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Boris Karloff
The Monster
Colin Clive
Henry Frankenstein
Valerie Hobson
Elizabeth
Ernest Thesiger
Doctor Pretorius
Elsa Lanchester
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley / The Monster's Mate
Gavin Gordon
Lord Byron
Douglas Walton
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Una O'Connor
Minnie
E. E. Clive
Burgomaster
Lucien Prival
Butler
O. P. Heggie
Hermit
Dwight Frye
Karl
Reginald Barlow
Hans
Mary Gordon
Hans' Wife
Anne Darling
Shepherdess
Ted Billings
Ludwig
Billy Barty
Baby (uncredited)
Robert Adair
Hunter in Woods (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley
Archbishop (uncredited)
Frank Benson
Villager (uncredited)
Maurice Black
Gypsy (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
Peasant (uncredited)
Mae Bruce
Villager (uncredited)
A.S. Byron
King Homunculus (uncredited)
John Carradine
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
D'Arcy Corrigan
Procession Leader (uncredited)
Grace Cunard
Villager (uncredited)
J. Gunnis Davis
Uncle Glutz (uncredited)
Marie DeForrest
Ballerina (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Gypsy's Mother (uncredited)
Helen Jerome Eddy
Gypsy's Wife (uncredited)
Neil Fitzgerald
Rudy (uncredited)
Brenda Fowler
Mother (uncredited)
John George
Villager (uncredited)
Helen Gibson
Villager (uncredited)
Marilyn Harris
Girl (uncredited)
Carmencita Johnson
Friend of Murdered Girl (uncredited)
Rollo Lloyd
Neighbor (uncredited)
Murdock MacQuarrie
Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)
Josephine McKim
Little Mermaid (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Victim in flashback (uncredited)
Edwin Mordant
Coroner (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Guard (uncredited)
Joseph North
Servant (uncredited)
Helen Parrish
Communion Girl (uncredited)
Edward Peil Sr.
Villager (uncredited)
Tempe Pigott
Auntie Glutz (uncredited)
Sarah Schwartz
Marta (uncredited)
Peter Shaw
Devil (uncredited)
Mary Stewart
Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank Terry
Lost Hunter at Hermit's Cottage (uncredited)
Anders Van Haden
Villager (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon
Maid (uncredited)
Lucio Villegas
Priest (uncredited)
Joan Woodbury
Queen Homunculus (uncredited)
Art
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Camera
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Fred Stoll
Grip
Costume & Make-Up
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist
Otto Lederer
Makeup Trainee
Irma Kusely
Hair Setup
Vera West
Costume Design
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Crew
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant
Monte Montague
Stand In
George DeNormand
Stand In
Peter Shaw
Stand In
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Directing
James Whale
Director
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Flo Brummel
Script Coordinator
Editing
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Production
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Sound
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Writing
Robert Florey
Story
Mary Shelley
Original Story
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Morton Covan
Adaptation
Flo Brummel
Script Consultant
William Hurlbut
Adaptation
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
William Hurlbut
Screenplay
Art
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Camera
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Fred Stoll
Grip
Costume & Make-Up
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist
Otto Lederer
Makeup Trainee
Irma Kusely
Hair Setup
Vera West
Costume Design
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Crew
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant
Monte Montague
Stand In
George DeNormand
Stand In
Peter Shaw
Stand In
Carl Laemmle
Presenter
Directing
James Whale
Director
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Flo Brummel
Script Coordinator
Editing
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
Production
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
Sound
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Writing
Robert Florey
Story
Mary Shelley
Original Story
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Morton Covan
Adaptation
Flo Brummel
Script Consultant
William Hurlbut
Adaptation
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
William Hurlbut
Screenplay