Credits

• 2025 · Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
• 2024 · The Last Repair Shop as The Monster (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022 · Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self - Interviewee
• 2021 · Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self (archive footage)
• 2021 · Hollywood in the Atomic Age: Monsters! Martians! Mad Scientists! as Self (archive footage)
• 2015 · Jack Pierce: The Man Who Made the Monsters as Self (archive footage)
• 2013 · Classic Movie Bloopers: Uncensored as Self (archive footage)
• 2012 · The Complete Bob Wilkins Creature Features as
• 2008 · He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce as Self (archive footage)
• 2007 · Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
• 2007 · Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde as Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
• 2007 · Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
• 2006 · Terror in the Tropics as Mr. Wong (archive footage)
• 2000 · The Many Faces of Dracula as The Monster (archive footage)
• 1998 · Universal Horror as (archive footage)
• 1994 · How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition as (voice - archive footage)
• 1992 · Dracula in the Movies as
• 1991 · Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Doctor Gustav Niemann (archive footage)
• 1990 · Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Archival
• 1988 · Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1984 · Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
• 1983 · The Horror of It All as Frankenstein / Cabman John Gray (archive footage)
• 1971 · Alien Terror as Prof. John Mayer
• 1971 · Isle of the Snake People as Carl van Molder / Damballah
• 1968 · Fear Chamber as Dr. Carl Mandel
• 1962 · The Incredible Doktor Markesan as Dr. Konrad Markesan
• 1962 · Arsenic & Old Lace as Jonathan Brewster
• 1961 · Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
• 1958 · Heart of Darkness as Mr. Kurtz
• 1958 · Destination Nightmare as Host / Ira Perry / Pete Wade Sr. / Professor Charles Goncourt / Morgan Debs
• 1957 · The Juggler of Our Lady as Narrator (voice)
• 1955 · Sting of Death as Mr. Mycroft
• 1955 · Sabaka as General Pollegar
• 1954 · The Island Monster as Don Gaetano
• 1953 · Colonel March Investigates as Colonel March
• 1949 · Starring Boris Karloff as
• 1942 · The Boogie Man Will Get You as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
• 1941 · The Devil Commands as Dr. Julian Blair
• 1940 · Before I Hang as Dr. John Garth
• 1940 · Doomed to Die as James Lee Wong
• 1939 · British Intelligence as Valdar
• 1939 · Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Mr. James Lee Wong
• 1939 · Devil's Island as Dr. Charles Gaudet
• 1937 · Breakdowns of 1937 as Self
• 1937 · Night Key as David Mallory
• 1937 · Cinema Circus as Himself
• 1936 · The Man Who Changed His Mind as Dr. Laurence
• 1936 · Juggernaut as Dr. Victor Sartorius
• 1932 · Boo as Frankenstein's Monster (edited from "Frankenstein")
• 1932 · The Miracle Man as Nikko
• 1932 · Behind the Mask as Jim Henderson
• 1931 · The Yellow Ticket as Drunken Orderly
• 1931 · The Mad Genius as Fedor's Father (uncredited)
• 1931 · Graft as Terry
• 1931 · The Public Defender as The Professor
• 1931 · Young Donovan's Kid as Cokey Joe
• 1931 · The Vanishing Legion as The Voice (voice)
• 1931 · King of the Wild as Mustapha
• 1930 · The Bad One as Monsieur Gaston
• 1929 · The Unholy Night as Abdul Mohammed Bey - the Hindu Lawyer (uncredited)
• 1929 · The King of the Kongo as Scarface Macklin
• 1929 · Behind That Curtain as Beetham's Manservent
• 1929 · The Phantom of the North as Jules Gregg
• 1929 · Two Sisters as Cecil
• 1928 · Sharp Shooters as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1927 · The Love Mart as Fleming
• 1927 · Two Arabian Knights as Purser
• 1927 · The Phantom Buster as Ramon
• 1927 · Tarzan and the Golden Lion as Owaza
• 1927 · Let It Rain as Crook
• 1926 · Old Ironsides as Saracen Guard (uncredited)
• 1926 · The Bells as The Mesmerist
• 1925 · Never the Twain Shall Meet as
• 1924 · Dynamite Dan as Tony Garcia
• 1921 · Without Benefit of Clergy as Ahmed Khan
• Future · Suspense: A Night at an Inn as Toff
• 2015 · True Fear: The Making of Psycho as Self
• 2014 · Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Various roles (archive footage)
• 2013 · A Masque of Madness (Notes on Film 06-B, Monologue 02) as Self (archive footage)
• 2006 · Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self (archive footage)
• 2006 · Karloff: The Gentle Monster as Self (archive footage)
• 2004 · Monster Movie Trivia Quiz as
• 2003 · The Mesmerist as (archive footage)
• 2001 · Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
• 2000 · The American Nightmare as Self
• 2000 · Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
• 1999 · Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
• 1999 · The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster as Self (archive footage)
• 1996 · The Universal Story as Self (archive footage)
• 1994 · Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (archive footage)
• 1991 · Halloween Monster Bash as Baron Von Leppe (archive footage)
• 1991 · Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster / Gustav Niemann / Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde / etc.
• 1990 · Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To as (archive footage)
• 1989 · Transylvania Twist as Man in Room (archive footage)
• 1987 · Creepy Classics as Dr. Scarabus - (archive footage)
• 1982 · Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
• 1980 · Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) as
• 1979 · The Horror Show as (archive footage)
• 1975 · Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
• 1974 · Madhouse as (archive footage)
• 1974 · The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
• 1970 · Hatchet for the Honeymoon as Gorca (archive footage)
• 1970 · McCloud as Hjalmar Poelzig (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1968 · Curse of the Crimson Altar as Professor John Marsh
• 1968 · The Name of the Game as Mikhail Orlov
• 1968 · Targets as Byron Orlok
• 1968 · Macabre Serenade as Matthias Morteval
• 1968 · Cauldron of Blood as Franz Badulescu
• 1968 · The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
• 1967 · The Sorcerers as Prof. Marcus Monserrat
• 1967 · Mad Monster Party? as Baron Boris von Frankenstein (voice)
• 1966 · How the Grinch Stole Christmas! as Narrator / The Grinch (voice)
• 1966 · The Venetian Affair as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud
• 1966 · The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. as Mother Muffin
• 1966 · The Daydreamer as The Rat (voice)
• 1966 · The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini as The Corpse
• 1966 · Doom of Dracula as The Madman (archive footage)
• 1965 · Die, Monster, Die! as Nahum Witley
• 1965 · The Wild Wild West as Mr. Singh
• 1964 · Shindig! as Self - Guest Host / Singer
• 1964 · Bikini Beach as Art Dealer
• 1964 · Today's Teens as Narrator
• 1964 · The Comedy of Terrors as Amos Hinchley
• 1964 · Horror!!! as Self
• 1964 · A Fool's World as Narrator
• 1963 · Black Sabbath as Gorca (segment "The Wurdalak")
• 1963 · The Terror as Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe
• 1963 · The Raven as Dr. Scarabus
• 1962 · Lizard's Leg and Owlet's Wing as
• 1962 · Little Lost Robot as Host
• 1962 · Out of This World as Host
• 1962 · The Storm as
• 1961 · The Grim Reaper as Self
• 1960 · Who Killed Chung Ling Soo? as Narrator
• 1960 · The Fatal Impulse as Self
• 1960 · Route 66 as
• 1960 · Thriller as Clayton Mace
• 1960 · Thriller as Self - Host
• 1960 · Thriller as Pop Jenkins / Col. Jackson Beauregard Finchess
• 1960 · Thriller as Dr. Thorne
• 1960 · Thriller as Doktor Konrad Markesan
• 1960 · Thriller as Dr. Albert Farnham
• 1958 · Corridors of Blood as Dr. Thomas Bolton
• 1958 · Frankenstein 1970 as Baron Viktor von Frankenstein
• 1958 · Grip of the Strangler as James Rankin
• 1958 · Jack the Ripper as Host / Capt. John Elwood / Jonas Atterbury / Dr. Francis Mason
• 1958 · Shirley Temple's Storybook as Narrator (voice) / Father Knickerbocker
• 1958 · The Veil as
• 1957 · Suspicion as Judge Winthrop Gelsey
• 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as
• 1957 · The Lux Show as Self
• 1957 · The Lark as Bishop Cauchon
• 1957 · Voodoo Island as Phillip Knight
• 1956 · Rendezvous in Black as Ward Allen
• 1956 · The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
• 1956 · The Rosemary Clooney Show as Self
• 1956 · Telephone Time as
• 1956 · Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Colonel March Of Scotland Yard
• 1955 · This Is Your Life as Self
• 1955 · A Connecticut Yankee as King Arthur
• 1954 · Climax! as Dr. Philip Nestri
• 1954 · Climax! as Vicar Tellworth
• 1954 · The George Gobel Show as Self
• 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as George Redford
• 1953 · Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
• 1953 · General Electric Theater as Mr. Blue Ocean
• 1953 · General Electric Theater as Henry E. Church
• 1952 · The Black Castle as Dr. Meissen
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cauchon
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jonathan Brewster
• 1951 · The Strange Door as Voltan
• 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Charles Brandon
• 1951 · The Red Skelton Show as Professor Townsend (Spy)
• 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
• 1951 · Down You Go as Self
• 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Sir Arthur Strangeways
• 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Montgomery Royle
• 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Larkin
• 1950 · What's My Line? as Self
• 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Bennett Kimball
• 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as
• 1949 · Lights Out as
• 1949 · Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff as Swami Talpur
• 1949 · Suspense as Toff
• 1949 · Suspense as
• 1949 · Suspense as Bronson
• 1949 · Suspense as Rasputin
• 1948 · Studio One as Skaggs
• 1948 · Studio One as Professor Koernig
• 1948 · Studio One as King Arthur
• 1948 · Tap Roots as Tishomingo
• 1947 · Unconquered as Guyasuta, Chief of the Senecas
• 1947 · Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Gruesome
• 1947 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Dr. Hollingshead
• 1947 · Lured as Charles van Druten
• 1946 · Bedlam as George Sims
• 1945 · Isle of the Dead as Gen. Nikolas Pherides
• 1945 · The Body Snatcher as John Gray
• 1944 · The Mummy's Curse as Kharis in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
• 1944 · House of Frankenstein as Dr. Gustav Niemann
• 1944 · The Climax as Dr. Friedrich Hohner
• 1942 · Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Himself
• 1941 · Information Please: Series 2, No. 12 as Self
• 1940 · You'll Find Out as Judge Spencer Mainwaring
• 1940 · The Ape as Dr. Bernard Adrian
• 1940 · The Mummy's Hand as Kharis (archive footage / uncredited)
• 1940 · The Man with Nine Lives as Dr. Leon Kravaal
• 1940 · Black Friday as Dr. Ernest Sovac
• 1940 · The Fatal Hour as James Lee Wong
• 1939 · Tower of London as Mord
• 1939 · The Man They Could Not Hang as Dr. Henryk Savaard
• 1939 · The Mystery of Mr. Wong as James Lee Wong
• 1939 · Son of Frankenstein as The Monster
• 1938 · Mr. Wong, Detective as James Lee Wong
• 1938 · The Invisible Menace as Jevries
• 1937 · West of Shanghai as "General" Wu Yen Fang
• 1936 · Charlie Chan at the Opera as Gravelle
• 1936 · The Walking Dead as John Ellman
• 1936 · The Invisible Ray as Dr. Janos Rukh
• 1935 · The Black Room as Baron Gregor de Berghman / Anton de Berghman
• 1935 · The Raven as Edmond Bateman
• 1935 · Hollywood Hobbies as Himself
• 1935 · Bride of Frankenstein as The Monster
• 1934 · Gift of Gab as Himself
• 1934 · The Black Cat as Hjalmar Poelzig
• 1934 · The House of Rothschild as Count Ledrantz
• 1934 · The Lost Patrol as Sanders
• 1934 · Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself
• 1933 · The Ghoul as Prof. Morlant
• 1932 · The Mummy as Imhotep / Ardath Bey
• 1932 · The Mask of Fu Manchu as Dr. Fu Manchu
• 1932 · The Old Dark House as Morgan
• 1932 · Skyscraper Souls as Man Approaching Ticket Counter
• 1932 · Night World as 'Happy' MacDonald
• 1932 · Scarface as Gaffney
• 1932 · The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Boris Karloff
• 1932 · Business and Pleasure as Sheik Ali-Ben Joseph
• 1931 · Frankenstein as The Monster
• 1931 · The Guilty Generation as Tony Ricca
• 1931 · Five Star Final as T. Vernon Isopod
• 1931 · I Like Your Nerve as Luigi - Pacheco's Butler
• 1931 · Smart Money as Sport Williams
• 1931 · Cracked Nuts as Boris - First Revolutionary
• 1931 · Tonight or Never as Waiter
• 1931 · The Criminal Code as Ned Galloway
• 1930 · The Utah Kid as Henchman Baxter
• 1930 · The Sea Bat as Corsican
• 1929 · Anne Against the World as
• 1929 · The Devil's Chaplain as Boris
• 1929 · The Fatal Warning as Mullins
• 1929 · Burning the Wind as Pug Doran
• 1928 · The Little Wild Girl as Maurice Kent
• 1928 · Vultures of the Sea as Grouchy
• 1928 · The Vanishing Rider as The Villain
• 1927 · Soft Cushions as The Chief Conspirator
• 1927 · The Meddlin' Stranger as Al Meggs
• 1927 · The Princess from Hoboken as Pavel
• 1926 · Flaming Fury as Gaspard
• 1926 · The Nickel-Hopper as Dance Hall Masher
• 1926 · The Eagle of the Sea as Pirate (uncredited)
• 1926 · Flames as Blackie Blanchette
• 1926 · The Golden Web as Dave Sinclair
• 1926 · Her Honor, the Governor as Snipe Collins
• 1926 · The Man in the Saddle as Robber (uncredited)
• 1926 · The Greater Glory as Scissors Grinder
• 1925 · Without Mercy as Madame Gordon's 2nd Henchman (uncredited)
• 1925 · Parisian Nights as Pierre
• 1925 · Perils of the Wild as
• 1925 · Lady Robinhood as Cabraza
• 1925 · The Prairie Wife as Diego
• 1925 · Forbidden Cargo as Pietro Castillano
• 1924 · Riders of the Plains as
• 1924 · The Hellion as The Outlaw
• 1924 · The White Panther as Shere Ali's Aide (as Karloff Boris)
• 1923 · The Prisoner as Prince Kapolski
• 1922 · Omar the Tentmaker as Imam Mowaffak
• 1922 · The Altar Stairs as Hugo
• 1922 · The Woman Conquers as Raoul Maris
• 1922 · The Infidel as The Nabob
• 1922 · The Man from Downing Street as Maharajah Jehan
• 1922 · Nan of the North as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• 1921 · The Cave Girl as Baptiste
• 1921 · Cheated Hearts as Nei Hamid
• 1921 · The Hope Diamond Mystery as Priest of Kama-Sita / Dakar
• 1920 · The Last of the Mohicans as Indian (uncredited)
• 1920 · The Courage of Marge O'Doone as Tavish
• 1920 · The Woman and the Puppet as (uncredited)
• 1920 · The Deadlier Sex as Jules Borney
• 1919 · The Prince and Betty as Undetermined Role
• 1919 · His Majesty, the American as Henchman in cloth cap
• 1919 · The Lightning Raider as