Boris Karloff (below) made up in the Bride of Frankenstein make-up. Born William Henry Pratt on November 23, 1887 in Camberwell, London. Died February 2, 1969, in Sussex, England. He once said "You could heave a brick out of the window and hit ten actors who could play my parts. I just happened to be on the right corner at the right time." He appeared in more than 80 films before his original role as the Frankenstein monster in the 1931 version directed by James Whale for Universal.