John Clare / The Creature — Penny Dreadful Character Profile

About John Clare / The Creature

The undead creature reanimated and abandoned by Victor Frankenstein, which stalks the doctor. Frankenstein is later forced to make a bride for him.

John Clare / The Creature appears in 17 titles

• Frankenstein (1931) — character page
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935) — character page
• Son of Frankenstein (1939) — character page
• The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) — character page
• Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) — character page
• House of Frankenstein (1944) — character page
• House of Dracula (1945) — character page
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) — character page
• The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) — character page
• Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972) — character page
• Young Frankenstein (1974) — character page
• Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) — character page
• Van Helsing (2004) — character page
• Hotel Transylvania (2012) — character page
• Penny Dreadful (2014)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) — character page
• Frankenstein (2025) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Rory Kinnear

Appears in

Penny Dreadful (2014)

Role

Supporting

More characters from Penny Dreadful

• Vanessa Ives (Eva Green)
• Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett)
• Sir Malcolm Murray (Timothy Dalton)
• Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway)
• Dorian Gray (Reeve Carney)
• Lily / Brona Croft (Billie Piper)
• Sembene (Danny Sapani)
• Madame Kali (Helen McCrory)
• Mina Harker (Olivia Llewellyn)
• Ferdinand Lyle (Simon Russell Beale)
• Kaetenay (Wes Studi)
• Hecate Poole (Sarah Greene)