Kharis (/kɑːˈriːs/) is a character featured in Universal Studios's Mummy series in the 1940s following their original 1932 film The Mummy, which starred Boris Karloff as a different mummy character, Imhotep, though their backstories are practically identical. Universal's Mummy films were inspired by worldwide interest in Egyptian archeology during the first half of the 20th century.
In the first Kharis film, The Mummy's Hand (1940), the character was played by Western-film actor Tom Tyler, while the three subsequent films, The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and The Mummy's Curse (also 1944), starred Lon Chaney Jr. in the role. Christopher Lee portrayed Kharis in the 1959 Hammer Film Productions horror film The Mummy.
Kharis has been suggested to play 21 roles. Click below to see other actors suggested for each role, and vote for who you think would play the role best.
