Classic Horror Actors

[mxylpx]

I just chanced up your gem! Outstanding collection of great actors of a sinister persuasion and great commentators to boot! Keep them coming.

[imlaughing2death]

I know most of them, (my favorite is Karloff) but who's the first man and the one after Ernest Thesinger?

[ImhotepsAshes]

@imlaughing2death The first man is Tod Slaughter, great actor of British melodramas, the most famous being the 1936 'Sweeney Todd'. The one after Thesiger is Henry Daniell, shown here as Moriarty in 'The Woman in Green' but probably best known for 'The Body Snatcher' opposite Karloff and Lugosi. They more than deserve their places in the horror hall of fame!

[sickkat44]

lionel atwill seems to be forgotten but was such an integral part of the universal horror films, always great when he's on screen, he adds so many little quirks to his parts.

[tomkes100]

MajorSecond thanks.Universal was King in horror & the musical scores. the 30s&40s were golden years.But lets not forget believe it or cheapies PRC & Monogram who had their own orchestras giving mrmorable music.Majestic too. This is up my alley these classic films& actors& the music.i discuss this in m website to old actirs&films.I knew many character actors&supporting players from horror&classsic films. you can e mail me anytime.these films live endure for ETERNITY.thanks. TOMK a man who knows

[MajorSecord]

search "Flash Gordon the music" and click on Tony LoBue's website for clips of all the great 1930s Universal music

[tomkes100]

this horror film historian has his own website dedicated to 300 character actors i knew personally not to mention big name stars of yesteryear. i love these old horror gems universal at its best. Zucco, Frye Atwill, Rains Thesiger,Rathbone, the list is endless, PHANTOM 43 was Rains best film. acid&chandelier scenes UNFORGETTABLE. Ah for the old films

& actors of yesteryear. Thanks folks. I cherish all thrse films now in dvd. How about some feeback from you film fans. thanks.TOMK

[MajorSecord]

I grew up watching this stuff on tv in the 60s--Universal had the best-paced, atmospheric horror films in large part because of the great music. Starting with The Invisible Man and The Werewolf of London through The Bride of Frankenstein and Son of Frankenstein, everyone of those flicks had spectacular soundtracks. Someone found some of the charts and a few years ago certain scores were recorded by full symphony orchestras and released on cd.

[arisztidoltz]

Loves it!!! I saw Karloff and Lugosi and Rains...I`m happy now....;-)

[ChildOfTheWilderness]

Claude Rains was better as The Invisible Man

The greatest Phantom is Lon Chaney Sr

[ImhotepsAshes]

I agree with you on both counts! However, I wanted to be able to show Claude Rains' real face, so I couldn't use pictures from 'The Invisible Man' - the same thing with Chaney really, which is why I left him out.

[chiliheadwizard]

But I want to see what the Invisible Man looks like. (Chortles and ducks rotten tomatoes...)

[08whitesoxluvr]

very very good. and at the end. save the best 4 last

[ForwardN2Unknown]

That song was wasted on a Disney movie! (Although I did like the Hunchback of Notre Dame)

[Pikatroid42]

Disney movies back then were so much better than now. Pixar movies are good though.

[anton1990]

It's so brilliant that you get around to Ernst Thesiger when Frollo sings "devil".

"This is the very devil, a certain recemblance to me don't you think? Or do I flatter myself."

[speedball29]

great video nice to see george zucco,lionel atwill and henry daniell was in it to offten ther left out and forgotten

[venue44mansfield]

Thanks for posting, my wifes Great Uncle was Lionel Atwill, she will onve this when I show her - Many Thanks!

[MrsLonChaney]

not that I'm not grateful for the lovely shots of Claude Rains, but Lon chaney's Phantom surpasted his 10x.

[ImhotepsAshes]

I'd be ridiculous not to agree, but I wanted to get images with the real faces of the actors visible. And with Chaney, that can become something of a problem! I'll have to track down 'The Penalty' or 'The Unknown'.

[MrsLonChaney]

*sigh* Too true. Please do, I've get to see some good shots of him int those films.

[vpfan31]

thanks I knew I recanised the voice

[vpfan31]

who's the guy that sings the song?

[ImhotepsAshes]

Tony Jay, a very talented character actor who unfortunately died two years ago. He found his niche mainly through animation voice-overs. His immortality stems primarily from his peerless portrayal of Frollo in Disney's 1996 "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", in which this song appears. A member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he also appeared as Vincent Crummles in the American revival of "Nicholas Nickleby". He is sadly missed.

[1warnerguy]

Claude Rains!

[maxielover1]

I enjoy all the old horror actors including Karloff.

[JFakeWeston]

So many of my favourite faces set to one of my favourite Disney songs. I couldn't help but grin when Thesiger appeared on the line that references Satan. Very nice.

[DraX287]

Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff Nice Jobb but what is the name of the song?

[ImhotepsAshes]

The song is called "Hellfire" and its from the animated version of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame". A very unexpected and very dark Disney moment!

[TaurusGirl423]

Whoa, this song is from a Disney film? Holy crap! It was a really great choice for this video, great job :)

[JFakeWeston]

A fine job, very fine indeed.

[LizSaill]

And one on Yahoogroups too! Please join!

[LizSaill]

There is now an Appreciation Society of Tod on Facebook. Im inviting any Tod fans to join.

[LizSaill]

Great clip! Congrats to the person who put this together!

Im a new Slaughter fan. Think he was a great actor, played villians sooooo well. Couldnt imagine him in any other type of role apart from villians!

[seanbeanishot]

Tod Slaughter was the man! What a superb villain he made! Genius.

[klassicHorrorFan]

If only cinematic villains were more like Thesiger, Atwill and Lugosi...I knew them well.

[anton1990]

Many of my favorite actors in there, nice job.