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Boris Karloff (I) (1887–1969)
Actor, Soundtrack
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Bikini Beach (1964)
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| Past Television (50 titles) | Episodes |
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The Best of Hollywood (2017)
(TV Series) - Thanks (1 episode, 2017), Self - Inerviewee (1 episode, 2017) |
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The Red Skelton Hour (1956–1968)
(TV Series) - Dr. Nelson Sr. / Professor Townsend (Spy) (2 episodes, 1956), Performer ("The Two of Us", "The Three of Us") (1 episode, 1968)
He Who Steals My Robot Steals Trash (Sep
24,
1968)
Season 18,
Episode 1
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Dr. Nelson Sr.,
Performer ("The Two of Us", "The Three of Us")
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Shindig! (1965)
(TV Series) - Performer ("The Peppermint Twist") (1 episode, 1965), Self - Guest Host / Singer (1 episode, 1965)
Episode #2.14 (Oct
30,
1965)
Season 2,
Episode 14
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Self - Guest Host / Singer,
Performer ("The Peppermint Twist")
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General Electric Theater (1955–1959)
(TV Series) - Henry E. Church / Mr. Blue Ocean (2 episodes, 1955) |
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The Gisele MacKenzie Show (1957)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Those Were the Good Old Days", "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish") (1 episode, 1957), Self (1 episode, 1957)
Boris Karloff (Nov
16,
1957)
Season 1,
Episode 8
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Self,
Performer ("Those Were the Good Old Days", "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish") (uncredited)
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1
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The Lux Show (1957)
(TV Series) - Performer ("You Do Something to Me", "I Get So Frightened") (1 episode, 1957), Self (1 episode, 1957)
Episode #1.5 (Oct
31,
1957)
Season 1,
Episode 5
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Self,
Performer ("You Do Something to Me", "I Get So Frightened")
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1
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Lux Video Theatre (1951–1957)
(TV Series) - Montgomery Royle / Larkin / Sir Arthur Strangeways (3 episodes, 1951) |
3
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The Rosemary Clooney Show (1957)
(TV Series) - Performer ("You'd Be Surprised", "Children Have Quizzical Ways") (1 episode, 1957), Self (1 episode, 1957)
Boris Karloff (Mar
7,
1957)
Season 1,
Episode 29
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Self,
Performer ("You'd Be Surprised", "Children Have Quizzical Ways")
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Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1954–1956)
(TV Series) - Colonel March Of Scotland Yard / Colonel March of Scotland Yard / Col. Perceval March (26 episodes, 1954) |
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A Connecticut Yankee (1955)
(TV Movie) - King Arthur, Performer ("A Toast", "At the Round Table", "You Always Love the Same Girl") |
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The Plymouth Playhouse (1953)
(TV Series) - starring in 'The Chase' and 'The Reticence of Cody Anne' / Story One - The Chase (3 episodes, 1953) |
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| Self (55 titles) |
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The Jonathan Winters Show (1968)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1968)
Boris Karloff, Agnes Moorehead, Marjorie McCoy, the Craig Hundley Trio (Oct
30,
1968)
Season 2,
Episode 6
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Self
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The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1957)
(TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 1957)
Art Carney, Betty Hutton, Boris Karloff, Gloria DeWerd, Nancy Kilgas, The Skylarks (May
17,
1957)
Season 1,
Episode 9
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Self
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All Star Revue (1953)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1953)
Host: Martha Raye; Guests: Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Charyl Sue Fong (Jan
17,
1953)
Season 3,
Episode 20
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Self
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| Archive Footage (163 titles) |
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Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
(Video) - Self - Interviewee (archive sound) (archive footage) |
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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Self - Interviewee (archive sound) (archive footage) |
Cineficción Radio (2020–2021)
(Podcast Series) - Self (3 episodes, 2020), Dr. Fu Manchu / The Monster (2 episodes, 2021) |
Hollywood Insider (2021)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2021)
Worst Oscar Snubs: The Academy Awards Failed By Ignoring These Great Movies and Performances (Apr
22,
2021)
Season 12,
Episode 58
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Self (archive footage)
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A Good Game--Karloff & Lugosi at Universal -- Part One -- The Black Cat (2019)
(Video) - Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) |
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A Good Game--Karloff & Lugosi at Universal--Part Four--Black Friday (2019)
(Video) - Dr. Ernest Sovac (archive footage) |
A Good Game--Karloff & Lugosi at Universal--Part Three--The Invisible Ray (2019)
(Video) - Dr. Janos Rukh (archive footage) |
A Good Game--Karloff & Lugosi at Universal--Part Two--The Raven (2019)
(Video) - Edmond Bateman (archive footage) |
Dreams Within a Dream: The Classic Cinema of Edgar Allan Poe (2019)
(Video) - Self (archive footage) |
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Shadowlands (2018)
(TV Mini-series) - Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (1 episode, 2018)
Pygmalion Revisited (Mar
19,
2018)
Season 1,
Episode 2
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Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (archive footage)
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The Best of Hollywood (2017)
(TV Series) - Self - Interviewee / Self - Inerviewee (2 episodes, 2017) |
Daughter of Frankenstein: A Conversation with Sara Karloff (2017)
(Video) - Morgan (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2014–2015)
(TV Series) - Cabman John Gray / Byron Orlok (2 episodes, 2014) |
Dante's Domicile (2015)
(TV Series) - Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe / Eric (1 episode, 2015)
The Terror (Jul
3,
2015)
Season 3,
Episode 6
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Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe / Eric (archive footage)
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Spetsyfichni typy komunikatsiyi u mizhnarodnykh informatsiynykh ta kulturnih vidnosynakh: Ukrayinskiy vymir universalnogo kodu kultovogo kino (2015)
(Short) - Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe / Eric (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014)
(Video) - Mad Scientist (archive footage) |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007–2014)
(TV Series) - The Monster / John Ellman / Hjalmar Poelzig / Dr. Janos Rukh / Kharis in flashback, bandaging sequence / … (26 episodes, 2007) See more |
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)
(Video) - The Monster / Sanders / Morgan / Hjalmar Poelzig / Imhotep / … (archive footage) See more |
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These Amazing Shadows (2011)
The Monster (clip from Frankenstein (1931)) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (2010)
(TV Mini-series) - The Monster / Morgan / Cabman John Gray (1 episode, 2010)
Frankenstein Goes to Hollywood (Oct
11,
2010)
Season 1,
Episode 1
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The Monster / Morgan / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Bones (2009)
(TV Series) - Imhotep (1 episode, 2009)
A Night at the Bones Museum (Oct
15,
2009)
Season 5,
Episode 5
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Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
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One for the Fire: The Legacy of 'Night of the Living Dead' (2008)
John Ellman (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ian Rankin: Investigates Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2007)
(TV Movie) - Cabman John Gray (archive footage) |
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Dr. Seuss and the Grinch: From Whoville to Hollywood (2006)
(Video) - Narrator / The Grinch (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Richard Matheson Storyteller: The Raven (2003)
(Video) - Dr. Scarabus (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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The Frankenstein Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002)
(Video) - The Monster / Mad Scientist (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Heroes of Horror (2001)
(TV Movie) - Self / Frankenstein's Monster / Narrator & The Grinch / Prof. Morlant / Byron Orlok / Gorca (archive footage) |
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100 Years of Horror (1996)
(TV Series) - Dr. Julian Blair / Self / Professor John Marsh / Baron Victor Frederick von Leppe / The Monster / … (12 episodes, 1996) See more |
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The Interactive History of Frankenstein (1995)
(Video Game) - Self / Frankenstein Monster (archive footage) |
Century of Cinema (1995)
(TV Series) - Tom Gaffney, 'Scarface' (1 episode, 1995)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (Mar
6,
1998)
Season 1,
Episode 6
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Tom Gaffney, 'Scarface' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product (1992)
(Video) - Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)
The Monster / Doctor Gustav Niemann / Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / Baron Victor von Frankenstein (archive footage) |
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Father Dowling Mysteries (1991)
(TV Series) - Imhotep (1 episode, 1991)
The Mummy's Curse Mystery (Feb
21,
1991)
Season 3,
Episode 17
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Imhotep (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Murphy Brown (1989)
(TV Series) - Self / opening credits (1 episode, 1989)
Why Do Fools Fall in Love? (Feb
13,
1989)
Season 1,
Episode 12
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Self / opening credits (archive footage)
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Horrible Horror (1986)
(Video) - Gruesome, In clips from 'Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome' (archive footage) |
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Moonlighting (1986)
(TV Series) - Frankenstein's Monster (1 episode, 1986)
The Bride of Tupperman (Jan
14,
1986)
Season 2,
Episode 11
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Frankenstein's Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Horror of It All (1983)
(TV Movie) - Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Absurdiade - Schmunzeltraining für Sportfans (1980)
(TV Movie) - The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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McCloud (1971)
(TV Series) - Hjalmar Poelzig (1 episode, 1971)
Somebody's Out to Get Jennie (Nov
24,
1971)
Season 2,
Episode 3
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Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Film Review (1967)
(TV Mini-series) - John Gray (1 episode, 1967)
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore & Stanley Donen (Dec
19,
1967)
Season 1,
Episode 8
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John Gray (archive footage)
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Hollywood and the Stars (1964)
(TV Series) - The Monster in Frankenstein's segment (1 episode, 1964)
Monsters We've Known and Loved (Jan
13,
1964)
Season 1,
Episode 15
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The Monster in Frankenstein's segment (archive footage)
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The Veil (1958)
(TV Movie) - Sgt. Chester Willmore / Dr. Carlo Marcabienti / Andre Giraud / Dr. Francis Mason (archive footage) |
Destination Nightmare (1958)
(TV Movie) - Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs (archive footage) |
Jack the Ripper (1958)
(TV Movie) - Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason (archive footage) |
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Boo! (1932)
(Short) - Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (2004)
(Music Video) - Boris Karloff (archive footage), Performer ("You'd Be Surprised") |
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