Béla Lugosi

Béla Lugosi (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956) born in what is now Lugoj, Romania, was a Hungarian-American actor of the theatre and movies. He is best known for playing Count Dracula in the Broadway play and the movie version. He was a character actor who played many different kinds of roles, but was most often seen in horror movies including White Zombie. He is one of the first actors to enter drug rehabilitation for a drug addiction. In the last years of his career he acted in several low-budget B-movies, some by director Ed Wood. He died in Los Angeles, California of a heart attack when he was 73 years old.

Bela Lugosi
Lugosi c. 1912
Born	Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (1882-10-20)October 20, 1882 Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary
Died	August 16, 1956(1956-08-16) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Holy Cross Cemetery
Other names	Arisztid Olt
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1902–1956
Spouse(s)	Ilona Szmick ​ ​ (m. 1917; div. 1920)​ Ilona von Montagh ​ ​ (m. 1921; div. 1924)​ Beatrice Weeks ​ ​ (m. 1929; div. 1929)​ Lillian Arch ​ ​ (m. 1933; div. 1953)​ Hope Lininger ​ (m. 1955)​
Children	Bela George Lugosi
Website	belalugosi.com
Signature

Bela G. Lugosi is his son.

Other websites

• Béla Lugosi on IMDb