Igor, or sometimes Ygor, is a stock character, a sometimes hunch-backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself, the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942). He is familiar from many horror films and horror film parodies. He is traditionally associated with mad scientists, particularly Victor Frankenstein, although Frankenstein has neither a lab assistant nor any association with a character named Igor in the original Mary Shelley novel. The Igor of popular parlance is a composite character, based on characters created for the Universal Studios film franchise. In the first Frankenstein film (1931), Fritz served the role; in subsequent sequels, a different physically deformed character, Ygor, is featured, though Ygor is not an assistant in those films.
The third and fourth sequel films Son of Frankenstein (1939) and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) featured a character named Ygor portrayed by Bela Lugosi. This character is neither a hunchback nor a lab assistant, but a blacksmith with a broken neck and twisted back as the result of a botched hanging. He reanimates the Monster as an instrument of vengeance against the townspeople who attempted to hang him for grave robbing. He survives a near-fatal gunshot and appears in the next film in which his brain is placed in the Monster's body, but the body is rendered blind because Ygor's blood is not compatible with the Monster's blood and it is caught in a chateau fire. Still, the Monster returns in the next few movies: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, House of Frankenstein, House of Dracula, and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, burning to death in that one as well.
Universal Studios actively cemented the idea of the hunchbacked assistant to the "mad scientist" in the Frankenstein film series' The House of Frankenstein (1944) with J. Carrol Naish playing a hunchbacked lab assistant named Daniel.
In the horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), Ivan Igor is the name of the mad wax museum curator. The film was remade as House of Wax (1953), but the name Igor was given to the curator's henchman (Charles Bronson) rather than the curator himself. This character is deaf and mute, rather than a hunchback.
The comedy film Young Frankenstein features the character Igor (portrayed by Marty Feldman), a crazy eyed hunchback who becomes the assistant of Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (portrayed by Gene Wilder), who both their grandfathers coincidentally worked together. The duo began working on creating the monster from the corpse of a hanged criminal and Igor was tasked to steal the brain of Hans Delbrück, however he drops it and finds another one labelled abnormal (which he mistakenly reads "Abby Normal") and takes it, resulting in the monster (portrayed by Peter Boyle) to become unpredictable and runs rampant near the village.
The film Igor features an assortment of Igors who are servants to multiple mad scientists in the fictional kingdom of Malaria, where they assist their masters to create evil inventions so they could blackmail the world to pay the country billions or they will unleash their monstrosities across the globe. The titular Igor (voiced by John Cusack) was the assistant of Dr. Glickenstein (voiced by John Cleese), who dreams to become a mad scientist himself by creating a monster with the help of his creations Scamper and Brain (voiced by Steve Buscemi) and Sean Hayes), however the monster, now named Eva (voiced by Molly Shannon), develops a sweet gentle personality and desires to become an actress.
The film Victor Frankenstein features its version of Igor (portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe) whose abnormality is caused by a cyst on his back that Victor Frankenstein drains.
^Behrendt, Stephen C. (2012). "A Hideous Bit of Morbidity": An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 97. ISBN978-0786469093. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was adapted for the stage many times, and the first of these interpretations was Richard Brinsley Peake's Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein (1823), which dramatized key scenes from the novel and added Frankenstein's assistant, Fritz, to the mix.
^Doe, John (August 2001). "Cast and Characters - Romantic Circles". Romantic Circles. RC. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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Igor or sometimes Ygor is a stock character a sometimes hunch backed laboratory assistant to many types of Gothic villains or as a fiendish character who assists only himself the latter most prominently portrayed by Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein 1939 and The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 He is familiar from many horror films and horror film parodies He is traditionally associated with mad scientists particularly Victor Frankenstein although Frankenstein has neither a lab assistant nor any association with a character named Igor in the original Mary Shelley novel The Igor of popular parlance is a composite character based on characters created for the Universal Studios film franchise In the first Frankenstein film 1931 Fritz served the role in subsequent sequels a different physically deformed character Ygor is featured though Ygor is not an assistant in those films A depiction of the malformed Igor Contents 1 Origins 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksOrigins editDwight Frye s hunchbacked lab assistant in the first film of the Frankenstein series 1931 is the main source for the Igor of public imagination though this character was actually named Fritz Fritz did not originate from the Frankenstein novel but instead originated from the earliest recorded play adaptation Presumption or the Fate of Frankenstein where he was played by Robert Keeley 1 2 nbsp Boris Karloff as the monster Basil Rathbone as Dr Frankenstein s son Wolf Frankenstein and Bela Lugosi as Ygor in Son of Frankenstein 1939 The third and fourth sequel films Son of Frankenstein 1939 and The Ghost of Frankenstein 1942 featured a character named Ygor portrayed by Bela Lugosi This character is neither a hunchback nor a lab assistant but a blacksmith with a broken neck and twisted back as the result of a botched hanging He reanimates the Monster as an instrument of vengeance against the townspeople who attempted to hang him for grave robbing He survives a near fatal gunshot and appears in the next film in which his brain is placed in the Monster s body but the body is rendered blind because Ygor s blood is not compatible with the Monster s blood and it is caught in a chateau fire Still the Monster returns in the next few movies Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man House of Frankenstein House of Dracula and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein burning to death in that one as well Universal Studios actively cemented the idea of the hunchbacked assistant to the mad scientist in the Frankenstein film series The House of Frankenstein 1944 with J Carrol Naish playing a hunchbacked lab assistant named Daniel In the horror film Mystery of the Wax Museum 1933 Ivan Igor is the name of the mad wax museum curator The film was remade as House of Wax 1953 but the name Igor was given to the curator s henchman Charles Bronson rather than the curator himself This character is deaf and mute rather than a hunchback The comedy film Young Frankenstein features the character Igor portrayed by Marty Feldman a crazy eyed hunchback who becomes the assistant of Dr Frederick Frankenstein portrayed by Gene Wilder who both their grandfathers coincidentally worked together The duo began working on creating the monster from the corpse of a hanged criminal and Igor was tasked to steal the brain of Hans Delbruck however he drops it and finds another one labelled abnormal which he mistakenly reads Abby Normal and takes it resulting in the monster portrayed by Peter Boyle to become unpredictable and runs rampant near the village Another Igor appears in Van Helsing 2004 portrayed by Kevin J O Connor who now becomes loyal to Count Dracula and betrayed Dr Frankenstein The film Igor features an assortment of Igors who are servants to multiple mad scientists in the fictional kingdom of Malaria where they assist their masters to create evil inventions so they could blackmail the world to pay the country billions or they will unleash their monstrosities across the globe The titular Igor voiced by John Cusack was the assistant of Dr Glickenstein voiced by John Cleese who dreams to become a mad scientist himself by creating a monster with the help of his creations Scamper and Brain voiced by Steve Buscemi and Sean Hayes however the monster now named Eva voiced by Molly Shannon develops a sweet gentle personality and desires to become an actress The film Victor Frankenstein features its version of Igor portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe whose abnormality is caused by a cyst on his back that Victor Frankenstein drains See also editUniversal MonstersReferences edit Behrendt Stephen C 2012 A Hideous Bit of Morbidity An Anthology of Horror Criticism from the Enlightenment to World War I Jefferson North Carolina McFarland p 97 ISBN 978 0786469093 Mary Shelley s Frankenstein was adapted for the stage many times and the first of these interpretations was Richard Brinsley Peake s Presumption or the Fate of Frankenstein 1823 which dramatized key scenes from the novel and added Frankenstein s assistant Fritz to the mix Doe John August 2001 Cast and Characters Romantic Circles Romantic Circles RC Retrieved September 20 2018 External links editDiscussion of the popular Igor idea Igor 2008 at IMDb nbsp The writing studio the art of writing and making films original innovation Van Helsing Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Igor character amp oldid 1221322982, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
