Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956)

Date of Birth: 20 October 1882
Place of Birth: Lugos, Austria-Hungary. (now Lugoj, Romania)
Date of Death: 16 August 1956 (heart attack)
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As: Béla Lugosi; Arisztid Olt; Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (real name)

All as performer
* = television

1918
Az Élet királya (Lord Henry Wotton (as Arisztid Olt))

1920
Der Januskopf (Dr Warren's Butler)

1929
The Thirteenth Chair (Inspector Delzante)

1931
Dracula (Count Dracula / coach driver)

1932
Chandu the Magician (Roxor)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (Doctor Mirakle)
White Zombie (Murder Legendre)

1933
Hollywood on Parade No.8 (Dracula)

1933
Island of Lost Souls (Sayer of the Law)
Night of Terror (Degar)
The Whispering Shadow (Professor Strang)

1934
The Black Cat (Dr Vitus Verdegast)
The Return of Chandu (Frank Chandler (Chandu the Magician))

1935
Mark of the Vampire (Count Mora)
Murder by Television (Arthur Perry)
The Mysterious Mr Wong (Mr Wong)
The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (Anton Lorenzen)
The Raven (Dr Richard Vollin)

1936
The Invisible Ray (Dr Felix Benet)
Shadow of Chinatown (Victor Poten)

1937
S.O.S. Coast Guard (Boroff, alias M.A. Anderson)

1939
The Dark Eyes of London (Dr Feodor Orloff)
The Gorilla (Peters)
The Phantom Creeps (Dr Alex Zorka)
Son of Frankenstein (Ygor)

1940
Black Friday (Eric Marnay)
The Devil Bat (Dr Paul Carruthers)
You'll Find Out (Prince Saliano)

1941
The Black Cat (Eduardo)
Invisible Ghost (Charles Kessler)
Spooks Run Wild (Nardo)
The Wolf Man (Bela)
Black Dragons (Dr Melcher / Monsieur Colomb)

1942
Bowery at Midnight (Professor Brenner / Karl Wagner)
The Corpse Vanishes (Dr Lorenz)
The Ghost of Frankenstein (Ygor)
Night Monster (Rolf)

1943
The Ape Man (Dr James Brewster)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (Frankenstein's monster)
Ghosts on the Loose (Emil)

1944
One Body Too Many (Larchmont the butler)
Return of the Ape Man (Professor Dexter)
The Return of the Vampire (Armand Tesla)
Voodoo Man (Dr Richard Marlowe)

1945
The Body Snatcher (Joseph)
Genius at Work (Stone)
Zombies on Broadway (Dr Paul Renault)

1947
Scared to Death (Professor Leonide)

1948
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (Dracula)

1949
The Phantom Creeps (Dr Alex Zorka)
Suspense: The Cask of Amontillado *

1951
Lock Up Your Daughters

1952
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (Dr Zabor)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (Von Housen)

1953
Glen or Glenda? (the spirit)

1956
The Black Sleep (Casimir)
Bride of the Monster (Dr Eric Vornoff)

1958
Plan Nine from Outer Space (ghoul man)

1985
Lugosi - The Forgotten King (subject of film)

1994
Ed Wood: Look Back In Angora (himself - archive footage)
Ed Wood (portrayed by Martin Landau)

1995
The Haunted World of Edward D. Wood Jr (archive footage)

1999
The Road to Dracula (himself - archive footage)

2002
Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi (biography)

NO DATE
Bela Lugosi: Then and Now! (biography)
Rivals: Karloff vs Lugosi (biography)

1917
Az Ezredes
Leoni Leo (Leoni Leo - as Arisztid Olt)
Nászdal (Bertram)
A Régiséggyüjtö (as Arisztid Olt)
A Leopard (as Arisztid Olt)
Tavaszi Vihar (as Arisztid Olt)

1918
Kilencvenkilenc (as Béla Lugosi)
Küzdelem a létért (Pál Orlay - as Arisztid Olt)
Lili (Plinchard / General - as Arisztid Olt)
Tavaszi vihar
Álarcosbál
Casanova (it isn't clear if Lugosi actually appeared in this or not)

1919
Sklaven Fremden Willens

1920
Der Fluch der Menschheit (reckless saboteur)
Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund
Lederstrumpf, 1. Teil: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook (Chingachgook)
Lederstrumpf, 2. Teil: Der letzte der Mohikaner (Chingachgook)
Die Teufelsanbeter
Die Todeskarawane (Scheik)

1921
Johann Hopkins, die Dritte
Nat Pinkerton (gang leader)
Tanz auf dem Vulkan (Andrew Fleurot)

1923
The Silent Command (Hisston)

1924
The Rejected Woman (Jean Gagnon)

1925
Daughters Who Pay (Serge Oumansky)
The Midnight Girl (Nicholas Schuyler)

1926
Punchinello (Harlequin)

1928
How to Handle Women (bit part - uncredited)
The Last Performance (voice dubbing for Conrad Veidt in Hungarian version - uncredited)

1929
Prisoners (Brottos (owner of a Vienna nightclub))
The Veiled Woman (murdered suitor)

1930
Oh, for a Man (Frescatti)
Renegades (Marabout)
Such Men Are Dangerous (Dr Erdmann)
Viennese Nights (Hungarian ambassador)
Wild Company (Felix Brown)
King of Jazz (master of ceremonies (Hungarian version only))

1931
The Black Camel (Tarnevarro)
Broadminded (Pancho)
Fifty Million Frenchmen (stage magician - uncredited)
Women of All Nations (Prince Hassan)

1932
The Death Kiss (Joseph Steiner)

1933
The Devil's in Love (military prosecutor)
International House (1933) (General Nicholas Petronovich)

1934
Gift of Gab (cameo appearance)

1935
The Best Man Wins (Doc Boehm)

1936
Postal Inspector (Benez)

1939
Ninotchka (Commissar Razinin)

1940
The Saint's Double Trouble (partner)

1950
Starlit Time: 21 May 1950 (guest) *

1954
The Red Skelton Show: episode unknown *

1974
The Count by Arthur Lennig

1976
Lugosi: The Man Behind the Cape by R. Cremer

1977
Master of the Macabre by Larry Edwards (McGuinn and McGuire)

1984
The Films of Bela Lugosi by Richard Boyarski

1990
Karloff and Lugosi: The Story of a Haunting Collaboration, with a Complete Filmography of Their Films Together by Gregory William Monk (McFarland and Company Inc)

1996
Bela Lugosi: His Life in Films by Gary Rhodes
Bela Lugosi by Gary Svehla and Susan Svehla (Midnight Marquee)

1997
Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary Don Rhodes (McFarland and Company)

MAGAZINES

Classic Images no.304 (October 2000) pp.69-73 (USA)
illustrated biography (Pentagram Profiles: To Destroy a Vampire by Blackie Seymour)

Cult Movies no.13 (1995) pp.26 - 39 (USA)
illustrated article (At Long Last Lugosi! Film History's Evolving View of Bela Lugosi by Frank J. Dello Stritto)

Filmfax no.55 (March / April 1996) pp.42-50 (USA)
illustrated article (The Sinister Serials of Bela Lugosi - Leonard J. Kohl)

Filmfax no.62 (August / September 1997) pp.96-103 (USA)
illustrated article (Bela Lugosi - Unmasking the Mysteries by Gary Don Rhodes)

Missing Link no.5 (Spring 1996) pp.9-14 (UK)
illustrated article (Dear Old Pals?)

Scary Dreams no.5 (Autumn 1997) pp.5-12 (USA)
illustrated article (An Appreciation of Bela Lugosi by Richard Gordon)

Stars no.34/35 (1999) pp.55-60 (USA)
illustrated biography, filmography

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