Bela Lugosi
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 17, 1882, Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary [now Lugoj, Timis County, Romania]
- Died
- August 16, 1956
- Movies
- 155
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.
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| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | A Brief History of Porn Cinema with Bela Lugosi | Host |
| 2016 | Lugosi: The Forgotten King of Horror | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Extraordinary Tales | Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Tell-Tale Heart') |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Dracula / Dr. Werdegast / Count Mora (archive footage) |
| 2013 | The Trail of Dracula | Self (Archival Footage) |
| 2011 | Dracula: The Vampire and the Voivode | Dracula (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story | Self (archive) |
| 2007 | Bela Lugosi: The Fallen Vampire | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb | Riley Chandler (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Lugosi: The Dark Prince | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Terror in the Tropics | Vitus Tesla (archive footage) |
| 2005 | The Tell Tale Heart | Narrator |
| 2004 | Ed Wood: Making Bela | Self / Count Dracula (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Ed Wood: Let's Shoot This @#!% | Self (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Monster Movie Trivia Quiz | |
| 2003 | Hollywood Ghosts & Gravesites | (archive footage) |
| 2001 | Heroes of Horror | (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The American Nightmare | Self |
| 2000 | Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | The Many Faces of Dracula | Dracula (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Universal Horror | (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood, Jr. | Himself (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons | Self / Dracula (archive footage) |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | The Our Gang Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Homo Promo | (Archival) |
| 1992 | Innocent Blood | Count Dracula (archive footage) |
| 1992 | Death Scenes 2 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Dracula in the Movies | (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Halloween Monster Bash | Dr. Feodor Orloff /Dr. Charles Kessler /Dr. Lorenz /Dr. James Brewster (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook | Count Dracula / Count Mora / Nardo / Leonide Von Housen / Tesla |
| 1991 | Frankenstein: A Cinematic Scrapbook | The Monster / Ygor (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Abbott and Costello in the Movies | Outtake |
| 1990 | Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | Self (archive footage) |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1987 | Amazon Women on the Moon | Pete Jones (segment "Reckless Youth") (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Lugosi: The Forgotten King | (archive footage) |
| 1986 | Classic Comedy Teams | Emil (segment "Ghosts On The Loose") (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Dracula in 'Screen Snapshots A-8' (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | The Horror of It All | Dracula / Joseph / Legendre (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) |
| 1980 | Monsters on the March (and a Pair of Marvels!) | |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Head | Dr. Vitus Werdegast (Archival Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The World of Abbott and Costello | Count Dracula (archive footage) |
| 1959 | Lock Up Your Daughters | |
| 1957 | Plan 9 from Outer Space | Ghoul Man |
| 1956 | The Black Sleep | Casimir |
| 1955 | Bride of the Monster | Dr. Eric Vornoff |
| 1953 | Glen or Glenda | Scientist |
| 1952 | Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla | Dr. Zabor |
| 1952 | Mother Riley Meets the Vampire | Von Housen |
| 1949 | The Phantom Creeps | Dr. Alex Zorka |
| 1948 | Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein | Dracula |
| 1947 | Scared to Death | Prof Leonide |
| 1946 | Genius at Work | Stone |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher | Joseph |
| 1945 | Zombies on Broadway | Dr. Paul Renault |
| 1944 | One Body Too Many | Murkil |
| 1944 | Return of the Ape Man | Prof. Dexter |
| 1944 | Voodoo Man | Dr. Richard Marlowe |
| 1943 | The Return of the Vampire | Armand Tesla |
| 1943 | Ghosts on the Loose | Emil |
| 1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | The Frankenstein Monster |
| 1943 | The Ape Man | Dr. James Brewster |
| 1942 | Bowery at Midnight | Prof. Frederick Brenner aka Karl Wagner |
| 1942 | Night Monster | Rolf |
| 1942 | The Corpse Vanishes | Dr. Lorenz |
| 1942 | The Ghost of Frankenstein | Ygor |
| 1942 | Black Dragons | Dr. Melcher/ Monsieur Colomb |
| 1941 | The Wolf Man | Bela |
| 1941 | Spooks Run Wild | Nardo |
| 1941 | The Black Cat | Eduardo Vidos |
| 1941 | Invisible Ghost | Dr. Charles Kessler |
| 1940 | The Devil Bat | Dr. Paul Carruthers |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out | Prince Saliano |
| 1940 | Black Friday | Eric Marnay |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Partner |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Commissar Razinin |
| 1939 | The Dark Eyes of London | Dr. Feodor Orloff / Prof. John Dearborn |
| 1939 | The Gorilla | Peters |
| 1939 | Son of Frankenstein | Ygor |
| 1939 | The Phantom Creeps | Dr. Alex Zorka / Dr. Zane |
| 1937 | SOS Coast Guard | Boroff |
| 1936 | Shadow of Chinatown | Victor Poten |
| 1936 | Shadow of Chinatown | Victor Poten |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector | Gregory Benez |
| 1936 | The Invisible Ray | Dr. Felix Benet |
| 1935 | Murder by Television | Arthur Perry |
| 1935 | The Raven | Dr. Richard Vollin |
| 1935 | The Mystery of the Mary Celeste | Anton Lorenzen |
| 1935 | Mark of the Vampire | Count Mora |
| 1935 | The Mysterious Mr. Wong | Mr. Fu Wong aka Lysee |
| 1935 | The Best Man Wins | Doc Boehm |
| 1935 | Chandu on the Magic Island | Frank Chandler (Chandu) |
| 1934 | The Return of Chandu | Frank Chandler (Chandu) |
| 1934 | Gift of Gab | Himself |
| 1934 | The Black Cat | Dr. Vitus Werdegast |
| 1934 | Screen Snapshots No. 11 | Himself |
| 1933 | The Devil's in Love | Military Prosecutor |
| 1933 | International House | General Petronovich |
| 1933 | Night of Terror | Degar |
| 1933 | The Whispering Shadow | Professor Adam Anton Strang |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 | Dracula |
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | The Sayer of the Law |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss | Joseph Steiner |
| 1932 | Chandu the Magician | Roxor |
| 1932 | White Zombie | Legendre |
| 1932 | Murders in the Rue Morgue | Dr. Mirakle |
| 1931 | Voice of Hollywood (Series 2, No. 3) | Self |
| 1931 | Intimate Interviews: Bela Lugosi | Himself |
| 1931 | Broadminded | Pancho Arango |
| 1931 | The Black Camel | Tarneverro |
| 1931 | Women of All Nations | Prince Hassan |
| 1931 | Drácula | Count Dracula (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1931 | 50 Million Frenchmen | Orizon - Magician |
| 1931 | Dracula | Count Dracula |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! | Frescatti |
| 1930 | Viennese Nights | Count von Ratz--Hungarian Ambassador |
| 1930 | Renegades | The Marabout - Sheik Muhammed Halid |
| 1930 | Wild Company | Felix Brown |
| 1930 | King of Jazz | Emcee - Hungarian Version |
| 1930 | Such Men Are Dangerous | Dr. Goodman |
| 1929 | The Thirteenth Chair | Inspector Delzante |
| 1929 | Prisoners | Brottos--Nightclub Owner |
| 1929 | The Veiled Woman | Murdered Suitor |
| 1928 | How to Handle Women | Diplomat's Aide (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Daughters Who Pay | Serge Romonsky |
| 1925 | The Midnight Girl | Nicholas Harmon |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Rejected Woman | Jean Gagnon |
| 1923 | The Silent Command | Hisston |
| 1920 | Die Teufelsanbeter | |
| 1920 | Caravan of Death | Scheik |
| 1920 | Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund | Tom Bill |
| 1920 | Daughter of the Night 2 | Andrew Fleurot |
| 1920 | Deerslayer | Chingachgook |
| 1920 | The Head of Janus | Warren's Butler |
| 1920 | Daughter of the Night | Andrew Fleurot |
| 1920 | Sklaven fremden Willens | Professor Mors |
| 1918 | The Leopard | |
| 1918 | Lulu | |
| 1918 | 99 | Kurt Lingner |
| 1918 | Spring Tempest | Renner |
| 1918 | Álarcosbál | |
| 1918 | The Royal Life | Lord Henry Wotton |
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