Pratt spent his childhood years in Enfield, in the County of Middlesex. He learned how to manage his stutter, but not his lisp, which was noticeable throughout his career in the film industry. Pratt was bow-legged, had a lisp, and stuttered as a young boy. His mother's maternal aunt was Anna Leonowens, whose tales about life in the royal court of Siam (now Thailand) were the basis of the musical The King and I. Edward John Pratt was Anglo-Indian, with a British father and Indian mother, while Karloff's mother also had some Indian ancestry, thus Karloff had a relatively dark complexion that differed from his peers at the time. His brother, Sir John Thomas Pratt, was a British diplomat. Both his parents died when Karloff was young, and he was primarily raised by a half-sister and his elder siblings. His parents were Edward John Pratt (1826/7–1897), of the Indian Civil Service, where he worked for the salt revenue service, and Eliza Sara (born 1848), née Millard. Karloff was born William Henry Pratt on 23 November 1887, at 36 Forest Hill Road, Dulwich, Surrey (now in London), England. English Heritage Blue plaque at 36 Forest Hill Road, London, marking Karloff's birthplace
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