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Bela Lugosi filmography

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Bela Lugosi (1882–1956), best known for the original screen portrayal of Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1931, performed in many films during the course of his 39-year film career. He appeared in films made in his native Hungary, Germany and New York before re-locating to Hollywood in 1928. Films are listed in order of release. (see Bela Lugosi for his biography.)

1910s

This is a list of confirmed film roles Lugosi has performed in.{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=429}} Some films from other filmography sources have not been included here such as Star Film's Casanova (1918), Lulu (1918) and Lili (1917), all of which had announced that Lugosi would appear in them, but Lugosi was apparently dropped from the cast before production began.{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=429}}

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rowspan="3"|1917

|Leoni Leo

|Leoni Leo

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt. Previewed in August 1917.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}

Álarcosbál ({{translation|The Masked Ball}})

|René

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt. Previewed in late October 1917, released on March 11, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}

Radmirov Katalin ({{translation|Catherine Radmirov}})

|Undetermined

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Previewed in late October 1917. It is uncertain if Lugosi ever appeared in this film.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=184-185}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}

rowspan="7"|1918

|Az élet királya ({{translation|The Royal Life}})

|Lord Harry Wotton

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt. Previewed on October 23, 1917. Released in January 21, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=70}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=74}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|loc=317}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|loc=813}}

A Nászdal ({{translation|The Wedding Song}})

|Paul Bertram

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|billed as Arisztid Olt

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=69}}

A Régiséggyüjtö ({{translation|The Antiquarian}})

|Unknown

|{{sortname|Michael|Curtiz}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt; comedy short. Previewed on February 28, 1918. Released on March 6, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=325}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}

Tavaszi vihar ({{translation|Spring Tempest}})

|Renner

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt. Previewed on February 28, 1918, released on April 22, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=68}}

Küzdelem a létért ({{translation|The Struggle for Life}})

|Pal Orlay

|{{sortname|Alfréd|Deésy}}

|Billed as Arisztid Olt. Previewed on July 16, 1918, released on September 22, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=322}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=69}}

99-es számú bérkocsi

|Detective Ward

|{{sortname|Michael|Curtiz}}

| Previewed on September 12, 1918, released on November 8, 1918.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432-433}}

Az ezredes ({{translation|The Colonel}})

|The Colonel

|{{sortname|Michael|Curtiz}}

|previewed on December 30, 1918

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=433}}

1920s

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rowspan="12"|1920

|Hypnose: Sklaven fremden Willens ({{translation|Hypnosis: Slave of a Foreign Will}})

|Professor Mors.

|{{sortname|Richard|Eichberg}}

|Later released as Sklaven fremden Willens. Premiered January 1920

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=257}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=433}}

Daughter of the Night

|Andre Fleurot

|{{sortname|Richard|Eichberg}}

|Released in Germany (as Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan) in two parts: Sybil Joung and Der Tod Des Grobfirsten. First part premiered in February 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|Svehla, Gary J. (1995). "Bela Lugosi.". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 1-887664-01-7. Page 291.Lugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg.74. ISBN 978-0786427659{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=433}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/sybil-joung_5bd9d9171f854f0f9712afe9229b00a3|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Sybil Joung|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Der Januskopf

|Butler

|{{sortname|F. W.|Murnau}}

|Originally screened as Schrecken. Previewed in April 1920. Premiered on August 26, 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|Lugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg.71. ISBN 978-0786427659{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=433}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/der-januskopf_c6002f9e3fd84911907914546a64e476|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Der Januskopf|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Der Fluch der Menschheit (The Curse of Man)

|Malzer

|{{sortname|Richard|Eichberg}}

|Released in two Parts: Die Tochter der Arbeit and Im Rausche der Milliarden. Premiered in September 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-tochter-der-arbeit_efc84e6f8e5e4cac9ec49b01334e9e67|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Die Tochter der Arbeit|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (transl. All Existence is a Flaming Sorrow)

|Unknown role

|{{sortname|Ottmar|Ostermayr}}

|Premiered in September 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/das-ganze-sein-ist-flammend-leid_f47de588dc95405da103269f49ad7de4|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Das ganze Sein ist flammend Leid|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (On the Brink of Paradise)

|Unknown role

|{{sortname|Josef|Stein}}

|Premiered in October 1920. Received general release in November 1920.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/auf-den-truemmern-des-paradieses_0347a747edc34ed9967f95407d2a481f|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/auf-den-truemmern-des-paradieses_0347a747edc34ed9967f95407d2a481f|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Lederstrumpf (Leatherstocking)

|Chingachgook

|{{sortname|Arthur|Wellim|nolink=y}}

|Shown in two parts: as The Deerslayer and Chingachgook and The Last of the Mohicans (1920 German film). Previewed in October, had general release in November 1920. Later released in a condensed version in the U.S. as The Deerslayer.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=73}}

Die Frau im Delphin (The Woman in the Dolphin)

|Tom Bill

|{{sortname|Arthur|Kiekebusch|nolink=y}}

|First screened in November 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/auf-den-truemmern-des-paradieses_0347a747edc34ed9967f95407d2a481f|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Die Todeskarawane (Caravan of Death)

|Sheik

|{{sortname|Josef|Stein}}

|Premiered in November 1920.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-todeskarawane_bbd1dde58ea14a53add2d9b8725a2e1f|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Die Todeskarawane|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Nat Pinkerton im Kampf (Nat Pinkerton in the Fight)

|Gang Leader

|{{sortname|Wolfgang|Neff}}

|Released in two parts, Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini and Diebesfallen. Lugosi only appears in the first part.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=434}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/nat-pinkerton-im-kampf-1-das-ende-des-artisten-bartolini_9440a96e1d824255aa201ec02e3a6b9a|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Nat Pinkerton im Kampf. 1. Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini|access-date=December 20, 2021}}

Die Teufelsanbeter (The Devil Worshippers)

| Unknown role

|{{sortname|Marie Louise|Droop|nolink=y}},
Muhsin Ertuğrul

|

|{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-teufelsanbeter_395df19e873e4686aa111cf1d8660e31|publisher=Filmportal.de|title=Die Teufelsanbeter|language=German|access-date=January 19, 2021}}

John Hopkins the Third

|Cowboy

|{{sortname|Wolfgang|Neff|nolink=y}}

|German: Die verschwundene Million

|style="text-align:center;"|Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. Pg. 270. ISBN 0-9773798-1-7 (hardcover)Svehla, Gary J. (1995). "Bela Lugosi.". Midnight Marquee Press. ISBN 1-887664-01-7. Page 291.Lugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg. 74. ISBN 978-0786427659{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/person/wolfgang-neff_4e698900ce044d188134dc0a9c6b12a5 |title=Wolfgang Neff |work=Film Portal}}

1921

|Der Sklavenhalter von Kansas-City ({{translation|The Slaveholder of Kansas City}})

|George Corvin

|{{sortname|Wolfgang|Neff|nolink=y}}

|Premiered in 1920, earliest known public screenings in February 1921.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=435}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Der Kinematograph|language=German|title=Dua-Film|date=August 8, 1920}}

1922

|Asszonyszivek kalandora ({{translation|The Adventurer of Women's Hearts}})

| Title character

|{{n/a}}

|A two-act short feature film, possibly edited down from an earlier film.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=432}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=92}}

rowspan="2"|1923

|Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin ({{translation|Her Highness, the Dancer}})

|Unknown role

|{{sortname|Richard|Eichberg}} and Fritz Bernhardt

title changed in 1923 to Der Leidensweg der Eva Grunwald (transl. The Ordeal of Eva Grunwald) by the censors,{{cite web | url=https://www.filmportal.de/node/4223/material/1237013 | title=Zensurentscheidung: Der Leidensweg der Eva Grunwald | Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin | filmportal.de }} but was unable to be released{{cite web | url=https://belalugosi.com/film/ | title=Filmography – Bela Lugosi – the Official Site }}

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021|p=265}}{{cite web|url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/ihre-hoheit-die-taenzerin_d4d95126277a4191a9bbc413eda30714|title=Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin|access-date=October 8, 2022|language=German|publisher=Filmportal.de}}

rowspan="1"|{{sort|Silent Command|The Silent Command}}

|Benedict Hisston

{{sortname|J. Gordon|Edwards|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=74}}

1924

|rowspan="1"|{{sort|Rejected Woman|The Rejected Woman}}

|Jean Gagnon

|{{sortname|Albert|Parker|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=75}}

rowspan="2"|1925

|{{sort|Midnight Girl|The Midnight Girl}}

|Nicholas Harmon

|{{sortname|Wilfred|Noy|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=76}}

Daughters Who Pay

|Serge Romonsky

|{{sortname|George|Terwilleger|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=76}}

1926

|rowspan="1"|Punchinello

|Pierrot, a harlequin

|{{sortname|Duncan|Renaldo|nolink=1}}

|Later rereleased as The Mask

|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=178}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=215}}

1928

|rowspan="1"|How to Handle Women

|Bodyguard

|{{sortname|William J.|Kraft|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=77}}

rowspan="4"|1929

|The Veiled Woman

|Nanon's Suitor

|{{sortname|Emmett|Flynn|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=78}}

Prisoners

|Brottos

|{{sortname|William A. |Seiter|nolink=1}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=78}}

{{sort|Thirteenth Chair|The Thirteenth Chair}}

|Inspector Delzante

|{{sortname|Tod|Browning}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=424}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=79}}

{{sort|Last Performance|The Last Performance}}

|Erik the Great

|{{sortname|Paul|Fejos}}

|Lugosi dubbed Conrad Veidt's English-speaking character into Hungarian in the Hungarian version only. Released in Hungary approximately around February 1930.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=77}}

1930s

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rowspan="6"|1930

|Such Men Are Dangerous

|Dr. Goodman

|{{sortname|Kenneth|Hawks}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=81}}

Wild Company

|Felix Brown

|{{sortname|Leo|McCarey}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=83}}

King of Jazz

|Himself

|{{sortname|John Murray|Anderson}}

|Lugosi appears as the Hungarian-language host in the Hungarian version only. Released in Hungary on September 6, 1930. Filmed in Technicolor.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=82}}

Renegades

|Sheik Muhammad Halid, the Marabout

|{{sortname|Victor|Fleming}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=83}}

Viennese Nights

|Count von Ratz, an ambassador

|Alan Crosland

|Filmed in Technicolor.

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=425}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=84}}

Oh, For a Man!

|Frescatti, a singing teacher

|Harold McFadden

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2021b|p=426}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=85}}

rowspan="5"|1931

|Dracula

|Count Dracula

|{{sortname|Tod|Browning}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=21}}

50 Million Frenchmen

|Orizon, the magician

|{{sortname|Lloyd|Bacon}}

|Filmed in Technicolor (only black and white prints survive).

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5495-50-MILLIONFRENCHMEN?sid=4861f748-3965-48d1-aca3-032e4bc8fecd&sr=12.401979&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=50 Million Frenchmen|access-date=December 23, 2021}}

Women of All Nations

|Prince Hassan

|{{sortname|Raoul|Walsh}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/6242-WOMEN-OF-ALL-NATIONS?cxt=filmography|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Women of All Nations|access-date=December 23, 2021}}

{{sort|Black Camel|The Black Camel}}

|Tarneverro, a fortune teller

|{{sortname|Hamilton|MacFadden}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/940-THE-BLACK-CAMEL?cxt=filmography|publisher=American Film Institute|title=The Black Camel|access-date=December 23, 2021}}

Broadminded

|Pancho Arango

|{{sortname|Mervyn|LeRoy}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/4965-BROADMINDED?cxt=filmography|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Broadminded|access-date=December 23, 2021}}

rowspan="5"|1932

|Murders in the Rue Morgue

|Dr. Mirakle

|{{sortname|Robert|Florey}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=47}}{{sfn|Mank|2010|p=105}}

White Zombie

|"Murder" Legendre

|{{sortname|Victor|Halperin}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Rhodes|2001|p=91}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2001|p=271}}

Chandu the Magician

|Roxor

|{{sortname|Marcel|Varnel}}, William Cameron Menzies

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/4063-CHANDU-THEMAGICIAN?sid=5b51fde7-2e48-4829-b65d-f3cb2a6041ac&sr=11.191411&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Chandu the Magician|access-date=December 24, 2021}}

Island of Lost Souls

|Sayer of the Law

|{{sortname|Erle C.|Kenton}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|work=Arizona Daily Star|title=At the Theatres This Week|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61829230/arizona-daily-star/|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 18, 1932|page=8}}{{Cite AV media notes

| title = Island of Lost Souls

| year = 2011

| chapter = Cast

| type = liner notes

| publisher = The Criterion Collection

| id = CC2068BD

}}{{Cite AV media notes

| title = Island of Lost Souls

| year = 2011

| chapter = Credits

| type = liner notes

| publisher = The Criterion Collection

| id = CC2068BD

}}

{{sort|Death Kiss|The Death Kiss}}

|Joseph Steiner

|{{sortname|Edwin|L. Marin}}

|

|style="text-align:center;"|{{sfn|Mank|2010|p=119}}

rowspan="4"|1933

|The Whispering Shadow

|Professor Adam Strang

|Colbert Clark
Albert Herman

| 12-chapter serial

|

Night of Terror

|Degar, a Hindu servant

|{{sortname|Benjamin|Stoloff}}

|

|

International House

|General Nicholas Branovsky Petronovich

|{{sortname|A. Edward|Sutherland}}

|

|

The Devil's in Love

|Military Prosecutor

|{{sortname|William|Dieterle}}

|Uncredited

|

rowspan="4"|1934

|The Black Cat

|Dr. Vitus Werdegast

|{{sortname|Edgar G.|Ulmer}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=87}}

Gift of Gab

|Apache

|{{sortname|Karl|Freund}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=101-102}}

The Return of Chandu

|Chandu

|{{sortname|Ray|Taylor|Ray Taylor (director)}}

|Film serial later edited into two features: Return of Chandu (1934) and Chandu on the Magic Island (1935).

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=147-148}}Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. Pg. 273. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)

The Mysterious Mr. Wong

|Mr. Wong

|{{sortname|William|Nigh}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=103}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/5819-THE-MYSTERIOUSMRWONG?sid=bca6473c-4b9b-40cf-b003-7100712cdd4b&sr=12.298206&cp=1&pos=0|publisher=American Film Institute|title=The Mysterious Mr. Wong|access-date=October 1, 2022}}

rowspan="5"|1935

|The Best Man Wins

|Dr. Boehm

|{{sortname|Erle C.|Kenton}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=102-103}}

Mark of the Vampire

|Count Mora

|{{sortname|Tod|Browning}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=104-105}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7071-MARK-OF-THE-VAMPIRE?cxt=filmography|publisher=American Film Institute|title=Mark of the Vampire (1935)|access-date=October 1, 2022}}

The Raven

|Dr. Richard Vollin

|{{sortname|Lew|Landers}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=139}}

Murder by Television

|Arthur Perry/Professor Houghland's Assistant

|{{sortname|Clifford|Sanforth}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=107}}

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste

|Anton Lorenzen

|{{sortname|Denison|Clift}}

|Released in the U.S. in a shorter form as Phantom Ship

|{{sfn|Gifford|2001|p=430}}{{sfn|Gibson|2016}}

rowspan="3"|1936

|The Invisible Ray

|Dr. Felix Benet

|{{sortname|Lambert|Hillyer}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=153}}

Postal Inspector

|Gregory Benez

|{{sortname|Otto|Brower}}

|

|{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7752-POSTAL-INSPECTOR?sid=d4c0f088-9585-46ea-834d-e319cdda46df&sr=12.59868&cp=1&pos=0|title=Postal Inspector (1936)|access-date=October 3, 2022|publisher=American Film Institute}}

Shadow of Chinatown

|Victor Poten

|{{sortname|Robert F.|Hill}}

|15-chapter serial, also released as a feature film

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=148-149}}Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 273. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)

rowspan="1"|1937

|S.O.S. Coast Guard

|Foreign agent Boroff

|Alan James
William Witney

| 12-chapter Film serial also released in 1942 as a 69-minute feature version

|

rowspan="6"|1939

|Son of Frankenstein

|Ygor

|{{sortname|Rowland V.|Lee}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=182-183}}

The Gorilla

|Peters, the butler

|{{sortname|Allan|Dwan}}

|

|

The Phantom Creeps

|Dr. Alex Zorka

|Ford Beebe
Saul A. Goodkind

| 12-chapter Film serial also released as a feature film

|

The Dark Eyes of London

|Dr. Orloff, Dr. Dearborn

|{{sortname|Walter|Summers}}

|Released in U.S. as The Human Monster

|{{sfn|Gifford|2001|p=493}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Liverpool Echo|date=October 6, 1939|page=8|title=In Merseyside's Cinemaland, By Whit|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/110509370/premiere-information-about-the-dark/|access-date=October 1, 2022}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=114}}

Ninotchka

|Commissar Razinin

|{{sortname|Ernst|Lubitsch}}

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=113}}{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/4333|publisher=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|title=Ninotchka (1939)|access-date=October 1, 2022}}

1940s

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rowspan="5"|1940

|The Saint's Double Trouble

|The Partner

|{{sortname|Jack|Hively}}

|

|

Black Friday

|Eric Marnay

|Arthur Lubin

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=214}}

You'll Find Out

|Prince Saliano, a fortune teller

|David Butler

|

|

{{sort|Devil Bat|The Devil Bat}}

|Dr. Paul Carruthers

|{{sortname|Jean|Yarborough}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=14}}

Fantasia

|style="text-align:center;"|N/A

|Various

|Lugosi was hired as a model for the demon in this animated film, but his footage was ultimately not used

|Rhodes, Gary (1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. pg. 213, ISBN 0-7864-0257-1.

rowspan="4"|1941

|Invisible Ghost

|Dr. Charles Kessler

|Joseph H. Lewis

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=26}}

The Black Cat

|Eduardo Vitos

|Albert S. Rogell

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=250-251}}

Spooks Run Wild

|Nardo

|{{sortname|Phil|Rosen}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=45-46}}

The Wolf Man

|Bela

|George Waggner

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=261}}

rowspan="6"|1942

|Black Dragons

|Dr. Melcher/Monsieur Colomb

|{{sortname|William|Nigh}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=52-53}}

The Ghost of Frankenstein

|Ygor

|Erle C. Kenton

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=275}}

S.O.S. Coast Guard

|Boroff

|

|Feature version of the 1937 serial

|

The Corpse Vanishes

|Dr. Lorenz

|{{sortname|Wallace|Fox}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=63}}

Night Monster

|Rolf

|{{sortname|Ford|Beebe}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=310}}

Bowery at Midnight

|Professor Brenner and Karl Wagner

|{{sortname|Wallace|Fox}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=84}}

rowspan="4"|1943

|Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

|Frankenstein Monster

|Roy William Neill

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|Brunas|Brunas|2007|p=322-323}}

{{sort|Ape Man|The Ape Man}}

|Dr. James Brewster

|{{sortname|William|Beaudine}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=102-103}}

Ghosts on the Loose

|Emil

|{{sortname|William|Beaudine}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=114}}

The Return of the Vampire

|Count Armand Tesla/Dr. Hugo Bruckner

|Lew Landers

|

|

rowspan="3"|1944

|Voodoo Man

|Dr. Richard Marlowe

|{{sortname|William|Beaudine}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=129-130}}

Return of the Ape Man

|Prof. Dexter

|{{sortname|Philip|Rosen}}

|

|{{sfn|Weaver|1999|p=164}}

One Body Too Many

|Merkil, the butler

|Frank Mcdonald

|

|

rowspan="2"|1945

|Zombies on Broadway

|Dr. Paul Renault

|Gordon Douglas

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=240}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=260}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=6493}}

The Body Snatcher

|Joseph

|Robert Wise

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=173}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=6493}}

rowspan="1"|1946

|Genius at Work

|Stone

|Leslie Goodwins

|

|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=609}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=6508}}{{cite web|title=Genius at Work (1946)|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=February 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717123602/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24795-GENIUS-AT-WORK?cxt=filmography|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24795-GENIUS-AT-WORK?cxt=filmography|archive-date=July 17, 2021}}

rowspan="1"|1947

|Scared to Death

|Professor Leonide

|Christy Cabanne

|Filmed in Cinecolor.

|{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=700}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=878}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=6533}}

rowspan="1"|1948

|Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

|Count Dracula

|Charles Barton

|

|.{{cite web|title=Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=December 11, 2021|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25390-BUD-ABBOTTANDLOUCOSTELLOMEETFRANKENSTEIN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211141857/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25390-BUD-ABBOTTANDLOUCOSTELLOMEETFRANKENSTEIN|archive-date=December 11, 2021}}{{sfn|Rhodes|Kaffenberger|2012|loc=2349}}

1950s

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rowspan="2"|1952

|Mother Riley Meets the Vampire

|Von Houssen

|{{sortname|John|Gilling}}

|Released as both Vampire Over London and My Son, the Vampire in the United States

|{{sfn|Gifford|2001|p=592}}{{sfn|Rhodes|2006|p=325}}

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla

|Dr. Zabor

|William Beaudine

|aka The Boys From Brooklyn

|

rowspan="1"|1953

|Glen or Glenda

|Spirit/Narrator

|Ed Wood

|

|

rowspan="1"|1955

|Bride of the Monster

|Dr. Eric Vornoff

|Ed Wood

|

|

rowspan="1"|1956

|The Black Sleep

|Casimir, the butler

|Reginald Le Borg

|Re-released in 1963 as Dr. Cadman's Secret

|Bela Lugosi (Midnight Marquee Actors Series) by Gary Svehla and Susan Svehla (1995). Pg.270. ISBN 1887664017. paperback

rowspan="1"|1957

|Plan 9 from Outer Space

|The Ghoul Man

|Ed Wood

|(archival footage) released posthumously

|

Television/Radio

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  • Intimate Interviews (1932) interviewed on radio by Dorothy West
  • Hollywood on Parade No. A-8 (1933) a 10-minute comedy skit/ short subject with Bonnie Poe as Betty Boop
  • Universal's Black Cat Contest (March 1934) this newsreel showed Karloff and Lugosi trying to pick the winner of Universal's "Black Cat Contest"Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 309. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Screen Snapshots Episode 34 (1934) this newsreel shows Lugosi playing chess with Boris Karloff
  • Hollywood Movie Parade (1934) a short featurette co-starring Jackie Cooper
  • Baker's Broadcast (1937) Lugosi and Karloff sang "We're Horrible, Horrible Men" on this radio show with Ozzie and Harriet
  • Texaco Star Theater (Nov. 15, 1939) Lugosi appeared with Burgess Meredith on this "Dracula on Sunnybrook Farm" radio episode
  • Black Friday Newsreel (Jan. 18, 1940) - Lugosi shown being hypnotized by his friend Manly Hall for his death scene in Black Friday (1940); film is lost
  • Kay Kayser Radio Show (Sept. 25, 1940) with Karloff and Peter Lorre
  • The Milton Berle Show TV show (mid-1940s) Texaco Star Theatre
  • Play Broadcast Quiz Program (May 2, 1941) Chicago radio show
  • Screen Snapshots (1943) Lugosi is shown in this newsreel donating blood during World War II
  • Suspense Radio Show (Feb. 2, 1943) episode called "The Doctor Prescribed Death"
  • Texaco Star Theater: The Fred Allen Show (Apr. 25, 1943) Lugosi did a radio comedy sketch with Fred Allen
  • Mail Call (March 11, 1944) Lugosi appeared with Orson Welles and Edward Everett Horton on this radio show
  • Mystery House Radio (1944) Lugosi was to host a syndicated radio series; a pilot was apparently made with Lugosi and John Carradine called "The Thirsty Death", but it is unknown if it ever aired; the program is considered lost.
  • Which Is Which? Radio Show (Feb. 14, 1945) with host Ken Murray
  • Country Fair Radio Show (July 31, 1945) with host Jack Bailey
  • Command Performance produced by the Armed Forces Radio Service (July 16, 1946) Lugosi did a "Superman" skit with Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard and Sterling Holloway (Lugosi played the villain named Dr. Bekini)
  • The Rudy Vallee Show Radio Show (Oct. 22, 1946) Lugosi did a short comedy skit in which he played a vampire called "The Bat"
  • Exploring the Unknown Radio Show (Mar. 9, 1947)
  • The Adventures of Ellery Queen Radio Show (Mar. 19, 1947) crime drama
  • Quick As a Flash Radio Show (May 18, 1947)
  • The Bill and Fan Show Albany N.Y. Radio show (Aug. 4, 1947) Lugosi interviewed while at Saratoga Racetrack
  • Backstage at the Spa Theater Schenectady TV station (August 6, 1947) Lugosi interview
  • Hollywood Soundstage Albany Radio show (Aug. 7, 1947) Lugosi interviewed by Cathy Rice
  • Candid Microphone Radio Show (Oct. 24, 1947) starring Alan Funt
  • The Guy Lebow Show Radio (Summer, 1948) Lugosi interview
  • The Abbott and Costello Show Radio Program (May 5, 1948) Lugosi did a haunted house skit with Lou Costello and Sidney Fields
  • The Martha Deane Radio Show N.Y. City radio show (Aug.9, 1948) Lugosi interview
  • Variety Show Los Angeles TV show (Aug. 18, 1948) Lugosi appeared in a pre-filmed TV special
  • Night of Stars Event Madison Square Garden, NY (Nov. 15, 1948) appeared live with Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre in support of Israel
  • Herb Shrimer Time WCBS Radio, NYC (Nov. 22, 1948)
  • Surprise Theater Los Angeles TV show (Aug. 31, 1949) broadcast an episode starring Lugosi
  • Tales of Fatima N.Y. Radio show (Sept. 10, 1949) appeared with Basil Rathbone in "Man in the Shadows" (radio play)
  • Art Linkletter's House Party N.Y. Radio show (Oct. 6, 1949) Lugosi interview
  • Suspense N.Y. TV show (episode "The Cask of Amontillado" October 11, 1949) as General Fortunato
  • Texaco Star Theatre TV show (Oct. 27, 1949) Lugosi wears his cape and attempts to hypnotize Milton Berle in a skit; co-starred Olsen and Johnson; this 60-minute program exists today on DVD
  • Crime Does Not Pay N.Y. Radio show (Dec. 12, 1949) Lugosi plays a demented arsonist named Nick Segadin in "Gasoline Cocktail" episode (prerecorded)
  • Celebrity Time N.Y. TV show with Arlene Francis (January 22, 1950) this show was rerun on Dec. 22, 1950
  • Bonnie Maid Versatile Varieties N.Y. TV show (January 27, 1950)
  • Starlit Time (May 21, 1950) Lugosi appeared on this musical-variety TV show
  • Little Old New York WPIX-TV show (June 1, 1950) starring Ed Sullivan
  • The Bill Slater Show WOR-TV show (June 7, 1950)
  • Candid Microphone CBS Radio Show (June 27, 1950) starring Allen Funt
  • Murder and Bela Lugosi WPIX-TV show (Sept. 18, 1950) Lugosi did this one-hour program in which he provided the commentary about a number of his old horror films while clips were shown; historian Gary Rhodes thinks some of this "Lugosi host" footage found its way into the 1959 British Lugosi film Lock Up Your Daughters (a lost film today){{cite web | url=https://belalugosi.com/film/ | title=Filmography – Bela Lugosi – the Official Site }} (click section "1940-1959" on source page)
  • The Paul Winchell Show N.Y. TV (Oct. 2, 1950) as Count Dracula
  • The Robert Q. Lewis Show (shown Dec. 24, 1950) CBS-TV, Bela meets Santa Claus skit
  • Okay, Mother ABC Radio Show (December 28, 1950) Lillian Lugosi was interviewed by Dennis James
  • The Betty Crocker Magazine Show of the Air Radio Show (Jan. 29, 1951)
  • The Johnny Olson Luncheon Club Radio Show (Feb. 7, 1951)
  • Bela Lugosi's Horror and Magic Stage Show (Dec. 16, 1950 - March 17, 1951) (traveled throughout NY and NJ)
  • Crime Does Not Pay Radio Show (Feb. 18, 1951) Episode called Gasoline Cocktail (a rerun)
  • The Charlie Chester Show recorded in England (April 14, 1951) BBC-TV
  • Ship’s Reporter (December 11, 1951) Lugosi shipboard interview by Jack Mangan upon his return from England; this newsreel was aired around Christmastime
  • The House of Wax Premiere (April 16, 1953) appeared live in front of the Paramount Theater when the film premiered in L.A.; some footage of the event appeared in a Pathe newsreel released theatrically on April 27, 1953.
  • You Asked For It California TV show (July 27, 1953) performed his "Vampire Illusion"; rebroadcast on East Coast Aug. 9, 1953
  • The Spade Cooley Show (KTLA Radio, Halloween, 1953) Lugosi guest-starred with comedian Ukie Sherin (Lugosi's dialogue director on the film Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla).Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 107. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • The Red Skelton Show (June, 1954) co-starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Maila (Vampira) Nurmi; Ed Wood was there and acted as Lugosi's dialogue coach backstage
  • Metropolitan State Hospital Interview (August 1, 1955) interview filmed upon his medical release
  • The Tom Duggan Show (Summer, 1956) Lugosi was interviewed about his drug addiction and cure
  • The Black Sleep Theatrical Premiere (appeared live at the theatre on June 27, 1956)
  • Lugosi, The Forgotten King (a 1985 documentary)Gary Don Rhodes (1997). Lugosi. His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. pgs. 201 - 211. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. {{ISBN|978-0-78640257-1}}.No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi by Bill Kaffenberger and Gary D. Rhodes (2012) BearManor Media, ISBN 1593932855

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Stage Play credits (in U.S. only)

(Note* - Lugosi appeared in at least 172 plays in his native Hungary between 1902 and 1918)Rhodes, Gary (1997). Lugosi: His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. ISBN 0-7864-0257-1.

  • Little Miss Bluebeard (June, 1921) - Lugosi and his 2nd wife Ilona von Montagh met while co-starring in this NY City play, performed in Hungarian languageBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 60. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Torveny (The Law) - Lugosi and Ilona von Montagh co-starred in this Hungarian language play in Bridgeport, Connecticut in September 1921 (Lugosi directed the play as well)Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 60. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Liliom - Lugosi and von Montagh co-starred in this Hungarian language play in NY City in September 1921; the two were married that monthBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 60. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Sarga Liliom - (late 1921) performed in New York in Hungarian languageBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 60. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Getto (February 1922) performed in New York in Hungarian language; also directed by LugosiBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 60. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • A demarkacio szinmu (circa March 1922) - performed in New York in Hungarian languageBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 220. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • The Tragedy of Man - opened April 8, 1922 (N.Y. City) Lugosi played Adam and also directed this play in Hungarian language; co-starred Ilona von Montagh
  • The Red Poppy - opened Dec 20, 1922 (Greenwich Village) in his first English language play, Lugosi starred as Fernando; co-starred Estelle Winwood and Arthur Lubin.Bela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg. 61. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • Die Sorina (November 1923) performed at Columbia University in N.Y. City in Hungarian language; Lugosi also directed this playBela Lugosi: Dreams and Nightmares by Gary D. Rhodes, with Richard Sheffield, (2007) Collectables/Alpha Video Publishers. pg.220. ISBN 0977379817 (hardcover)
  • The Right to Dream (1924) Lugosi was contracted to direct this N.Y. play by producer Irving Davis, but Davis quickly fired him after deeming him not talented enough; Lugosi sued Davis in court on May 21, 1924, for breach of contract, but lost the case.
  • The Werewolf - opened June 1, 1924 (Chicago) Lugosi left this play after only one week (played Vincente, a butler)
  • Forradalmi nasz (February 1925) performed in N.Y. City in the Hungarian language
  • Arabesque - Oct 20, 1925 - Nov 07, 1925 (N.Y. City); played an Arab sheik
  • Open House - Dec 14, 1925 - Feb 10, 1926 (N.Y. City); played Sergius Chernoff, a Russian
  • The Devil in the Cheese - Dec 29, 1926 - May 1927 (N.Y. City) played both Father Petros and Cardos the bandit; co-starred Fredric March and Dwight Frye; 165 performancesLugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg. 338. ISBN 978-0786427659
  • Dracula - Oct 05, 1927 - May 19, 1928 (N.Y. City) as Dracula; co-starred Edward Van Sloan and Bernard Jukes as Renfield
  • Dracula - June 24, 1928 - Sept. 15, 1928 (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland) with Bernard Jukes as Renfield; Lugosi relocated to California in 1928.
  • Dracula - May 19, 1929 - Aug. 17, 1929 (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland) with Harry Walker as Renfield; all told 265 performancesLugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg. 338. ISBN 978-0786427659
  • Murdered Alive - April 2, 1932 - May 5, 1932 (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Los Angeles) played Dr. Orloff, a mad sculptor
  • Dracula - May 29, 1932 - June 5, 1932 (Portland, Oregon) with Perry Ivins as Renfield (who also directed the play)
  • Murder at the Vanities - Sep 8, 1933 - Mar 10, 1934 (N.Y. City) played Siebenkase; co-starred Olga Baclanova and Robert Cummings; 298 performancesLugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg. 239. ISBN 978-0786427659
  • Tovarich - opened Mar. 22, 1937 - May 15, 1937 (San Francisco, Los Angeles) played Commissar Gorotchenko
  • Stardust Cavalcade Revue - March 30, 1940 to May 2, 1940 (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York City and Washington DC) toured with Ed Sullivan and Arthur Treacher (Lugosi appeared again in several summer tours reprising scenes from Dracula between 1940 and 1946.Lugosi: His Life on Film, Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers by Gary D. Rhodes (2006) McFarland & Company. pg. 339. ISBN 978-0786427659)
  • One Night of Horror - May 2–8, 1941 (Chicago) a spook show Lugosi put on for the premiere of his film, The Invisible Ghost
  • Dracula - opened April 30, 1943 - June 26, 1943 (East Coast tour/ Plymouth/ Boston)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - Aug. 5, 1943 - Sept. 22, 1943 (San Francisco, Los Angeles) played Jonathan Brewster
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - Jan. 29, 1944 - June 3, 1944 (East Coast tour) played Jonathan Brewster
  • No Traveler Returns - Feb. 26, 1945 - March 19, 1945 (San Francisco, Seattle) played Bharat Singh, a Hindu servant; co-starred Ian Keith
  • That We May Live - Dec. 17–18, 1946 - a two-day show at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium
  • A Nightmare of Horror - Feb. 7–8, 1947 (San Diego) a two-night spook show held at San Diego's Orpheum Theater
  • Three Indelicate Ladies - April 10, 1947 - April 19, 1947 (New Haven, Boston) played Francis O'Rourke, co-starred Ray Walston
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - June 30, 1947 - July 5, 1947 (Pennsylvania) played Jonathan Brewster
  • Dracula - July 14, 1947 - Aug. 2, 1947 (Connecticut, Long Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut) co-starred Simon Oakland as Van Helsing and Ray Walston as Renfield in some towns
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - Aug. 5, 1947 - Aug. 10, 1947 (Sarasota Springs, N.Y.) with Richard Boone as a policeman
  • Bill Neff's Madhouse of Mystery - mid-1947 (California) - a spook show play in which Lugosi appeared at various movie theaters
  • The Tell-Tale Heart - Nov. 19, 1947 - Dec. 23, 1947 (Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan) a 40-minute one-man spook show scripted by Lugosi's agent Don Marlowe (consisting of Lugosi doing a monologue with a beating heart heard throughout); apparently Marlowe made a 16-inch transcription disc recording of the show, which is today considered lost.
  • Promotional Appearances for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (June 1948) appeared in a live stage act with Glenn Strange dressed as the Monster (L.A., San Francisco and San Diego)
  • Dracula July 8, 1948 - Aug. 7, 1948 (Colorado, Pennsylvania, Connecticut)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - August 9, 1948 - August 14, 1948 (Sea Cliff, NJ) Lugosi first met producers Richard and Alex Gordon at this show
  • The Bela Lugosi Company Vaudeville Show - Aug. 20, 1948 -Oct. 29, 1948 (Detroit, Miami and Atlantic City) a traveling vaudeville act put on at various movie theaters
  • Nightmare of Horror Stage Show (early 1949) appeared with Glenn Strange, as Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster (San Diego, Los Angeles)
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - July 11, 1949 - Aug. 21, 1949 (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania)
  • The Bela Lugosi Company Vaudeville Show - Nov. 16 - Nov. 23, 1949 (St. Louis, Wichita) - a traveling vaudeville act in which Lillian Lugosi played a small role onstage (the hypnotized maid in a "Dracula" skit)
  • Dracula - Mar. 20, 1950 - March 25, 1950 (St. Petersburg, Florida); July 4, 1950 - July 7, 1950 (Vermont)
  • The Devil Also Dreams - July 24, 1950 - August 26, 1950 (Massachusetts, New York, Canada) played the butler Alexander Petofy
  • Bela Lugosi's Horror and Magic Stage Show - Dec. 6, 1950 - March, 1951 (New York, New Jersey) - a traveling vaudeville act that ended when Lugosi had to leave for England in April
  • Dracula - Apr. 30, 1951 - mid-September, 1951 (England) Lugosi and Lillian toured England in this low-budget production in 1951
  • Arsenic and Old Lace - Jan. 19, 1954 - Jan. 25, 1954 (St. Louis)
  • The Bela Lugosi Revue (Feb. 19, 1954 - Mar. 27, 1954) a one-hour stage act (performed at least 3 times per day) at the Silver Slipper Saloon, Las Vegas; directed and co-written by Ed Wood
  • The Devil's Paradise - June 8, 1956 - June 9, 1956 (Los Angeles) Lugosi plays an unnamed narcotics smugglerGary Don Rhodes (1997). Lugosi. His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers. Pgs. 201-211. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. {{ISBN|978-0-78640257-1}}.No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi by Bill Kaffenberger and Gary D. Rhodes (2012) BearManor Media, ISBN 1593932855

References

{{Reflist}}

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  • {{cite book|first=Gary Don|last=Rhodes|orig-year=1997|year=2006|title=Lugosi. His Life in Films, on Stage, and in the Hearts of Horror Lovers|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-78640257-1}}
  • {{cite book |last=Rhodes |first=Gary Don |title=White Zombie: Anatomy of a Horror Film |publisher=McFarland |year=2001 |isbn=0-7864-0988-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-TKtRV7jRQC |access-date=October 3, 2009}}
  • {{cite book|title=No Traveler Returns: The Lost Years of Bela Lugosi|last1=Rhodes|first1=Gary D.|last2=Kaffenberger|first2=Bill|year=2012|publisher=BearManor Media|isbn=978-1593932855|edition=Kindle}}
  • {{cite book|title=Becoming Dracula - The Early Years of Bela Lugosi|volume=1|year=2021|last1=Rhodes|first=Gary D.|last2=Kaffenberger|first2=Bill|isbn=978-1629335322|publisher=BearManor Media}}
  • {{cite book|title=Becoming Dracula - The Early Years of Bela Lugosi|volume=2|year=2021b|last1=Rhodes|first=Gary D.|last2=Kaffenberger|first2=Bill|isbn=978-1629338125|publisher=BearManor Media}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Weaver |first1=Tom |last2=Brunas |first2=Michael |last3=Brunas |first3=John|year=2007 |orig-year=1990 |title=Universal Horrors |edition=2 |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=978-0-7864-2974-5 }}
  • {{cite book|title=Poverty Row Horrors!|last=Weaver|first=Tom|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=1999|orig-year=1993|isbn=0-7864-0798-0}}

External links

  • {{IMDb name|id=0000509|name=Bela Lugosi}}

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