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Known For
Acting
Born
1882-10-17
Place of Birth
Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]
Bela Lugosi
Biography
Blaskó Béla Ferenc Dezső (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), 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.
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Acting History
2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2025Your tooth Fairy as Scientist ( archivo de imagen)
2023A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi as Host
2016Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror as Self (archive footage)
2014Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
2013The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
2013Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
2011Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode as Dracula (archive footage)
2007Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
2007Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
2007Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Riley Chandler (archive footage)
2006Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self (archive footage)
2006Terror in the Tropics as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
2005The Tell Tale Heart as Narrator
2004Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% as Self (archive footage)
2004Ed Wood: Making Bela as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
2004Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2003Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites as (archive footage)
2001Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
2000The American Nightmare as Self
2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Dracula (archive footage)
1999Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl as Self (archive footage)
1999Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
1998Universal Horror as (archive footage)
1997Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula as Self (archive footage)
1996The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. as Himself (archive footage)
1995Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self / Dracula (archive footage)
1994Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (archive footage)
1994The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)
1993Homo Promo as (Archival)
1992Innocent Blood as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1992Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)
1991Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla
1990Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Outtake
1990Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
1988Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1987Amazon Women on the Moon as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
1986Lugosi: The Forgotten King as (archive footage)
1986Classic Comedy Teams as Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage)
1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983The Horror of It All as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
1982Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1980Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1979The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
1968The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
1965The World of Abbott and Costello as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1963Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1959Plan 9 from Outer Space as Ghoul Man
1959Lock Up Your Daughters
1956The Black Sleep as Casimir
1955Bride of the Monster as Dr. Eric Vornoff
1953Glen or Glenda as Scientist
1952Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla as Dr. Zabor
1952Mother Riley Meets the Vampire as Von Housen
1949The Phantom Creeps as Dr. Alex Zorka
1949Suspense as Gen. Fortunato
1948Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein as Dracula
1947Scared to Death as Prof Leonide
1946Genius at Work as Stone
1945The Body Snatcher as Joseph
1945Zombies on Broadway as Dr. Paul Renault
1944One Body Too Many as Murkil
1944Return of the Ape Man as Prof. Dexter
1944Voodoo Man as Dr. Richard Marlowe
1943The Return of the Vampire as Armand Tesla
1943Ghosts on the Loose as Emil
1943Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as The Frankenstein Monster
1943The Ape Man as Dr. James Brewster
1942Bowery at Midnight as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
1942Night Monster as Rolf
1942The Corpse Vanishes as Dr. Lorenz
1942The Ghost of Frankenstein as Ygor
1942Black Dragons as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
1941The Wolf Man as Bela
1941Spooks Run Wild as Nardo
1941The Black Cat as Eduardo Vidos
1941Invisible Ghost as Dr. Charles Kessler
1940The Devil Bat as Dr. Paul Carruthers
1940You'll Find Out as Prince Saliano
1940Black Friday as Eric Marnay
1940The Saint's Double Trouble as Partner
1939Ninotchka as Commissar Razinin
1939The Dark Eyes of London as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
1939The Gorilla as Peters
1939Son of Frankenstein as Ygor
1939The Phantom Creeps as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
1937SOS Coast Guard as Boroff
1936Shadow of Chinatown as Victor Poten
1936Shadow of Chinatown as Victor Poten
1936Postal Inspector as Gregory Benez
1936The Invisible Ray as Dr. Felix Benet
1935Murder by Television as Arthur Perry
1935The Raven as Dr. Richard Vollin
1935The Mystery of the Mary Celeste as Anton Lorenzen
1935Mark of the Vampire as Count Mora
1935The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
1935The Best Man Wins as Doc Boehm
1935Chandu on the Magic Island as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
1934The Return of Chandu as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
1934Gift of Gab as Himself
1934The Black Cat as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
1934Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself
1933The Devil's in Love as Military Prosecutor
1933International House as General Petronovich
1933Night of Terror as Degar
1933The Whispering Shadow as Professor Adam Anton Strang
1933Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 as Dracula
1932Island of Lost Souls as The Sayer of the Law
1932The Death Kiss as Joseph Steiner
1932Chandu the Magician as Roxor
1932White Zombie as Legendre
1932Murders in the Rue Morgue as Dr. Mirakle
1931Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self
1931Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi as Himself
1931Broadminded as Pancho Arango
1931The Black Camel as Tarneverro
1931Women of All Nations as Prince Hassan
1931Drácula as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
193150 Million Frenchmen as Orizon - Magician
1931Dracula as Count Dracula
1930Oh, for a Man! as Frescatti
1930Viennese Nights as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
1930Renegades as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
1930Wild Company as Felix Brown
1930King of Jazz as Emcee - Hungarian Version
1930Such Men Are Dangerous as Dr. Goodman
1929The Thirteenth Chair as Inspector Delzante
1929Prisoners as Brottos--Nightclub Owner
1929The Veiled Woman as Murdered Suitor
1928How to Handle Women as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
1925Daughters Who Pay as Serge Romonsky
1925The Midnight Girl as Nicholas Harmon
1924He Who Gets Slapped as Extra (uncredited)
1924The Rejected Woman as Jean Gagnon
1923The Silent Command as Hisston
1920Die Teufelsanbeter
1920Caravan of Death as Scheik
1920Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund as Tom Bill
1920Daughter of the Night 2 as Andrew Fleurot
1920Deerslayer as Chingachgook
1920The Head of Janus as Warren's Butler
1920Daughter of the Night as Andrew Fleurot
1920Sklaven fremden Willens as Professor Mors
1918The Leopard
1918Álarcosbál
1918The Royal Life as Lord Henry Wotton
—Homo Promo as (Archival)