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Boris Karloff

1887 - 1969

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William Henry Pratt (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), known professionally as Boris Karloff () and occasionally billed as Karloff the Uncanny, was an English actor. His portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the horror film Frankenstein (1931) (his 82nd film) established him as a horror icon, and he reprised the role for the sequels Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Son of Frankenstein (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in The Mummy (1932), and voiced the Grinch in, as well as narrating, the animated television special of Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Karloff has received more than 5,139,637 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Boris Karloff is the 590th most popular actor (down from 428th in 2019), the 752nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 93rd most popular British Actor.

Boris Karloff is most famous for his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in the 1931 film Frankenstein.

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  • 5.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Boris Karloff ranks 590 out of 9,996. Before him are Derek Jacobi, Ernie Hudson, William H. Macy, Bruno Cremer, Douglas Fairbanks, and Hattie McDaniel. After him are Tom Berenger, Brooke Shields, Lois Maxwell, Harry Dean Stanton, Terence Stamp, and Silvana Armenulić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Boris Karloff ranks 44. Before him are Julian Huxley, René Cassin, Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Alexander Archipenko, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt. After him are Emilio Mola, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Harald Bohr, Violet Jessop, Frederick Fleet, and Hans Oster. Among people deceased in 1969, Boris Karloff ranks 35. Before him are Josef von Sternberg, Moïse Tshombe, Itzhak Stern, B. Traven, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, and Alexandra David-Néel. After him are Robert Taylor, Wacław Sierpiński, Walter Christaller, Raymond A. Spruance, Eberhard von Mackensen, and Vjekoslav Luburić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boris Karloff ranks 752 out of 7,765. Before him are Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), James Joseph Sylvester (1814), Chris Rea (1951), Ben Jonson (1572), David J. Thouless (1934), and John Frederic Daniell (1790). After him are Lewis Hamilton (1985), Alfred Radcliffe-Brown (1881), John Balliol (1249), Terence Stamp (1938), George Darwin (1845), and Amy Winehouse (1983).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Boris Karloff ranks 93. Before him are Kim Cattrall (1956), Benedict Cumberbatch (1976), Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765), Pat Hitchcock (1928), Margaret Rutherford (1892), and Derek Jacobi (1938). After him are Terence Stamp (1938), Tim Roth (1961), Charles Laughton (1899), Imelda Staunton (1956), John Gielgud (1904), and Wentworth Miller (1972).

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