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Boris Karloff
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Boris Karloff

1887 – 1969 · Camberwell, London, England, UK · Active 1919–2025

Boris Karloff, born in 1887, is a cornerstone of horror cinema, best known for his chilling performances. In The Mummy's Hand (1940), he embodies the eerie essence of classic monster films, while in Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968), he delivers a haunting portrayal that captures the film's occult themes. His work in Voodoo Island (1957) further solidifies his status as a master of the macabre, blending suspense with supernatural elements. Karloff's unique presence in these films continues to influence the genre, making him a vital figure in the SassyFlix catalog.

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Hatchet for the Honeymoon

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

1970 ★ 6.5
as Gorca (archive footage)

A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.

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Filmography

291 credits
2020s 5 credits
2025
Movie
2024
The Last Repair Shop as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
2022
Movie ★ 10.0
2021
Movie ★ 7.0
2021
Movie ★ 4.7
2010s 5 credits
2015
Movie ★ 10.0
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Various roles (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.5
2013
Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.5
2000s 13 credits
2008
Movie ★ 8.4
2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.3
2007
Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.0
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.6
2006
Terror in the Tropics as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
Movie
2006
Karloff: The Gentle Monster as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.6
2003
The Mesmerist as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
2001
Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.7
2000
Movie ★ 6.8
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula as The Monster (archive footage)
Movie ★ 3.5
2000
Movie ★ 7.0
1990s 12 credits
1999
Movie ★ 7.7
1999
Movie ★ 7.3
1998
Universal Horror as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.1
1996
The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.0
1994
Movie ★ 7.2
1994
Movie ★ 8.5
1992
Movie ★ 10.0
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.5
1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
Movie ★ 6.3
1991
Halloween Monster Bash as Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
Movie
1990
Movie ★ 8.5
1980s 7 credits
1989
Transylvania Twist as Man in Room (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.4
1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie
1987
Creepy Classics as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.4
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.0
1983
The Horror of It All as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.3
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.0
1970s 8 credits
1979
The Horror Show as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 3.8
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.3
1974
Madhouse as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.2
1974
Movie ★ 7.7
1971
Alien Terror as Prof. John Mayer
Movie ★ 3.6
1971
Isle of the Snake People as Carl van Molder / Damballah
Movie ★ 3.1
1970
Hatchet for the Honeymoon as Gorca (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.4
1970
McCloud as Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.2
1960s 43 credits
1968
The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.6
1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar as Professor John Marsh
Movie ★ 5.2
1968
Fear Chamber as Dr. Carl Mandel
Movie ★ 4.4
1968
Macabre Serenade as Matthias Morteval
Movie ★ 4.0
1968
Targets as Byron Orlok
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
Cauldron of Blood as Franz Badulescu
Movie ★ 4.3
1968
The Name of the Game as Mikhail Orlov
TV ★ 7.0
1967
Mad Monster Party? as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
Movie ★ 6.6
1967
The Sorcerers as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
Movie ★ 6.2
1966
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
Movie ★ 7.5
1966
Movie ★ 5.1
1966
The Venetian Affair as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
Movie ★ 4.9
1966
The Daydreamer as The Rat (voice)
Movie ★ 5.1
1966
Doom of Dracula as The Madman (archive footage)
Movie ★ 10.0
1966
TV ★ 6.9
1965
Die, Monster, Die! as Nahum Witley
Movie ★ 5.6
1965
TV ★ 7.6
1964
The Comedy of Terrors as Amos Hinchley
Movie ★ 6.5
1964
A Fool's World as Narrator
Movie ★ 3.4
1964
Bikini Beach as Art Dealer
Movie ★ 5.6
1964
Today's Teens as Narrator
Movie
1964
Horror!!! as Self
Movie ★ 1.0
1964
Shindig! as Self - Guest Host / Singer
TV ★ 6.4
1963
The Terror as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
Movie ★ 5.2
1963
Black Sabbath as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
Movie ★ 7.2
1963
The Raven as Dr. Scarabus
Movie ★ 6.3
1962
Movie ★ 7.0
1962
Arsenic & Old Lace as Jonathan Brewster
Movie ★ 6.5
1962
The Incredible Doktor Markesan as Dr. Konrad Markesan
Movie ★ 7.0
1962
Movie
1962
TV ★ 5.8
1961
Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 6.0
1961
Movie
1960
Movie ★ 1.0
1960
Movie
1960
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Clayton Mace
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Self - Host
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Dr. Albert Farnham
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Dr. Thorne
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Doktor Konrad Markesan
TV ★ 6.7
1960
Thriller as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
TV ★ 6.7
1950s 46 credits
1958
Frankenstein 1970 as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
Movie ★ 5.4
1958
Corridors of Blood as Dr. Thomas Bolton
Movie ★ 6.2
1958
Movie ★ 6.0
1958
Destination Nightmare as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
Movie ★ 6.0
1958
Jack the Ripper as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
Movie ★ 7.5
1958
Heart of Darkness as Mr. Kurtz
Movie
1958
TV ★ 7.8
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
TV ★ 6.5
1957
Voodoo Island as Phillip Knight
Movie ★ 4.6
1957
The Lark as Bishop Cauchon
Movie
1957
The Juggler of Our Lady as Narrator (voice)
Movie ★ 7.7
1957
Suspicion as Judge Winthrop Gelsey
TV ★ 6.2
1957
TV ★ 6.0
1956
Rendezvous in Black as Ward Allen
Movie
1956
TV ★ 6.4
1956
Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
TV ★ 7.5
1956
TV ★ 6.5
1956
TV ★ 8.0
1955
Sting of Death as Mr. Mycroft
Movie
1955
A Connecticut Yankee as King Arthur
Movie ★ 6.0
1955
Sabaka as General Pollegar
Movie ★ 4.6
1955
TV ★ 6.7
1954
The Island Monster as Don Gaetano
Movie ★ 3.3
1954
Climax! as Dr. Philip Nestri
TV ★ 3.8
1954
TV ★ 7.8
1954
Climax! as Vicar Tellworth
TV ★ 3.8
1953
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
Movie ★ 6.3
1953
General Electric Theater as Mr. Blue Ocean
TV ★ 6.8
1953
General Electric Theater as Henry E. Church
TV ★ 6.8
1953
TV ★ 6.3
1952
The Black Castle as Dr. Meissen
Movie ★ 6.4
1951
Movie ★ 6.1
1951
TV ★ 8.8
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Brandon
TV ★ 7.2
1951
TV ★ 9.0
1951
TV ★ 6.4
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jonathan Brewster
TV ★ 8.8
1951
The Red Skelton Show as Professor Townsend (Spy)
TV ★ 7.4
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Sir Arthur Strangeways
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents as Bennett Kimball
TV ★ 6.0
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Montgomery Royle
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 7.0
1940s 33 credits
1949
Suspense as Toff
TV ★ 5.1
1949
TV ★ 6.0
1949
TV ★ 5.1
1949
Suspense as Bronson
TV ★ 5.1
1949
Suspense as Rasputin
TV ★ 5.1
1948
Tap Roots as Tishomingo
Movie ★ 6.9
1948
Studio One as Skaggs
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Professor Koernig
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as King Arthur
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Lured as Charles van Druten
Movie ★ 6.3
1947
Movie ★ 6.8
1947
Movie ★ 5.5
1947
Unconquered as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Bedlam as George Sims
Movie ★ 6.6
1945
The Body Snatcher as John Gray
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
Isle of the Dead as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
Movie ★ 6.1
1944
House of Frankenstein as Dr. Gustav Niemann
Movie ★ 6.0
1944
The Mummy's Curse as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1944
The Climax as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
Movie ★ 5.5
1942
The Boogie Man Will Get You as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
Movie ★ 10.0
1941
The Devil Commands as Dr. Julian Blair
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
Doomed to Die as James Lee Wong
Movie ★ 5.7
1940
Before I Hang as Dr. John Garth
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
The Man with Nine Lives as Dr. Leon Kravaal
Movie ★ 6.3
1940
Black Friday as Dr. Ernest Sovac
Movie ★ 6.0
1940
The Ape as Dr. Bernard Adrian
Movie ★ 4.8
1940
The Mummy's Hand as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1940
You'll Find Out as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
Movie ★ 5.6
1940
The Fatal Hour as James Lee Wong
Movie ★ 5.8
1930s 57 credits
1939
Son of Frankenstein as The Monster
Movie ★ 6.7
1939
Devil's Island as Dr. Charles Gaudet
Movie ★ 5.7
1939
The Man They Could Not Hang as Dr. Henryk Savaard
Movie ★ 6.7
1939
Movie ★ 6.1
1939
Movie ★ 5.8
1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Mr. James Lee Wong
Movie ★ 5.4
1939
The Mystery of Mr. Wong as James Lee Wong
Movie ★ 5.9
1938
Mr. Wong, Detective as James Lee Wong
Movie ★ 5.6
1938
Movie ★ 4.3
1937
Night Key as David Mallory
Movie ★ 6.2
1937
Cinema Circus as Himself
Movie ★ 8.0
1937
West of Shanghai as "General" Wu Yen Fang
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
Juggernaut as Dr. Victor Sartorius
Movie ★ 4.5
1936
Movie ★ 6.1
1936
The Walking Dead as John Ellman
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
The Invisible Ray as Dr. Janos Rukh
Movie ★ 6.4
1936
Movie ★ 6.8
1935
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
The Black Room as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
Movie ★ 6.5
1935
The Raven as Edmond Bateman
Movie ★ 6.6
1935
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
The Black Cat as Hjalmar Poelzig
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
Movie ★ 6.6
1934
The House of Rothschild as Count Ledrantz
Movie ★ 6.2
1934
Gift of Gab as Himself
Movie ★ 5.0
1934
Movie
1933
The Ghoul as Prof. Morlant
Movie ★ 5.6
1932
Scarface as Gaffney
Movie ★ 7.4
1932
The Mask of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
Movie ★ 5.4
1932
Movie ★ 6.7
1932
Business and Pleasure as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
Movie ★ 6.3
1932
Behind the Mask as Jim Henderson
Movie ★ 5.8
1932
The Mummy as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
Movie ★ 6.8
1932
Night World as 'Happy' MacDonald
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Movie ★ 5.9
1932
Skyscraper Souls as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
Movie ★ 5.5
1932
Boo as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
Movie ★ 5.6
1932
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
Frankenstein as The Monster
Movie ★ 7.5
1931
King of the Wild as Mustapha
Movie ★ 4.2
1931
Five Star Final as T. Vernon Isopod
Movie ★ 6.6
1931
The Criminal Code as Ned Galloway
Movie ★ 6.1
1931
Smart Money as Sport Williams
Movie ★ 6.8
1931
Movie ★ 6.2
1931
The Mad Genius as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1931
The Vanishing Legion as The Voice (voice)
Movie ★ 8.5
1931
The Public Defender as The Professor
Movie ★ 6.4
1931
Graft as Terry
Movie ★ 5.0
1931
Movie ★ 6.2
1931
Cracked Nuts as Boris - First Revolutionary
Movie ★ 8.0
1931
The Yellow Ticket as Drunken Orderly
Movie ★ 5.1
1931
I Like Your Nerve as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
Movie ★ 5.9
1931
Movie ★ 10.0
1930
The Bad One as Monsieur Gaston
Movie ★ 7.0
1930
The Sea Bat as Corsican
Movie ★ 4.5
1930
The Utah Kid as Henchman Baxter
Movie ★ 5.5
1920s 57 credits
1929
Burning the Wind as Pug Doran
Movie ★ 10.0
1929
Movie ★ 5.0
1929
Movie ★ 9.0
1929
Two Sisters as Cecil
Movie ★ 6.5
1929
Movie ★ 7.0
1929
The Unholy Night as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1929
Behind That Curtain as Beetham's Manservent
Movie ★ 4.2
1929
The King of the Kongo as Scarface Macklin
Movie ★ 8.0
1929
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
Sharp Shooters as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1928
The Vanishing Rider as The Villain
Movie ★ 7.0
1928
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
The Little Wild Girl as Maurice Kent
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Let It Rain as Crook
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Movie ★ 8.0
1927
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
Soft Cushions as The Chief Conspirator
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Movie ★ 4.8
1927
Movie ★ 5.8
1927
Movie ★ 8.0
1927
The Love Mart as Fleming
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
The Golden Web as Dave Sinclair
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
Flames as Blackie Blanchette
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
Flaming Fury as Gaspard
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
The Bells as The Mesmerist
Movie ★ 6.2
1926
The Nickel-Hopper as Dance Hall Masher
Movie ★ 7.5
1926
The Eagle of the Sea as Pirate (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
Old Ironsides as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1926
The Greater Glory as Scissors Grinder
Movie ★ 8.0
1926
Her Honor, the Governor as Snipe Collins
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
The Man in the Saddle as Robber (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Forbidden Cargo as Pietro Castillano
Movie ★ 9.0
1925
Lady Robinhood as Cabraza
Movie ★ 9.0
1925
Movie ★ 6.0
1925
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Without Mercy as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Movie ★ 8.0
1925
Movie ★ 4.0
1924
The White Panther as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
Movie ★ 7.0
1924
The Hellion as The Outlaw
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
Movie ★ 10.0
1924
Dynamite Dan as Tony Garcia
Movie ★ 6.0
1923
The Prisoner as Prince Kapolski
Movie ★ 7.0
1922
Nan of the North as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Movie ★ 10.0
1922
Movie ★ 10.0
1922
The Infidel as The Nabob
Movie ★ 8.0
1922
Movie ★ 8.0
1922
The Woman Conquers as Raoul Maris
Movie ★ 10.0
1922
Omar the Tentmaker as Imam Mowaffak
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
Cheated Hearts as Nei Hamid
Movie ★ 8.0
1921
The Cave Girl as Baptiste
Movie ★ 9.0
1921
The Hope Diamond Mystery as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
Movie ★ 10.0
1921
Movie ★ 9.0
1920
Movie ★ 8.0
1920
The Last of the Mohicans as Indian (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1920
The Deadlier Sex as Jules Borney
Movie ★ 7.5
1920
Movie ★ 9.0
1910s 3 credits
1919
Movie ★ 9.0
1919
The Prince and Betty as Undetermined Role
Movie ★ 8.3
1919
His Majesty, the American as Henchman in cloth cap
Movie ★ 6.6
s 1 credit
Crew Credits
1960s 1 credit
1964
Movie ★ 5.6