Cast and Crew of Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Cast of
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

About Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Beginning just before his debut as Frankenstein’s creation, this documentary compellingly explores the life and legacy of a cinema legend, presenting a perceptive history of the genre he personified. Karloff's films were long derided as hokum and attacked by censors, but his phenomenal popularity and pervasive influence endures, inspiring some of our greatest actors and directors into the 21st Century – among them Guillermo Del Toro, Ron Perlman, Roger Corman, and John Landis, all of whom and many more contribute their personal insights and anecdotes.

Full Cast of Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Boris Karloff
plays Self (archive footage)

Sara Karloff
plays Self

Guillermo del Toro
plays Self

Guillermo del Toro as Self

Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker and author. A recipient of three Academy Awards...

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Ron Perlman
plays Self

Ron Perlman as Self

Ronald Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor and voice-over actor. His best known roles are as Clay Morr...

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Stefanie Powers
plays Self

Christopher Plummer
plays Self

Peter Bogdanovich
plays Self

Peter Bogdanovich as Self

Peter Bogdanovich ComSE (July 30, 1939 – January 6, 2022) was an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, ...

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Lee Grant
plays Self

Joe Dante
plays Self

Joe Dante as Self

Joseph "Joe" Dante, Jr. is an American film director and producer of films generally with humorous and science fictio...

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Roger Corman
plays Self

Norman Jewison
plays Self

David J. Skal
plays Self

Gregory W. Mank
plays Self

John Landis
plays Self

John Landis as Self

John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and producer. He is known for hi...

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Ian Ogilvy
plays Self

Dick Miller
plays Self

Orson Bean
plays Self


Crew of Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

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