Karloff

[ kahr-lawf, -lof ]

noun

1. Boris William Henry Pratt, 1887–1969, British actor in the U.S.

Karloff

/ ˈkɑːlɒf /

noun

1. KarloffBoris18871969MEnglishFILMS AND TV: actor Boris , real name William Pratt 1887–1969, English film actor, famous for his roles in horror films, esp Frankenstein (1931)

Example Sentences

Cody’s handsome Creature was inspired less by Boris Karloff and more by “having grown up madly in love with ‘Edward Scissorhands,’” specifically Johnny Depp’s loner hero.

From Los Angeles Times

“What I’m doing may be a little bit more Karloff than Carrey,” he says.

From Seattle Times

She called it “a witty ghoul story, a grandson of ‘Frankenstein’ that plays off the conventions of recent teen-age horror movies while paying homage to the classic starring Boris Karloff.”

From New York Times

As Lugosi stews and weighs his options, a workaday character actor named Boris Karloff sees the dramatic possibilities of the Monster, the pathos of a stitched-together undead man not made for this world.

From Los Angeles Times

The new documentary “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster” remembers the English actor best known for his roles in such classic horror films as “Frankenstein” and “The Mummy.”

From Los Angeles Times