The Best Actors Who Played Frankenstein's Monster
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Boris Karloff is perhaps the actor most associated with Frankenstein's Monster. He portrayed the character in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939).
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Fred Gwynne played the Frankenstein-like figure, Herman Munster, in the mid-1960s sitcom, The Munsters.
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Lon Chaney, Jr. - who has played a number of the Universal Monsters including the Mummy and the Wolf Man - portrayed Frankenstein's Monster in The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
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Glenn Strange played Frankenstein's Monster in several films including House of Frankenstein (1944), House of Dracula (1945), and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948). Strange broke his ankle while filming a scene in the Abbott and Costello film so his co-star Lon Chaney, Jr. or a stuntman would fill in for him for certain shots.
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Peter Boyle played "Fronkonsteen's" Monster in Mel Brooks' 1974 film, Young Frankenstein. Peter Boyle met his wife, Loraine Alterman Boyle (a writer for Rolling Stone at the time), on the set of the movie.
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Bela Lugosi - best known for playing Dracula - played Frankenstein's Monster in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943). Lon Chaney, Jr. also starred in the movie as the Wolf Man.
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Christopher Lee played the monster in 1957's The Curse of Frankenstein. He also played Dracula on many occassions.
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Shuler Hensley played Frankenstein's Monster in the 2004 film, Van Helsing. He later played the character on stage during the original Broadway run of Young Frankenstein.
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Kevin James voiced Frank/Frankenstein in all three Hotel Transylvania movies.
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Rory Kinnear played The Creature for three seasons of the TV series, Penny Dreadful.
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Phil Hartman played Frankenstein several times on Saturday Night Live, many times alongside Tonto (Jon Lovitz) and Tarzan (Kevin Nealon).
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Robert De Niro played "The Creation" in the 1994 film, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
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Clancy Brown played Viktor, AKA The Monster, in the 1985 film, The Bride. The project was released to bad reviews and even earned a Razzie nomination for actress Jennifer Beals.
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In the 1941 film, Hellzapoppin', Dale Van Sickel played Frankenstein's Monster. He went on to be a stunt man in several movies including North by Northwest and Spartacus.
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Charles Stanton Ogle was one of the first actors to portray Frankenstein's Monster on film. He appeared in the 1910 short film, Frankenstein.
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Tom Noonan played Frankenstein's Monster in the 1987 film, The Monster Squad.
- Photo: The Evil of Frankenstein / Hammer Film Productions/Universal Pictures/The Rank Organisation17109 VOTES
Kiwi Kingston
Kiwi Kingston played The Creature in the 1964 film, The Evil of Frankenstein.
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Aaron Eckart played Adam Frankenstein in 2014's I, Frankenstein. This is one of very few films to give the monster a first name.
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Actor and stuntman Spencer Wilding portrayed Frankenstein's Monster, AKA "Prometheus," in 2015's Victor Frankenstein.
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David Prowse played The Monster in 1970 film, The Horror of Frankenstein. He went on to physically portray Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy.
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Randy Quaid played Frankenstein's Monster in the 1992 TV movie, Frankenstein.
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Gary Conway played teenage Frankenstein's monster/Bob in I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1958) and How to Make a Monster (1958).
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Javier Bardem has been cast to as Frankenstein's Monster in the upcoming film, Bride of Frankenstein.
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Freddie Jones played Professor Richter / Frankenstein's Monster in the 1969 film, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed.
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Michael Gwynn played Karl (in his new body) in the 1958 film, The Revenge of Frankenstein, which was released as a double bill with Curse of the Demon.
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Harry Wilson played The Monster in the 1958 film, Frankenstein's Daughter.
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Robert Rodan
Robert Rodan played Adam, a character based on Frankenstein's Monster, in many episodes of Dark Shadows.