Boris Karloff, whose real name was William Henry Pratt, was an English-born actor who emigrated to Canada in 1909. Karloff is best remembered for his roles in horror films and his portrayal of Frankenstein's monster in Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). His popularity following Frankenstein was such that for a brief time he was billed simply as "Karloff" or "Karloff the Uncanny"... (wikipedia)

Credits include: The Killing, Winchester '73, They Live by Night, The Wild One and Cat Ballou

Credits include: The Miracle Worker, Gettysburg, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, Amityville II: The Possession and Chisum

Credits include: Citizen Kane, The Lady from Shanghai, Lust for Life, Somebody Up There Likes Me and Journey Into Fear

Credits include: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, Shadow Play, The Green-Eyed Blonde and Little Moon and Jud McGraw

Credits include: Faces, Love Story, The Naked City, Cat Ballou and Kiss of Death

He was a highly successful black actor/director in the 1950s and 1960s who - because of his light-skinned appearance - transcended race and ethnicity in his performances. In motion pictures, Frank Silvera was cast as black, Latino, Polynesian and "white"/racially indeterminate (due to black + white film stock's lack of discernment when rendering light-skinned African-Americans).

Credits include: Broken Arrow, Blue Sunshine, Knock on Any Door, The Tall Men and The Appaloosa

Credits include: The Asphalt Jungle, The Blue Dahlia, To Each His Own, Above Suspicion and Cattle Queen of Montana

Credits include: Designing Woman, Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man, Lonelyhearts, Torch Song and Call Me Madam

Credits include: The Guilty Men

Credits include: The Guilty Men