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.
Known For
Suspense
1949
Dracula
1931
The Wolf Man
1941
Innocent Blood
1992
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
Ninotchka
1939
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
The Body Snatcher
1945
The Raven
1935
Island of Lost Souls
1932
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Filmography
Suspense
as Gen. Fortunato · 1949
Dracula
as Count Dracula · 1931
The Wolf Man
as Bela · 1941
Innocent Blood
as Count Dracula (archive footage) · 1992
Amazon Women on the Moon
as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage) · 1987
Ninotchka
as Commissar Razinin · 1939
Son of Frankenstein
as Ygor · 1939
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
as Dracula · 1948
The Body Snatcher
as Joseph · 1945
The Raven
as Dr. Richard Vollin · 1935
Island of Lost Souls
as The Sayer of the Law · 1932
Mark of the Vampire
as Count Mora · 1935
Plan 9 from Outer Space
as Ghoul Man · 1957
The Black Cat
as Dr. Vitus Werdegast · 1934
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
as The Frankenstein Monster · 1943
Drácula
as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1931
The Ghost of Frankenstein
as Ygor · 1942
White Zombie
as Legendre · 1932
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self (archive footage) · 2025
King of Jazz
as Emcee - Hungarian Version · 1930
Murders in the Rue Morgue
as Dr. Mirakle · 1932
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage) · 1968
He Who Gets Slapped
as Extra (uncredited) · 1924
The Return of the Vampire
as Armand Tesla · 1943
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage) · 1975
Head
as Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Archival Footage) (uncredited) · 1968
The American Nightmare
as Self · 2000
Chandu on the Magic Island
as Frank Chandler (Chandu) · 1935
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
as Dracula · 1933
The Black Cat
as Eduardo Vidos · 1941
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
as Self (archive footage) · 2007
You'll Find Out
as Prince Saliano · 1940
International House
as General Petronovich · 1933
Bride of the Monster
as Dr. Eric Vornoff · 1955
Extraordinary Tales
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart') · 2015
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
as Self (archive) · 2007
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage) · 1974
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983
Ed Wood: Making Bela
as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage) · 2004
The Invisible Ray
as Dr. Felix Benet · 1936
Dracula in the Movies
as (archive footage) · 1992
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
as Dr. Zabor · 1952
The Dark Eyes of London
as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn · 1939
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
The Our Gang Story
as Self (archive footage) · 1994
Black Friday
as Eric Marnay · 1940
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
The Devil Bat
as Dr. Paul Carruthers · 1940
The Trail of Dracula
as Self (Archival Footage) · 2013
The Black Sleep
as Casimir · 1956
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage) · 2014
Glen or Glenda
as Scientist · 1953
Ghosts on the Loose
as Emil · 1943
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
as Self (archive footage) · 1999
The Many Faces of Dracula
as Dracula (archive footage) · 2000
Voodoo Man
as Dr. Richard Marlowe · 1944
The Death Kiss
as Joseph Steiner · 1932
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
as Self (archive footage) · 1997
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
as (archive footage) · 1986
The Tell Tale Heart
as Narrator · 2005
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage) · 1984
Spooks Run Wild
as Nardo · 1941
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
as Self (archive footage) · 2004
The Horror Show
as (archive footage) · 1979
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
as Self / Dracula (archive footage) · 1995
The Phantom Creeps
as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane · 1939
Universal Horror
as (archive footage) · 1998
Spring Tempest
as Renner · 1918
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
Black Dragons
as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb · 1942
The Saint's Double Trouble
as Partner · 1940
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
as Riley Chandler (archive footage) · 2007
Caravan of Death
as Scheik · 1920
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
as Self (archive footage) · 1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1988
Oh, for a Man!
as Frescatti · 1930
One Body Too Many
as Murkil · 1944
Return of the Ape Man
as Prof. Dexter · 1944
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage) · 1991
Women of All Nations
as Prince Hassan · 1931
Night of Terror
as Degar · 1933
Death Scenes 2
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1992
The Corpse Vanishes
as Dr. Lorenz · 1942
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
as Self (archive footage) · 2006
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee · 1935
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
as Von Housen · 1952
Lulu
· 1918
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
as Himself (archive footage) · 2007
Invisible Ghost
as Dr. Charles Kessler · 1941
The Devil's in Love
as Military Prosecutor · 1933
The Best Man Wins
as Doc Boehm · 1935
The Midnight Girl
as Nicholas Harmon · 1925
Bowery at Midnight
as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner · 1942
The Return of Chandu
as Frank Chandler (Chandu) · 1934
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
· 2004
Night Monster
as Rolf · 1942
Such Men Are Dangerous
as Dr. Goodman · 1930
The Black Camel
as Tarneverro · 1931
The Horror of It All
as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage) · 1983
Zombies on Broadway
as Dr. Paul Renault · 1945
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
as Self (archive footage) · 2016
The Phantom Creeps
as Dr. Alex Zorka · 1949
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
as Anton Lorenzen · 1935
Deerslayer
as Chingachgook · 1920
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self (archive footage) · 2000
Classic Comedy Teams
as Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage) · 1986
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
as Himself (archive footage) · 1996
Gift of Gab
as Himself · 1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11
as Himself · 1934
Postal Inspector
as Gregory Benez · 1936
Terror in the Tropics
as Vitus Tesla (archive footage) · 2006
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
as Himself · 1931
How to Handle Women
as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited) · 1928
The Gorilla
as Peters · 1939
Daughter of the Night
as Andrew Fleurot · 1920
Heroes of Horror
as (archive footage) · 2001
50 Million Frenchmen
as Orizon - Magician · 1931
The World of Abbott and Costello
as Count Dracula (archive footage) · 1965
Scared to Death
as Prof Leonide · 1947
Daughter of the Night 2
as Andrew Fleurot · 1920
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
as Outtake · 1990
The Thirteenth Chair
as Inspector Delzante · 1929
Wild Company
as Felix Brown · 1930
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
· 1980
The Ape Man
as Dr. James Brewster · 1943
99
as Kurt Lingner · 1918
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
as Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla · 1991
The Leopard
· 1918
Shadow of Chinatown
as Victor Poten · 1936
Chandu the Magician
as Roxor · 1932
Álarcosbál
· 1918
Halloween Monster Bash
as Dr. Feodor Orloff /Dr. Charles Kessler /Dr. Lorenz /Dr. James Brewster (archive footage) · 1991
The Veiled Woman
as Murdered Suitor · 1929
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
as Self · 1931
SOS Coast Guard
as Boroff · 1937
The Head of Janus
as Warren's Butler · 1920
Sklaven fremden Willens
as Professor Mors · 1920
The Whispering Shadow
as Professor Adam Anton Strang · 1933
Shadow of Chinatown
as Victor Poten · 1936
The Rejected Woman
as Jean Gagnon · 1924
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
as Host · 2023
Prisoners
as Brottos--Nightclub Owner · 1929
Viennese Nights
as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador · 1930
Broadminded
as Pancho Arango · 1931
The Silent Command
as Hisston · 1923
Genius at Work
as Stone · 1946
The Royal Life
as Lord Henry Wotton · 1918
Renegades
as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid · 1930
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
as (archive footage) · 2003
Lock Up Your Daughters
· 1959
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
as Dracula (archive footage) · 2011
Murder by Television
as Arthur Perry · 1935
Homo Promo
as (Archival)
Daughters Who Pay
as Serge Romonsky · 1925
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
as Tom Bill · 1920
Homo Promo
as (Archival) · 1993
Die Teufelsanbeter
· 1920