Year |
Film |
Role |
Director |
Notes |
1918 |
The Lightning Raider |
|
George B. Seitz |
15-chapter film serial. |
1919 |
The Masked Rider |
Mexican roughneck in saloon (Ep. 2 only) |
Aubrey M. Kennedy |
15-chapter film serial. |
His Majesty, the American |
The Spy |
Joseph Henabery |
Credited as an extra. |
The Prince and Betty |
|
Robert Thornby |
Bit part. |
1920 |
The Deadlier Sex |
Jules Borney |
Robert Thornby |
|
The Courage of Marge O'Doone |
Tavish |
David Smith |
|
The Last of the Mohicans |
|
Maurice Tourneur, Clarence Brown |
Credited as an extra. |
1921 |
The Hope Diamond Mystery |
Dakar / High Priest of Temple of Sita |
Stuart Paton |
Film serial. |
Without Benefit of Clergy |
Ahmed Khan |
James Young |
|
Cheated Hearts |
Nil Horned |
Hobart Henley |
|
The Cave Girl |
Baptiste |
Joseph Franz |
|
1922 |
The Man from Downing Street |
Edward Monckton / Maharajah Jehan Deharwar |
Edward José |
|
The Infidel |
the Nabob |
James Young |
|
The Altar Stairs |
Hugo |
Lambert Hillyer |
|
Omar the Tentmaker |
the Holy Imam Mowaffak |
James Young |
|
The Woman Conquers |
Raoul Maris |
Tom Forman |
|
1923 |
The Gentleman from America |
|
Edward Sedgwick |
Uncredited bit part. |
The Prisoner |
Prince Kapolski |
Jack Conway |
|
1924 |
Riders of the Plains |
|
Jacques Jaccard |
|
The Hellion |
Outlaw |
Bruce Mitchell |
|
Dynamite Dan |
Tony Garcia |
Bruce Mitchell |
|
1925 |
Parisian Nights |
Pierre |
Alfred Santell |
|
Forbidden Cargo |
Pietro Castillano |
Tom Buckingham |
|
The Prairie Wife |
Diego |
Hugo Ballin |
|
Perils of the Wild |
|
Francis Ford |
|
Never the Twain Shall Meet |
Villain |
Maurice Tourneur |
Uncredited |
Lady Robinhood |
Cabraza |
Ralph Ince |
|
1926 |
The Greater Glory |
the scissors grinder |
Curt Rehfeld |
|
Her Honor, the Governor |
Snipe Collins |
Chet Withey |
|
The Bells |
Mesmerist |
James Young |
|
The Nickel-Hopper |
Big Bohunk |
Hal Yates |
|
The Golden Web |
Dave Sinclair |
Walter Lang |
|
The Eagle of the Sea |
Pirate |
Frank Lloyd |
|
Flames |
Blackie Blanchett |
Lewis H. Moomaw |
|
Old Ironsides |
Saracen Guard |
James Cruze |
|
Flaming Fury |
Gaspard |
James Hogan |
|
Valencia |
|
Dimitri Buchowetzki |
Uncredited bit part. |
The Man in the Saddle |
Robber |
Clifford S. Smith |
Uncredited. |
1927 |
Tarzan and the Golden Lion |
Ozawa, the Waziri chief |
J. P. McGowan |
|
Let It Rain |
the crooks |
Edward Francis Cline |
|
The Meddlin' Stranger |
Al Meggs |
Richard Thorpe |
|
The Princess from Hoboken |
Pavel |
Allan Dale |
|
The Phantom Buster |
Ramón |
William Bertram |
|
Soft Cushions |
The chief conspirator |
Edward Francis Cline |
|
Two Arabian Knights |
Purser |
Lewis Milestone |
|
The Love Mart |
Fleming |
George Fitzmaurice |
|
1928 |
The Vanishing Rider |
The villain |
Ray Taylor |
Film serial. |
Burning the Wind |
Pug Doran |
Henry MacRae, Herbert Blaché |
|
Vultures of the Sea |
Grouchy |
Richard Thorpe |
Film serial. |
The Little Wild Girl |
Maurice Kent |
Frank Mattison |
|
1929 |
The Devil's Chaplain |
Boris |
Duke Worne |
|
The Fatal Warning |
Mullins |
Richard Thorpe |
Film serial. |
The Phantom of the North |
Jules Gregg |
Harry S. Webb |
|
Two Sisters |
Cecil |
Scott Pembroke |
|
Anne Against the World |
|
Duke Worne |
Bit part. |
Behind That Curtain |
Sudanese servant |
Irving Cummings |
First sound film. |
The King of the Kongo |
Macklin / Martin |
Richard Thorpe |
Film serial. |
The Unholy Night |
Abdoul |
Lionel Barrymore |
|
1930 |
The Bad One |
Guard |
George Fitzmaurice |
|
The Sea Bat |
Corsican |
Wesley Ruggles |
|
The Utah Kid |
Baxter |
Richard Thorpe |
|
The Mother's Cry |
Baxter |
Hobart Henley |
|
1931 |
Sous les verrous ("Pardon Us" - French version) |
The Tiger |
James Parrott |
|
The Criminal Code |
Ned Galloway |
Howard Hawks |
|
King of the Wild |
Mustapha |
B. Reeves Eason, Richard Thorpe |
Final film serial. |
Cracked Nuts |
Revolutionary |
Edward F. Cline |
|
Young Donovan's Kid |
Cokey Joe |
Fred Niblo |
|
Smart Money |
Sport Williams |
Alfred E. Green |
|
The Public Defender |
Professor |
J. Walter Ruben |
|
I Like Your Nerve |
Luigi |
William McGann |
|
Graft |
Joe Terry |
William Christy Cabanne |
|
Five Star Final |
"Reverend" Vernon Isopod |
Mervyn LeRoy |
|
The Yellow Ticket |
Orderly |
Raoul Walsh |
|
The Mad Genius |
Fedor's father |
Michael Curtiz |
|
The Guilty Generation |
Tony Ricca |
Rowland V. Lee |
|
Frankenstein |
The Frankenstein Monster |
James Whale |
|
Tonight or Never |
The waiter |
Mervyn LeRoy |
|
1932 |
Behind the Mask |
Jim Henderson |
John Francis Dillon |
|
Alias the Doctor |
Autopsy surgeon |
Lloyd Bacon, Michael Curtiz |
|
Business and Pleasure |
Sheikh |
David Butler |
|
Scarface |
Gaffney |
Howard Hawks |
|
The Miracle Man |
Nikko |
Norman Z. McLeod |
|
Night World |
"Happy" MacDonald |
Hobart Henley |
|
The Old Dark House |
Morgan |
James Whale |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
The Mask of Fu Manchu |
Dr. Fu Manchu |
Charles J. Brabin, Charles Vidor, King Vidor |
|
The Mummy |
Imhotep/Ardath Bey |
Karl Freund |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
1933 |
The Ghoul |
Prof. Morlant |
T. Hayes Hunter |
|
1934 |
The Lost Patrol |
Sanders |
John Ford |
|
The House of Rothschild |
Count Ledrantz |
Alfred L. Werker |
|
The Black Cat |
Hjalmar Poelzig |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
Gift of Gab |
Cameo Appearance (as Karloff) |
Karl W. Freund |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
1935 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
The Frankenstein Monster |
James Whale |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
The Raven |
Edmond Bateman |
Lew Landers |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
The Black Room |
Baron Gregor de Berghmann / Anton de Berghmann |
Roy William Neill |
|
1936 |
The Invisible Ray |
Dr. Janos Rukh |
Lambert Hillyer |
Billed as KARLOFF. |
The Walking Dead |
John Ellman |
Michael Curtiz |
|
Juggernaut |
Victor Sartorius |
Henry Edwards |
|
The Man Who Changed His Mind |
Dr. Laurence |
Robert Stevenson |
|
Charlie Chan at the Opera |
Gravelle |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
|
1937 |
Night Key |
Dave Mallory |
Lloyd Corrigan |
Billed as KARLOFF |
West of Shanghai |
Gen. Wu Yen Fang |
John Farrow |
|
1938 |
The Invisible Menace |
Mr. Jevries a.k.a. Dolman |
Lloyd Corrigan |
|
Mr. Wong, Detective |
James Lee Wong |
William Nigh |
|
1939 |
Devil's Island |
Dr. Charles Gaudet |
William Nigh |
|
Son of Frankenstein |
The Frankenstein Monster |
Rowland V. Lee |
|
The Mystery of Mr. Wong |
James Lee Wong |
William Nigh |
|
Mr. Wong in Chinatown |
James Lee Wong |
William Nigh |
|
The Man They Could Not Hang |
Dr. Henryk Savaard |
Nick Grinde |
|
Tower of London |
Mord the executioner |
Rowland V. Lee |
|
1940 |
The Fatal Hour |
James Lee Wong |
William Nigh |
|
British Intelligence |
Valdar |
Terrell O. Morse |
a.k.a. Enemy Agent |
Black Friday |
Dr. Ernest Sovac |
Arthur Lubin |
|
The Man with Nine Lives |
Dr. Leon Kravaal |
Nick Grinde |
|
Doomed to Die |
James Lee Wong |
William Nigh |
|
Before I Hang |
Dr. John Garth |
Nick Grinde |
|
The Ape |
Dr. Bernard Adrian |
William Nigh |
|
You'll Find Out |
Judge Mainwaring |
David Butler |
|
1941 |
The Devil Commands |
Dr. Julian Blair |
Edward Dmytryk |
|
1942 |
The Boogie Man Will Get You |
Prof. Nathaniel Billings |
Lew Landers |
|
1944 |
The Climax |
Dr. Hohner |
George Waggner |
|
House of Frankenstein |
Dr. Gustav Niemann |
Erle C. Kenton |
|
1945 |
The Body Snatcher |
John Gray |
Robert Wise |
|
Isle of the Dead |
Gen. Nikolas Pherides |
Mark Robson |
|
1946 |
Bedlam |
Master George Sims |
Mark Robson |
|
1947 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead |
Norman Z. McLeod |
|
Lured |
Charles von Druten |
Douglas Sirk |
|
Unconquered |
Guyasuta, chief of the Senecas |
Cecil B. DeMille |
|
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome |
Gruesome |
John Rawlins |
|
1948 |
Tap Roots |
Tishomingo |
George Marshall |
|
The Emperor's Nightingale |
Narrator |
Jiří Trnka |
English-language version only. |
1949 |
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff |
Swami Talpur |
Charles Barton |
|
1951 |
The Strange Door |
Voltan |
Joseph Pevney |
|
1952 |
Colonel March Investigates |
Col. March |
Cy Raker Endfield |
Compiled from several episodes of the television series Colonel March of Scotland Yard. |
The Black Castle |
Dr. Meissen |
Nathan Juran |
|
1953 |
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
Charles Lamont |
|
1954 |
The Island Monster |
|
Roberto Bianchi Montero |
|
The Hindu |
General Pollegar |
Frank Ferrin |
a.k.a. Sabaka |
1955 |
The Elgin Hour |
Mr. Mycroft |
Daniel Petrie |
Episode "Sting of Death" based on H. F. Heard's novel A Taste for Honey. |
1957 |
Voodoo Island |
Dr. Phillip Knight |
Reginald Le Borg |
|
1958 |
The Juggler of Our Lady |
Narrator |
Al Kouzel |
Animated short. |
The Creation of the World |
Narrator (USA) |
Eduard Hofman |
English-language version only. |
The Haunted Strangler |
James Rankin |
Robert Day |
|
Frankenstein 1970 |
Baron Victor von Frankenstein |
Howard W. Koch |
|
Corridors of Blood |
Dr. Thomas Bolton |
Robert Day |
|
1962 |
Arsenic & Old Lace |
Jonathan Brewster |
George Schaefer |
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film. |
1963 |
Black Sabbath |
Gorca |
Mario Bava |
|
The Terror |
Baron von Leppe |
Roger Corman |
|
The Raven |
Dr. Scarabus |
Roger Corman |
|
1964 |
Bikini Beach |
Art dealer |
William Asher |
|
Mondo Balordo |
Narrator |
Roberto Bianchi Montero |
|
The Comedy of Terrors |
Amos Hinchley |
Jacques Tourneur |
|
1965 |
Die, Monster, Die! (UK title: Monster of Terror) |
Nahum Whitley |
Daniel Haller |
|
1966 |
The Daydreamer |
The rat |
Jules Bass |
Voice only. |
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini |
The corpse |
Don Weis |
|
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! |
The Grinch and the narrator |
Chuck Jones |
Animated film. Won Grammy Award for Best Album for Children. |
The Wild Wild West |
Mr. Singh |
Irving J. Moore |
2x02 "The Night of the Golden Cobra". |
1967 |
The Venetian Affair |
Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud |
Jerry Thorpe |
|
Mad Monster Party? |
Baron Boris von Frankenstein |
Jules Bass |
Voice only. |
The Sorcerers |
Professor Marcus Montserrat |
Michael Reeves |
|
1968 |
Targets |
Byron Orlok |
Peter Bogdanovich |
|
Curse of the Crimson Altar (a.k.a. The Crimson Cult) |
Prof. Marshe |
Vernon Sewell |
|
Fear Chamber (a.k.a. Torture Zone) |
Dr. Carl Mandel |
Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill |
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968 |
House of Evil (a.k.a. Dance of Death) |
Mathias Morteval |
Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill |
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968 |
1970 |
Cauldron of Blood (El Coleccionista de cadáveres); a.k.a. Blind Man's Bluff) |
Franz Badulescu |
Santos Alcocer, Edward Mann |
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968 |
1971 |
The Incredible Invasion (a.k.a. Alien Terror and The Sinister Invasion) |
Prof. John Meyer |
Luis Enrique Vergara, Jack Hill |
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968 |
Isle of the Snake People (a.k.a. Cult of the Dead) |
Karl Van Molder / Damballah |
Juan Ibañez, Jack Hill |
Released after Karloff's death; filmed in 1968 |