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His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931), his 82nd film, established him as a horror icon, and he reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
Frankenstein: Directed by James Whale. With Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff. Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Frankenstein stars Colin Clive as Henry Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein in the novel), an obsessed scientist who digs up corpses with his assistant in order to assemble a living being from body parts. The resulting creature, often known as Frankenstein's monster, is portrayed by Boris Karloff. The makeup for the monster was provided by Jack ...
Actor: Bride of Frankenstein. Along with fellow actors Lon Chaney, Bela Lugosi and Vincent Price, Boris Karloff is recognized as one of the true icons of horror cinema, and the actor most closely identified with the general public's image of the Frankenstein Monster from the classic 1818 Mary Shelley novel "Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...
May 13, 2024 · Boris Karloff (born November 23, 1887, London, England—died February 2, 1969, Midhurst, West Sussex) was an English actor who became internationally famous for his sympathetic and chilling portrayal of the monster in the classic horror film Frankenstein (1931).
After the success of Frankenstein the studios, naturally, wanted to feature Karloff in further horror offerings, and in that decade alone he starred in such genre classics as The Mummy, The Ghoul, The Black Cat, The Raven, Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein.
Feb 3, 2006 · Film Forum is celebrating 75th anniversary of horror classic Frankenstein with week-long retrospective devoted to career of Boris Karloff; Karloff was versatile enough to avoid being...
