Bela Lugosi

ActorCrew Oct 17 (died age 73) Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania] 1918–2025 (107 year career)

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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

Film

Dracula

Count Dracula

Film

The Wolf Man

Bela

Film

Ninotchka

Commissar Razinin

Film

Moonage Daydream

Self (archive footage)

Film

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Dracula

Film

Island of Lost Souls

The Sayer of the Law

Film

The Black Cat

Dr. Vitus Werdegast

Film

Son of Frankenstein

Ygor

Filmography

Acting (156)

Movies (155)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Your tooth Fairy

2025

as Scientist ( archivo de imagen)

A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

2023

as Host

Moonage Daydream

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

2016

as Self (archive footage)

Extraordinary Tales

2015

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

6.5

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

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

7.5

The Trail of Dracula

2013

as Self (Archival Footage)

10.0

Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode

2011

as Dracula (archive footage)

10.0

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

2007

as Riley Chandler (archive footage)

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

2007

as Himself (archive footage)

6.3

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

2007

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

2006

as Self (archive footage)

7.6

Terror in the Tropics

2006

as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)

The Tell Tale Heart

2005

as Narrator

6.0

Ed Wood: Making Bela

2004

as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)

7.3

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

2004

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

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

as (archive footage)

Heroes of Horror

as (archive footage)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

2000

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

The American Nightmare

2000

as Self

6.7

The Many Faces of Dracula

2000

as Dracula (archive footage)

3.5

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

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

1999

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Universal Horror

1998

as (archive footage)

7.1

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

1997

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

1996

as Himself (archive footage)

7.6

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

1995

as Self / Dracula (archive footage)

8.0

The Our Gang Story

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Homo Promo

as (Archival)

Innocent Blood

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

6.2

Death Scenes 2

1992

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.7

Dracula in the Movies

1992

10.0

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

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

10.0

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

1991

as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)

5.7

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

1990

as (archive footage)

5.7

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

1990

as Outtake

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987

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

5.9

Lugosi: The Forgotten King

1986

as (archive footage)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

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

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

The Horror of It All

1983

as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)

8.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)

1980

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

3.8

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Head

1968

as Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Archival Footage) (uncredited)

6.2

The Movie Orgy

1968

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

The World of Abbott and Costello

1965

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

6.3

Dracula

1963

as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1.5

Lock Up Your Daughters

1959

Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Ghoul Man

The Black Sleep

as Casimir

Bride of the Monster

as Dr. Eric Vornoff

Glen or Glenda

as Scientist

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

1952

as Dr. Zabor

3.3

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

as Von Housen

The Phantom Creeps

as Dr. Alex Zorka

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

as Dracula

Scared to Death

as Prof Leonide

Genius at Work

as Stone

Zombies on Broadway

as Dr. Paul Renault

The Body Snatcher

as Joseph

Return of the Ape Man

1944

as Prof. Dexter

5.4

Voodoo Man

1944

as Dr. Richard Marlowe

4.9

One Body Too Many

1944

as Murkil

5.0

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as The Frankenstein Monster

6.2

The Return of the Vampire

1943

as Armand Tesla

6.1

The Ape Man

1943

as Dr. James Brewster

Ghosts on the Loose

as Emil

Black Dragons

as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb

4.5

The Ghost of Frankenstein

1942

as Ygor

5.8

Bowery at Midnight

1942

as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner

Night Monster

as Rolf

The Corpse Vanishes

as Dr. Lorenz

Invisible Ghost

as Dr. Charles Kessler

The Black Cat

as Eduardo Vidos

The Wolf Man

as Bela

Spooks Run Wild

as Nardo

The Saint's Double Trouble

as Partner

You'll Find Out

as Prince Saliano

Black Friday

as Eric Marnay

The Devil Bat

as Dr. Paul Carruthers

Son of Frankenstein

as Ygor

Ninotchka

as Commissar Razinin

The Gorilla

as Peters

The Phantom Creeps

as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane

4.3

The Dark Eyes of London

1939

as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

SOS Coast Guard

as Boroff

Postal Inspector

as Gregory Benez

The Invisible Ray

as Dr. Felix Benet

Shadow of Chinatown

as Victor Poten

Shadow of Chinatown

as Victor Poten

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935

as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

Mark of the Vampire

as Count Mora

The Raven

as Dr. Richard Vollin

6.6

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

as Anton Lorenzen

Murder by Television

as Arthur Perry

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1935

as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee

The Best Man Wins

as Doc Boehm

The Return of Chandu

as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

Gift of Gab

as Himself

The Black Cat

as Dr. Vitus Werdegast

6.7

Screen Snapshots No. 11

1934

as Himself

The Devil's in Love

1933

as Military Prosecutor

5.0

International House

1933

as General Petronovich

5.5

Night of Terror

1933

as Degar

5.3

The Whispering Shadow

1933

as Professor Adam Anton Strang

4.4

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

1933

as Dracula

6.5

Island of Lost Souls

1932

as The Sayer of the Law

6.9

Murders in the Rue Morgue

as Dr. Mirakle

Chandu the Magician

as Roxor

White Zombie

as Legendre

The Death Kiss

as Joseph Steiner

Dracula

as Count Dracula

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

1931

as Self

Drácula

1931

as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.8

Broadminded

1931

as Pancho Arango

3.7

Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi

as Himself

The Black Camel

as Tarneverro

50 Million Frenchmen

as Orizon - Magician

Women of All Nations

as Prince Hassan

Renegades

as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid

Oh, for a Man!

as Frescatti

King of Jazz

as Emcee - Hungarian Version

Wild Company

as Felix Brown

Viennese Nights

as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador

2.0

Such Men Are Dangerous

1930

as Dr. Goodman

4.8

Prisoners

1929

as Brottos--Nightclub Owner

The Thirteenth Chair

1929

as Inspector Delzante

4.9

The Veiled Woman

1929

as Murdered Suitor

How to Handle Women

1928

as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)

The Midnight Girl

1925

as Nicholas Harmon

5.2

Daughters Who Pay

1925

as Serge Romonsky

The Rejected Woman

1924

as Jean Gagnon

5.0

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

as Extra (uncredited)

7.6

The Silent Command

1923

as Hisston

5.0

Daughter of the Night 2

1920

as Andrew Fleurot

Caravan of Death

1920

as Scheik

Daughter of the Night

1920

as Andrew Fleurot

5.2

The Head of Janus

1920

as Warren's Butler

Deerslayer

1920

as Chingachgook

5.7

Die Teufelsanbeter

1920

Sklaven fremden Willens

1920

as Professor Mors

Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund

1920

as Tom Bill

The Leopard

Álarcosbál

The Royal Life

as Lord Henry Wotton

Spring Tempest

as Renner

Homo Promo

as (Archival)

Television (1)

Suspense

1949

as Gen. Fortunato

4.9

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Falcatus

2023

In Memory Of