Bela Lugosi
Hungarian-American actor (1882-1956) · United States · Actors · Died at 73
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Something wrong?He played Dracula once on film, in 1931, and spent the next 25 years unable to escape it. The accent that made him eerie also made him unhirable for anything else, so Bela Lugosi stayed in the shadows - horror pictures, morphine, and eventually Ed Wood's backyard sets - until the end.
A life in dates
Bride of the MonsterFilm, Dr. Eric Vornoff1949
SuspenseSeries, Gen. Fortunato1948
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet FrankensteinFilm, Dracula1944
Voodoo ManFilm, Dr. Richard Marlowe1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFilm, The Frankenstein Monster1941
Invisible GhostFilm, Dr. Charles Kessler1939“I’ve lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don’t take it for granted.”In their words5 April 1939Interview for the Broadway Newsreel (April 5, 1939)
NinotchkaFilm, 1939Commissar Razinin1935
Mark of the VampireFilm, Count Mora1934
The Black CatFilm, Dr. Vitus Werdegast1931
DraculaFilm, Count Dracula1930“It is a peculiar role in many respects, when you see the play Dracula seems to be constantly on the stage. A casual glance would indicate that he speaks as many lines as Hamlet.”In their words6 July 1930IN THE WORLD OF SCREEN & STAGE The Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California (July 6, 1930)1924
He Who Gets SlappedFilm, Extra (uncredited)1882Born20 October 1882Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 2
, I’ve lived here for 20 years and I have been a citizen for 10 years. I hope I am a good one. I know I don’t take it for granted.
It is a peculiar role in many respects, when you see the play Dracula seems to be constantly on the stage. A casual glance would indicate that he speaks as many lines as Hamlet.
Filmography 40
ETExtraordinary Tales
TNThe American Nightmare
IBInnocent Blood
AMAmazon Women on the Moon
HEHead
PSPlan 9 from Outer Space
TSThe Black SleepBMBride of the Monster
GGGlen or GlendaBFBud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein
TSThe Body SnatcherVMVoodoo ManFMFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
TVThe Return of the Vampire
GLGhosts on the Loose
TMThe Ape Man
TFThe Ghost of Frankenstein
TVThe Corpse Vanishes
NMNight Monster
BDBlack Dragons
TMThe Wolf Man
TCThe Black CatIGInvisible Ghost
TBThe Devil Bat
BFBlack FridayNINinotchka
SFSon of Frankenstein
TLThe Dark Eyes of London
TRThe Invisible Ray
TRThe RavenMVMark of the VampireTCThe Black Cat
WZWhite Zombie
ISIsland of Lost Souls
MMMurders in the Rue MorgueDRDracula
DRDrácula
TCThe Black Camel
KJKing of JazzHSHe Who Gets Slapped158 credits on file
Television 1
SUSuspenseAwards
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Born Béla Blaskó in Hungary in 1882, he worked the stage there for 15 years before the failed Communist Revolution of 1919 sent him west as a political refugee. He landed in New Orleans as a seaman, worked his way to New York, and in 1927 starred as Dracula on Broadway. The 1931 film version, directed by Tod Browning, made him a star and a prisoner: his thick accent locked him into horror roles through the '30s, opposite Boris Karloff in The Black Cat and The Raven. Sciatic pain led to morphine, morphine to addiction, and by 1948 the work dried to B-pictures and Ed Wood cheapies. He died in August 1956; Plan 9 from Outer Space, containing his last footage, came out the next year.
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