Frankenstein Cast
Meet the Cast
Henry Frankenstein (Colin Clive)
Frankenstein, Mad ScientistSwipe left on Henry Frankenstein. There are more red flags on this guy than in a World Cup match between Switzerland and Turkey. For one, his occupation is "mad scientist...
The Monster (Boris Karloff)
Argh. Grrr.Some monsters are suave. Some monsters are chatty, and full of lengthy monologues. And some monsters end up coining catch phrases.Sadly, Frankenstein's monster isn't the kind of monster...
Fritz (Dwight Frye)
Wait, shouldn't that be Igor?Yes, the assistant to Dr. Frankenstein is usually thought of as "Igor." He doesn't appear in the original novel, but in later film versions he is in fact called "Igor."...
Dr. Waldman (Edward Van Sloan)
Good old friendly Dr. Waldman recommends eating an apple a day, taking your vitamins, getting eight hours of sleep a night and…murder. At first it looks like Dr. Waldman—Henry's old medical tea...
Elizabeth Lavenza (Mae Clarke)
Oh, look, it's a pretty Hollywood heroine who is in love and faints. How original.
(To be fair to Elizabeth, she faints because her fiancé is a psycho who has reanimated a corpse…and then the re...
Minor Characters
Baron Frankenstein (Frederick Kerr)The Baron is pompous, self-satisfied, and, supposedly, adorable. He struts about and tells people to go hither and thither and gives the servants champagne to cel...