Bela Lugosi
Born: 1882-10-17 in Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]
Died: 1956-08-16
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies as Self - (archive footage)
2023
- Falcatus ... (In Memory Of)
- A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi as Host
2022
- Moonage Daydream as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
2014
- Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film as Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
2013
- The Trail of Dracula as Self (Archival Footage)
2011
- Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode as Dracula (archive footage)
2007
- Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self (archive footage)
- Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire as Himself (archive footage)
- Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb as Riley Chandler (archive footage)
2006
- Lugosi: The Dark Prince as Self (archive footage)
- Terror in the Tropics as Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
2005
- The Tell Tale Heart as Narrator
2004
- Ed Wood: Making Bela as Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
- Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% as Self (archive footage)
- Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
2003
- Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites as (archive footage)
2001
- Heroes of Horror as (archive footage)
2000
- The American Nightmare as Self
- The Many Faces of Dracula as Dracula (archive footage)
- Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self (archive footage)
1999
- Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' as Self (archive footage)
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl as Self (archive footage)
1998
- Universal Horror as (archive footage)
1997
- Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula as Self (archive footage)
1996
- The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. as Himself (archive footage)
1995
- Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons as Self / Dracula (archive footage)
1994
- Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld as Self (archive footage)
- The Our Gang Story as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Homo Promo as (Archival)
1992
- Innocent Blood as Count Dracula (archive footage)
- Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dracula in the Movies
1991
- Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook as The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)
- Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook as Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla
- Halloween Monster Bash as Dr. Feodor Orloff /Dr. Charles Kessler /Dr. Lorenz /Dr. James Brewster (archive footage)
1990
- Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths as (archive footage)
- Abbott and Costello in the Movies as Outtake
1988
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
- Amazon Women on the Moon as Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
1986
- Lugosi: The Forgotten King as (archive footage)
- Classic Comedy Teams as Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage)
1984
- Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Horror of It All as Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
1982
- Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! as Self (archive footage)
1979
- The Horror Show as (archive footage)
1975
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1974
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage)
1968
- The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
- Head as Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Archival Footage) (uncredited)
1965
- The World of Abbott and Costello as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1963
- Dracula as Count Dracula (archive footage)
1957
- Plan 9 from Outer Space as Ghoul Man
1956
- The Black Sleep as Casimir
1955
- Bride of the Monster as Dr. Eric Vornoff
1953
- Glen or Glenda as Scientist
1952
- Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla as Dr. Zabor
- Mother Riley Meets the Vampire as Von Housen
1949
- Suspense as Gen. Fortunato
- The Phantom Creeps as Dr. Alex Zorka
1948
1947
- Scared to Death as Prof Leonide
1946
- Genius at Work as Stone
1945
- The Body Snatcher as Joseph
- Zombies on Broadway as Dr. Paul Renault
1944
- Return of the Ape Man as Prof. Dexter
- Voodoo Man as Dr. Richard Marlowe
- One Body Too Many as Murkil
1943
- Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man as The Frankenstein Monster
- The Return of the Vampire as Armand Tesla
- Ghosts on the Loose as Emil
- The Ape Man as Dr. James Brewster
1942
- The Ghost of Frankenstein as Ygor
- Night Monster as Rolf
- Black Dragons as Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
- The Corpse Vanishes as Dr. Lorenz
- Bowery at Midnight as Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
1941
- The Wolf Man as Bela
- Spooks Run Wild as Nardo
- The Black Cat as Eduardo Vidos
- Invisible Ghost as Dr. Charles Kessler
1940
- Black Friday as Eric Marnay
- The Devil Bat as Dr. Paul Carruthers
- The Saint's Double Trouble as Partner
- You'll Find Out as Prince Saliano
1939
- Ninotchka as Commissar Razinin
- Son of Frankenstein as Ygor
- The Gorilla as Peters
- The Phantom Creeps as Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
- The Dark Eyes of London as Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
1937
- SOS Coast Guard as Boroff
1936
- The Invisible Ray as Dr. Felix Benet
- Postal Inspector as Gregory Benez
- Shadow of Chinatown as Victor Poten
- Shadow of Chinatown as Victor Poten
1935
- Mark of the Vampire as Count Mora
- The Raven as Dr. Richard Vollin
- Murder by Television as Arthur Perry
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste as Anton Lorenzen
- Chandu on the Magic Island as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
- The Best Man Wins as Doc Boehm
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong as Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
1934
- The Black Cat as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
- Gift of Gab as Himself
- The Return of Chandu as Frank Chandler (Chandu)
- Screen Snapshots No. 11 as Himself
1933
- The Devil's in Love as Military Prosecutor
- International House as General Petronovich
- Night of Terror as Degar
- The Whispering Shadow as Professor Adam Anton Strang
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 as Dracula
1932
- White Zombie as Legendre
- Island of Lost Souls as The Sayer of the Law
- Murders in the Rue Morgue as Dr. Mirakle
- The Death Kiss as Joseph Steiner
- Chandu the Magician as Roxor
1931
- Dracula as Count Dracula
- Drácula as Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi as Himself
- Broadminded as Pancho Arango
- 50 Million Frenchmen as Orizon - Magician
- The Black Camel as Tarneverro
- Women of All Nations as Prince Hassan
- Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) as Self
1930
- King of Jazz as Emcee - Hungarian Version
- Renegades as The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
- Viennese Nights as Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
- Oh, for a Man! as Frescatti
- Such Men Are Dangerous as Dr. Goodman
- Wild Company as Felix Brown
1929
- Prisoners as Brottos--Nightclub Owner
- The Thirteenth Chair as Inspector Delzante
- The Veiled Woman as Murdered Suitor
1928
- How to Handle Women as Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
1925
- The Midnight Girl as Nicholas Harmon
- Daughters Who Pay as Serge Romonsky
1924
- He Who Gets Slapped as Extra (uncredited)
- The Rejected Woman as Jean Gagnon
1923
- The Silent Command as Hisston
1920
- The Head of Janus as Warren's Butler
- Caravan of Death as Scheik
- Sklaven fremden Willens as Professor Mors
- Die Teufelsanbeter
- Daughter of the Night as Andrew Fleurot
- Daughter of the Night 2 as Andrew Fleurot
- Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund as Tom Bill
- Deerslayer as Chingachgook
1918
- 99 as Kurt Lingner
- Lulu
- Álarcosbál
- The Royal Life as Lord Henry Wotton
- The Leopard
- Spring Tempest as Renner