Bela Lugosi

★ Acting #4,356

1882 - 1956 (age 73) • Acting

Born: 10/17/1882 in Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]

Died: 8/16/1956 (age 73)

Known for: Acting

Bela Lugosi

★ Acting #4,356

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.

Known For

Dracula

72%

Count Dracula

1931

The Wolf Man

70%

Bela

1941

Ninotchka

75%

Commissar Razinin

1939

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

71%

Dracula

1948

The Black Cat

67%

Dr. Vitus Werdegast

1934

White Zombie

60%

Legendre

1932

Son of Frankenstein

67%

Ygor

1939

Island of Lost Souls

69%

The Sayer of the Law

1932

Falcatus

In Memory Of

2023

A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

Host

2023

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

70%

Self (archive footage)

2016

Extraordinary Tales

65%

Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')

2015

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

75%

Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)

2014

The Trail of Dracula

100%

Self (Archival Footage)

2013

Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode

100%

Dracula (archive footage)

2011

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

78%

Self (archive)

2007

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

63%

Himself (archive footage)

2007

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

90%

Self (archive footage)

2007

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Riley Chandler (archive footage)

2007

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

76%

Self (archive footage)

2006

Terror in the Tropics

Vitus Tesla (archive footage)

2006

The Tell Tale Heart

60%

Narrator

2005

Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

Self (archive footage)

2004

Ed Wood: Making Bela

78%

Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)

2004

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2004

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

65%

(archive footage)

2003

Heroes of Horror

87%

(archive footage)

2001

The American Nightmare

68%

Self

2000

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

70%

Self (archive footage)

2000

The Many Faces of Dracula

35%

Dracula (archive footage)

2000

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

83%

Self (archive footage)

1999

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

73%

Self (archive footage)

1999

Universal Horror

71%

(archive footage)

1998

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

85%

Self (archive footage)

1997

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

78%

Himself (archive footage)

1996

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

80%

Self / Dracula (archive footage)

1995