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Other Works:
(1920s) Stage: "Hotel Imperial", Los Angeles/San Francisco
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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies
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19 Print Biographies
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4 Portrayals
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37 Articles
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4 Pictorials
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15 Magazine Cover Photos
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Alternate Names:
? | The Art Dealer | Karloff Boris | Karloff
Height:
5' 11" (1.81 m)
Parents:
Millard, Eliza Sarah
| Pratt Jr., Edward John
Relatives:
Eliza Julia Pratt
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Personal Quote:
[on his pet hate] Background music in films. I know my films have it too - the heavy, sinister stuff. But I still think background music is an insult to the intelligence of audiences. The mood should be conveyed by the action and not have to be underlined. There was that Hitchcock film
Lifeboat (1944) in which three or four people were floating on a boat in the middle of the ocean. But from ...
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Trivia:
Although he came close in a deleted scene from
The Mummy (1932), much like fellow horror actor,
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff never once got to share a kiss with a female co-star in a romantic scene during his entire Hollywood career. This was in part attributed to the fact that Karloff was dark-skinned due to his Indian heritage, and it would not have been acceptable in the old Hollywood of his era.
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Trademark:
Slight British accent with a marked lisp.
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