Boris Karloff Filmography
Boris Karloff
November 23, 1887 - February 2, 1969
Born William Henry Pratt in Dulwich, England
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Movie Appearances
Filmography based on lists in a number of published references,
including:
- The Films of Boris Karloff
by Richard Bojarski and Kenneth Beale,
Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974;
- (Forrest J Ackerman Presents...)
Boris Karloff -- The Frankenscience Monster
(paperback original) edited by Forrest J Ackerman,
Ace Publications Co., New York, NY, 1969;
- Karloff -- The Man, The Monster, The Movies
(paperback original) by Denis Gifford,
The Curtis Film Series, Curtis Books, New York, NY, 1973;
- Heroes of the Horrors by Calvin Thomas Beck,
Collier Books, New York, NY, 1975;
- Karloff and Lugosi -- The Story of a Haunting Collaboration
by Gregory William Mank, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson,
North Carolina, and London, 1990;
- The Internet Movie Database
(click here to visit the IMDb)
- minor changes and additional information from
various other sources.
Note:
A completely accurate and up-to-date list of film appearances by
any actor with such a long career is practically impossible
to compile -- especially in the case of "lost" early films,
contemporary video releases, the use of clips in
other films worldwide, and disagreement between published sources.
For example, the Anna Pavlova silent film
The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916) is frequently listed as
Karloff's earliest film, but Karloff himself denied
this appearance, so we deleted the film from our list.)
We've done the best we could with the references
accessible to us, and we'll appreciate any additions,
corrections, or comments sent to the E-mail address at the bottom
of this page.
Boris Karloff's Film Appearances
- 1919 His Majesty, The American
(starring Douglas Fairbanks)
-- first film, as an unnamed "guinea extra" in crowd scenes
- 1919 Masked Rider, The (15-chapter serial) -- bit part
- 1919 Lightning Raider, The (15-chapter serial) -- bit part
- 1920 Prince and Betty, The -- bit part
- 1920 Deadlier Sex, The
-- as Jules Borney, a villainous French-Canadian trapper
- 1920 Courage of Marge O'Doone, The
-- as Tavish, a North Woods trapper/baby-kidnapper
- 1920 Last of the Mohicans, The -- small role as a
marauding Indian
- 1921 Hope Diamond Mystery, The)
(aka Romance of the Hope Diamond, The) (15-chapter serial)
-- as Dakar, a Hindu servant, and as
The Priest of Kama-Sita in a flashback
- 1921 Without Benefit of Clergy
-- as Ahmed Khan, the villain
- 1921 Cave Girl, The -- as Baptiste,
a half-breed kidnapper
- 1921 Cheated Hearts (first Universal film)
-- as Nei Hamid, an Arab
- 1922 Man from Downing Street, The
(British title Jade Elephant, The)
-- as Dell Monckton, a crook disguised as Maharajah Jehan
- 1922 Infidel, The -- as the Nabob of Menang,
murderous Island ruler
- 1922 Woman Conquers, The
-- as Raoul Maris, a French-Canadian
- 1922 Omar the Tentmaker
-- as Imam Mowaffak, a holy teacher
(first sympathetic role)
- 1922 Altar Stairs, The (South Seas melodrama)
-- as Hugo
- 1923 Gentleman from America, The
(Hoot Gibson western) -- as a villain
- 1923 Prisoner, The -- as Prince Kapolski
- 1924 Riders of the Plains
(15-chapter western serial)
-- supporting role
- 1924 Hellion, The --
as a western outlaw
- 1924 Dynamite Dan (boxing comedy/melodrama)
-- as Tony Garcia, a villain
- 1924 Parisian Nights
-- as Pierre, a sadistic Parisian Apache
- 1925 Prairie Wife, The
-- as Diego, a Mexican half-breed
- 1925 Forbidden Cargo (aka Dangerous Cargo)
-- as Pietro Castillano, wicked mate of a rum-running ship
- 1925 Lady Robin Hood -- as the Spaniard Cabraza,
chief villain/henchman of the evil governor
- 1925 Perils of the Wind (15-chapter serial)
-- supporting role
- 1925 Never the Twain Shall Meet
(South Seas melodrama) -- bit part
- 1926 Greater Glory, The -- as the Scissors Grinder
- 1926 Flames
-- as Blacky Blanchette, a railroad bandit
- 1926 Golden Web, The
-- as Dave Sinclair, a blackmailing murder victim
- 1926 Her Honor, The Governor
(aka Second Mrs. Fenway, The)
-- as Snipe Collins, an evil cocaine addict
- 1926 Bells, The -- as The Mesmerist,
a Caligari-like sideshow hypnotist
- 1926 Eagle of the Sea, The --
unbilled role as a member of Jean LaFitte's pirate crew
- 1926 Nickel Hopper, The
-- as big bohunk, a lecherous masher
- 1926 Flaming Fury
-- as Gaspard, a villainous French-Canadian
- 1926 Valencia (aka Love Song, The)
-- unbilled small role
- 1926 Man in the Saddle, The --
western bit part
- 1926 Old Ironsides
(aka Sons of the Sea)
-- as a Saracen pirate
- 1927 Tarzan and the Golden Lion
-- as Owaza, chief of the Waziri tribe
- 1927 Let It Rain
(U.S. Marine comedy)
-- as "Y", a minor villain
- 1927 Princess from Hoboken, The
-- as Pavel, a Frenchman
- 1927 Meddlin' Stranger, The
(western)
-- as Al Meggs, one of the principal villains
- 1927 Phantom Buster, The
(western)
-- as Ramon, a Mexican border smuggler
- 1927 Soft Cushions (Arabian Knights comedy)
-- as the chief conspirator
- 1927 Two Arabian Knights (Army life comedy)
-- a a ship's purser
- 1927 Love Mart, The -- as Fleming, a villain
- 1928 Burning the Wind (Hoot Gibson western)
-- as Pug Doran, a villainous ranch foreman
- 1928 Vultures of the Sea (10-chapter serial)
-- as a supporting villain
- 1928 Little Wild Girl, The -- as Maurice Kent,
a North Woods villain
- 1928 Fatal Warning, The (10-chapter serial)
-- as Mullins, the villain
- 1928 Vanishing Rider (10-chapter serial)
-- supporting role
- 1929 Devil's Chaplain, The -- as Boris,
bit part as a supporting villain
- 1929 Anne Against the World
-- minor role
- 1929 Two Sisters -- as Cecil, a villainous henchman
- 1929 Phantom of the North, The
-- as Jules Gregg, a murderous French-Canadian fur thief
- 1929 Behind That Curtain -- as a Soudanese Servant,
a minor role as a murder suspect (first sound film)
- 1929 King of the Kongo (10-chapter serial released in both
silent and part-talking versions)
-- as Scarface Macklin, gang leader
- 1929 Unholy Night, The (aka Green Ghost, The)
-- as Abdoul, a mysterious Hindu servant
- 1930 Bad One, The
-- unbilled role as a guard in a penal colony
- 1930 Sea Bat, The
-- as the Corsican, an evil half-breed
- 1930 Utah Kid, The
-- as Baxter, a western bandit
- 1930 King of the Wild (12-chapter serial)
-- as Mustapha, a villainous sheik
- 1930 Mothers Cry -- as a murder victim
- 1931 Criminal Code, The -- as Ned Galloway,
convict trusty turned killer (an important role, recreating his
stage performance)
- 1931 Last Parade, The -- as a prison warden
- 1931 Cracked Nuts (Wheeler and Woolsey comedy)
-- small role as a revolutionary
- 1931 Dirigible -- as a doomed expedition member
- 1931 Young Donovan's Kid (aka Donovan's Kid)
-- as Cokey Joe, a dope pusher
- 1931 Smart Money (starring Edward G. Robinson and
James Cagney) -- as Sport Williams, a gambler
- 1931 Public Defender, The -- as The Professor,
cultured accomplice of an avenging crimefighter
- 1931 Pardon Us (Laurel and Hardy feature -- but
French-language version only!) -- as a menacing jail prisoner
- 1931 I Like Your Nerve -- as Luigi
- 1931 Graft -- as Joe Terry,
a crooked politician's henchman and murderer
(career breakthrough -- James Whale spotted him in the Universal
commissary during filming and cast him in Frankenstein)
- 1931 Five Star Final -- as T. Vernon Isopod,
a pervert posing as a preacher
- 1931 Mad Genius, The -- as Fedor's Father,
an abusive brute
- 1931 Yellow Ticket, The (aka Yellow Passport, The)
-- small role as a drunken orderly
- 1931 Guilty Generation, The
-- as Tony Ricca, a beer baron gangster
- 1931 Frankenstein -- as The Monster
(Long Live the King!)
- 1931 Tonight or Never -- as a comic waiter
- 1932 Alias the Doctor -- as Autopsy Surgeon
- 1932 Behind the Mask
-- as Jim Henderson, criminal henchman of "Mr. X"
(Edward Van Sloan)
- 1931 Business and Pleasure -- as the Sheikh,
a bearded desert chieftain
- 1932 Scarface
(aka Scarface, the Shame of the Nation) -- as Gaffney,
a gangster gunned down while bowling a strike
- 1932 Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood, The --
cameo as himself, dining at the Coconut Grove
- 1932 Miracle Man, The
-- as Nikko, a con man
- 1932 Night World -- as "Happy" MacDonald,
nightclub owner
- 1932 Old Dark House, The -- as Morgan,
a brutal mute butler
- 1932 Mask of Fu Manchu, The -- as Dr. Fu Manchu,
evil incarnate
- 1932 Mummy, The -- as
Imhotep the resuscitated mummy, alias
Ardath Bey
- 1933 Ghoul, The (British)
-- as Professor Morlant, who returns from the grave
- 1934 Lost Patrol, The
-- as Sanders, a religious fanatic
- 1934 House of Rothschild -- as Baron Ledrantz,
a Jew-hater
- 1934 Black Cat, The
(aka House of Doom, The)
(aka Vanishing Body, The
(first film with Bela Lugosi)
-- as Hjalmar Poelzig, satanic high priest of a Devil cult
- 1934 Gift of Gab (lost film?)
-- as "The Phantom", a small role with Bela Lugosi
in a farcical mystery play-within-the-play
- 1934 Screen Snapshots #11 (short subject)
-- as himself, playing chess with Bela Lugosi
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein -- as The Monster
- 1935 Black Room, The
-- as Anton and Gregor DeBerghman, good/evil aristocratic twins
- 1935 Raven, The (co-starring Bela Lugosi)
-- as Edmond Bateman, a criminal disfigured and enslaved
by mad surgeon Lugosi
- 1935 Hollywood Hobbies (short subject)
-- as himself, playing cricket
- 1936 Invisible Ray, The (co-starring Bela Lugosi) --
as Janos Rukh,
a radium-poisoned Mad Scientist whose touch is death
- 1936 Walking Dead, The -- as John Ellman,
an electrocuted musician revived by science
- 1936 Man Who Changed His Mind, The
(US title Man Who Lived Again, The)
(re-release title Brain Snatcher, The)
(re-release title Dr. Maniac)
(British) -- as Dr. Laurience, a mad doctor
dabbling in mind transposition
- 1936 Juggernaut
(US title Demon Doctor, The)
-- as Dr. Sartorius,
a mad doctor who murders for research funds
- 1936 Charlie Chan at the Opera -- as Gravelle,
a great operatic baritone
- 1937 Night Key -- as Dr. David Mallory,
an inventor controlled by gangsters
- 1937 West of Shanghai
(aka War Lord) -- as Wu Yen Fang,
renegade Chinese general
- 1938 Invisible Menace, The
(aka Without Warning)
-- as Jevries, a "red herring" murder suspect
- 1938 Mr. Wong, Detective -- as James Lee Wong,
Chinese sleuth
- 1939 Son of Frankenstein
(co-starring Basil Rathbone as Baron Wolf von Frankenstein, and
Bela Lugosi as Ygor)
-- as The Monster
- 1939 Mystery of Mr. Wong, The
-- as James Lee Wong, Chinese detective
- 1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown
-- as James Lee Wong, Chinese private investigator
- 1939 Man They Could Not Hang, The
-- as Dr. Henryk Savaard,
a mad doctor trying to resuscitate the dead
- 1939 Tower of London
(co-starring Basil Rathbone and Vincent Price)
-- as Mord the executioner, henchman of Richard III
- 1939 Phantom Creeps, The
(Universal serial starring Bela Lugosi)
(brief scenes from The Invisible Ray used in flashback
-- only his eyes visible through
the visor of of a protective helmet)
- 1940 Fatal Hour, The
(aka Mr. Wong at Headquarters)
-- as James Lee Wong, Chinese shamus
- 1940 British Intelligence
(British title Enemy Agent)
-- as butler Valdar/agent Schiller/German spy Franz Strendler
- 1940 Black Friday
(with Bela Lugosi in a small role)
-- as Dr. Ernest Sovac,
a brain surgeon mixed up with gangsters
- 1940 Man with Nine Lives, The
(British title Behind the Door) -- as Dr. Leon Kravaal,
mad cryogenic researcher
- 1940 Devil's Island -- as Dr. Charles Gaudet,
wrongly imprisoned
- 1940 Doomed to Die
(aka Mystery of Wentworth Castle, The)
-- as James Lee Wong, Chinese snooper
- 1940 Before I Hang -- as Dr. John Garth,
a doctor imprisoned for a mercy killing, driven
to murder by injections of criminal blood
- 1940 Ape, The -- as Dr. Bernard Adrian,
a doctor who kills to obtain spinal fluid for his
paralysis cures
- 1940 You'll Find Out
(co-starring Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre, and comic-bandleader Kay Kyser)
-- as Judge Spencer Mainwaring, one of a suave trio of conmen
- 1940 Mummy's Hand, The
(scenes from The Mummy used in flashback)
- 1941 Devil Commands, The -- as Dr. Julian Blair,
a mad scientist trying to communicate with the dead
- 1941 Information Please (#8 and #12 in the series of
10-minute shorts based on the radio program) --
as a guest expert, joining three regular panelists
- 1942 Boogie Man Will Get You, The
(co-starring Peter Lorre)
-- as Professor Nathaniel Billings,
a comic mad scientist trying to create
superman (his contribution to the war effort)
- 1942 Ghost of Frankenstein
(scenes from Frankenstein used in flashbacks)
- 1944 Climax, The
(first color film)
-- as Dr. Hohner,
a Svengali-like opera house physician
- 1944 House of Frankenstein
(co-starring Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, and
Glenn Strange)
-- as Dr. Gustav Niemann,
a would-be-Frankenstein
who impersonates a chamber-of-horrors showman
and collects real monsters
- 1945 Body Snatcher, The
(Val Lewton production; last film with Bela Lugosi)
-- as John Gray, a cabman who
supplies very fresh bodies for medical research
- 1945 House of Dracula
(scenes from Bride of Frankenstein in flashback)
-- as The Monster
- 1945 Isle of the Dead
(Val Lewton production)
-- as General Nikolas Pherides,
beset with plague, superstition, and premature burial
- 1945 Mummy's Curse, The
(scenes from The Mummy used in flashback)
- 1946 Bedlam
(Val Lewton production)
-- as Master George Simms, cruel warden of an insane asylum
- 1947 Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The
-- as Dr. Hollingshead, phony psychiatrist and jewel thief
- 1947 Lured (British title Personal Column)
(remake of 1939 French film Pieges)
-- a brief role as Charles Van Dougan,
an unhinged dress designer
suspected of murder
- 1947 Unconquered -- as Chief Guyasuta,
a very bad Indian
- 1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
(aka Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure) -- as Gruesome,
a comic-strip gangster
- 1948 Tap Roots -- as Tishomingo, a very good Indian
- 1949 Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
(aka Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer)
-- as Swami Talpur, a hypnotic "red herring"
- 1951 Strange Door, The -- as Voltan,
a faithful servant
- 1951 Emperor's Nightingale, The
(aka Cisaruv Slavik)
(aka Emperor and the Nightingale, The)
(Czech puppet animation; voice only)
-- as narrator
- 1952 Black Castle, The -- as Dr. Meissen,
the castle physician
- 1953 Abbott and Costello Meet
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- as Dr. Henry Jekyll, alias
Mr. Hyde (with help from stuntman Eddie Parker)
- 1953 Hindu, The (British title Sabaka)
-- as General Pollegar
- 1953 Mostro dell' Isola, Il
(US title Monster of the Island, The)
(Italian, released in US in 1957)
-- as Don Gaetano
- 1953 Colonel March Investigates
(aka Colonel March of Scotland Yard)
(compilation of first three episodes from the British television series)
-- as Colonel March
- 1957 Voodoo Island (aka Silent Death)
-- as Phillip Knight, supernatural debunker
- 1957 Juggler of Our Lady, The
(Terrytoon animated short, voice only) -- as narrator
- 1958 Grip of the Strangler, The
(US title Haunter Strangler, The) -- as James Rankin
a criminologist, and the Hyde-like
"Haymarket Strangler"
- 1958 Doctor of Seven Dials, The
(US title Corridors of Blood, released in 1963)
(British)
(co-starring Christopher Lee)
-- as Dr. Bolton, pioneer anaesthesiologist
- 1958 Frankenstein 1970
-- as Baron Victor von Frankenstein
- 1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter (compilation of
silent film scenes) -- as villain
in brief scenes from the 1929 serial King of the Kongo
- 1963 Raven, The
(co-starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Jack Nicholson)
-- as Dr. Scarabus, an
evil sorceror
- 1963 Terror, The
(co-starring Jack Nicholson)
-- as Baron Eric von Leppe, driven mad by a vengeful witch
- 1963 Mondo Balordo (Italian "Mondo" documentary, voice only)
(U.S. release 1967)
-- as narrator
- 1963 Comedy of Terrors, The
co-starring Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Basil Rathbone)
-- as Amos Hinchley, a senile old man who gets the last laugh
- 1964 I Tre Volti Della Paura
(US title Black Sabbath)
(Italian)
-- as himself, introducing three separate stories, and as
the vampire Gorca in "The Wurdalak" segment
- 1964 Bikini Beach -- uncredited cameo as art dealer
- 1964 Ensign Pulver
(scenes from The Walking Dead used)
- 1964 Todays Teen (short, voice only)
-- as narrator
- 1965 Die, Monster, Die! -- as Nahum Witley,
turned into a radioactive monster by H.P. Lovecraft's
"Color Out of Space" (story source)
- 1966 Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, The
-- as Hiram Stokeley, a restless ghost
- 1966 Daydreamer, The
-- ("Animagic" puppets, voice only) as The Rat
- 1966 Way...Way Out
(scenes from Frankenstein used)
- 1967 Venetian Affair, The -- as Dr. Pierre Vaugiroud,
a mysterious political scientist
- 1967 Sorcerers, The -- as Professor Monserrat,
Mad Scientist dabbling in vicarious experience
- 1967 Mad Monster Party ("Animagic" puppets, voice only)
-- as Baron Von Frankenstein
- 1967 Collecionista de Cadaveres, El
(US title Blind Man's Bluff)
(US title Cauldron of Blood)
(US title Corpse Collector, The)
(US title Children of Blood)
(British title Shrinking Corpse, The)
(Spanish; American release delayed until 1971)
-- as Charles Badalescu, a blind sculptor
- 1968 Targets -- as Byron Orlok, famous horror star
- 1968 Head
(scenes from the Black Cat used)
- 1968 Crimson Cult, The
(aka Crimson Altar, The)
(aka Curse of the Crimson Altar)
(co-starring Christopher Lee and Barbara Steele)
-- as Professor Marshe
- 1968 Muerte Viviente, La
(US title Snake People, The)
(aka Isle of the Snake People)
(US/Mexico; release delayed in US until 1971)
-- as Karl Van Molder, alias "Damballah",
plantation owner and voodoo priest
- 1968 House of Evil
(aka Macabre Serenade)
(aka Dance of Death)
(US/Mexico)
-- as Matthias Morteval,
who fakes his death and murders his heirs
- 1968 Invasion Siniestra
(US title Sinister Invasion)
(aka Alien Terror)
(aka Incredible Invasion)
(U.S./Mexico
-- release delayed until 1971)
-- as Professor John Mayer,
a mad scientist plagued with space aliens
and a sex-crazed killer
- 1968 Camara del Terror, La
(aka Fear Chamber, The)
(aka Chamber of Fear)
(aka Torture Zone, The)
(US/Mexico -- release delayed until 1971;
officially Karloff's last feature)
-- as Dr. Carl Mandel,
a good mad doctor who saves the world with his computer.
Karloff's last line:
I can only pray we've stopped it before it could transmit the
information it gathered to others like it!
- 1969 Hatchet for the Honeymoon
(scenes from Black Sabbath used)
Television Appearances
(Under Construction!)
From a list in
The Films of Boris Karloff
by Richard Bojarski and Kenneth Beale,
Citadel Press, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1974.
- 1949 Chevrolet on Broadway
(NBC weekly live dramatic series) -- TV debut as guest performer
- 1949 Celebrity Time
(ABC panel show; Sept. 4)
-- guest,
plugging his upcoming drama series, Starring Boris Karloff
- 1949 Starring Boris Karloff
(ABC 13-week dramatic anthology series, Sept. 22 - Dec. 15)
-- as host and star;
titles of dramas:
Five Golden Guineas,
The Mask,
Mungahara,
Mad Illusion,
Perchance to Dream,
The Devil Takes a Bride,
The Moving Finger,
The Twisted Path,
False Face,
Cranky Bill,
Three O'Clock,
The Shop at Sly Corner,
Night Reveals.
- 1950 Masterpiece Playhouse
(NBC drama showcase; Sept. 3)
-- in Chekhov's play Uncle Vanya
- 1950 Lights Out
(NBC suspense anthology series; Sept. 18)
-- starring in The Leopard Lady
- 1950 Paul Whiteman Revue
(ABC musical variety show; Oct. 29)
-- in a haunted house Halloween sketch
- 1951 Don McNeil TV Club
(ABC Chicago-based talk show; Apr. 11)
-- as guest
- 1951 Texaco Star Theatre
(NBC musical variety show starring Milton Berle; Oct. 9)
-- as guest of Uncle Miltie
- 1951 Fred Waring GE Show
(CBS musical variety show)
-- in Halloween production number
- 1951 Robert Montgomery Presents
(NBC dramatic anthology series; Nov. 19)
-- in drama The Kimballs
- 1951 Celebrity Time
(CBS panel show; Nov. 25)
-- guest
- 1951 Studio One
(CBS dramatic anthology series; Dec. 3)
-- in drama Mutiny on the Nicolette, as a mysterious stranger
- 1951 Suspense
(CBS anthology series; Dec. 25)
-- in drama The Lonely Place
- 1951 Lux Video Theatre
(CBS dramatic anthology; Dec. 31)
-- starring in Lord Dunsany's The Jest of Hahalaba
- 1952 Columbia Workshop
(CBS dramatic anthology; Jan. 13)
-- starring in Don Quixote
- 1952 Stork Club
(CBS; Jan. 30)
-- as guest of host Sherman Billingley
- 1952 Tales of Tomorrow
(ABC Sci-Fi/fantasy anthology series)
-- starring in Memento
- 1952 Texaco Star Theatre
(NBC musical variety show; Apr. 29)
-- as guest of Milton Berle
- 1952 Celebrity Time
(CBS panel show; May 25)
-- guest
- 1952 Curtain Call
(NBC dramatic anthology series; June 27)
-- in Lafcadio Hearn's drama Soul of the Great Bell
- 1952 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(CBS dramatic anthology series; July 4)
-- in drama Death House
- 1952 Texaco Star Theatre
(NBC musical variety show; Dec. 16)
-- as guest of Milton Berle
- 1952 Colonel March of Scotland Yard
(British mystery series of 26 half-hour episodes;
first syndicated in US in 1954;
first three episodes released as feature in 1953)
-- starring as Colonel March
- 1953 Hollywood Opening Night
(NBC dramatic anthology series; Mar. 2)
-- starring in The Invited Seven
- 1953 Suspense
(CBS anthology series; Mar. 17)
-- as Rasputin in The Black Prophet
- 1953 Robert Montgomery Presents
(NBC dramatic anthology; Mar. 30)
-- starring in Burden of Proof
- 1953 Plymouth Playhouse
(ABC dramatic anthology, aka ABC Album; May 24)
-- in The Chase
(Karloff appeared in another drama for this series --
Reticence of Lady Anne -- date unknown)
- 1953 Suspense
(CBS anthology series; Jun. 23)
-- starring in Dickens' The Signal Man
- 1953 Rheingold Theatre
-- as Charles Branden in House of Death
- 1954 I've Got a Secret
(CBS panel game show; Oct. 13)
-- as guest with secret
- 1954 Climax!
(CBS suspense anthology series; Dec. 16)
-- as Dr. Philip Nestri in White Carnation
- 1955 Best of Broadway
(CBS play showcase; Jan. 5)
-- starring in his famous stage role as Jonathan Brewster in
Arsenic and Old Lace, with Helen Hayes
- 1955 Down You Go
(Dumont network panel show)
-- as guest panelist
- 1955 The Donald O'Connor Show
(NBC musical variety; Feb. 19)
-- singing two English music-hall tunes
- 1955 Elgin Hour
(ABC dramatic anthology series; Feb. 22)
-- as Mr. Mycroft in The Sting of Death
- 1955 Max Liebman Presents
(NBC theatrical showcase; Mar. 12)
-- as King Arthur in A Connecticutt Yankee
in King Arthur's Court
- 1955 Who Said That?
(Dumont network panel show; Apr. 30)
-- as guest panelist
- 1955 GE Theatre
(CBS dramatic anthology series; May 1)
-- in title role in Mr. Blue Ocean
- 1955 I've Got a Secret
(CBS panel game show; Aug. 24)
-- quizzing the panel
- 1955 U.S. Steel Hour
(CBS dramatic anthology series)
-- as George Redford in Counterfeit
- 1960-6x Thriller
(mystery/horror anthology series)
-- as host and occasional star
- 1961 Hallmark Hall of Fame
(NBC play showcase; Feb. 5)
-- reprising his stage role as Jonathan Brewster in
Arsenic and Old Lace
- 1967 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
(spy series)
-- in drag as "Mother Muffin" in
The Mother Muffin Affair
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