Bela Lugosi

Personal Info

Birthday

October 17, 1882

Day of Death

1956-08-16

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]

Also Known As

Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó

Olt Arisztid

Mr. Blasko

Albert Lugesi

Belo Lugosi

Arisztid Olt

Бела Лугоші

Bela Lugosi

Biography

Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső, better known by the stage name Bela Lugosi), was a Hungarian stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in the classic 1931 Dracula film.

Known For

Suspense

Svengoolie

Dracula

Invisible Ghost

The Wolf Man

Drácula

The Raven

Innocent Blood

Filmography

2025
Your tooth Fairy
as Scientist ( archivo de imagen)
2023
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
as Host
2022
Dracula Unearthed
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
2016
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
2013
The Trail of Dracula
as Self
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
2011
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
as Dracula (archive footage)
2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Riley Chandler (archive footage)
2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage)
Terror in the Tropics
as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
2005
The Tell Tale Heart
as Narrator
2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
as Self (archive footage)
Ed Wood: Making Bela
as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Dr. Zabor (archive footage)
2003
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
as (archive footage)
2001
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage)
2000
The American Nightmare
as Self
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Dracula (archive footage)
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Universal Horror
as (archive footage)
1997
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
as Self (archive footage)
1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
as Himself (archive footage)
1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self / Dracula (archive footage)
1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage)
1992
Innocent Blood
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Outtake
1987
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
1986
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Horror of It All
as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1979
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
1968
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1965
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Ghoul Man
1956
The Black Sleep
as Casimir
1955
Bride of the Monster
as Dr. Eric Vornoff
1953
Glen or Glenda
as Scientist
1952
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
as Dr. Zabor
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Von Housen
1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Dracula
1947
Scared to Death
as Prof Leonide
1946
Genius at Work
as Stone
1945
The Body Snatcher
as Joseph
Zombies on Broadway
as Dr. Paul Renault
1944
One Body Too Many
as Murkil
Return of the Ape Man
as Prof. Dexter
Voodoo Man
as Dr. Richard Marlowe
1943
The Return of the Vampire
as Armand Tesla
Ghosts on the Loose
as Emil
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as The Frankenstein Monster
The Ape Man
as Dr. James Brewster
1942
Bowery at Midnight
as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
Night Monster
as Rolf
The Corpse Vanishes
as Dr. Lorenz
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Ygor
Black Dragons
as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
1941
The Wolf Man
as Bela
Spooks Run Wild
as Nardo
Invisible Ghost
as Dr. Charles Kessler
1940
The Devil Bat
as Dr. Paul Carruthers
You'll Find Out
as Prince Saliano
Black Friday
as Eric Marnay
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Partner
1939
Ninotchka
as Commissar Razinin
The Human Monster
as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
The Gorilla
as Peters - the Butler
Son of Frankenstein
as Ygor
The Phantom Creeps
as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
1937
SOS Coast Guard
as Boroff
1936
Shadow of Chinatown
as Victor Poten
Postal Inspector
as Gregory Benez
The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Felix Benet
1935
Murder by Television
as Arthur Perry
The Raven
as Dr. Richard Vollin
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
as Anton Lorenzen
Mark of the Vampire
as Count Mora
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
The Best Man Wins
as Doc Boehm
Chandu on the Magic Island
as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
1934
The Return of Chandu
as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
Gift of Gab
as Himself
The Black Cat
as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself
1933
The Devil's in Love
as Military Prosecutor
International House
as General Petronovich
Night of Terror
as Degar
The Whispering Shadow
as Professor Adam Anton Strang
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
as Dracula
1932
Island of Lost Souls
as The Sayer of the Law
The Death Kiss
as Joseph Steiner
Chandu the Magician
as Roxor
White Zombie
as Legendre
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Dr. Mirakle
1931
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
as Self
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
as Himself
Broadminded
as Pancho Arango
The Black Camel
as Tarneverro
Women of All Nations
as Prince Hassan
Drácula
as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
50 Million Frenchmen
as Orizon - Magician
Dracula
as Count Dracula
1930
Oh, for a Man!
as Frescatti
Viennese Nights
as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
Renegades
as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
Wild Company
as Felix Brown
King of Jazz
as Emcee - Hungarian Version
Such Men Are Dangerous
as Dr. Goodman
1929
The Thirteenth Chair
as Inspector Delzante
Prisoners
as Brottos--Nightclub Owner
The Veiled Woman
as Murdered Suitor
1928
How to Handle Women
as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
1925
Daughters Who Pay
as Serge Romonsky
The Midnight Girl
as Nicholas Harmon
1924
He Who Gets Slapped
as Extra (uncredited)
The Rejected Woman
as Jean Gagnon
1923
The Silent Command
as Hisston
1920
Caravan of Death
as Scheik
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
as Tom Bill
Daughter of the Night 2
as Andrew Fleurot
Deerslayer
as Chingachgook
The Head of Janus
as Warren's Butler
Daughter of the Night
as Andrew Fleurot
Sklaven fremden Willens
as Professor Mors
1918
The Royal Life
as Lord Henry Wotton