bela lugosi

     

Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was an iconic Hungarian stage an B-movie film actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story, Dracula.

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  • (Good evening!) Men who've played me on Broadway & screen are Frank Langella in the '70s & this man in the '20s & '30s
  • He was such a hit in "Dracula" that he was offered the role of Frankenstein's monster before Boris Karloff
  • He was born Bela Ferenc Blasko in Lugos, Hungary
  • The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims
  • Playing a Russian commissar, this Hungarian was seen in "Ninotchka" without fangs
  • I'm a Hungarian actor & I was buried in the cape that I wore in one of my most memorable roles
  • Born in what was then Hungary, he gained fame on stage in a Bram Stoker adaptation & later acted in the film
  • He dropped out of school as a boy, but sank his teeth into a successful career in Hollywood

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