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'''Bela Lugosi''' was a 20th century Hungarian film actor, best known for his portrayal of [[Count Dracula|Dracula]] in the [[Dracula (film)|1931 film of the same name]]. | '''Bela Lugosi''' was a 20th century Hungarian film actor, best known for his portrayal of [[Count Dracula|Dracula]] in the [[Dracula (film)|1931 film of the same name]]. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Lugosi was born in Hungary, where he acted in stage in 1910s before joining the Austro-Hungarian army in [[WWI]]. After the war, he acted in a number of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] plays, sometimes under the name ''Aristzid Olt''. In the 1920s, he emigrated to the [[United States]], notably playing a policeman in [[Tod Browning|Tod Browning's]] 1929 film ''[[The Thirteenth Chair]]''. He played [[Dracula]] on [[Broadway]] before finally becoming a star in Browning's film version. He was offered the role of [[Frankenstein]]'s monster the same year, but refused because his face would be hidden under layers of make-up; instead, the role went to his long-time rival, [[Boris Karloff]]. Over time, the quality of Lugosi's roles diminished, and he was reduced to acting for [[Poverty Row]] studios in the 1940s and '50s. He fell into a quagmire of depression and morphine addiction | Lugosi was born in Hungary, where he acted in stage in 1910s before joining the Austro-Hungarian army in [[WWI]]. After the war, he acted in a number of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] plays, sometimes under the name ''Aristzid Olt''. In the 1920s, he emigrated to the [[United States]], notably playing a policeman in [[Tod Browning|Tod Browning's]] 1929 film ''[[The Thirteenth Chair]]''. He played [[Dracula]] on [[Broadway]] before finally becoming a star in Browning's film version. He was offered the role of [[Frankenstein]]'s monster the same year, but refused because his face would be hidden under layers of make-up; instead, the role went to his long-time rival, [[Boris Karloff]]. Over time, the quality of Lugosi's roles diminished, and he was reduced to acting for [[Poverty Row]] studios in the 1940s and '50s. He fell into a quagmire of depression and morphine addiction | ||
| - | In the '50s, he was re-discovered by Z-grade director [[Ed Wood]], who cast him in the epics of badness ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'', ''[[Bride of the Monster]]'', and Lugosi's final film, ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''. Lugosi's role in ''Plan 9'' consisted of some leftover footage of him walking out of a house | + | In the '50s, he was re-discovered by Z-grade director [[Ed Wood]], who cast him in the epics of badness ''[[Glen or Glenda]]'', ''[[Bride of the Monster]]'', and Lugosi's final film, ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''. Lugosi's role in ''Plan 9'' consisted of some leftover footage of him walking out of a house. He was buried in his black Dracula cape; his old friend [[Peter Lorre]] said at his funeral, "Don't you think we should drive a stake through his heart just to make sure?" |
==Filmography== | ==Filmography== | ||
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* ''[[The Thirteenth Chair]]'' (1929) | * ''[[The Thirteenth Chair]]'' (1929) | ||
* ''[[Dracula]]'' (1931) | * ''[[Dracula]]'' (1931) | ||
