Bela Lugosi
Department: 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.
Known For
Dracula
1931
The Movie Orgy
1968
The Head of Janus
1920
Plan 9 from Outer Space
1957
Island of Lost Souls
1932
The Ghost of Frankenstein
1942
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948
Son of Frankenstein
1939
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943
Ninotchka
1939
Zombies on Broadway
1945
The Body Snatcher
1945
Invisible Ghost
1941
One Body Too Many
1944
The Black Cat
1934
Black Dragons
1942
Scared to Death
1947
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935
The Corpse Vanishes
1942
The Return of the Vampire
1943
The Dark Eyes of London
1939
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2004
White Zombie
1932
The Horror Show
1979
The Invisible Ray
1936
The Wolf Man
1941
Voodoo Man
1944
Heroes of Horror
2001
Murder by Television
1935
The Black Sleep
1956
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1932
The Devil Bat
1940
Black Friday
1940
Mark of the Vampire
1935
Bride of the Monster
1955
The Black Cat
1941
Return of the Ape Man
1944
Álarcosbál
1918
The Ape Man
1943
Spooks Run Wild
1941
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Bowery at Midnight
1942
The Our Gang Story
1994
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952
The Black Camel
1931
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
1935
The Saint's Double Trouble
1940
The Phantom Creeps
1939
The Raven
1935
You'll Find Out
1940
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
1996
Ghosts on the Loose
1943
The American Nightmare
2000
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
2007
The Death Kiss
1932
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
1952
The Return of Chandu
1934
The Veiled Woman
1929
Chandu the Magician
1932
The Gorilla
1939
Night Monster
1942
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
Shadow of Chinatown
1936
Deerslayer
1920
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
2011
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Many Faces of Dracula
2000
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
1991
The Whispering Shadow
1933
Gift of Gab
1934
Night of Terror
1933
Postal Inspector
1936
Chandu on the Magic Island
1935
Genius at Work
1946
The Midnight Girl
1925
Daughter of the Night 2
1920
Daughter of the Night
1920
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
SOS Coast Guard
1937
Renegades
1930
The Silent Command
1923
Broadminded
1931
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
1995
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
1931
The Best Man Wins
1935
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
How to Handle Women
1928
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
2006
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
The Horror of It All
1983
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
1990
Wild Company
1930
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
1990
The Devil's in Love
1933
Extraordinary Tales
2015
King of Jazz
1930
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
1997
Shadow of Chinatown
1936
Dracula
1963
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
2023
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
1933
The Rejected Woman
1924
Lock Up Your Daughters
1959
Women of All Nations
1931
International House
1933
50 Million Frenchmen
1931
Viennese Nights
1930
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
1980
Sklaven fremden Willens
1920
Die Teufelsanbeter
1920
Caravan of Death
1920
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
1931
Terror in the Tropics
2006
The Phantom Creeps
1949
Prisoners
1929
The Trail of Dracula
2013
Oh, for a Man!
1930
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
1920
Drácula
1931
The Tell Tale Heart
2005
Glen or Glenda
1953
Daughters Who Pay
1925
Ed Wood: Making Bela
2004
The Leopard
1918
Screen Snapshots No. 11
1934
Such Men Are Dangerous
1930
The Royal Life
1918
The World of Abbott and Costello
1965
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
1986
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
2003
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
2007
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
Death Scenes 2
1992
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
2007
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Universal Horror
1998
Amazon Women on the Moon
1987
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
2004
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
2016
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Homo Promo
—
Homo Promo
1993
Your tooth Fairy
2025
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Innocent Blood
1992
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Moonage Daydream
2022
Head
1968
Spring Tempest
1918
The Colonel
1918
Lulu
1918
99
1918
Dracula in the Movies
1992
Suspense
1949