Full Credits
55 members

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)
55 members
James Whale
Director
Harry Mancke
Assistant Director
Fred Frank
Assistant Director
Joseph A. McDonough
Assistant Director
Flo Brummel
Script Coordinator
Robert Florey
Story
Mary Shelley
Original Story
Josef Berne
Adaptation
Lawrence G. Blochman
Adaptation
R.C. Sherriff
Adaptation
Morton Covan
Adaptation
Edmund Pearson
Screenplay
Philip MacDonald
Adaptation
Flo Brummel
Script Consultant
William Hurlbut
Screenplay
William Hurlbut
Adaptation
John L. Balderston
Adaptation
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Producer
John J. Mescall
Director of Photography
Alan Jones
Camera Operator
William Dodds
Assistant Camera
Fred Stoll
Grip
Franz Waxman
Original Music Composer
Gilbert Kurland
Sound Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound Engineer
Edwin Wetzel
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Aicholtz
Scoring Mixer
Clifford Vaughan
Orchestrator
Abe Meyer
Music Coordinator
Oliver Wallace
Musician
Gilbert Kurland
Music Supervisor
Louis Kaufman
Musician
C. Bakaleinikoff
Conductor
Charles D. Hall
Art Direction
Otto Lederer
Assistant Makeup Artist
Irma Kusely
Hairstylist
Irma Kusely
Hair Setup
Otto Lederer
Makeup Trainee
Vera West
Costume Design
Jack Pierce
Makeup Artist
Cleo E. Baker
Visual Effects
David S. Horsley
Visual Effects
Jack Cosgrove
Matte Painter
Russell Lawson
Matte Painter
John P. Fulton
Visual Effects
Ted J. Kent
Editor
Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Tom Reed
Additional Writing
Ken Strickfaden
Special Effects Technician
David S. Horsley
Special Effects Assistant
George DeNormand
Stand In
Monte Montague
Stand In
Peter Shaw
Stand In
Carl Laemmle
Presenter