopher Lloyd, Robin Williams, Graham Jarvis, Brady Bluhm
Roles (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.5397353.5397353.5397353.5397353.539735
A reporter named Kathy Lane comes to Theodor Geisel's home in order to do a report on the famous Dr. Seuss, where she meets a strange character. When Kathy asks to use him as a source, he reveals himself to be the Cat in the Hat. Curiosity allows her to open a magical book labeled "Open a book, open up your imagination", which pulls her into the world of Dr. Seuss. The Cat in the Hat character shows Kathy a door which leads to a beach. On the beach, they read The Sneetches. Kathy then falls into a kitchen where she meets Mr. Hunch from Hunches in Bunches. They eat lunch and read McElligot's Pool.
Transylvania Twist, 1h30
Directed by Jim Wynorski
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Teri Copley, Howard Morris, Jay Robinson, Angus Scrimm, Robert Vaughn, Monique Gabrielle
Roles Man in Room (archive footage)
Rating53% 2.6570552.6570552.6570552.6570552.657055
The film opens with two short sequences before the main story line begins, first a prologue, and then a mock television advertisement. In the prologue, a seemingly helpless young woman is pursued by Jason Voorhees, Leatherface, and Freddy Krueger; she is then chased into a cave and reappears a few seconds later with an item from each of the three. She then faces the camera and laughs (showing her fangs) and says, "Amateurs!" The advertisement sequence is for a "mortuary, crematory, cemetery" called "Death City" where a salesman tries selling viewers "new and used coffins", with the help of his assistant Lovely Rita.
Terror in the Aisles, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Documentary, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Nancy Allen, Bud Abbott, Michael Ironside, Fred Asparagus, Brooke Adams
Roles The Monster (Archive Footage)
Rating62% 3.148473.148473.148473.148473.14847
Director Andrew J. Kuehn has excerpted brief segments of terror and suspense in a wide variety of suspenseful (including humorously so, ex. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Saturday the 14th) films and strung them together with added commentary, as well as some enacted narrative, to create a compilation of fright-inducing effects. Halloween actor Donald Pleasence and Dressed to Kill star Nancy Allen provide the commentary on topics such as "sex and terror" (Dressed to Kill, Klute, Ms. 45, The Seduction, When a Stranger Calls), loathsome villains (Dracula, Frankenstein, Friday the 13 1 and/or 2, Halloween I and II, Marathon Man, Nighthawks, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Touch of Evil, Vice Squad, Wait Until Dark, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?), "natural terror" (Alligator, The Birds, Frogs, Jaws 1 and 2, Nightwing) and the occult (An American Werewolf in London, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist, The Omen, Carrie, The Shining). In one segment of the anthology, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock presents his concepts of how to create suspense in a clip from Alfred Hitchcock: Men Who Made The Movies.
Madhouse
Madhouse (1974)
, 1h32
Directed by Jim Clark
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Serial killer films
Actors Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Adrienne Corri, Natasha Pyne, Linda Hayden
Roles (archive footage)
Rating61% 3.0987353.0987353.0987353.0987353.098735
Paul Toombes (Vincent Price) is a successful horror actor whose trademark role was Dr. Death, a skull-faced sadist. During a party in Hollywood showing off his fifth Dr. Death film, he announces his engagement to Ellen Mason (Julie Crosthwait), who gives him an engraved watch as an engagement gift; later that evening, however, adult film producer Oliver Quayle (Robert Quarry) reveals Ellen had worked for him previously. Distraught at Toombes' reaction, Ellen returns to her room, where a masked man in dark garb, similar to Dr. Death's attire, approaches her with a knife. An apologetic Toombes comes in shortly after, only for her decapitated head to fall from her shoulders. Though he is acquitted of the crime, Toombes' career is destroyed as he spends several years in a mental hospital, where even he is not sure whether he killed Ellen or not.
Alien Terror, 1h30
Directed by Jack Hill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Enrique Guzmán, Christa Linder, Tito Novaro, Arturo Fernández
Roles Prof. John Mayer
Rating33% 1.6855951.6855951.6855951.6855951.685595
Hatchet for the Honeymoon, 1h25
Directed by Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Laura Betti, Dagmar Lassander, Femi Benussi, Jesús Puente, Luciano Pigozzi, Gerard Tichy
Roles Gorca (archive footage)
Rating63% 3.1514353.1514353.1514353.1514353.151435
The film is about a series of murders committed by a sexually charismatic but impotent man who owns a bridal shop. Alienated from his wife because of his failure to consummate the marriage, he kills women dressed in his bridal gowns. He disposes of the bodies in an incinerator. The police suspect him, but have no evidence. After he eventually kills his wife, her ghost appears and informs him that she will never leave his side - and will be visible to everyone but him. At a nightclub he tries to pick up a woman, but she rejects him when she sees his wife's ghost by his side.
Cauldron of Blood, 1h37
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Viveca Lindfors, Rosenda Monteros, Rubén Rojo, Manuel de Blas
Roles Franz Badulescu
Rating40% 2.031062.031062.031062.031062.03106
Un sculpteur aveugle dominé par sa femme utilise des ossements comme armature de ses oeuvres.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, 26minutes
Directed by Chuck Jones
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films
Actors Boris Karloff, June Foray, Chuck Jones, Thurl Ravenscroft, Dal McKennon, Hal Smith
Roles Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
Rating82% 4.1431754.1431754.1431754.1431754.143175
The Grinch (voiced by Boris Karloff) is the film's main character. He lives in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. The Grinch is a surly character with a heart "two sizes too small" who has especially hated Christmas for 53 years. On Christmas Eve, he finally becomes fed up with seeing the decorations and hearing all the music and caroling in the village and wishes he could stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville. When he sees his dog, Max, with snow all over his face in the shape of a beard, he decides to disguise himself as Santa Claus and steal Christmas.
Curse of the Crimson Altar, 1h29
Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Mark Eden, Barbara Steele, Michael Gough, Virginia Wetherell
Roles Professor John Marsh
Rating54% 2.749842.749842.749842.749842.74984
Un marchand d'antiquités part la recherche de son frère, mystérieusement disparu après avoir poignardé une jeune femme au cours d'une fête satanique. Son enquête le conduit à un manoir, siège de cérémonies orgiaques et décadentes
Fear Chamber, 1h28
Directed by Jack Hill
Genres Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Julissa, Isela Vega
Roles Dr. Carl Mandel
Rating36% 1.809641.809641.809641.809641.80964
Macabre Serenade, 1h29
Directed by Jack Hill
Genres Horror
Actors Boris Karloff, Julissa, Andrés García, Arturo Fernández, Brian Donlevy
Roles Matthias Morteval
Rating38% 1.904961.904961.904961.904961.90496