Béla Lugosi

October 20, 1882 - August 16, 1956
Born Béla Ferenc Blasko in Lugos, Hungary

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Movie Appearances

• 1917 Alarcosbal (Masked Ball) (Hungary) -- (performing as Arisztid Olt) in a red herring role
• 1917 Az Elet Kiralya (Royal Life, The) (Hungary) -- (performing as Arisztid Olt) as Dorian Gray's butler
• 1917 A Leopard (Leopard The) (Hungary) -- (performing as Arisztid Olt) as an aristocrat
• 1917 A Naszdal (Wedding Song The) (Hungary) -- (performing as Arisztid Olt) as Bertram, a famous violinist
• 1917 Tavaszi Vihar (Spring Tempest) (Hungary) -- (performing as Arisztid Olt) as a discarded suitor
• 1917 Az Ezredes (Colonel, The) (Hungary) -- as a crook
• 1918 Casanova (Hungary) -- as a suitor to a rich man's daughter
• 1918 Lulu (Hungary) -- as romantic lead
• 1918 Kilencvenkilenc (Hungary) -- as ?
• 1919 Sklaven Fremden Willens (Slave of a Foreign Will) (Germany) -- as a hypnotist
• 1920 Nat Pinkerton (Germany) -- as a gang leader
• 1920 Der Fluch der Menschheit (Curse of Man, The) (Germany) -- as a reckless saboteur
• 1920 Der Januskopf (Head of Janus, The) (Germany) -- as Dr. Jekyll's butler
• 1920 Die Frau im Delphin (Woman in the Dolphin, The) (Germany) -- -- as ?
• 1920 Die Todeskarawane (Caravan of Death, The) (Germany) -- as a lecherous Arab sheik
• 1920 Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking) (Germany) -- (two-part version of The Last of the Mohicans) as Chingachgook
• 1920 Die Teufelsanbeter (Devil Worshippers, The) (Germany) -- as ?
• 1920 Johann Hopkins III (John Hopkins the Third) (Germany) -- as ?
• 1920 Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan (Dance on the Volcano, The) (Germany) -- as a Parisian aristocrat
• 1923 Silent Command, The -- as Hisston, a foreign agent
• 1924 Rejected Woman, The -- as Jean Gagnon, a Continental type
• 1925 Midnight Girl, The -- as Nicholas Harmon, a patron of the arts
• 1925 Daughters Who Pay -- as Serge Oumansky, a Communist agent
• 1926 Punchinello (short) -- as Harlequin
• 1928 How to Handle Women -- in a bit part
• 1928 Veiled Woman, The -- as a suitor killed by the heroine
• 1928 Last Performance, The (voice) dubbed Conrad Veidt's role for Hungarian version
• 1929 Prisoners -- as Brottos, owner of a Vienna nightclub
• 1929 Thirteenth Chair, The -- as Inspector Delzante, a detective
• 1930 King of Jazz -- host in Hungarian version
• 1930 Wild Company -- as Felix Brown, a nightclub operator
• 1930 Renegades -- as the Marabout
• 1930 Oh, For a Man! -- as Frascatti, a singing teacher
• 1930 Viennese Nights -- unbilled bit as an ambassador
• 1931 Dracula -- as Count Dracula
• 1931 Fifty Million Frenchmen -- unbilled bit as outraged magician
• 1931 Women of All Nations -- as Prince Hassan
• 1931 Black Camel, The -- as Tarnevarro
• 1931 Broadminded -- as Pancho
• 1932 Murders in the Rue Morgue -- as Dr. Mirakle
• 1932 White Zombie -- as Murder Legendre
• 1932 Chandu the Magician -- as Roxor
• 1933 Island of Lost Souls -- as Sayer of the Law
• 1933 Death Kiss, The -- as Joseph Steiner
• 1933 Whispering Shadow, The (serial) -- as Professor Adam Strang
• 1933 Hollywood on Parade (short) -- as living wax statue of Dracula
• 1933 International House -- as General Petronovitch
• 1933 Night of Terror -- as Degar
• 1933 Devil's in Love, The -- as the Military Prosecutor
• 1934 Black Cat, The (aka House of Doom, The) (aka Vanishing Body, The) -- as Dr. Vitus Werdegast
• 1934 Gift of Gab -- as an Apache (French)
• 1934 Return of Chandu, The -- as Dr. Frank Chandler, aka Chandu
• 1935 Best Man Wins -- as Dr. Boehm
• 1935 Mysterious Mr. Wong, The -- as Mr. Wong
• 1935 Mark of the Vampire -- as Count Mora
• 1935 Raven, The -- as Dr. Richard Vollin
• 1935 Murder by Television -- as Arthur Perry and his twin brother
• 1935 Mystery of the Mary Celeste (aka Phantom Ship, The) (GB) -- as Anton Lorenzen
• 1936 Invisible Ray, The -- as Dr. Felix Benet
• 1936 Postal Inspector -- as Benez
• 1936 Shadow of Chinatown (serial) -- as Victor Poten
• 1937 SOS Coastguard (serial) -- as Boroff
• 1939 Son of Frankenstein -- as Ygor
• 1939 Gorilla, The -- as Peters the butler
• 1939 Phantom Creeps, The (serial) -- as Dr. Alex Zorka
• 1939 Ninotchka -- as Commissar Razinin
• 1939 Dark Eyes of London (aka Human Monster, The) (GB) -- as Dr. Orloff/Dr. Dearborn
• 1940 Saint's Double Trouble, The -- as the Smuggler's Accomplice
• 1940 Black Friday -- as Eric Marnay
• 1940 You'll Find Out -- as Prince Saliano
• 1941 Devil Bat, The (aka Killer Bats) -- as Dr. Paul Carruthers
• 1941 Black Cat, The -- as Eduardo
• 1941 Invisible Ghost, The -- as Dr. Charles Kessler
• 1941 Spooks Run Wild -- as the Monster
• 1941 Wolf Man, The -- as Béla, the lycanthropic Gypsy fortune teller
• 1942 Ghost of Frankenstein, The -- as Ygor
• 1942 Black Dragons -- as Dr. Melcher
• 1942 Corpse Vanishes, The (aka Case of the Missing Brides, The) -- as Dr. Lorenz
• 1942 Bowery at Midnight -- as Professor Brenner
• 1942 Night Monster -- as Rolf the butler
• 1943 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man -- as Frankenstein's Monster
• 1943 Ape Man, The (aka Lock Your Doors) -- as Dr. James Brewster
• 1943 Ghosts on the Loose (aka Ghosts in the Night) -- as Emil
• 1944 Return of the Vampire, The -- as Armand Tessla
• 1944 Voodoo Man, The -- as Dr. Marlowe
• 1944 Return of the Ape Man -- as Professor Dexter
• 1944 One Body Too Many -- as Larchmont
• 1945 Body Snatcher, The -- as Joseph
• 1945 Zombies on Broadway -- as Professor Renault
• 1945 Genius at Work -- as Stone
• 1947 Scared to Death -- as Leonide
• 1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (aka Abbott and Costello Meet the Ghosts) (aka Brain of Frankenstein, The) -- as Count Dracula
• 1952 Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (aka My Son the Vampire) (aka Vampire and the Robot, The) -- as Von Housen
• 1952 Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (aka Boys from Brooklyn) -- as Dr. Zabor
• 1953 Glen or Glenda (aka I Changed My Sex) (aka He or She) (aka I Led Two Lives) -- as a Spirit/Mystic
• 1955 Bride of the Monster -- as Dr. Eric Vornoff
• 1956 Black Sleep, The -- as Casmir
• 1959 Plan 9 from Outer Space -- as the Ghoul Man
• 1965 World of Abbott and Costello, The -- clips from Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as Count Dracula
• 1992 Innocent Blood brief clips from 1931 Dracula (watched on TV) -- as Count Dracula
• 1994 Ed Wood -- brief clip from White Zombie (watched on TV) -- as Murder Legendre. Martin Landau portrays the elderly Béla Lugosi throughout the film.

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Last revised April 25, 2001 by George "E-gor" Chastain.
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