Boris Karloff — Actor (49)
The Walking Dead (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Walking Dead
director: Michael Curtiz actor: Boris Karloff / Ricardo Cortez
other title: L'ombra che cammina / Der wandelnde Leichnam
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
The Body Snatcher (1945) [Movie] TMDB
The Body Snatcher
director: Robert Wise actor: Boris Karloff / Bela Lugosi
other title: La jena / Ligrøveren
Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray, ostensibly a cab driver. Formerly a medical student convicted of grave robbery, Gray holds a grudge against Dr. MacFarlane who had escaped detection and punishment.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
director: Chuck Jones actor: Boris Karloff / June Foray
other title: Come il Grinch rubò il Natale / Die gestohlenen Weihnachtsgeschenke
Bitter and hateful, the Grinch is irritated at the thought of a nearby village having a happy time celebrating Christmas. Disguised as Santa Claus, with his dog made to look like a reindeer, he decides to raid the village to steal all the Christmas things.
The Emperor's Nightingale (1949) [Movie] TMDB
Císařův slavík
director: Jiří Trnka / Miloš Makovec actor: Helena Patočková / Jaromír Sobota
other title: L'usignolo dell'Imperatore / El emperador y el ruiseñor
Adaptation of a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. When the Emperor is near death, the nightingale's song restores his health.
The Movie Orgy (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Movie Orgy
director: Joe Dante actor: Goodman Ace / Jane Ace
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and government films of the 1950s and 1960s are intercut together to tell a single story of various creatures and societal ills attacking American cities.
House of Frankenstein (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
House of Frankenstein
director: Erle C. Kenton actor: Boris Karloff / Lon Chaney Jr.
other title: Al di là del mistero / Frankensteins Hus
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
The Mummy's Curse (1944) [Movie] TMDB
The Mummy's Curse
director: Leslie Goodwins actor: Lon Chaney Jr. / Peter Coe
other title: La Malediction de la Momie / La maldición de la momia
After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.
Son of Frankenstein (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Son of Frankenstein
director: Rowland V. Lee actor: Basil Rathbone / Boris Karloff
other title: Il figlio di Frankenstein / Søn af Frankenstein
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.
The Mummy's Hand (1940) [Movie] TMDB
The Mummy's Hand
director: Christy Cabanne actor: Dick Foran / Peggy Moran
other title: La Main de la Momie / La mano de la momia
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. After receiving funding from an eccentric magician and his beautiful daughter, they set out into the desert only to be terrorized by a sinister high priest and the living mummy Kharis who are the guardians of Ananka’s tomb.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
director: Norman Z. McLeod actor: Danny Kaye / Virginia Mayo
other title: Sogni proibiti / Das Doppelleben des Herrn Mitty
Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.
Lured (1947) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Lured
director: Douglas Sirk actor: George Sanders / Lucille Ball
other title: Lo sparviero di Londra / Emboscada
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.
The Black Room (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Black Room
director: Roy William Neill actor: Boris Karloff / Marian Marsh
other title: Il mistero della camera nera / Das schwarze Zimmer
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
Before I Hang (1940) [Movie] TMDB
Before I Hang
director: Nick Grindé actor: Boris Karloff / Evelyn Keyes
other title: Prima che m'impicchino / Avant de me pendre
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Black Friday (1940) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Black Friday
director: Arthur Lubin actor: Stanley Ridges / Boris Karloff
other title: Schwarzer Freitag / Vendredi 13
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
The Man with Nine Lives (1940) [Movie] TMDB
The Man with Nine Lives
director: Nick Grindé actor: Boris Karloff / Roger Pryor
other title: Uomini dalle 9 vite / L'homme avec Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
The Man They Could Not Hang (1939) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Man They Could Not Hang
director: Nick Grindé actor: Boris Karloff / Lorna Gray
other title: L'uomo che non poteva essere impiccato / La horca fatal
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942) [Movie] TMDB
The Boogie Man Will Get You
director: Lew Landers actor: Boris Karloff / Peter Lorre
other title: Le Château des loufoques
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.