Boris Karloff

The Orbit of Minor Satellites

2026

as Roger Ashley Norton

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

The Last Repair Shop

2024

as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022

as Self - Interviewee

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists!

2021

as Self (archive footage)

True Fear: The Making of Psycho

2015

as Self

Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as Various roles (archive footage)

A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02)

2013

as Self (archive footage)

Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored

2013

as Self (archive footage)

The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features

2012

He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce

2008

as Self (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007

as Himself (archive footage)

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

2007

as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Terror in the Tropics

2006

as Mr. Wong (archive footage)

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2004

The Mesmerist

2003

as (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

2001

as (archive footage)

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000

as Self (archive footage)

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as The Monster (archive footage)

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

1999

as Self (archive footage)

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

as Self (archive footage)

Universal Horror

1998

as (archive footage)

The Universal Story

1996

as Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition

1994

as (voice - archive footage)

Dracula in the Movies

1992

as (archive footage)

Halloween Monster Bash

1991

as Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990

as (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

1990

as Archival

Transylvania Twist

1989

as Man in Room (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Creepy Classics

1987

as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

The Horror of It All

1983

as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)

1980

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

Madhouse

1974

as (archive footage)

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

as Self (archive footage)

Alien Terror

1971

as Prof. John Mayer

Isle of the Snake People

1971

as Carl van Molder / Damballah

Hatchet for the Honeymoon

1970

as Gorca (archive footage)

McCloud

1970

as Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968

as Professor John Marsh

The Name of the Game

1968

as Mikhail Orlov

Targets

1968

as Byron Orlok

Fear Chamber

1968

as Dr. Carl Mandel

Macabre Serenade

1968

as Matthias Morteval

Cauldron of Blood

1968

as Franz Badulescu

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

The Sorcerers

1967

as Prof. Marcus Monserrat

Mad Monster Party?

1967

as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1966

as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)

The Venetian Affair

1966

as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966

as Mother Muffin

The Daydreamer

1966

as The Rat (voice)

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini

1966

as The Corpse

Doom of Dracula

1966

as The Madman (archive footage)

Die, Monster, Die!

1965

as Nahum Witley

The Wild Wild West

1965

as Mr. Singh

Shindig!

1964

as Self - Guest Host / Singer

Bikini Beach

1964

as Art Dealer

Today's Teens

1964

as Narrator

The Comedy of Terrors

1964

as Amos Hinchley

Horror!!!

1964

as Self

A Fool's World

1964

as Narrator

Black Sabbath

1963

as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")

The Terror

1963

as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe

The Raven

1963

as Dr. Scarabus

Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing

1962

Little Lost Robot

1962

as Host

Out of This World

1962

as Host

The Incredible Doktor Markesan

1962

as Dr. Konrad Markesan

Arsenic & Old Lace

1962

as Jonathan Brewster

The Storm

1962

The Grim Reaper

1961

as Self

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

as Self (archive footage)

Who Killed Chung Ling Soo?

1960

as Narrator

The Fatal Impulse

1960

as Self

Route 66

1960

Thriller

1960

as Clayton Mace

Corridors of Blood

1958

as Dr. Thomas Bolton

Heart of Darkness

1958

as Mr. Kurtz

Frankenstein 1970

1958

as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein

Grip of the Strangler

1958

as James Rankin

Jack the Ripper

1958

as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason

Destination Nightmare

1958

as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958

as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker

The Veil

1958

The Juggler of Our Lady

1957

as Narrator (voice)

Suspicion

1957

as Judge Winthrop Gelsey

DuPont Show of the Month

1957

The Lux Show

1957

as Self

The Lark

1957

as Bishop Cauchon

Voodoo Island

1957

as Phillip Knight

Rendezvous in Black

1956

as Ward Allen

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

1956

as Self

The Rosemary Clooney Show

1956

as Self

Telephone Time

1956

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956

as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard

This Is Your Life

1955

as Self

A Connecticut Yankee

1955

as King Arthur

Sting of Death

1955

as Mr. Mycroft

Sabaka

1955

as General Pollegar

Climax!

1954

as Dr. Philip Nestri

The George Gobel Show

1954

as Self

The Island Monster

1954

as Don Gaetano

The United States Steel Hour

1953

as George Redford

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1953

as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde

Colonel March Investigates

1953

as Colonel March

General Electric Theater

1953

as Mr. Blue Ocean

The Black Castle

1952

as Dr. Meissen

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Cauchon

The Strange Door

1951

as Voltan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Charles Brandon

The Red Skelton Show

1951

as Professor Townsend

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

Down You Go

1951

as Self

Lux Video Theatre

1950

as Sir Arthur Strangeways

What's My Line?

1950

as Self

Robert Montgomery Presents

1950

as Bennett Kimball

Starring Boris Karloff

1949

Lights Out

1949

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff

1949

as Swami Talpur

Suspense

1949

as Toff

Studio One

1948

as Skaggs

Tap Roots

1948

as Tishomingo

Unconquered

1947

as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

1947

as Gruesome

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

as Dr. Hollingshead

Lured

1947

as Charles van Druten

Bedlam

1946

as George Sims

Isle of the Dead

1945

as Gen. Nikolas Pherides

The Body Snatcher

1945

as John Gray

The Mummy's Curse

1944

as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)

House of Frankenstein

1944

as Dr. Gustav Niemann

The Climax

1944

as Dr. Friedrich Hohner

The Boogie Man Will Get You

1942

as Prof. Nathaniel Billings

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

as Himself

The Devil Commands

1941

as Dr. Julian Blair

Information Please: Series 2, No. 12

1941

as Self

You'll Find Out

1940

as Judge Spencer Mainwaring

The Ape

1940

as Dr. Bernard Adrian

The Mummy's Hand

1940

as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)

Before I Hang

1940

as Dr. John Garth

Doomed to Die

1940

as James Lee Wong

The Man with Nine Lives

1940

as Dr. Leon Kravaal

Black Friday

1940

as Dr. Ernest Sovac

The Fatal Hour

1940

as James Lee Wong

Tower of London

1939

as Mord

British Intelligence

1939

as Valdar

The Man They Could Not Hang

1939

as Dr. Henryk Savaard

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939

as Mr. James Lee Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939

as James Lee Wong

Son of Frankenstein

1939

as The Monster

Devil's Island

1939

as Dr. Charles Gaudet

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

as James Lee Wong

The Invisible Menace

1938

as Jevries

Breakdowns of 1937

1937

as Self

West of Shanghai

1937

as "General" Wu Yen Fang

Night Key

1937

as David Mallory

Cinema Circus

1937

as Himself

Charlie Chan at the Opera

1936

as Gravelle

The Man Who Changed His Mind

1936

as Dr. Laurence

Juggernaut

1936

as Dr. Victor Sartorius

The Walking Dead

1936

as John Ellman

The Invisible Ray

1936

as Dr. Janos Rukh

The Black Room

1935

as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman

The Raven

1935

as Edmond Bateman

Hollywood Hobbies

1935

as Himself

Bride of Frankenstein

1935

as The Monster

Gift of Gab

1934

as Himself

The Black Cat

1934

as Hjalmar Poelzig

The House of Rothschild

1934

as Count Ledrantz

The Lost Patrol

1934

as Sanders

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934

as Himself

The Ghoul

1933

as Prof. Morlant

The Mummy

1932

as Imhotep / Ardath Bey

Boo

1932

as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")

The Mask of Fu Manchu

1932

as Dr. Fu Manchu

The Old Dark House

1932

as Morgan

Skyscraper Souls

1932

as Man Approaching Ticket Counter

Night World

1932

as 'Happy' MacDonald

Scarface

1932

as Gaffney

The Miracle Man

1932

as Nikko

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood

1932

as Boris Karloff

Behind the Mask

1932

as Jim Henderson

Business and Pleasure

1932

as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph

Frankenstein

1931

as The Monster

The Guilty Generation

1931

as Tony Ricca

The Yellow Ticket

1931

as Drunken Orderly

The Mad Genius

1931

as Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Five Star Final

1931

as T. Vernon Isopod

Graft

1931

as Terry

I Like Your Nerve

1931

as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler

The Public Defender

1931

as The Professor

Smart Money

1931

as Sport Williams

Young Donovan's Kid

1931

as Cokey Joe

The Vanishing Legion

1931

as The Voice (voice)

Cracked Nuts

1931

as Boris - First Revolutionary

King of the Wild

1931

as Mustapha

Tonight or Never

1931

as Waiter

The Criminal Code

1931

as Ned Galloway

The Utah Kid

1930

as Henchman Baxter

The Sea Bat

1930

as Corsican

The Bad One

1930

as Monsieur Gaston

The Unholy Night

1929

as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)

The King of the Kongo

1929

as Scarface Macklin

Behind That Curtain

1929

as Beetham's Manservent

The Phantom of the North

1929

as Jules Gregg

Anne Against the World

1929

Two Sisters

1929

as Cecil

The Devil's Chaplain

1929

as Boris

The Fatal Warning

1929

as Mullins

Burning the Wind

1929

as Pug Doran

The Little Wild Girl

1928

as Maurice Kent

Vultures of the Sea

1928

as Grouchy

The Vanishing Rider

1928

as The Villain

Sharp Shooters

1928

as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)

The Love Mart

1927

as Fleming

Two Arabian Knights

1927

as Purser

Soft Cushions

1927

as The Chief Conspirator

The Phantom Buster

1927

as Ramon

The Meddlin' Stranger

1927

as Al Meggs

Tarzan and the Golden Lion

1927

as Owaza

The Princess from Hoboken

1927

as Pavel

Let It Rain

1927

as Crook

Old Ironsides

1926

as Saracen Guard (uncredited)

Flaming Fury

1926

as Gaspard

The Nickel-Hopper

1926

as Dance Hall Masher

The Eagle of the Sea

1926

as Pirate (uncredited)

Flames

1926

as Blackie Blanchette

The Golden Web

1926

as Dave Sinclair

The Bells

1926

as The Mesmerist

Her Honor, the Governor

1926

as Snipe Collins

The Man in the Saddle

1926

as Robber (uncredited)

The Greater Glory

1926

as Scissors Grinder

Without Mercy

1925

as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)

Parisian Nights

1925

as Pierre

Never the Twain Shall Meet

1925

Perils of the Wild

1925

Lady Robinhood

1925

as Cabraza

The Prairie Wife

1925

as Diego

Forbidden Cargo

1925

as Pietro Castillano

Dynamite Dan

1924

as Tony Garcia

Riders of the Plains

1924

The Hellion

1924

as The Outlaw

The White Panther

1924

as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)

The Prisoner

1923

as Prince Kapolski

Omar the Tentmaker

1922

as Imam Mowaffak

The Altar Stairs

1922

as Hugo

The Woman Conquers

1922

as Raoul Maris

The Man from Downing Street

1922

as Maharajah Jehan

The Infidel

1922

as The Nabob

Nan of the North

1922

as Undetermined Role (uncredited)

The Cave Girl

1921

as Baptiste

Cheated Hearts

1921

as Nei Hamid

Without Benefit of Clergy

1921

as Ahmed Khan

The Hope Diamond Mystery

1921

as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar

The Last of the Mohicans

1920

as Indian (uncredited)

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

1920

as Tavish

The Woman and the Puppet

1920

as (uncredited)

The Deadlier Sex

1920

as Jules Borney

The Prince and Betty

1919

as Undetermined Role

His Majesty, the American

1919

as Henchman in cloth cap

The Lightning Raider

1919

Suspense: A Night at an Inn

as Toff