Portrait of Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Acting

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.

Born: October 17, 1882

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

Filmography

2025
Your tooth Fairy

as Scientist ( archivo de imagen)

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 (Archival Footage)

2013
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)

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

as Self (archive footage)

2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

as Riley Chandler (archive footage)

2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Terror in the Tropics

as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)

2005
2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela

as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)

2004
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%

as Self (archive footage)

2003
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

as (archive footage)

2000
2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as Dracula (archive footage)

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

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
1994
The Our Gang Story

as Self (archive footage)

1993
Homo Promo

as (Archival)

1992
Innocent Blood

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1992
Death Scenes 2

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon

as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)

1986
Lugosi: The Forgotten King

as (archive footage)

1986
Classic Comedy Teams

as Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (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)

1983
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)

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1965
The World of Abbott and Costello

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1963
Dracula

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1959
1956
The Black Sleep

as Casimir

1955
Bride of the Monster

as Dr. Eric Vornoff

1953
Glen or Glenda

as Scientist

1949
The Phantom Creeps

as Dr. Alex Zorka

1949
Suspense

as Gen. Fortunato

1947
Scared to Death

as Prof Leonide

1946
1945
1945
Zombies on Broadway

as Dr. Paul Renault

1944
1944
Return of the Ape Man

as Prof. Dexter

1944
Voodoo Man

as Dr. Richard Marlowe

1943
1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

as The Frankenstein Monster

1943
The Ape Man

as Dr. James Brewster

1942
Bowery at Midnight

as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner

1942
1942
The Corpse Vanishes

as Dr. Lorenz

1942
Black Dragons

as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb

1941
1941
1941
The Black Cat

as Eduardo Vidos

1941
Invisible Ghost

as Dr. Charles Kessler

1940
The Devil Bat

as Dr. Paul Carruthers

1940
You'll Find Out

as Prince Saliano

1940
Black Friday

as Eric Marnay

1939
Ninotchka

as Commissar Razinin

1939
The Dark Eyes of London

as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

1939
The Gorilla

as Peters

1939
The Phantom Creeps

as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane

1937
1936
Shadow of Chinatown

as Victor Poten

1936
Shadow of Chinatown

as Victor Poten

1936
Postal Inspector

as Gregory Benez

1936
The Invisible Ray

as Dr. Felix Benet

1935
Murder by Television

as Arthur Perry

1935
The Raven

as Dr. Richard Vollin

1935
1935
Mark of the Vampire

as Count Mora

1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong

as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee

1935
The Best Man Wins

as Doc Boehm

1935
Chandu on the Magic Island

as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

1934
The Return of Chandu

as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

1934
Gift of Gab

as Himself

1934
The Black Cat

as Dr. Vitus Werdegast

1933
The Devil's in Love

as Military Prosecutor

1933
International House

as General Petronovich

1933
1933
The Whispering Shadow

as Professor Adam Anton Strang

1932
Island of Lost Souls

as The Sayer of the Law

1932
The Death Kiss

as Joseph Steiner

1932
White Zombie

as Legendre

1932
1931
Broadminded

as Pancho Arango

1931
The Black Camel

as Tarneverro

1931
Women of All Nations

as Prince Hassan

1931
Drácula

as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)

1931
50 Million Frenchmen

as Orizon - Magician

1931
Dracula

as Count Dracula

1930
Oh, for a Man!

as Frescatti

1930
Viennese Nights

as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador

1930
Renegades

as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid

1930
Wild Company

as Felix Brown

1930
King of Jazz

as Emcee - Hungarian Version

1930
1929
The Thirteenth Chair

as Inspector Delzante

1929
Prisoners

as Brottos--Nightclub Owner

1929
The Veiled Woman

as Murdered Suitor

1928
How to Handle Women

as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)

1925
Daughters Who Pay

as Serge Romonsky

1925
The Midnight Girl

as Nicholas Harmon

1924
He Who Gets Slapped

as Extra (uncredited)

1924
The Rejected Woman

as Jean Gagnon

1923
1920
1920
Daughter of the Night 2

as Andrew Fleurot

1920
Deerslayer

as Chingachgook

1920
The Head of Janus

as Warren's Butler

1920
Daughter of the Night

as Andrew Fleurot

1920
Sklaven fremden Willens

as Professor Mors

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Homo Promo

as (Archival)