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Karloff had his own weekly children's radio show "Boris Karloff's Treasure Chest" on WNEW, New York, in 1950. He played children's music and told stories and riddles. Although the programme was meant for children, Karloff attracted many adult listeners as well.
Based on the 1957 children's book of the same name by Dr. Seuss, the special features the voice of Boris Karloff (also a narrator) as the Grinch. It tells the story of the Grinch, who tries to ruin Christmas for the townsfolk of Whoville below his mountain hideaway. [1]
Creighton Tull Chaney (February 10, 1906 – July 12, 1973), known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Count Alucard (Dracula spelled backward) in Son of Dracula, Frankenstein's monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), the Mummy in three pictures, and various other roles in many ...
In October 1997, both Chaneys appeared on commemorative US postage stamps as the Phantom of the Opera and the Wolf Man, with the set completed by Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula and Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy. [24] Chaney is also the subject of the 2000 documentary feature, Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces.
He is best known as the titular main protagonist of the 1957 children's book How the Grinch Stole Christmas! He has been portrayed and voiced by many actors, including Boris Karloff, Hans Conried, Bob Holt, Walter Matthau, Anthony Asbury, Jim Carrey, Rik Mayall, Benedict Cumberbatch, Matthew Morrison, David Howard Thornton, and James Austin ...
In 1968, actor Boris Karloff — who two years earlier had narrated the Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! TV special — recorded a narrated version of The Year Without a Santa Claus .
1.1 Children's. 1.2 Classical. 1.3 Comedy. 1.4 Composing and arranging. 1.5 Country. ... Best Recording for Children. Boris Karloff for Dr. Seuss: How the Grinch ...
Boris Karloff (great-nephew) Anna Harriette Leonowens (born Ann Hariett Emma Edwards ; [ 1 ] 5 November 1831 – 19 January 1915) was an Anglo-Indian or Indian -born British [ 2 ] travel writer, educator, and social activist.