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Béla Ferenc Dezső Lugosi (Blaskó)

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Birthplace: Logos, Hungary
Death: August 16, 1956 (73)
Los Angeles
Place of Burial: Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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Son of István Blaskó and Paula Vojnich
Husband of Ilona Lugosi and Hope Lugosi (Blaskó)
Ex-husband of Ilona (Babi) Szmik; Beatrice Lugosi/Weeks and Lillian Arch
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Vilma Blaskó and Lajos Blaskó

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About Bela Lugosi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi

Bela Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (20 October 1882 – 16 August 1956), better known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian-American actor, famous for portraying Count Dracula in the original 1931 film and for his roles in various other horror films.

Bela Blasko changed his name in 1903 in honor of his hometown of Lugos, Hungary.

Felvett vezetéknév: Lugosi Eredeti (alias) vezetéknév: Blaskó Utóneve(k): Béla Vallása: rkat. Lakhelye: Budapest Polgári állása: színész Születési helye: Lugos Születési éve: 1882 Kora: 35 Az engedélyt tartalmazó BM rendelet száma/évszáma: 58675/1917

He had been playing small parts on the stage in his native Hungary before making his first film in 1917, but had to leave the country after the failed Hungarian Revolution. He had roles in several films in Weimar Germany before arriving in America as a seaman on a merchant ship.

In 1927, he appeared as Count Dracula in a Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's novel, where he was talent-spotted as a character actor for the new Hollywood talkies. He would appear in the classic 1931 Dracula talkie by Universal Pictures.

Through the 1930s, he occupied an important niche in popular horror films, with their East European setting, but his Hungarian accent limited his repertoire, and he tried unsuccessfully to avoid typecasting. Meanwhile, he was often paired with Boris Karloff, who was able to demand top billing. To his frustration, Lugosi was increasingly restricted to minor parts, kept employed by the studio principally for the sake of his name on the posters. Among his pairings with Karloff, only in The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and Son of Frankenstein (1939) did he perform major roles again, although even in The Raven Karloff received top billing despite Lugosi performing the lead role.

By this time, Lugosi had been receiving regular medication for sciatic neuritis, and he became addicted to morphine and methadone. This drug dependence was noted by producers, and the offers eventually dwindled down to a few parts in Ed Wood's low-budget movies.

Lugosi was married five times, and had one son, Bela George Lugosi.

Filmography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi_filmography

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Bela Lugosi's Timeline

1882
October 20, 1882
Logos, Hungary