Bela Lugosi

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Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian-American actor best known for his iconic portrayal of Count Dracula in early horror cinema.

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Bela Lugosi canonical 36
Bela Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka 1
Bela Lugosi as Mr. Wong 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film actor
horror film actor
human
silent film actor
stage actor
alsoKnownAs Arisztid Olt
Bela Lugosi
surface form: Béla Lugosi
basedOn Dracula
surface form: Dracula (novel by Bram Stoker)
birthName Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó
burialPlace Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, United States
surface form: Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Bela Lugosi Jr.
surface form: Bela G. Lugosi
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship Hungary
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1882-10-20
dateOfDeath 1956-08-16
ethnicGroup Hungarians
genre horror film
hasStarOn Hollywood Walk of Fame
immigrationYear 1920
influenced vampire portrayals in popular culture
languageSpoken English
German
Hungarian
movedTo United States of America
name Bela Lugosi self-link
notableFor portrayal of Count Dracula in early horror cinema
notableRole Count Dracula
notableWork Dracula (1931 film)
numberOfChildren 1
occupation actor
film actor
stage actor
performedIn Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Dracula (1927 Broadway play)
Dracula (1931 film)
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Son of Frankenstein
The Black Cat (1934 film)
The Raven (1935 film)
The Wolf Man
surface form: The Wolf Man (1941 film)

White Zombie
placeOfBirth Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

Kingdom of Hungary
Lugos
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

Los Angeles
United States of America
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Los Angeles
servedIn Austro-Hungarian Army
spouse Beatrice Weeks
Hope Lininger
Ilona Szmick
Ilona von Montagh
Lillian Arch
workedWith Boris Karloff
Tod Browning
Universal Pictures

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Ed Wood portrays Bela Lugosi
Martin Landau role Bela Lugosi
this entity surface form: Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood"
The Phantom Creeps starring Bela Lugosi
The Mysterious Mr. Wong starring Bela Lugosi
The Mysterious Mr. Wong portrays Bela Lugosi
this entity surface form: Bela Lugosi as Mr. Wong
Night Monster starring Bela Lugosi
Son of Frankenstein stars Bela Lugosi
Son of Frankenstein portrayedBy Bela Lugosi
subject surface form: Ygor
Ninotchka starring Bela Lugosi
Bela Lugosi name Bela Lugosi self-link
Bela Lugosi alsoKnownAs Bela Lugosi
this entity surface form: Béla Lugosi
The Black Sleep hasCastMember Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff coStarredWith Bela Lugosi
The Wolf Man castMember Bela Lugosi
Dracula (1931 film) starring Bela Lugosi
Jean Drew hasCoStar Bela Lugosi
The Menacing Power featuresActor Bela Lugosi
The Menacing Power stars Bela Lugosi
Crashing Towers featuresActor Bela Lugosi
Invisible Terror featuresActor Bela Lugosi
Thundering Rails hasCastMember Bela Lugosi
Thundering Rails featuredActor Bela Lugosi
The Iron Monster starred Bela Lugosi
subject surface form: The Phantom Creeps
Trapped in the Flames starring Bela Lugosi
Trapped in the Flames hasMainStar Bela Lugosi
Speeding Doom hasCastMember Bela Lugosi
Speeding Doom featuresActorRole Bela Lugosi
this entity surface form: Bela Lugosi as Dr. Alex Zorka
The Blast of Doom featuresActor Bela Lugosi
The Blast of Doom stars Bela Lugosi
To Destroy the World hasCastMember Bela Lugosi
Dr. Fred Mallory stars Bela Lugosi
subject surface form: The Phantom Creeps
The Menacing Mist featuresActor Bela Lugosi
Mr. Wong portrayedBy Bela Lugosi