Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Known for
Acting
Born
October 17, 1882
Died
August 16, 1956 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]

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

Photos

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Filmography

2025
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies poster

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi poster

A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi

Movie · as Host

2016
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror poster

Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Extraordinary Tales poster

Extraordinary Tales

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

2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film poster

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

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

2013
The Trail of Dracula poster

The Trail of Dracula

Movie · as Self (Archival Footage)

2011
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode poster

Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode

Movie · as Dracula (archive footage)

2007
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire poster

Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2007
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb poster

Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb

Movie · as Riley Chandler (archive footage)

2007
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman poster

Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2007
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story poster

Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story

Movie · as Self (archive)

2006
Lugosi: The Dark Prince poster

Lugosi: The Dark Prince

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2006
Terror in the Tropics poster

Terror in the Tropics

Movie · as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)

2005
The Tell Tale Heart poster

The Tell Tale Heart

Movie · as Narrator

2004
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz poster

Monster Movie Trivia Quiz

Movie

2004
Ed Wood: Making Bela poster

Ed Wood: Making Bela

Movie · as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)

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

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

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites poster

Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites

Movie · as (archive footage)

2001
Heroes of Horror

Heroes of Horror

Movie · as (archive footage)

2000
The American Nightmare poster

The American Nightmare

Movie · as Self

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula poster

The Many Faces of Dracula

Movie · as Dracula (archive footage)

2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed poster

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl poster

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1999
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' poster

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

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
Universal Horror poster

Universal Horror

Movie · as (archive footage)

1997
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula poster

Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1996
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. poster

The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

1995
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons poster

Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons

Movie · as Self / Dracula (archive footage)

1994
The Our Gang Story poster

The Our Gang Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld poster

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
Homo Promo poster

Homo Promo

Movie · as (Archival)

1992
Death Scenes 2 poster

Death Scenes 2

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
Innocent Blood poster

Innocent Blood

Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1992
Dracula in the Movies poster

Dracula in the Movies

Movie · as (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook poster

Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

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

1991
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook

Movie · as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)

1991
Halloween Monster Bash poster

Halloween Monster Bash

Movie · as Dr. Feodor Orloff /Dr. Charles Kessler /Dr. Lorenz /Dr. James Brewster (archive footage)

1990
Abbott and Costello in the Movies poster

Abbott and Costello in the Movies

Movie · as Outtake

1990
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths poster

Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1988
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies poster

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1987
Amazon Women on the Moon poster

Amazon Women on the Moon

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

1986
Lugosi: The Forgotten King poster

Lugosi: The Forgotten King

Movie · as (archive footage)

1986
Classic Comedy Teams poster

Classic Comedy Teams

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

1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s poster

Going Hollywood: The '30s

Movie · as (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

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

1983
The Horror of It All poster

The Horror of It All

Movie · as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)

1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! poster

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1980
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) poster

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

Movie

1979
The Horror Show poster

The Horror Show

Movie · as (archive footage)

1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Movie Orgy poster

The Movie Orgy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1968
Head poster

Head

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

1965
The World of Abbott and Costello poster

The World of Abbott and Costello

Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage)

1959
Lock Up Your Daughters poster

Lock Up Your Daughters

Movie

1957
Plan 9 from Outer Space poster

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Movie · as Ghoul Man

1956
The Black Sleep poster

The Black Sleep

Movie · as Casimir

1955
Bride of the Monster poster

Bride of the Monster

Movie · as Dr. Eric Vornoff

1953
Glen or Glenda poster

Glen or Glenda

Movie · as Scientist

1952
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla poster

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

Movie · as Dr. Zabor

1952
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire poster

Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

Movie · as Von Housen

1949
The Phantom Creeps poster

The Phantom Creeps

Movie · as Dr. Alex Zorka

1949
Suspense poster

Suspense

TV · as Gen. Fortunato · 1 ep

1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein poster

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein

Movie · as Dracula

1947
Scared to Death poster

Scared to Death

Movie · as Prof Leonide

1946
Genius at Work poster

Genius at Work

Movie · as Stone

1945
Zombies on Broadway poster

Zombies on Broadway

Movie · as Dr. Paul Renault

1945
The Body Snatcher poster

The Body Snatcher

Movie · as Joseph

1944
One Body Too Many poster

One Body Too Many

Movie · as Murkil

1944
Voodoo Man poster

Voodoo Man

Movie · as Dr. Richard Marlowe

1944
Return of the Ape Man poster

Return of the Ape Man

Movie · as Prof. Dexter

1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man poster

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Movie · as The Frankenstein Monster

1943
The Return of the Vampire poster

The Return of the Vampire

Movie · as Armand Tesla

1943
The Ape Man poster

The Ape Man

Movie · as Dr. James Brewster

1943
Ghosts on the Loose poster

Ghosts on the Loose

Movie · as Emil

1942
The Ghost of Frankenstein poster

The Ghost of Frankenstein

Movie · as Ygor

1942
Black Dragons poster

Black Dragons

Movie · as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb

1942
The Corpse Vanishes poster

The Corpse Vanishes

Movie · as Dr. Lorenz

1942
Bowery at Midnight poster

Bowery at Midnight

Movie · as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner

1942
Night Monster poster

Night Monster

Movie · as Rolf

1941
Invisible Ghost poster

Invisible Ghost

Movie · as Dr. Charles Kessler

1941
The Wolf Man poster

The Wolf Man

Movie · as Bela

1941
The Black Cat poster

The Black Cat

Movie · as Eduardo Vidos

1941
Spooks Run Wild poster

Spooks Run Wild

Movie · as Nardo

1940
The Devil Bat poster

The Devil Bat

Movie · as Dr. Paul Carruthers

1940
Black Friday poster

Black Friday

Movie · as Eric Marnay

1940
The Saint's Double Trouble poster

The Saint's Double Trouble

Movie · as Partner

1940
You'll Find Out poster

You'll Find Out

Movie · as Prince Saliano

1939
Son of Frankenstein poster

Son of Frankenstein

Movie · as Ygor

1939
Ninotchka poster

Ninotchka

Movie · as Commissar Razinin

1939
The Dark Eyes of London poster

The Dark Eyes of London

Movie · as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn

1939
The Phantom Creeps poster

The Phantom Creeps

Movie · as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane

1939
The Gorilla poster

The Gorilla

Movie · as Peters

1937
SOS Coast Guard poster

SOS Coast Guard

Movie · as Boroff

1936
The Invisible Ray poster

The Invisible Ray

Movie · as Dr. Felix Benet

1936
Shadow of Chinatown poster

Shadow of Chinatown

Movie · as Victor Poten

1936
Postal Inspector poster

Postal Inspector

Movie · as Gregory Benez

1936
Shadow of Chinatown poster

Shadow of Chinatown

Movie · as Victor Poten

1935
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste poster

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

Movie · as Anton Lorenzen

1935
Murder by Television poster

Murder by Television

Movie · as Arthur Perry

1935
Mark of the Vampire poster

Mark of the Vampire

Movie · as Count Mora

1935
The Mysterious Mr. Wong poster

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

Movie · as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee

1935
The Raven poster

The Raven

Movie · as Dr. Richard Vollin

1935
Chandu on the Magic Island poster

Chandu on the Magic Island

Movie · as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

1935
The Best Man Wins poster

The Best Man Wins

Movie · as Doc Boehm

1934
The Black Cat poster

The Black Cat

Movie · as Dr. Vitus Werdegast

1934
The Return of Chandu poster

The Return of Chandu

Movie · as Frank Chandler (Chandu)

1934
Gift of Gab poster

Gift of Gab

Movie · as Himself

1934
Screen Snapshots No. 11 poster

Screen Snapshots No. 11

Movie · as Himself

1933
The Whispering Shadow poster

The Whispering Shadow

Movie · as Professor Adam Anton Strang

1933
Night of Terror poster

Night of Terror

Movie · as Degar

1933
The Devil's in Love poster

The Devil's in Love

Movie · as Military Prosecutor

1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 poster

Hollywood on Parade No. A-8

Movie · as Dracula

1933
International House poster

International House

Movie · as General Petronovich

1932
Island of Lost Souls poster

Island of Lost Souls

Movie · as The Sayer of the Law

1932
White Zombie poster

White Zombie

Movie · as Legendre

1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue poster

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Movie · as Dr. Mirakle

1932
The Death Kiss poster

The Death Kiss

Movie · as Joseph Steiner

1932
Chandu the Magician poster

Chandu the Magician

Movie · as Roxor

1931
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Count Dracula

1931
The Black Camel poster

The Black Camel

Movie · as Tarneverro

1931
Broadminded poster

Broadminded

Movie · as Pancho Arango

1931
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi poster

Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi

Movie · as Himself

1931
Women of All Nations poster

Women of All Nations

Movie · as Prince Hassan

1931
50 Million Frenchmen poster

50 Million Frenchmen

Movie · as Orizon - Magician

1931
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) poster

Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)

Movie · as Self

1931
Drácula poster

Drácula

Movie · as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)

1930
Renegades poster

Renegades

Movie · as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid

1930
Wild Company poster

Wild Company

Movie · as Felix Brown

1930
King of Jazz poster

King of Jazz

Movie · as Emcee - Hungarian Version

1930
Viennese Nights poster

Viennese Nights

Movie · as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador

1930
Oh, for a Man! poster

Oh, for a Man!

Movie · as Frescatti

1930
Such Men Are Dangerous poster

Such Men Are Dangerous

Movie · as Dr. Goodman

1929
The Veiled Woman poster

The Veiled Woman

Movie · as Murdered Suitor

1929
The Thirteenth Chair poster

The Thirteenth Chair

Movie · as Inspector Delzante

1929
Prisoners poster

Prisoners

Movie · as Brottos--Nightclub Owner

1928
How to Handle Women poster

How to Handle Women

Movie · as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)

1925
The Midnight Girl poster

The Midnight Girl

Movie · as Nicholas Harmon

1925
Daughters Who Pay poster

Daughters Who Pay

Movie · as Serge Romonsky

1924
The Rejected Woman poster

The Rejected Woman

Movie · as Jean Gagnon

1924
He Who Gets Slapped poster

He Who Gets Slapped

Movie · as Extra (uncredited)

1923
The Silent Command poster

The Silent Command

Movie · as Hisston

1920
The Head of Janus poster

The Head of Janus

Movie · as Warren's Butler

1920
Deerslayer poster

Deerslayer

Movie · as Chingachgook

1920
Daughter of the Night 2 poster

Daughter of the Night 2

Movie · as Andrew Fleurot

1920
Daughter of the Night poster

Daughter of the Night

Movie · as Andrew Fleurot

1920
Sklaven fremden Willens poster

Sklaven fremden Willens

Movie · as Professor Mors

1920
Die Teufelsanbeter poster

Die Teufelsanbeter

Movie

1920
Caravan of Death poster

Caravan of Death

Movie · as Scheik

1920
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund

Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund

Movie · as Tom Bill

1918
Álarcosbál poster

Álarcosbál

Movie

1918
The Leopard poster

The Leopard

Movie

1918
The Royal Life

The Royal Life

Movie · as Lord Henry Wotton

1918
Spring Tempest poster

Spring Tempest

Movie · as Renner

1918
Lulu poster

Lulu

Movie

1918
99 poster

99

Movie · as Kurt Lingner