Bela Lugosi
Acting • Born 1882-10-17 – Died 1956-08-16
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
158 credits
Dracula
Movie • 1931
Count Dracula
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
The Head of Janus
Movie • 1920
Warren's Butler
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Movie • 1957
Ghoul Man
Island of Lost Souls
Movie • 1932
The Sayer of the Law
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
Movie • 1948
Dracula
The Ghost of Frankenstein
Movie • 1942
Ygor
Son of Frankenstein
Movie • 1939
Ygor
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Movie • 1943
The Frankenstein Monster
Ninotchka
Movie • 1939
Commissar Razinin
Zombies on Broadway
Movie • 1945
Dr. Paul Renault
The Body Snatcher
Movie • 1945
Joseph
Invisible Ghost
Movie • 1941
Dr. Charles Kessler
One Body Too Many
Movie • 1944
Murkil
The Black Cat
Movie • 1934
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
Black Dragons
Movie • 1942
Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb
Scared to Death
Movie • 1947
Prof Leonide
The Corpse Vanishes
Movie • 1942
Dr. Lorenz
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Movie • 1935
Anton Lorenzen
The Return of the Vampire
Movie • 1943
Armand Tesla
The Dark Eyes of London
Movie • 1939
Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn
Monster Movie Trivia Quiz
Movie • 2004
White Zombie
Movie • 1932
Legendre
The Horror Show
Movie • 1979
(archive footage)
The Invisible Ray
Movie • 1936
Dr. Felix Benet
The Wolf Man
Movie • 1941
Bela
Heroes of Horror
Movie • 2001
(archive footage)
Voodoo Man
Movie • 1944
Dr. Richard Marlowe
Murder by Television
Movie • 1935
Arthur Perry
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Movie • 1932
Dr. Mirakle
The Black Sleep
Movie • 1956
Casimir
The Devil Bat
Movie • 1940
Dr. Paul Carruthers
Black Friday
Movie • 1940
Eric Marnay
Mark of the Vampire
Movie • 1935
Count Mora
Bride of the Monster
Movie • 1955
Dr. Eric Vornoff
The Black Cat
Movie • 1941
Eduardo Vidos
Return of the Ape Man
Movie • 1944
Prof. Dexter
Álarcosbál
Movie • 1918
The Ape Man
Movie • 1943
Dr. James Brewster
Spooks Run Wild
Movie • 1941
Nardo
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie • 1974
Self (archive footage)
Bowery at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner
The Our Gang Story
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Movie • 1952
Dr. Zabor
The Black Camel
Movie • 1931
Tarneverro
The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Movie • 1935
Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee
The Saint's Double Trouble
Movie • 1940
Partner
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1939
Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane
The Raven
Movie • 1935
Dr. Richard Vollin
You'll Find Out
Movie • 1940
Prince Saliano
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Movie • 1996
Himself (archive footage)
Ghosts on the Loose
Movie • 1943
Emil
The American Nightmare
Movie • 2000
Self
Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire
Movie • 2007
Himself (archive footage)
The Death Kiss
Movie • 1932
Joseph Steiner
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire
Movie • 1952
Von Housen
The Return of Chandu
Movie • 1934
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
The Veiled Woman
Movie • 1929
Murdered Suitor
Chandu the Magician
Movie • 1932
Roxor
The Gorilla
Movie • 1939
Peters
Night Monster
Movie • 1942
Rolf
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1929
Inspector Delzante
Shadow of Chinatown
Movie • 1936
Victor Poten
Deerslayer
Movie • 1920
Chingachgook
Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode
Movie • 2011
Dracula (archive footage)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla
The Many Faces of Dracula
Movie • 2000
Dracula (archive footage)
Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Movie • 1991
The Monster / Ygor (archive footage)
The Whispering Shadow
Movie • 1933
Professor Adam Anton Strang
Gift of Gab
Movie • 1934
Himself
Night of Terror
Movie • 1933
Degar
Postal Inspector
Movie • 1936
Gregory Benez
Chandu on the Magic Island
Movie • 1935
Frank Chandler (Chandu)
Genius at Work
Movie • 1946
Stone
The Midnight Girl
Movie • 1925
Nicholas Harmon
Daughter of the Night
Movie • 1920
Andrew Fleurot
Daughter of the Night 2
Movie • 1920
Andrew Fleurot
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie • 1982
Self (archive footage)
SOS Coast Guard
Movie • 1937
Boroff
Renegades
Movie • 1930
The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid
The Silent Command
Movie • 1923
Hisston
Broadminded
Movie • 1931
Pancho Arango
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Movie • 1995
Self / Dracula (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi
Movie • 1931
Himself
The Best Man Wins
Movie • 1935
Doc Boehm
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Movie • 2014
Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage)
How to Handle Women
Movie • 1928
Diplomat's Aide (uncredited)
Lugosi: The Dark Prince
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
The Horror of It All
Movie • 1983
Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello in the Movies
Movie • 1990
Outtake
Wild Company
Movie • 1930
Felix Brown
Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths
Movie • 1990
(archive footage)
The Devil's in Love
Movie • 1933
Military Prosecutor
Extraordinary Tales
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart')
King of Jazz
Movie • 1930
Emcee - Hungarian Version
Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Shadow of Chinatown
Movie • 1936
Victor Poten
Dracula
Movie • 1963
Count Dracula (archive footage)
A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi
Movie • 2023
Host
Hollywood on Parade No. A-8
Movie • 1933
Dracula
The Rejected Woman
Movie • 1924
Jean Gagnon
Lock Up Your Daughters
Movie • 1959
Women of All Nations
Movie • 1931
Prince Hassan
International House
Movie • 1933
General Petronovich
Viennese Nights
Movie • 1930
Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador
50 Million Frenchmen
Movie • 1931
Orizon - Magician
Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!)
Movie • 1980
Sklaven fremden Willens
Movie • 1920
Professor Mors
Die Teufelsanbeter
Movie • 1920
Caravan of Death
Movie • 1920
Scheik
Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3)
Movie • 1931
Self
Terror in the Tropics
Movie • 2006
Vitus Tesla (archive footage)
The Phantom Creeps
Movie • 1949
Dr. Alex Zorka
Prisoners
Movie • 1929
Brottos--Nightclub Owner
The Trail of Dracula
Movie • 2013
Self (Archival Footage)
Oh, for a Man!
Movie • 1930
Frescatti
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie • 1975
Self (archive footage)
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
Movie • 1920
Tom Bill
Drácula
Movie • 1931
Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tell Tale Heart
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Glen or Glenda
Movie • 1953
Scientist
Daughters Who Pay
Movie • 1925
Serge Romonsky
Ed Wood: Making Bela
Movie • 2004
Self / Count Dracula (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots No. 11
Movie • 1934
Himself
The Leopard
Movie • 1918
Such Men Are Dangerous
Movie • 1930
Dr. Goodman
The Royal Life
Movie • 1918
Lord Henry Wotton
The World of Abbott and Costello
Movie • 1965
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King
Movie • 1986
(archive footage)
Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites
Movie • 2003
(archive footage)
Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb
Movie • 2007
Riley Chandler (archive footage)
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Death Scenes 2
Movie • 1992
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
Universal Horror
Movie • 1998
(archive footage)
Amazon Women on the Moon
Movie • 1987
Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage)
He Who Gets Slapped
Movie • 1924
Extra (uncredited)
Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!%
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Movie • 1994
Self (archive footage)
Homo Promo
Movie
(Archival)
Homo Promo
Movie • 1993
(Archival)
Your tooth Fairy
Movie • 2025
Scientist ( archivo de imagen)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie • 1988
Innocent Blood
Movie • 1992
Count Dracula (archive footage)
Classic Comedy Teams
Movie • 1986
Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Moonage Daydream
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Head
Movie • 1968
Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Archival Footage) (uncredited)
Spring Tempest
Movie • 1918
Renner
The Colonel
Movie • 1918
Ezredes
Lulu
Movie • 1918
99
Movie • 1918
Kurt Lingner
Suspense
TV • 1949
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