At the peak of his career in the early '30s, actor Bela Lugosi was the screen's most notorious... (Learn more)
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Bela Lugosi’s Milestones
| Acted primarily in B films during the 1940s for Universal and such "poverty-row" studios as Monogram and PRC | |
| Starred in the Broadway play "Arabesque" | |
| Was a member of the National Theatre of Hungary | |
| Was prescribed morphine treatments for shooting pains in his legs in the late 1930s; became accidentally addicted to morphine and later methadone (which he first took as a cure for his first addiction) for over two decades | |
| Worked in the German film industry as an actor | |
| 1902 | Began acting on stage in Dera, Hungary, under the name Bela Lugossy |
| 1911 - 1913 | Appeared in stage productions in Hungary |
| 1917 | Screen debut (billed as Arisztid Olt) in "A Leopard" |
| 1919 | To avoid political trouble in Hungary, moved to Germany |
| 1921 | Immigrated to USA |
| 1922 | Made US stage debut in "The Red Poppy" |
| 1922 | Settled in NYC and formed the Hungarian Repertory Theatre |
| 1923 | US film debut in "The Silent Command" |
| 1927 | Enjoyed success on Broadway playing the title role in a stage adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, "Dracula" |
| 1931 | Achieved star status in films playing the title role in Tod Browning's film, "Dracula" |
| 1934 | Appeared in the first of eight films which also featured noted horror star Boris Karloff, "The Black Cat" |
| 1939 | Had a cameo role in "Ninotchka" |
| 1948 | Played the role of Dracula for a second and final time in "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" |
| 1953 | First of three films for director Edward D Wood Jr "Glen or Glenda?" |
| 1956 | Last film, "Plan 9 from Outer Space", directed by Wood; died during production; a double, keeping his face partly covered with a cape, stood in for Lugosi in several scenes |
| 1994 | Portrayed by Martin Landau (who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) in the biopic "Ed Wood" |
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