Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt (n. 23 noiembrie 1887, Honor Oak, Londra – d. 2 februarie 1969, Midhurst, Sussex), mai bine cunoscut sub numele de scenă Boris Karloff, a fost un actor englez.

Karloff este cel mai notabil pentru rolurile sale din mai multe filme de groază și pentru interpretarea rolului monstrului lui Frankenstein în Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935) și Son of Frankenstein (1939), filme care au dus la o imensă popularitate a actorului. Cel mai cunoscut rol non-horror al său este Grinch (de asemenea și al naratorului) din episodul special animat de televiziune „Dr. Seuss's Cum a furat Grinch Crăciunul” (1966). De asemenea are un rol memorabil în filmul original Scarface (1932).

Biografie

Filmografie

Anii 1910 
 1919: The Lightning Raider
 1919: The Masked Rider: Mexican în saloon
 1919: His Majesty, the American de Joseph Henabery: Spion
 1919: The Prince and Betty, de Robert Thornby: Rol nedeterminat

Anii 1920 
 1920: The Deadlier Sex: Jules Borney
 1920: The Courage of Marge O'Doone: Tavish
 1920: The Last of the Mohicans (Ultimul dintre mohicani), de Clarence Brown și Maurice Tourneur: Indian
 1921: The Hope Diamond Mystery: Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
 1921: Without Benefit of Clergy: Ahmed Khan
 1921: Cheated Hearts: Nei Hamid
 1921: The Cave Girl: Baptist
 1922: Nan of the North: Rol nedeterminat
 1922: The Infidel: The Nabob
 1922: The Man from Downing Street: Maharajah Jehan
 1922: The Altar Stairs: Hugo
 1922: The Woman Conquers: Raoul Maris
 1922: Omar the Tentmaker: Imam Mowaffak
 1923: The Gentleman from America: Bit Role
 1923: The Prisoner: Prince Kapolski
 1924: The Hellion: The Outlaw
 1924: Riders of the Plains
 1924: Dynamite Dan: Tony Garcia
 1925: Forbidden Cargo: Pietro Castillano
 1925: The Prairie Wife: Diego
 1925: Parisian Nights  : Pierre
 1925: Lady Robinhood: Cabraza
 1925:  Never the Twain Shall Meet : Bit Part
 1925: Perils of the Wild
 1926: The Greater Glory: Scissors Grinder
 1926: The Man in the Saddle: Robber
 1926: Her Honor, the Governor: Snipe Collins
 1926: The Bells: The Mesmerist
 1926: The Golden Web: Dave Sinclair
 1926: Flames: Blackie Blanchette
 1926:  The Eagle of the Sea: Pirat
 1926: The Nickel-Hopper: Dance Hall Masher
 1926: Flaming Fury: Gaspard
 1926: Old Ironsides: A Saracen Guard
 1926: Valencia: Bit
 1927: Let It Rain: Crook
 1927: The Princess from Hoboken: Pavel
 1927: Tarzan and the Golden Lion: Owaza
 1927: The Meddlin' Stranger: Al Meggs
 1927: The Phantom Buster: Ramon
 1927: Soft Cushions: Conducătorul conspiratorilor
 1927: Two Arabian Knights de Lewis Milestone: Comisar
 1927: The Love Mart: Fleming
 1928: Sharp Shooters: proprietar de cafenea
 1928: The Vanishing Rider: The Villain
 1928: Vultures of the Sea: Grouchy
 1928: The Little Wild Girl: Maurice Kent
 1929: Burning the Wind: Pug Doran
 1929: The Fatal Warning: Mullins
 1929: The Devil's Chaplain: Boris
 1929: Two Sisters: Cecil
 1929: Anne Against the World
 1929: The Phantom of the North: Jules Gregg
 1929: Behind That Curtain: valetul lui Beetham
 1929: The King of the Kongo: Scarface Macklin
 1929:  The Unholy Night : Abdul, avocatul

Anii 1930 
 1930: The Bad One: Monsieur Gaston
 1930: The Sea Bat: Corsican
 1930: The Utah Kid: Henchman Baxter
 1931: Sous les verrous: Le Tigre
 1931: The Criminal Code de Howard Hawks: Ned Galloway
 1931: King of the Wild: Mustapha
 1931: Cracked Nuts: Boris, Premier Révolutionnaire
 1931: The Vanishing Legion: (voce) 
 1931: Young Donovan's Kid: Cokey Joe
 1931: Smart Money: Sport Williams
 1931: The Public Defender: Professor
 1931: I Like Your Nerve de William C. McGann: Luigi, Majordome de Pacheco
 1931: Graft: Joe Terry
 1931: Five Star Final de Mervyn LeRoy: Rev. T. Vernon Isopod
 1931: The Yellow Ticket de Raoul Walsh: Orderly
 1931: The Mad Genius: Père de Fedor
 1931: The Guilty Generation: Tony Ricca
 1931: Frankenstein de James Whale: Monstrul 
 1931: Tonight or Never: Serveur
 1932: Behind the Mask: Jim Henderson
 1932: Business and Pleasure: Sheik
 1932: Scarface de Howard Hawks: Gaffney
 1932: The Miracle Man: Nikko
 1932: Night World: 'Happy' MacDonald
 1932: The Old Dark House de James Whale: Morgan
 1932: The Mask of Fu Manchu de Charles Brabin: Dr. Fu Manchu
 1932: The Mummy (Mumia) : Im-ho-tep, alias Ardath Bey
 1933: The Ghoul : Prof. Morlant
 1934: The Lost Patrol: Sanders
 1934: The House of Rothschild : contele Ledrantz
 1934: The Black Cat: Hjalmar Poelzig
 1934: Gift of Gab: Cameo
 1935: Bride of Frankenstein: Monstrul
 1935: The Raven (Corbul) : Edmond Bateman
 1935: The Black Room: baron Gregor de Bergmann / Anton de Bergmann
 1936: The Invisible Ray, de Lambert Hillyer: Dr. Janos Rukh
 1936: The Walking Dead: John Ellman
 1936: Juggernaut: Dr. Victor Sartorius
 1936: The Man Who Changed His Mind sau The Man Who Lived Again: Dr. Laurience
 1936: Charlie Chan at the Opera: Gravelle
 1937: Night Key : David Mallory
 1937: West of Shanghai: Gen. Wu Yen Fang
 1938: The Invisible Menace: Mr. Jevries, dit Dolman
 1938: Mr. Wong, Detective: Mr. James Lee Wong
 1939: Devil's Island: Dr. Charles Gaudet
 1939: Le Fils de Frankenstein (Son of Frankenstein) : Monstrul
 1939: The Mystery of Mr. Wong: James Lee Wong
 1939: Mr. Wong in Chinatown: Mr. James Lee Wong
 1939: The Man They Could Not Hang: Dr. Henryk Savaard
 1939: Tower of London: Mord

Anii 1940 
 1940: The Fatal Hour: James Lee Wong
 1940: British Intelligence: Valdar, dit Karl Schiller
 1940: Black Friday: Dr. Ernest Sovac 1940: The Man with Nine Lives: Dr. Leon Kravaal 1940: Doomed to Die: James Lee Wong 1940: Before I Hang: Dr. John Garth 1940: The Ape: Dr. Bernard Adrian 1940: You'll Find Out: Juge Spencer Mainwaring 1941: The Devil Commands: Dr. Julian Blair 1942: The Boogie Man Will Get You: Prof. Nathaniel Billings 1944: The Climax : Dr. Friedrich Hohner 1944: House of Frankenstein : Medicul Niemann 1945: The Body Snatcher : Cabman John Gray 1945: Isle of the Dead : Gen. Nikolas Pherides 1946: Bedlam: Maître George Sims 1947: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty : Dr. Hugo Hollingshead 1947: Lured : Charles van Druten 1947: Unconquered : Chef Guyasuta 1947: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome : Gruesome 1948: Taps Roots : Tishomingo 1949: Cisaruv slavík: Narator, versiunea americană (voce)
 1949: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff : Swami Talpur Anii 1950 
 Cinematografie 
 1951: The Strange Door : Voltan 1952: Colonel March Investigates: Col. March 1952: The Black Castle : Dr. Meissen 1953: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : Dr. Henry Jekyll  /  Mr. Hyde 1954: Il Mostro dell'isola: Don Gaetano 1954: Sabaka: Gen. Pollegar 1957: Voodoo Island: Phillip Knight 1958: The Juggler of Our Lady: Narrateur 
 1958: Grip of the Strangler: James Rankin 1958: Frankenstein - 1970: Baron Victor von Frankenstein 1958: Corridors of Blood: Dr. Thomas Bolton Televiziune 
 1951: Tales of Tomorrow (serial TV)
 1954-1956: Aventurile Colonelului March: Colonel Perceval March (serial TV, 21 episoade)
 1955: A Connecticut Yankee: Roi Arthur Anii 1960 
 Cinematografie 

 1963: The Raven : Dr. Scarabus 1963: The Terror : Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe 1963: I Tre volti della paura : Gorca (segment The Wurdalak)
 1964: The Comedy of Terrors : Amos Hinchley 1964: Bikini Beach: The Art Dealer 1965: Die, Monster, Die! : Nahum Witley 1966: The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini: The Corpse (Hiram Stokely) 1966: The Daydreamer: The Rat (voce)
 1967: The Venetian Affair: Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud 1967: The Sorcerers : Prof. Marcus Monserrat 1968: House of Evil : Matthias Morteval 1968: Curse of the Crimson Altar: Prof. John Marshe 1968: Targets : Byron Orlok 1969: Mad Monster Party?: Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voce)

 Televiziune 
 1960: The Secret World of Eddie Hodges: Cpt. Hook 1960: Thriller: prezentator 1962: The Paradine Case: Judecător Lord Thomas Horfield 1966: How the Grinch Stole Christmas! : Narator  /  Grinch 
 1966: The Wild Wild West, (serial TV) - sezonul 2 episodul 2 The Night of the Golden Cobra, de Irving J. Moore: Mr. Singh Anii 1970 
Filmografie postumă
 1970:  El Coleccionista de cadáveres: Charles Bădulescu 1971: La Muerte viviente: Carl van Molder / Damballah 1971: The Incredible Invasion: Prof. John Mayer 1972: The Fear Chamber: Dr. Carl Mandel''

Referințe și note

Legături externe

 
 
 Karloff's birthplace
 Vertlieb's Views: Boris Karloff
 Literature on Boris Karloff
 Lights Out: Cat Wife (NBC, 6 April 1938)---Karloff's performance in the radio horror classic.

Nașteri în 1887
Decese în 1969
Actori englezi din secolul al XX-lea
William Henry Pratt ( n.noiembrie Honor Oak , Londra – d.februarie Midhurst , Sussex ) , mai bine cunoscut sub numele de scenă Boris Karloff , a fost un actor englez . Karloff este cel mai notabil pentru rolurile sale din mai multe filme de groază și pentru interpretarea rolului monstrului lui Frankenstein în Frankenstein Bride of Frankensteinși Son of Frankenstein filme care au dus la o imensă popularitate a actorului . Cel mai cunoscut rol non- horror al său este Grinch ( de asemenea și al naratorului ) din episodul special animat de televiziune „ Dr. Seuss's Cum a furat Grinch Crăciunul ” De asemenea are un rol memorabil în filmul original Scarface Biografie Filmografie Anii The Lightning Raider The Masked Rider : Mexican în saloon His Majesty , the American de Joseph Henabery : Spion The Prince and Betty , de Robert Thornby : Rol nedeterminat Anii The Deadlier Sex : Jules Borney The Courage of Marge O'Doone : Tavish The Last of the Mohicans ( Ultimul dintre mohicani ) , de Clarence Brown și Maurice Tourneur : Indian The Hope Diamond Mystery : Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar Without Benefit of Clergy : Ahmed Khan Cheated Hearts : Nei Hamid The Cave Girl : Baptist Nan of the North : Rol nedeterminat The Infidel : The Nabob The Man from Downing Street : Maharajah Jehan The Altar Stairs : Hugo The Woman Conquers : Raoul Maris Omar the Tentmaker : Imam Mowaffak The Gentleman from America : Bit Role The Prisoner : Prince Kapolski The Hellion : The Outlaw Riders of the Plains Dynamite Dan : Tony Garcia Forbidden Cargo : Pietro Castillano The Prairie Wife : Diego Parisian Nights \ : Pierre Lady Robinhood : Cabraza Never the Twain Shall Meet \ : Bit Part Perils of the Wild The Greater Glory : Scissors Grinder The Man in the Saddle : Robber Her Honor , the Governor : Snipe Collins The Bells : The Mesmerist The Golden Web : Dave Sinclair Flames : Blackie Blanchette The Eagle of the Sea : Pirat The Nickel-Hopper : Dance Hall Masher Flaming Fury : Gaspard Old Ironsides : A Saracen Guard Valencia : Bit Let It Rain : Crook The Princess from Hoboken : Pavel Tarzan and the Golden Lion : Owaza The Meddlin' Stranger : Al Meggs The Phantom Buster : Ramon Soft Cushions : Conducătorul conspiratorilor Two Arabian Knights de Lewis Milestone : Comisar The Love Mart : Fleming Sharp Shooters : proprietar de cafenea The Vanishing Rider : The Villain Vultures of the Sea : Grouchy The Little Wild Girl : Maurice Kent Burning the Wind : Pug Doran The Fatal Warning : Mullins The Devil's Chaplain : Boris Two Sisters : Cecil Anne Against the World The Phantom of the North : Jules Gregg Behind That Curtain : valetul lui Beetham The King of the Kongo : Scarface Macklin The Unholy Night \ : Abdul , avocatul Anii The Bad One : Monsieur Gaston The Sea Bat : Corsican The Utah Kid : Henchman Baxter Sous les verrous : Le Tigre The Criminal Code de Howard Hawks : Ned Galloway King of the Wild : Mustapha Cracked Nuts : Boris , Premier Révolutionnaire The Vanishing Legion : ( voce ) Young Donovan's Kid : Cokey Joe Smart Money : Sport Williams The Public Defender : Professor I Like Your Nerve de William C. McGann : Luigi , Majordome de Pacheco Graft : Joe Terry Five Star Final de Mervyn LeRoy : Rev. T. Vernon Isopod The Yellow Ticket de Raoul Walsh : Orderly The Mad Genius : Père de Fedor The Guilty Generation : Tony Ricca Frankenstein de James Whale : Monstrul Tonight or Never : Serveur Behind the Mask : Jim Henderson Business and Pleasure : Sheik Scarface de Howard Hawks : Gaffney The Miracle Man : Nikko Night World : 'Happy' MacDonald The Old Dark House de James Whale : Morgan The Mask of Fu Manchu de Charles Brabin : Dr . Fu Manchu The Mummy ( Mumia ) \ : Im- ho-tep , alias Ardath Bey The Ghoul \ : Prof. Morlant The Lost Patrol : Sanders The House of Rothschild \ : contele Ledrantz The Black Cat : Hjalmar Poelzig Gift of Gab : Cameo Bride of Frankenstein : Monstrul The Raven ( Corbul ) \ : Edmond Bateman The Black Room : baron Gregor de Bergmann / Anton de Bergmann The Invisible Ray , de Lambert Hillyer : Dr. Janos Rukh The Walking Dead : John Ellman Juggernaut : Dr. Victor Sartorius The Man Who Changed His Mind sau The Man Who Lived Again : Dr. Laurience Charlie Chan at the Opera : Gravelle Night Key \ : David Mallory West of Shanghai : Gen . Wu Yen Fang The Invisible Menace : Mr. Jevries , dit Dolman Mr. Wong , Detective : Mr . James Lee Wong Devil's Island : Dr. Charles Gaudet Le Fils de Frankenstein ( Son of Frankenstein ) \ : Monstrul The Mystery of Mr. Wong : James Lee Wong Mr . Wong in Chinatown : Mr . James Lee Wong The Man They Could Not Hang : Dr. Henryk Savaard Tower of London : Mord Anii The Fatal Hour : James Lee Wong British Intelligence : Valdar , dit Karl Schiller Black Friday : Dr. Ernest Sovac The Man with Nine Lives : Dr. Leon Kravaal Doomed to Die : James Lee Wong Before I Hang : Dr. John Garth The Ape : Dr. Bernard Adrian You'll Find Out : Juge Spencer Mainwaring The Devil Commands : Dr. Julian Blair The Boogie Man Will Get You : Prof . Nathaniel Billings The Climax \ : Dr. Friedrich Hohner House of Frankenstein \ : Medicul Niemann The Body Snatcher \ : Cabman John Gray Isle of the Dead \ : Gen . Nikolas Pherides Bedlam : Maître George Sims The Secret Life of Walter Mitty \ : Dr. Hugo Hollingshead Lured \ : Charles van Druten Unconquered \ : Chef Guyasuta Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome \ : Gruesome Taps Roots \ : Tishomingo Cisaruv slavík : Narator , versiunea americană ( voce ) Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer , Boris Karloff \ : Swami Talpur Anii Cinematografie The Strange Door \ : Voltan Colonel March Investigates : Col . March The Black Castle \ : Dr. Meissen Abbott and Costello Meet Dr . Jekyll and Mr. Hyde \ : Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde Il Mostro dell'isola : Don Gaetano Sabaka : Gen . Pollegar Voodoo Island : Phillip Knight The Juggler of Our Lady : Narrateur Grip of the Strangler : James Rankin Frankenstein - Baron Victor von Frankenstein Corridors of Blood : Dr. Thomas Bolton Televiziune Tales of Tomorrow ( serial TV ) Aventurile Colonelului March : Colonel Perceval March ( serial TV,episoade ) A Connecticut Yankee : Roi Arthur Anii Cinematografie The Raven \ : Dr. Scarabus The Terror \ : Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe I Tre volti della paura \ : Gorca ( segment The Wurdalak ) The Comedy of Terrors \ : Amos Hinchley Bikini Beach : The Art Dealer Die , Monster , Die ! \ : Nahum Witley The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini : The Corpse ( Hiram Stokely ) The Daydreamer : The Rat ( voce ) The Venetian Affair : Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud The Sorcerers \ : Prof . Marcus Monserrat House of Evil \ : Matthias Morteval Curse of the Crimson Altar : Prof . John Marshe Targets \ : Byron Orlok Mad Monster Party ? : Baron Boris von Frankenstein ( voce ) Televiziune The Secret World of Eddie Hodges : Cpt. Hook Thriller : prezentator The Paradine Case : Judecător Lord Thomas Horfield How the Grinch Stole Christmas ! \ : Narator / Grinch The Wild Wild West , ( serial TV ) - sezonulepisodulThe Night of the Golden Cobra , de Irving J. Moore : Mr. Singh Anii Filmografie postumă El Coleccionista de cadáveres : Charles Bădulescu La Muerte viviente : Carl van Molder / Damballah The Incredible Invasion : Prof . John Mayer The Fear Chamber : Dr. Carl Mandel' ' Referințe și note Legături externe Karloff's birthplace Vertlieb's Views : Boris Karloff Literature on Boris Karloff Lights Out : Cat Wife ( NBC ,April --Karloff's performance in the radio horror classic . Nașteri în Decese în Actori englezi din secolul al XX -lea