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Bela Lugosi (1882–1956)

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It's ironic that Martin Landau won an Oscar for impersonating Bela Lugosi (in Ed Wood) when Lugosi himself never came within a mile of one, but that's just the latest of many sad ironies surrounding Lugosi's career. A distinguished stage actor in his native Hungary, he ended up a drug-addicted pauper in Hollywood... See full bio »

Born:

Béla Ferenc Dezsõ Blaskó
in Lugos, Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Banat, Romania]

Died:

(age 73) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1959 Plan 9 from Outer Space
Ghoul Man
 
1956 The Black Sleep
Casimir
 
1955 Bride of the Monster
Dr. Eric Vornoff
 
1953 Glen or Glenda
Scientist
 
1952 Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Dr. Zabor
 
1952 Vampire Over London
Von Housen
 
1949 Suspense (TV series)
Gen. Fortunato
– A Cask of Amontillado (1949) … Gen. Fortunato
 
1948 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Dracula
 
1947 Scared to Death
Prof. Leonide
 
1946 Genius at Work
Stone
 
1945 The Body Snatcher
Joseph
 
1945 Zombies on Broadway
Professor Paul Renault
 
1944 One Body Too Many
Merkil
 
1944 Return of the Ape Man
Prof. Dexter
 
1944 Voodoo Man
Dr.Richard Marlowe
 
1944 The Return of the Vampire
Armand Tesla / Dr. Hugo Bruckner
 
1943 Ghosts on the Loose
Emil
 
1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Monster
 
1943 The Ape Man
Dr. James Brewster
 
1942 Bowery at Midnight
Professor Brenner/Karl Wagner
 
1942 Night Monster
Rolf
 
1942 The Corpse Vanishes
Dr. George Lorenz
 
1942 The Ghost of Frankenstein
Ygor
 
1942 Black Dragons
Dr. Melcher/Monsieur Colomb
 
1941 The Wolf Man
Bela
 
1941 Spooks Run Wild
Nardo
 
1941 The Black Cat
Eduardo Vigos - Gardener
 
1941 Invisible Ghost
Mr. Kessler
 
1940 You'll Find Out
Prince Saliano
 
1940 The Devil Bat
Dr. Paul Carruthers
 
1940 Black Friday
Eric Marnay
 
1940 The Saint's Double Trouble
Partner
 
1939 The Human Monster
Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
 
1939 The Phantom Creeps
Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
 
1939 Ninotchka
Razinin
 
1939 The Gorilla
Peters - the Butler
 
1939 Son of Frankenstein
Ygor
 
1937 SOS Coast Guard
Boroff, alias M.A. Anderson
 
1936/I Shadow of Chinatown
Victor Poten
 
1936 Postal Inspector
Gregory Benez
 
1936 The Invisible Ray
Dr. Felix Benet
 
1935 Murder by Television
Dr. Arthur Perry/Edwin Perry
 
1935 The Raven
Dr. Richard Vollin
 
1935 Phantom Ship
Anton Lorenzen/A. Gottlieb
 
1935 Mark of the Vampire
Count Mora
 
1935 The Best Man Wins
Doc Boehm
 
1935 Chandu on the Magic Island
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
 
1934 The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Mr. Fu Wong aka Li See (as Béla Lugosi)
 
1934/I The Return of Chandu
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
 
1934 Gift of Gab
Bela Lugosi
 
1934 The Black Cat
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
 
1933 The Devil's in Love
Military Prosecutor (uncredited)
 
1933 International House
General Petronovich
 
1933 Night of Terror
Degar
 
1933 The Whispering Shadow
Professor Adam Anton Strang
 
1932 Island of Lost Souls
Sayer of the Law
 
1932 The Death Kiss
Joseph Steiner
 
1932 White Zombie
'Murder' Legendre
 
1932 Chandu the Magician
Roxor
 
1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue
Dr. Mirakle
 
1931 Broadminded
Pancho Arango
 
1931 The Black Camel
Tarneverro/Arthur Mayo
 
1931 Women of All Nations
Prince Hassan (uncredited)
 
1931 50 Million Frenchmen
Orizon - Magician (uncredited)
 
1931 Dracula
Count Dracula
 
1930 Oh, for a Man!
Frescatti
 
1930 Viennese Nights
Count von Ratz, Hungarian Ambassador (uncredited)
 
1930 Renegades
The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
 
1930 Wild Company
Felix Brown
 
1930 King of Jazz
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1930 Such Men Are Dangerous
Dr. Goodman
 
1929 The Thirteenth Chair
Inspector Delzante
 
1929 Prisoners
Brottos, Nightclub Owner
 
1929 The Veiled Woman
Murdered suitor
 
1928 How to Handle Women
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1927 The Last Performance
Erik's Screen Voice in Hungarian Version (voice) (uncredited)
 
1926 Punchinello (short)
Harlequin
 
1925 Daughters Who Pay
Serge Romonsky
 
1925 The Midnight Girl
Nicholas Harmon
 
1924 He Who Gets Slapped
Clown Extra (unconfirmed) (uncredited)
 
1924 The Rejected Woman
Jean Gagnon
 
1923 The Silent Command
Hisston
 
1922 Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin
 
1921 Apachenrache, 3. Teil - Die verschwundene Million
 
1920 Caravan of Death
Scheik
 
1920 Lederstrumpf, 2. Teil: Der Letzte der Mohikaner
Chingachook
 
1920 Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses
 
1920 Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid
 
1920 Der Fluch der Menschheit - 2. Im Rausche der Milliarden
 
1920 Lederstrumpf, 1. Teil: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook
Chingachgook
 
1920 Der Januskopf
Dr. Warren's Diener
 
1920 Nat Pinkerton im Kampf, 1. Teil - Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini
Gang Leader
 
1920 Die Sklavenhalter von Kansas-City
George Corvin
 
1920 Der Fluch der Menschheit - 2
Andre Fleurot
 
1920 Der Fluch der Menschheit
Andrew Fleurot
 
1920 Sklaven fremden Willens
Professor Mors
 
1920 Die Teufelsanbeter
 
1920 Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
Tom Bill
 
1920 Der Fluch der Menschheit - 1. Die Tochter der Arbeit
Reckless Saboteur
 
1919 Nachenschnur des tot
 
1918 99
 
1918 Az élet királya
Lord Henry Wotton (as Olt Arisztid)
 
1918 Lili
Plinchard/General (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1918 Küzdelem a Létért
Orlay (as Olt Arisztid)
 
1918 Lulu (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1918 Masked Ball
René (as Olt Arisztid)
 
1918 Tavaszi vihar (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1918 Casanova (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1918 A leopárd
Orlay Pál,építész (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1917 Nászdal
Bertram (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1917 A Régiséggyüjtö (short) (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1917 Leoni Leo
Leoni Leo (as Arisztid Olt)
 
1917 Az ezredes (as Arisztid Olt)
 
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1997 Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (documentary) (performer: "We're Horrible, Horrible Men", "There Are Such Things")
 
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1935 Mark of the Vampire (costumes: Count Mora - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Pack Ed Wood (2011) (in memory of)
 
2006 Lover from Beyond the Grave (video short) (special thanks)
 
1989 Dieter & Andreas (short) (grateful acknowledgment)
 
1987 Sledge Hammer! (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– The Last of the Red Hot Vampires (1987) (in memory of - as Mr. Blasko)
 
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1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
Count Dracula
– Monsters We've Known and Loved (1964) … Count Dracula (also archive footage)
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Himself in Photo
– Who Killed Purity Mather? (1963) … Himself in Photo (uncredited)
 
1953 You Asked for It (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 27 July 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1953 House of Wax Premiere (short)
Himself
 
1951 Seeing Stars (short)
Himself
 
1950 The Paul Winchell Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Starlit Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 May 1950 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Celebrity Time (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1950 (1950) … Himself
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.2 (1949) … Himself
 
1944 Screen Snapshots Series 24, No. 4 (short)
Himself, Blood Donor
 
1943 Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 San Diego Exposition Opened (short)
Himself
 
1934 The Hollywood Movie Parade (short)
Himself
 
1934 Black Cat Parade (short)
Himself
 
1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 (short)
Himself
 
1931 Bela Lugosi (documentary short)
Himself
 
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2012 Untitled (short)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Citizen Wood: Making the Bride, Unmaking the Legend (video documentary short)
 
2010 A History of Horror with Mark Gatiss (TV series documentary)
 
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007-2009 Muchachada nui (TV series)
 
2008 House of Harrington (documentary short)
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2007 Close-up (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Fallen Vampire (TV documentary)
Himself/Dracula
 
2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (video)
Riley Chandler
 
2007 Beloved Count (video documentary short)
Count Dracula (uncredited)
 
2006 Lugosi, the Dark Prince (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 The Sci-Fi Boys (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 It's a Digital World! (short)
The Scientist
 
2006 Terror in the Tropics (video)
Vitus Tesla
 
2006 Karloff, the Gentle Monster (video documentary short)
 
2005 How William Shatner Changed the World (TV documentary)
 
2005 The Tell Tale Heart (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
2005 Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (documentary)
Dracula
 
2005 Horror Business (video documentary)
Himself
 
1995-2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Van Helsing: The Man and the Monsters (TV documentary)
Count Dracula
 
2004 The Revamping of Dracula (video documentary short)
 
2004 Van Helsing: Behind the Screams (video documentary short)
 
2002 Making Bela (video documentary short)
Himself/Count Dracula
 
2002 Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Chair (documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 Heroes of Horror (TV documentary)
Himself/Count Dracula/Legendre/Dr. Vitus Werdegast/Joseph
 
2000 The American Nightmare (documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (video documentary short)
 
1999 Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1997 Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (documentary)
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Dracula and His Disciples (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Bela Lugosi (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1995 The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr. (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons (documentary)
Himself/Dracula
 
1995 Empire of the Censors (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV documentary)
 
1994 It's Alive: The True Story of Frankenstein (TV documentary)
 
1994 The Vampire Interviews (video documentary)
Himself
 
1994 Ed Wood: Look Back in Angora (video documentary)
Himself/The Great Spirit
 
1992 Death Scenes 2 (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1991 The Horror Hall of Fame II (TV movie)
Himself - Inductee
 
1991 Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook (documentary)
The Monster/Ygor
 
1990 Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths (video documentary)
Himself
 
1989 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
 
1988 Muppet Babies (TV series)
 
1988 Monsters & Maniacs (video documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (TV documentary)
Casimir
 
1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
Pete Jones
 
1986 Hunter (TV series)
 
1986 Classic Comedy Teams (video documentary)
Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose" )
 
1985 Into the Night
Count Dracula
 
1985 The Best of All Time Horror Classics (video documentary)
Dracula
 
1985 Lugosi: The Forgotten King (TV documentary)
Various Roles
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (uncredited)
 
1982 It Came from Hollywood (documentary)
 
1982 Coming Soon (video documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1977 Nightmare in Blood
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Himself
 
1971 McCloud (TV series)
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
 
1968 The Movie Orgy (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1966 The Son of Frankenstein (short)
The Hunchback
 
1966 Dracula (short)
Count Dracula
 
1965 The World of Abbott and Costello
Count Dracula in Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein
 
1965 Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look At... (TV series documentary)
 
1951 Lock Up Your Daughters (documentary)
 
1949 The Phantom Creeps (TV movie)
Dr. Alex Zorka
 
1942 SOS Coast Guard
Boroff
 
1936 Shadow of Chinatown
Victor Poten
 
1936 Revolt of the Zombies
The Eyes
 
1934 The Return of Chandu
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
 
1931 Drácula
Conde Drácula (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Olt Arisztid | Mr. Blasko | Béla Lugosi | Arisztid Olt

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Personal Quote:

I guess I'm pretty much of a lone wolf. I don't say I don't like people at all but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds" See more »

Trivia:

His son, Bela Lugosi Jr., practices law in Los Angeles, California (1995). See more »

Trademark:

Roles in horror films and particularly in films produced by Universal Studios See more »

Nickname:

Adelbert See more »

Star Sign:

Libra