Boris Karloff was alway great! A super actor for the horror genre.
There were two TV performances that stood out for me.
The first one was an episode from the excellent TV series Thriller. The name of the episode was The Incredible Doktor Markesan. To me it was the best of the whole series.
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Old deserted house, fog, graveyards and all around eerie atmosphere.
When the DoKtor's nephew & wife come to seek temporary at his house shelter until they can get jobs at Penrose University, they find the place in shambles. When they eventually come in contact with the good? Doktor, he agrees to let them stay in the master suite but only if they will not come out at anytime from dusk till dawn. He enforces that rule by locking them in at night.
Little do they realize that the Doktor is actually dead and lives back in the cemetery. He has discovered a mold found in graves that can resurrect the dead.
At night he has resurrected three dead professors who had him put out of the University. He keeps on going over their testimony so that when there will be another trial to be held in the future and is to be heard before Prof. Angus Holden (who originally dismissed him) , he will be vindicated for his findings because they actually worked.
The nephrew cleverly undoes the lock on the door and see the above sight: Markesan and the three dead professors. He doesn't know what to think. He needs to get to Professor Holden at the University
When Markesan's nephew finds out from Professor Holden that the doctor has been dead for some time he heads back to the house to get his wife. Meantime his wife has wandered downstairs and is the the grasp of the doctor and the three dead professors.
When the nephew confronts Markeson, he finds out that his uncle is completely mad. When one of the dead professors starts to get up from his makeshift coffin, he falls and causes a gigantic light to fall on Markesan and kills him.
The nephew to his great dismay finds that his wife has now become part of the living dead.
The second program was an episode from The Girl From Uncle entitled The Mother Muffin Affair.
Surprising everyone, Karloff appeared in drag as Mother Muffin.
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Mother Muffin was head of a group of assasins and was out to assasinate the daughter of a mobster. So UNCLE with April Dancer & Napoleon Solo were fighting THRUSH and Mother Muffin.
Needless to say the story was not that great but to see the old trooper at it while he suffered with arthritus and respiratory problems was worth the 50 minutes. He gave a great performance as usual and probably had a great time doing it.
Unfortunately he was to die not long thereafter.
What an actor. And a real giant in the horror genre.
Here's looking to you Boris. I will toast you with a nice glass of claret.