Filmmakers
Above the lineJW
Director
James Whale
EP
Screenplay
Edmund Pearson
WH
Screenplay
William Hurlbut
RF
Screenplay
Robert Florey
Story
JM
Cinematography
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
TK
Editing
Ted J. Kent
Editor
FW
Music
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
VW
Costume Design
Vera West
Cast
55BK
Boris Karloff
The Monster
CC
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
VH
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
ET
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
EL
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
GG
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
DW
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
UO
Una O'Connor
Minnie
EC
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
LP
Lucien Prival
Butler
OH
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
DF
Dwight Frye
Karl
RB
Reginald Barlow
Hans
MG
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
AD
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
TB
Ted Billings
Ludwig
BB
Billy Barty
Baby (uncredited)
RA
Robert Adair
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
NA
Norman Ainsley
Archbishop (uncredited)
FB
Frank Benson
Villager (uncredited)
MB
Maurice Black
Gypsy (uncredited)
WB
Walter Brennan
Peasant (uncredited)
MB
Mae Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
AB
A.S. Byron
King Homunculus (uncredited)
JC
John Carradine
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
DC
D'Arcy Corrigan
Procession Leader (uncredited)
GC
Grace Cunard
Villager (uncredited)
JD
J. Gunnis Davis
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
MD
Marie DeForrest
Ballerina (uncredited)
ED
Elspeth Dudgeon
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
HE
Helen Jerome Eddy
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
NF
Neil Fitzgerald
Rudy (uncredited)
BF
Brenda Fowler
Mother (uncredited)
JG
John George
Villager (uncredited)
HG
Helen Gibson
Villager (uncredited)
MH
Marilyn Harris
Girl (uncredited)
CJ
Carmencita Johnson
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
RL
Rollo Lloyd
Neighbor (uncredited)
MM
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
JM
Josephine McKim
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
TM
Torben Meyer
Victim in flashback (uncredited)
EM
Edwin Mordant
Coroner (uncredited)
CM
Charles Murphy
Guard (uncredited)
JN
Joseph North
Servant (uncredited)
HP
Helen Parrish
Communion Girl (uncredited)
ES
Edward Peil Sr.
Villager (uncredited)
TP
Tempe Pigott
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
SS
Sarah Schwartz
Marta (uncredited)
PS
Peter Shaw
Devil (uncredited)
MS
Mary Stewart
Neighbor (uncredited)
FT
Frank Terry
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
AH
Anders Van Haden
Villager (uncredited)
DV
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
LV
Lucio Villegas
Priest (uncredited)
JW
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Departments
47Production
- Carl Laemmle Jr.Producer
Camera
- William DoddsAssistant Camera
- Alan JonesCamera Operator
- Fred StollGrip
Sound
- C. BakaleinikoffConductor
- Abe MeyerMusic Coordinator
- Gilbert KurlandMusic Supervisor
- Oliver WallaceMusician
- Louis KaufmanMusician
- Clifford VaughanOrchestrator
- Larry AicholtzScoring Mixer
- Edwin WetzelSound Effects Editor
- William HedgcockSound Engineer
- Gilbert KurlandSound Supervisor
Art
- Charles D. HallArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Otto LedererAssistant Makeup Artist
- Irma KuselyHair Setup
- Irma KuselyHairstylist
- Jack PierceMakeup Artist
- Otto LedererMakeup Trainee
Visual Effects
- Jack CosgroveMatte Painter
- Russell LawsonMatte Painter
- David S. HorsleyVisual Effects
- Cleo E. BakerVisual Effects
- John P. FultonVisual Effects
Editing
- Maurice PivarSupervising Film Editor
Crew
- Tom ReedAdditional Writing
- Carl LaemmlePresenter
- John P. FultonSpecial Effects
- David S. HorsleySpecial Effects Assistant
- Ken StrickfadenSpecial Effects Technician
- Monte MontagueStand In
- George DeNormandStand In
- Peter ShawStand In
Writing
- R.C. SherriffAdaptation
- Lawrence G. BlochmanAdaptation
- Philip MacDonaldAdaptation
- Josef BerneAdaptation
- Morton CovanAdaptation
- William HurlbutAdaptation
- John L. BalderstonAdaptation
- Mary ShelleyOriginal Story
- Flo BrummelScript Consultant
Directing
- Fred FrankAssistant Director
- Harry ManckeAssistant Director
- Joseph A. McDonoughAssistant Director
- Flo BrummelScript Coordinator