Today's star is Boris Karloff for Williams Shaving Cream...
His real name was William Henry Pratt.
My dad was a William Henry too.
I haven't seen a lot of Karloff's work, other than The Body Snatcher and How the Grinch Stole Christmas
He appeared on What's My Line in 1951, but I couldn't find it on YouTube. However YouTube has the COMPLETE (!) version of his appearance on This is Your Life from 1957.
Fun fact: In 1950 he had a weekly children's radio show, entitled Boris Karloff's Treasure Chest on WNEW in New York. The format was children's music, riddles and stories. Karloff was known to be very fond of children.
Another fun fact: At some point his next-door neighbor was Christopher Lee.
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