Boris Karloff
Birthday: 1887-11-23
Deathday: 1969-02-02
Birthplace: Camberwell, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
Boris Karloff (November 23, 1887 – February 2, 1969), whose real name was William Henry Pratt, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in 1909. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). His popularity following Frankenstein was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or "Karloff the Uncanny". His best-known non-horror role is as the Grinch in the television special of Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!.
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Credits
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2012-08-23 | The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features | |
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2004-04-01 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | |
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1994-11-19 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition | (voice - archive footage) |
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1991-01-01 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc. |
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1990-01-01 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Archival |
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1980-01-01 | Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) | |
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1971-04-01 | Alien Terror | Prof. John Mayer |
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1971-03-01 | Isle of the Snake People | Carl van Molder / Damballah |
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1970-02-16 | Cauldron of Blood | Franz Badulescu |
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1968-12-01 | Curse of the Crimson Altar | Professor John Marsh |
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1968-08-15 | Targets | Byron Orlok |
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1968-05-01 | Fear Chamber | Dr. Carl Mandel |
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1968-05-01 | Macabre Serenade | Matthias Morteval |
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1967-06-25 | The Sorcerers | Prof. Marcus Monserrat |
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1967-03-08 | Mad Monster Party? | Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice) |
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1967-01-18 | The Venetian Affair | Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud |
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1966-06-01 | The Daydreamer | The Rat (voice) |
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1966-04-06 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | The Corpse |
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1965-10-26 | Die, Monster, Die! | Nahum Witley |
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1964-07-22 | Bikini Beach | Art Dealer |
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1964-01-22 | The Comedy of Terrors | Amos Hinchley |
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1963-08-17 | Black Sabbath | Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak") |
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1963-06-17 | The Terror | Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe |
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1963-01-25 | The Raven | Dr. Scarabus |
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1962-07-07 | Little Lost Robot | Host |
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1962-02-25 | The Incredible Doktor Markesan | Dr. Konrad Markesan |
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1962-02-05 | Arsenic & Old Lace | Jonathan Brewster |
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1962-01-21 | The Storm | |
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1958-12-01 | Corridors of Blood | Dr. Thomas Bolton |
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1958-11-06 | Heart of Darkness | Mr. Kurtz |
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1958-07-20 | Frankenstein 1970 | Baron Viktor von Frankenstein |
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1958-05-11 | Grip of the Strangler | James Rankin |
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1958-03-08 | Jack the Ripper | Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason |
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1958-03-08 | Destination Nightmare | Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs |
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1957-02-10 | The Lark | Bishop Cauchon |
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1957-02-01 | Voodoo Island | Phillip Knight |
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1955-03-12 | A Connecticut Yankee | King Arthur |
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1955-02-12 | Sting of Death | Mr. Mycroft |
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1955-02-02 | Sabaka | General Pollegar |
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1954-01-02 | The Island Monster | Don Gaetano |
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1953-08-01 | Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
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1953-07-01 | Colonel March Investigates | Colonel March |
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1952-11-20 | The Black Castle | Dr. Meissen |
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1951-06-21 | The Strange Door | Voltan |
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1949-05-26 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff | Swami Talpur |
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1948-08-25 | Tap Roots | Tishomingo |
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1947-10-10 | Unconquered | Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas |
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1947-09-26 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Gruesome |
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1947-09-01 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead |
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1947-08-28 | Lured | Charles van Druten |
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1946-05-10 | Bedlam | George Sims |
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1945-09-01 | Isle of the Dead | Gen. Nikolas Pherides |
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1945-05-25 | The Body Snatcher | John Gray |
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1944-12-22 | The Mummy's Curse | Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited) |
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1944-12-01 | House of Frankenstein | Dr. Gustav Niemann |
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1944-10-20 | The Climax | Dr. Friedrich Hohner |
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1942-10-22 | The Boogie Man Will Get You | Prof. Nathaniel Billings |
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1941-08-15 | The Devil Commands | Dr. Julian Blair |
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1940-11-22 | You'll Find Out | Judge Spencer Mainwaring |
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1940-09-30 | The Ape | Dr. Bernard Adrian |
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1940-09-20 | The Mummy's Hand | Kharis (archive footage / uncredited) |
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1940-09-17 | Before I Hang | Dr. John Garth |
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1940-08-12 | Doomed to Die | James Lee Wong |
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1940-04-18 | The Man with Nine Lives | Dr. Leon Kravaal |
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1940-02-29 | Black Friday | Dr. Ernest Sovac |
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1940-01-15 | The Fatal Hour | James Lee Wong |
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1939-11-17 | Tower of London | Mord |
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1939-11-10 | British Intelligence | Valdar |
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1939-08-17 | The Man They Could Not Hang | Dr. Henryk Savaard |
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1939-08-01 | Mr. Wong in Chinatown | Mr. James Lee Wong |
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1939-03-08 | The Mystery of Mr. Wong | James Lee Wong |
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1939-01-13 | Son of Frankenstein | The Monster |
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1939-01-07 | Devil's Island | Dr. Charles Gaudet |
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1938-10-05 | Mr. Wong, Detective | James Lee Wong |
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1938-01-11 | The Invisible Menace | Jevries |
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1937-10-30 | West of Shanghai | "General" Wu Yen Fang |
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1937-04-18 | Night Key | David Mallory |
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1936-12-04 | Charlie Chan at the Opera | Gravelle |
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1936-09-11 | The Man Who Changed His Mind | Dr. Laurence |
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1936-09-08 | Juggernaut | Dr. Victor Sartorius |
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1936-03-01 | The Walking Dead | John Ellman |
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1936-01-20 | The Invisible Ray | Dr. Janos Rukh |
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1935-07-15 | The Black Room | Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman |
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1935-07-08 | The Raven | Edmond Bateman |
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1935-04-20 | Bride of Frankenstein | The Monster |
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1934-05-07 | The Black Cat | Hjalmar Poelzig |
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1934-04-07 | The House of Rothschild | Count Ledrantz |
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1934-02-16 | The Lost Patrol | Sanders |
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1933-08-01 | The Ghoul | Prof. Morlant |
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1932-12-22 | The Mummy | Imhotep, alias Ardath Bey |
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1932-12-01 | Boo | Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein") |
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1932-11-05 | The Mask of Fu Manchu | Dr. Fu Manchu |
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1932-10-20 | The Old Dark House | Morgan |
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1932-07-16 | Skyscraper Souls | Man Approaching Ticket Counter |
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1932-05-04 | Night World | 'Happy' MacDonald |
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1932-04-09 | Scarface | Gaffney |
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1932-04-01 | The Miracle Man | Nikko |
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1932-03-27 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Boris Karloff |
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1932-02-25 | Behind the Mask | Jim Henderson |
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1932-02-24 | Business and Pleasure | Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph |
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1931-11-21 | Frankenstein | The Monster |
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1931-11-19 | The Guilty Generation | Tony Ricca |
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1931-10-30 | The Yellow Ticket | Drunken Orderly |
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1931-09-30 | The Mad Genius | Fedor's Father (uncredited) |
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1931-09-26 | Five Star Final | T. Vernon Isopod |
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1931-09-21 | Graft | Terry |
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1931-09-12 | I Like Your Nerve | Luigi - Pacheco's Butler |
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1931-08-01 | The Public Defender | The Professor |
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1931-06-11 | Smart Money | Sport Williams |
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1931-06-06 | Young Donovan's Kid | Cokey Joe |
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1931-06-01 | The Vanishing Legion | The Voice (voice) |
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1931-04-18 | Cracked Nuts | Boris - First Revolutionary |
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1931-03-01 | King of the Wild | Mustapha |
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1931-01-04 | Tonight or Never | Waiter |
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1931-01-03 | The Criminal Code | Ned Galloway |
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1930-10-27 | The Utah Kid | Henchman Baxter |
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1930-07-05 | The Sea Bat | Corsican |
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1930-05-03 | The Bad One | Monsieur Gaston |
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1929-09-13 | The Unholy Night | Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited) |
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1929-08-29 | The King of the Kongo | Scarface Macklin |
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1929-06-30 | Behind That Curtain | Beetham's Manservent |
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1929-05-27 | The Phantom of the North | Jules Gregg |
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1929-05-01 | Anne Against the World | |
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1929-03-23 | Two Sisters | Cecil |
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1929-03-02 | The Devil's Chaplain | Boris |
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1929-02-15 | The Fatal Warning | Mullins |
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1929-02-10 | Burning the Wind | Pug Doran |
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1928-08-01 | The Little Wild Girl | Maurice Kent |
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1928-03-01 | Vultures of the Sea | Grouchy |
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1928-01-16 | The Vanishing Rider | The Villain |
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1928-01-15 | Sharp Shooters | Cafe Proprietor (uncredited) |
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1927-12-18 | The Love Mart | Fleming |
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1927-09-23 | Two Arabian Knights | Purser |
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1927-08-27 | Soft Cushions | The Chief Conspirator |
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1927-08-13 | The Phantom Buster | Ramon |
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1927-06-12 | The Meddlin' Stranger | Al Meggs |
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1927-03-20 | Tarzan and the Golden Lion | Owaza |
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1927-03-01 | The Princess from Hoboken | Pavel |
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1927-02-12 | Let It Rain | Crook |
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1926-12-06 | Old Ironsides | Saracen Guard (uncredited) |
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1926-12-05 | Flaming Fury | Gaspard |
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1926-12-04 | The Nickel-Hopper | Dance Hall Masher |
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1926-10-17 | The Eagle of the Sea | Pirate (uncredited) |
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1926-09-15 | Flames | Blackie Blanchette |
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1926-09-01 | The Golden Web | Dave Sinclair |
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1926-07-29 | The Bells | The Mesmerist |
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1926-07-19 | Her Honor, the Governor | Snipe Collins |
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1926-07-11 | The Man in the Saddle | Robber (uncredited) |
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1926-05-02 | The Greater Glory | Scissors Grinder |
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1925-10-04 | Without Mercy | Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited) |
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1925-09-27 | Parisian Nights | Pierre |
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1925-09-13 | Never the Twain Shall Meet | |
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1925-08-27 | Perils of the Wild | |
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1925-07-26 | Lady Robinhood | Cabraza |
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1925-02-23 | The Prairie Wife | Diego |
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1925-02-22 | Forbidden Cargo | Pietro Castillano |
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1924-10-02 | Dynamite Dan | Tony Garcia |
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1924-09-15 | Riders of the Plains | |
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1924-07-15 | The Hellion | The Outlaw |
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1924-01-22 | The White Panther | Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris) |
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1923-03-18 | The Prisoner | Prince Kapolski |
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1922-12-22 | Omar the Tentmaker | Imam Mowaffak |
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1922-12-04 | The Altar Stairs | Hugo |
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1922-12-01 | The Woman Conquers | Raoul Maris |
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1922-04-02 | The Man from Downing Street | Maharajah Jehan |
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1922-04-02 | The Infidel | The Nabob |
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1922-03-01 | Nan of the North | Undetermined Role (uncredited) |
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1921-12-26 | The Cave Girl | Baptiste |
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1921-12-12 | Cheated Hearts | Nei Hamid |
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1921-06-19 | Without Benefit of Clergy | Ahmed Khan |
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1921-02-19 | The Hope Diamond Mystery | Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar |
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1920-11-21 | The Last of the Mohicans | Indian (uncredited) |
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1920-05-30 | The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Tavish |
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1920-03-28 | The Deadlier Sex | Jules Borney |
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1919-12-21 | The Prince and Betty | Undetermined Role |
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1919-09-01 | His Majesty, the American | Henchman in cloth cap |
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1919-01-02 | The Lightning Raider |