ACTOR

Bela Lugosi

1882 - 1956

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Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (Hungarian: [ˈbeːlɒ ˈfɛrɛnt͡s ˈdɛʒøː ˈblɒʃkoː]; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi ( lə-GOH-see; Hungarian: [ˈluɡoʃi]), was a Hungarian–American actor, best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror film classic Dracula, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. After playing in 172 productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to appear in Hungarian silent films in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bela Lugosi has received more than 5,269,212 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 62 in 2019). Bela Lugosi is the 378th most popular actor (down from 354th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Romania (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Actor.

Bela Lugosi is most famous for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 film "Dracula."

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  • 5.3M

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  • 64.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bela Lugosi ranks 378 out of 13,578. Before him are Margot Robbie, Frances Farmer, Patrick Stewart, F. Murray Abraham, Jane Russell, and Lana Turner. After him are Jean-Pierre Cassel, Giancarlo Giannini, George Kennedy, Burgess Meredith, Joan Fontaine, and Ray Liotta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Bela Lugosi ranks 39. Before him are Hans Geiger, A. A. Milne, Arthur Eddington, Jacques Maritain, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and René Coty. After him are Robert H. Goddard, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Nicolai Hartmann, Moritz Schlick, Yanka Kupala, and Boris Shaposhnikov. Among people deceased in 1956, Bela Lugosi ranks 19. Before him are Robert Walser, A. A. Milne, Risto Ryti, Alfred Kinsey, Konstantin Päts, and Alexander Rodchenko. After him are Reinhold Glière, H. L. Mencken, Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, Bolesław Bierut, and Anastasio Somoza García.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 45 out of 844. Before him are Iannis Xenakis (1922), Mihai Eminescu (1850), Milan I of Serbia (1854), Basarab I of Wallachia (1275), Radu cel Frumos (1438), and János Bolyai (1802). After him are John Cassian (360), Mircea I of Wallachia (1355), Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1820), Ilie Năstase (1946), Alexander Löhr (1885), and Traian Băsescu (1951).

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Among ACTORS In Romania

Among actors born in Romania, Bela Lugosi ranks 1. After him are Edward G. Robinson (1893), John Houseman (1902), Elvira Popescu (1894), Maia Morgenstern (1962), Marcel Iureș (1951), Maria Tănase (1913), Sebastian Stan (1982), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Natalya Varley (1947), Lupu Pick (1886), and Alexandra Maria Lara (1978).

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Television and Movie Roles

Dracula
Count Dracula
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a castle in London and is, unbeknownst to Renfield, a vampire. After Dracula enslaves Renfield and drives him to insanity, the pair sail to London together, and as Dracula begins preying on London socialites, the two become the subject of study for a supernaturalist professor, Abraham Van Helsing.
Feb 12o 19317.163 / 10
White Zombie
Legendre
In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.
Jul 28o 19325.901 / 10
The Black Cat
Dr. Vitus Werdegast
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.
May 7o 19346.663 / 10