Bela Lugosi (born Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko) was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He was born on October 20, 1882 and passed away on August 16, 1956. He is best remembered for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic 1931 Dracula film.
Known For
Dracula
(1931)
Count Dracula
The Wolf Man
(1941)
Bela
The Black Cat
(1934)
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
The Ghost of Frankenstein
(1942)
Ygor
Son of Frankenstein
(1939)
Ygor
Island of Lost Souls
(1932)
The Sayer of the Law
Ninotchka
(1939)
Commissar Razinin
The Black Cat
(1941)
Eduardo Vidos
Drácula
(1931)
Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark of the Vampire
(1935)
Count Mora
Extraordinary Tales
(2013)
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948)
Count Dracula
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(1943)
The Frankenstein Monster
The Return of the Vampire
(1943)
Armand Tesla
The Raven
(1935)
Dr. Richard Vollin
Universal Horror
(1998)
(archive footage)
Full Filmography
Acting
Küzdelem a Létért
(1918)
The Royal Life
(1918)
Lord Henry Wotton
Álarcosbál
(1918)
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
(1920)
Tom Bill
The Head of Janus
(1920)
Warren's Butler
Die Teufelsanbeter
(1920)
Caravan of Death
(1920)
Scheik
Daughter of the Night
(1920)
Andrew Fleurot
Sklaven fremden Willens
(1920)
Professor Mors
Daughter of the Night 2
(1920)
Andrew Fleurot
Deerslayer
(1920)
Chingachgook
The Silent Command
(1923)
Hisston
The Rejected Woman
(1924)
Jean Gagnon
Daughters Who Pay
(1925)
Serge Romonsky
The Midnight Girl
(1925)
Nicholas Harmon
How to Handle Women
(1928)
Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
Prisoners
(1929)
Brottos--Nightclub Owner
The Thirteenth Chair
(1929)
Inspector Delzante
The Veiled Woman
(1929)
Murdered Suitor
Such Men Are Dangerous
(1930)
Dr. Goodman
Wild Company
(1930)
Felix Brown
King of Jazz
(1930)
Emcee - Hungarian Version
Renegades
(1930)
The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
Viennese Nights
(1930)
Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
Oh, for a Man!
(1930)
Frescatti
Drácula
(1931)
Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
(1931)
Self
Women of All Nations
(1931)
Prince Hassan
50 Million Frenchmen
(1931)
Orizon - Magician
Dracula
(1931)
Count Dracula
The Black Camel
(1931)
Tarneverro
Broadminded
(1931)
Pancho Arango
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
(1931)
Himself
White Zombie
(1932)
Legendre
The Death Kiss
(1932)
Joseph Steiner
Island of Lost Souls
(1932)
The Sayer of the Law
Chandu the Magician
(1932)
Roxor
Murders in the Rue Morgue
(1932)
Dr. Mirakle
Night of Terror
(1933)
Degar
The Whispering Shadow
(1933)
Professor Adam Anton Strang
The Devil's in Love
(1933)
Military Prosecutor
International House
(1933)
General Petronovich
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
(1933)
Screen Snapshots No. 11
(1934)
Himself
The Black Cat
(1934)
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Gift of Gab
(1934)
Himself
The Return of Chandu
(1934)
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
The Best Man Wins
(1935)
Doc Boehm
Mark of the Vampire
(1935)
Count Mora
Murder by Television
(1935)
Arthur Perry
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
(1935)
Anton Lorenzen
Chandu on the Magic Island
(1935)
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
(1935)
Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
The Raven
(1935)
Dr. Richard Vollin
The Invisible Ray
(1936)
Dr. Felix Benet
Postal Inspector
(1936)
Gregory Benez
Shadow of Chinatown
(1936)
Victor Poten
Shadow of Chinatown
(1936)
Victor Poten
SOS Coast Guard
(1937)
Boroff
The Human Monster
(1939)
Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
Son of Frankenstein
(1939)
Ygor
Ninotchka
(1939)
Commissar Razinin
The Gorilla
(1939)
Peters - the Butler
The Phantom Creeps
(1939)
Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
You'll Find Out
(1940)
Prince Saliano
The Saint's Double Trouble
(1940)
Partner
Black Friday
(1940)
Eric Marnay
The Devil Bat
(1940)
Dr. Paul Carruthers
Spooks Run Wild
(1941)
Nardo
The Black Cat
(1941)
Eduardo Vidos
The Wolf Man
(1941)
Bela
Invisible Ghost
(1941)
Dr. Charles Kessler
Night Monster
(1942)
Rolf
Bowery at Midnight
(1942)
Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
The Corpse Vanishes
(1942)
Dr. Lorenz
Black Dragons
(1942)
Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
The Ghost of Frankenstein
(1942)
Ygor
Ghosts on the Loose
(1943)
Emil
The Ape Man
(1943)
Dr. James Brewster
The Return of the Vampire
(1943)
Armand Tesla
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
(1943)
The Frankenstein Monster
Return of the Ape Man
(1944)
Prof. Dexter
Voodoo Man
(1944)
Dr. Richard Marlowe
One Body Too Many
(1944)
Murkil
The Body Snatcher
(1945)
Joseph
Zombies on Broadway
(1945)
Dr. Paul Renault
Genius at Work
(1946)
Stone
Scared to Death
(1947)
Prof Leonide
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
(1948)
Count Dracula
The Phantom Creeps
(1949)
Dr. Alex Zorka
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
(1952)
Von Housen
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
(1952)
Dr. Zabor
Glen or Glenda
(1953)
Scientist
Bride of the Monster
(1955)
Dr. Eric Vornoff
The Black Sleep
(1956)
Casimir
Plan 9 from Outer Space
(1959)
Ghoul Man
Dracula
(1963)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Son of Frankenstein
(1965)
The Hunchback (archive footage)
The World of Abbott and Costello
(1965)
Count Dracula (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
(1968)
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
(1974)
Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975)
Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
(1979)
(archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(1982)
Self (archive footage)
The Horror of It All
(1983)
Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(1983)
Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Terror in the Aisles
(1984)
Count Dracula (Archive Footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(1984)
(archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
(1985)
(archive footage)
Horrible Horror
(1986)
Clips in Various Movies
Vincent Price's Dracula
(1986)
Count Mora / Armand Tesla - (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
(1990)
Outtake
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
(1990)
(archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(1991)
Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(1991)
The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
(1992)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Our Gang Story
(1994)
Self (archive footage)
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
(1995)
Self / Dracula (archive footage)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
(1996)
Himself (archive footage)
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
(1997)
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
(1998)
(archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
(1999)
Self (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The American Nightmare
(2000)
Self
The Many Faces of Dracula
(2000)
Dracula (archive footage)
Heroes of Horror
(2001)
(archive footage)
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
(2003)
(archive footage)
Ed Wood: Making Bela
(2004)
Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
(2004)
The Tell Tale Heart
(2005)
Narrator
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
(2006)
Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
(2006)
Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
(2007)
Riley Chandler (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
(2007)
Himself (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
(2007)
Self (archive footage)
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
(2011)
Dracula (archive footage)
The Trail of Dracula
(2013)
Self
Extraordinary Tales
(2013)
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
(2014)
Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
Dracula Unearthed
(2022)
Count Dracula (Archive Footage)
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
(2023)
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