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Born William Henry Pratt, Boris Karloff (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969) was a much-beloved English character actor who worked in a variety of genres and whose career spanned fifty years (albeit all too often in films that were criminal wastes of his talents). He is mostly remembered, however, for his work in horror films (most ...
Oct 30, 2020 · Go behind the scenes of some of Boris Karloff's most famous roles, including Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein and The Mummy in this insightful documentary...
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- Fear: The Home Of Horror
Jan 31, 2013 · Because he wasn’t really “Boris Karloff” at all. Despite his foreign-sounding stage name, Karloff was English. He was born in Camberwell, in 1887, and his real name was the fantastically ...
Karloff appeared in many television shows, including his British TV series, Coronel March of Scotland Yard (1954–56). It was also the host of the American television series Boris Karloff presents (1960-62). In 1966, Karloff played The Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Boris Karloff is a guest star, in TV series Suspense, The United ...
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 2212. Source citation. Actor. For over four decades, he terrified movie audiences by playing monsters, mad scientists and other menacing characters. Karloff will be forever remembered for his portrayal of Frankenstein's creation The Monster in the classic 1931 picture Frankenstein. He repeated the role in the sequel ...
Broadway Appearances. Boris won a Tony for his appearance. opposite Julie Harris, in The Lark. How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Boris Karloff won a Grammy for his portrayal. of the Grinch in this Christmas classic. He also did over 20 children’s recording for Caedmon records. He had three TV series of his own: Thriller, Colonel March and The Veil.
Arguably Hollywood's most celebrated and enduring screen horror icon, Boris Karloff embodied legendary movie monsters and madmen in such films as "Frankenstein" (1931), "The Mummy" (1931), "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932), "The Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), "Isle of the Dead" (1945) and "The Body Snatcher" (1945) over the course of a four-decade ...
