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)

James Whale

Director

Carl Laemmle Jr.

Producer

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

Ted J. Kent

Editor

John J. Mescall

Director of Photography

John P. Fulton

Special Effects

Robert Florey

Story

Irma Kusely

Hairstylist

Otto Lederer

Assistant Makeup Artist

Gilbert Kurland

Sound Supervisor

William Hedgcock

Sound Engineer

Edwin Wetzel

Sound Effects Editor

Mary Shelley

Original Story

Josef Berne

Adaptation

Lawrence G. Blochman

Adaptation

Philip MacDonald

Adaptation

Tom Reed

Additional Writing

R.C. Sherriff

Adaptation

Edmund Pearson

Screenplay

Morton Covan

Adaptation

Irma Kusely

Hair Setup

Otto Lederer

Makeup Trainee

Fred Frank

Assistant Director

Harry Mancke

Assistant Director

Joseph A. McDonough

Assistant Director

David S. Horsley

Special Effects Assistant

Ken Strickfaden

Special Effects Technician

Cleo E. Baker

Visual Effects

David S. Horsley

Visual Effects

William Dodds

Assistant Camera

Alan Jones

Camera Operator

Larry Aicholtz

Scoring Mixer

Abe Meyer

Music Coordinator

Clifford Vaughan

Orchestrator

Oliver Wallace

Musician

Flo Brummel

Script Consultant

George DeNormand

Stand In

Monte Montague

Stand In

Charles D. Hall

Art Direction

Vera West

Costume Design

William Hurlbut

Adaptation

William Hurlbut

Screenplay

John L. Balderston

Adaptation

Jack Pierce

Makeup Artist

Maurice Pivar

Supervising Film Editor

Peter Shaw

Stand In

Fred Stoll

Grip

Jack Cosgrove

Matte Painter

Russell Lawson

Matte Painter

John P. Fulton

Visual Effects

Gilbert Kurland

Music Supervisor

Louis Kaufman

Musician

C. Bakaleinikoff

Conductor

Flo Brummel

Script Coordinator

Carl Laemmle

Presenter