Boris Karloff: The Man Behind | The Monster

At age 44, he was cast as Frankenstein’s monster after Bela Lugosi famously turned the role down.

Even with failing health and emphysema, he worked until his death in 1969, delivering a poignant final performance as an aging horror star in Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets . Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

of his collaboration with director James Whale? A chronological list of his most essential film credits? More details on his work with the Screen Actors Guild ? At age 44, he was cast as Frankenstein’s

Born to a family of diplomats, he adopted a stage name to avoid embarrassing his respectable brothers. At age 44