Boris Karloff: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	William Henry Pratt • Charles Edward Pratt
Born	November 23, 1887 • London • England
Died	February 2, 1969 (aged 81) • England
Awards And Honors	Grammy Award (1967) • Grammy Award (1968): Best Recording for Children
Married To	Olive de Wilton (1915–1919) • Grace Harding (1910–1913) • Evelyn Hope (married 1946) • Helene Vivian Soule (1924–1928) • Montana Laurena Williams (1920–1922) • Dorothy Stine (1930–1946)
Movies/Tv Shows (Acted In)	"The King of the Kongo" (1929) • "The Body Snatcher" (1945) • "King of the Wild" (1931) • "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1953) • "Juggernaut" (1936) • "Targets" (1968) • "Voodoo Island" (1957) • "The Elgin Hour" (1955) • "Frankenstein" (1931) • "The Old Dark House" (1932) • "The Man from Downing Street" (1922) • "The Prairie Wife" (1925) • "The Meddlin' Stranger" (1927) • "The Red Skelton Show" (1956–1968) • "The Venetian Affair" (1966) • "The Boogie Man Will Get You" (1942) • "Let It Rain" (1927) • "The Name of the Game" (1968) • "The Wild Wild West" (1966) • "Night Key" (1937) • "The Raven" (1935) • "Mr. Wong, Detective" (1938) • "I Spy" (1967) • "Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome" (1947) • "General Electric Theater" (1955–1959) • "The Best of Broadway" (1955) • "Two Sisters" (1929) • "Behind the Mask" (1932) • "The Veil" (1958) • "The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood" (1932) • "The Woman Conquers" (1922) • "The Bad One" (1930) • "The Prince and Betty" (1919) • "Die, Monster, Die!" (1965) • "Colonel March of Scotland Yard" (1954–1956) • "Tonight or Never" (1931) • "Tap Roots" (1948) • "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" (1949) • "Starring Boris Karloff" (1949) • "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1960) • "The United States Steel Hour" (1955) • "Cracked Nuts" (1931) • "Tales of Tomorrow" (1952–1953) • "Lux Video Theatre" (1951–1957) • "Before I Hang" (1940) • "Cheated Hearts" (1921) • "Omar the Tentmaker" (1922) • "House of Frankenstein" (1944) • "The Princess from Hoboken" (1927) • "British Intelligence" (1940) • "The Strange Door" (1951) • "The Miracle Man" (1932) • "The Ape" (1940) • "The Emperor's Nightingale" (1949) • "The Bells" (1926) • "The Dickie Henderson Show" (1962) • "Telephone Time" (1958) • "Behind That Curtain" (1929) • "Charlie Chan at the Opera" (1936) • "The Criminal Code" (1930) • "Unconquered" (1947) • "The Sorcerers" (1967) • "The Altar Stairs" (1922) • "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1951–1953) • "The Mask of Fu Manchu" (1932) • "The Man Who Changed His Mind" (1936) • "Curse of the Crimson Altar" (1968) • "The Mummy" (1932) • "The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna" (1959) • "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars" (1952) • "The Daydreamer" (1966) • "The Devil Commands" (1941) • "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" (1966) • "The Devil's Chaplain" (1929) • "The Phantom Buster" (1927) • "Young Donovan's Kid" (1931) • "Flames" (1926) • "Tarzan and the Golden Lion" (1927) • "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) • "Scarface" (1932) • "Dynamite Dan" (1924) • "The Climax" (1944) • "Lured" (1947) • "The Terror" (1963) • "The Phantom of the North" (1929) • "The Utah Kid" (1930) • "Climax!" (1954–1956) • "The Lightning Raider" (1919) • "The Little Wild Girl" (1928) • "Grip of the Strangler" (1958) • "West of Shanghai" (1937) • "The Man They Could Not Hang" (1939) • "The Invisible Menace" (1938) • "The Black Room" (1935) • "The Lost Patrol" (1934) • "Two Arabian Knights" (1927) • "The Hope Diamond Mystery" (1921) • "Soft Cushions" (1927) • "CBS Television Workshop" (1952) • "The Fatal Hour" (1940) • "The Vanishing Rider" (1928) • "Theatre '62" (1962) • "The Greater Glory" (1926) • "Fear Chamber" (1968) • "Vultures of the Sea" (1928) • "Burning the Wind" (1928) • "The Ford Theatre Hour" (1949) • "Corridors of Blood" (1958) • "Mr. Wong in Chinatown" (1939) • "Mad Monster Party?" (1967) • "The Walking Dead" (1936) • "Il mostro dell'isola" (1954) • "Bikini Beach" (1964) • "The Prisoner" (1923) • "Her Honor, the Governor" (1926) • "The Hellion" (1924) • "Frankenstein 1970" (1958) • "The Raven" (1963) • "Gift of Gab" (1934) • "The Black Cat" (1934) • "The Fatal Warning" (1929) • "Playhouse 90" (1956–1960) • "The Infidel" (1922) • "Lady Robinhood" (1925) • "The Comedy of Terrors" (1963) • "Night World" (1932) • "You'll Find Out" (1940) • "Masterpiece Playhouse" (1950) • "The Cave Girl" (1921) • "Devil's Island" (1939) • "The Guilty Generation" (1931) • "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." (1966) • "Parisian Nights" (1925) • "The Public Defender" (1931) • "Studio One" (1951–1958) • "The Alcoa Hour" (1956) • "The Man with Nine Lives" (1940) • "Suspicion" (1957) • "The Love Mart" (1927) • "Five Star Final" (1931) • "Route 66" (1962) • "The Invisible Ray" (1936) • "Perils of the Wild" (1925) • "Graft" (1931) • "The Ghoul" (1933) • "I Like Your Nerve" (1931) • "Doomed to Die" (1940) • "Curtain Call" (1952) • "The Incredible Invasion" (1971) • "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958) • "Lights Out" (1950) • "House of Evil" (1968) • "The House of Rothschild" (1934) • "Forbidden Cargo" (1925) • "El coleccionista de cadáveres" (1970) • "The Black Castle" (1952) • "Black Friday" (1940) • "Tower of London" (1939) • "Sabaka" (1954) • "The Courage of Marge O'Doone" (1920) • "Isle of the Dead" (1945) • "La muerte viviente" (1971) • "Anne Against the World" (1929) • "I tre volti della paura" (1963) • "Riders of the Plains" (1924) • "Suspense" (1949–1953) • "Hollywood Opening Night" (1953) • "The Mystery of Mr. Wong" (1939) • "Son of Frankenstein" (1939) • "The Golden Web" (1926) • "The White Panther" (1924) • "Bedlam" (1946) • "The Deadlier Sex" (1920) • "The Sea Bat" (1930) • "Flaming Fury" (1926) • "Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff" (1949) • "Without Benefit of Clergy" (1921) • "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947)