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Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
2011
as Dracula (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈblɒʃkoː ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi ( lə-GOH-see; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor. He was best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the horror film classic Dracula (1931), Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902, appearing in more than 170 productions. Beginning in 1917, he performed in Hungarian silent films. During World War I, he served as an infantry officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army from 1914 to 1916. After the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919, Lugosi was forced to immigrate to Germany due to his Socialist party activities. He acted in several films in Weimar Germany, before arriving in New Orleans as a seaman on a merchant ship, then making his way north to New York City and Ellis Island. In 1927, he starred as Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, moving with the play to the West Coast in 1928 and settling down in Hollywood. He later starred in the 1931 film version of Dracula directed by Tod Browning and produced by Universal Pictures. Through the 1930s, he occupied an important niche in horror films, but his notoriety as Dracula and thick Hungarian accent greatly limited the roles offered to him, and he unsuccessfully tried for years to avoid typecasting. He co-starred in a number of films with fellow horror icon Boris Karloff, including The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939). By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to doctor-prescribed morphine and methadone.
Filmography (133 movies)
10.0
10.0
The Trail of Dracula
2013
as Self (Archival Footage)
9.0
9.0
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
as Self (archive footage)
9.0
9.0
Heroes of Horror
2001
as (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
The Horror of It All
1983
as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
as Self / Dracula (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997
as Self (archive footage)
7.7
7.7
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Extra (uncredited)
7.6
7.6
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
as Self (archive footage)
7.6
7.6
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996
as Himself (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Ninotchka
1939
as Commissar Razinin
7.3
7.3
Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004
as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
7.2
7.2
Dracula
1931
as Count Dracula
7.1
7.1
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
as Dracula
7.0
7.0
The Wolf Man
1941
as Bela
7.0
7.0
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Body Snatcher
1945
as Joseph
6.9
6.9
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as The Sayer of the Law
6.9
6.9
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
Drácula
1931
as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
1931
as Himself
6.7
6.7
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Ygor
6.7
6.7
The Black Cat
1934
as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
6.6
6.6
The Raven
1935
as Dr. Richard Vollin
6.5
6.5
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
as Dracula
6.5
6.5
The Black Cat
1941
as Eduardo Vidos
6.4
6.4
Extraordinary Tales
2013
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
6.4
6.4
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Dr. Felix Benet
6.3
6.3
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
Chandu the Magician
1932
as Roxor
6.3
6.3
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
as Himself (archive footage)
6.3
6.3
50 Million Frenchmen
1931
as Orizon - Magician
6.2
6.2
Night Monster
1942
as Rolf
6.2
6.2
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
as The Frankenstein Monster
6.2
6.2
Postal Inspector
1936
as Gregory Benez
6.1
6.1
The Black Sleep
1956
as Casimir
6.1
6.1
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932
as Dr. Mirakle
6.1
6.1
Mark of the Vampire
1935
as Count Mora
6.1
6.1
The Return of the Vampire
1943
as Armand Tesla
6.0
6.0
The Black Camel
1931
as Tarneverro
6.0
6.0
Genius at Work
1946
as Stone
6.0
6.0
The Tell Tale Heart
2005
as Narrator
6.0
6.0
The Leopard
1918
6.0
6.0
Black Friday
1940
as Eric Marnay
6.0
6.0
The Royal Life
1918
as Lord Henry Wotton
5.9
5.9
White Zombie
1932
as Legendre
5.8
5.8
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
as Ygor
5.8
5.8
The Best Man Wins
1935
as Doc Boehm
5.7
5.7
The Dark Eyes of London
1939
as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
5.7
5.7
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
as (archive footage)
5.7
5.7
Death Scenes 2
1992
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Oh, for a Man!
1930
as Frescatti
5.7
5.7
Deerslayer
1920
as Chingachgook
5.5
5.5
You'll Find Out
1940
as Prince Saliano
5.5
5.5
International House
1933
as General Petronovich
5.5
5.5
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
as Partner
5.4
5.4
Return of the Ape Man
1944
as Prof. Dexter
5.3
5.3
Night of Terror
1933
as Degar
5.3
5.3
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935
as Anton Lorenzen
5.3
5.3
The Devil Bat
1940
as Dr. Paul Carruthers
5.2
5.2
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Dr. Charles Kessler
5.2
5.2
The Midnight Girl
1925
as Nicholas Harmon
5.2
5.2
Daughter of the Night
1920
as Andrew Fleurot
5.1
5.1
The Death Kiss
1932
as Joseph Steiner
5.0
5.0
The Silent Command
1923
as Hisston
5.0
5.0
The Devil's in Love
1933
as Military Prosecutor
5.0
5.0
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003
as (archive footage)
5.0
5.0
Voodoo Man
1944
as Dr. Richard Marlowe
5.0
5.0
One Body Too Many
1944
as Murkil
5.0
5.0
Wild Company
1930
as Felix Brown
5.0
5.0
The Rejected Woman
1924
as Jean Gagnon
5.0
5.0
Zombies on Broadway
1945
as Dr. Paul Renault
5.0
5.0
Bowery at Midnight
1942
as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
4.9
4.9
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
as Inspector Delzante
4.9
4.9
Spooks Run Wild
1941
as Nardo
4.8
4.8
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
as Dr. Goodman
4.8
4.8
Chandu on the Magic Island
1935
as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
4.7
4.7
SOS Coast Guard
1937
as Boroff
4.6
4.6
The Gorilla
1939
as Peters
4.6
4.6
Glen or Glenda
1953
as Scientist
4.6
4.6
Shadow of Chinatown
1936
as Victor Poten
4.6
4.6
Homo Promo
1993
as (Archival)
4.6
4.6
Black Dragons
1942
as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
4.5
4.5
The Return of Chandu
1934
as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
4.4
4.4
The Whispering Shadow
1933
as Professor Adam Anton Strang
4.4
4.4
Bride of the Monster
1955
as Dr. Eric Vornoff
4.3
4.3
The Ape Man
1943
as Dr. James Brewster
4.2
4.2
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1959
as Ghoul Man
4.2
4.2
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
as Emil
4.2
4.2
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
4.2
4.2
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
4.2
4.2
Scared to Death
1947
as Prof Leonide
4.2
4.2
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
as Von Housen
4.2
4.2
The Corpse Vanishes
1942
as Dr. Lorenz
4.0
4.0
Renegades
1930
as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
4.0
4.0
Murder by Television
1935
as Arthur Perry
3.8
3.8
The Phantom Creeps
1949
as Dr. Alex Zorka
3.7
3.7
Broadminded
1931
as Pancho Arango
3.3
3.3
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952
as Dr. Zabor
3.0
3.0
Shadow of Chinatown
1936
as Victor Poten
2.3
2.3
Women of All Nations
1931
as Prince Hassan
2.0
2.0
Viennese Nights
1930
as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
1.5
1.5
Dracula
1963
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1.0
1.0
Gift of Gab
1934
as Himself
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
as Himself
The Our Gang Story
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Veiled Woman
1929
as Murdered Suitor
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
2023
as Host
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
as Outtake
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
Álarcosbál
1918
How to Handle Women
1928
as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Homo Promo
TBA
as (Archival)
The Head of Janus
1920
as Warren's Butler
Your tooth Fairy
2025
as Scientist ( archivo de imagen)
Lock Up Your Daughters
1959
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
as Riley Chandler (archive footage)
Caravan of Death
1920
as Scheik
Die Teufelsanbeter
1920
Sklaven fremden Willens
1920
as Professor Mors
Daughter of the Night 2
1920
as Andrew Fleurot
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931
as Self
Terror in the Tropics
2006
as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
Prisoners
1929
as Brottos--Nightclub Owner
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
1920
as Tom Bill
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986
as (archive footage)
Daughters Who Pay
1925
as Serge Romonsky
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
as Self (archive footage)
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