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Boris was known in real life as a very kindly gentleman who gave generously especially to children's charities.
Boris once lived in Minot, North Dakota for a year, performing in an opera house above a hardware store.
Boris' maternal grandmother was Eliza Julia Edwards, a sister of Anna Leonowens, whose stories about life in the royal court of Siam (now Thailand) were the basis of the musical The King and I.
Boris' first goal in life was to join the foreign service -- his brother, Sir John Henry Pratt, became a distinguished British diplomat.
Orphaned in his youth, Boris was raised by his elder brothers and sister.
Boris lent his face and name to the comic book Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery which featured the actor narrating horror stories, Rod Serling-style. The comic continued to feature Karloff for more than a decade after his death.
Boris appeared in a TV commercial for Butternut Coffee in 1966.
Boris appeared in a TV commercial for A-1 Sauce in 1968.
Boris received two Stars on the Walk of Fame. The first is for his contributions to the Motion Picture industry, it's located at 1735 Vine Street. The second is for his work in Television, and it's located at 6664 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA.
Boris had East Indian heritage on this mother's side. This gave Karloff a dark skin tone. In silent films he was cast in roles such as Arabs and American Indians.
When Boris traveled to England to shoot The Ghoul (1933), it was the first time in nearly 25 years that he returned to his home country and reunited with the surviving members of his family.
Boris had the habit of marking his lines in the script. Jack Nicholson saw this and adopted the procedure himself.
Often thought of as a very large man, Boris was in actuality a slim man of medium height who wore massive lifts and padding to look large as Frankenstein's monster.
According to his daughter, Sarah, Boris had to have 3 major back surgeries in his lifetime, which were first brought on by the scene in the original Frankenstein where he had to carry Colin Clive up several flights of stairs.
Boris played cricket for Enfield Cricket Club (just north of London, England) before emigrating, and the club has his picture hanging in the pavilion.
During the production of Frankenstein (1931) there was some concern that seven year old Marilyn Harris, who played Maria, the little girl thrown into the lake by the creature, would be overly frightened by the sight of Boris in costume and make-up to play the scene. When the cast was assembled to travel to the location, Marilyn ran from her car directly up to Karloff, who was in full make-up and costume, took his hand and asked "May I drive with you?" Delighted, and in typical Karloff fashion, he responded "Would you, darling?" She rode to the location in the star's limo with "The Monster."
Boris was one of the founding Members of the Screen Actor's Guild. His daughter recounts that, due to the Hollywood Studio System's distrust of unions, one of her earliest memories of her father was that he always had carried a roll of dimes in his pocket. This was because he always had to use payphones when dealing with union business, since he knew his home phone had been tapped.
Boris has been commemorated by a plaque inside St.Paul's Church (The Actors' Church), Covent Garden, London, England UK.
Boris shared a birthday with his daughter Sara Karloff.
Boris was 5' 11" (1.80 m) tall.
Boris recieved a Tony nomination in 1956 for his dramatic role in The Lark.
Boris was pictured on two of a set of five 32? US commemorative postage stamps, issued 30 September 1997, celebrating "Famous Movie Monsters". He is shown on one stamp as the title character in The Mummy (1932) and on the other as the monster in Frankenstein (1931).
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