Bela Lugosi
1882-1956|
Biography
Born in Lugos, Austria-Hungary 
Bela Lugosi Quotes
“A screen actor is compensated in the knowledge that millions will see his performance at one time, where only hundreds will see it on the stage.”“Actors were exploited no less by the capitalist managers than they were by the state.” “Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he’d be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.” “I enjoy my work. I haven’t been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession.” “I have played Dracula a thousand times on stage and I find I have become thoroughly settled in the technique of the stage and not of the screen.” “In Hungary acting is a profession. In America it is a decision.” “In Hungary, acting is a career for which one fits himself as earnestly as one studies for a degree in medicine, law, or philosophy.” “In the studio the director controls the actor’s every move, every inflection, every expression.” “Martyrdom was the price of enthusiasm for acting.” “Of all the roles I’ve done on the stage, I’m partial to Cyrano de Bergerac.” “The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.” “The former ruling class kept the community of actors in ignorance by means of various lies.” “The stage is near and dear to me.” “There was no male vampire type in existence. Someone suggested an actor of the Continental School who could play any type, and mentioned me.” “I studied at the Budapest Academy of Theatrical Arts for four years and emerged with a degree.” “I guess I’m pretty much of a lone wolf. I don’t say I don’t like people at all, but, to tell you the truth, I only like it then if I have a chance to look deep into their hearts and their minds.” “Death, the final, triumphant lover.” “If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.” “It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role.” “When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.” “Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn’t stand it.” “I don’t have a dime left. I am dependent on my friends for food and a small old-age pension.” “It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn’t know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.” “Because of my language and the pantomime with which most Europeans accompany their speech, I was catalogued as a heavy.” “Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.” “The love-bite, it is the beginning. You will be irresistible.” “The vampire was a complete change from the usual romantic characters I was playing, but it was a success.” “Women have a predestination to suffering.” “It is women who bear the race in bloody agony. Suffering is a kind of horror. Blood is a kind of horror. Women are born with horror in their very bloodstream. It is a biological thing.” “It took several years of hard work in small roles before I attained stardom.” “I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.” “I have never met a vampire personally, but I don’t know what might happen tomorrow.” “I look in the mirror and say to myself, Can it be you once played Romeo?” “I never play without my cape.” “I’d like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.” “I’ll be truthful. The weekly paycheck is the most important thing to me.” “I’ll take any story if it’s good.” “I’ve been using narcotics for 20 years.” “If you are not serious, people will sense it.” “In making theories, always keep a window open so that you can throw one out if necessary.” “My body grew hot, then cold. I tried to eat the bed sheets. My heart beat madly. Every joint in my body ached. When I took the cure they took it all away from me.” “My close-up was magnificent!” “People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties... they live like ants.” “The role seemed to demand that I keep myself worked up to fever pitch, so I took on the actual attributes of the horrible vampire, Dracula.” “The screen magnifies everything, even the way you are thinking.” “To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.” “To win a woman, take her with you to see Dracula.” “You can’t make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.” |
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The Actor
Bela Lugosi has appeared in the following films:Nászdal (1917) Ezredes, Az (1917) A Régiséggyüjtö (1917) Leoni Leo (1917) Casanova (1918) Küzdelem a létért (1918) Tavaszi vihar (1918) Lulu (1918) Álarcosbál (1918) Lili (1918) Az Élet királya (1918) 99 (1918) Die Frau im Delphin, oder 30 Tage auf dem Meeresgrund (1920) Der Fluch der Menschheit – 1. Die Tochter der Arbeit (1920) Die Teufelsanbeter (1920) Hypnose (1920) Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan – 1. Sybil Young (1920) Der Tanz auf dem Vulkan – 2. Der Tod des Großfürsten (1920) Die Sklavenhalter von Kansas-City (1920) Nat Pinkerton im Kampf, 1. Teil – Das Ende des Artisten Bartolini (1920) Der Januskopf (1920) Lederstrumpf, 1. Teil: Der Wildtöter und Chingachgook (1920) Der Fluch der Menschheit – 2. Im Rausche der Milliarden (1920) Das Ganze Sein ist flammend Leid (1920) Auf den Trümmern des Paradieses (1920) Lederstrumpf, 2. Teil: Der Letzte der Mohikaner (1920) Die Todeskarawane (1920) Apachenrache, 3. Teil – Die verschwundene Million (1921) Ihre Hoheit die Tänzerin (1922) The Silent Command (1923) The Rejected Woman (1924) He Who Gets Slapped (1924) The Midnight Girl (1925) Daughters Who Pay (1925) Punchinello (1926) How to Handle Women (1928) The Veiled Woman (1929) Prisoners (1929) The Thirteenth Chair (1929) Such Men Are Dangerous (1930) Wild Company (1930) Renegades (1930) Viennese Nights (1930) Oh, for a Man (1930) Dracula (1931) 50 Million Frenchmen (1931) Women of All Nations (1931) The Black Camel (1931) Broadminded (1931) Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) White Zombie (1932) Chandu the Magician (1932) The Death Kiss (1932) Island of Lost Souls (1932) The Whispering Shadow (1933) Night of Terror (1933) International House (1933) The Devil’s in Love (1933) The Black Cat (1934) Gift of Gab (1934) The Return of Chandu (1934) The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) The Best Man Wins (1935) Mark of the Vampire (1935) The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) The Raven (1935) Murder by Television (1935) The Invisible Ray (1936) Postal Inspector (1936) Shadow of Chinatown (1936) S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) The Phantom Creeps (1939) Son of Frankenstein (1939) The Gorilla (1939) Ninotchka (1939) The Dark Eyes of London (1940) The Saint’s Double Trouble (1940) Black Friday (1940) The Devil Bat (1940) You’ll Find Out (1940) Invisible Ghost (1941) The Black Cat (1941) Spooks Run Wild (1941) The Wolf Man (1941) Black Dragons (1942) The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) The Corpse Vanishes (1942) Night Monster (1942) Bowery at Midnight (1942) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943) The Ape Man (1943) Ghosts on the Loose (1943) The Return of the Vampire (1944) Voodoo Man (1944) Return of the Ape Man (1944) One Body Too Many (1944) Zombies on Broadway (1945) The Body Snatcher (1945) Genius at Work (1946) Scared to Death (1947) Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) Glen or Glenda (1953) Bride of the Monster (1955) The Black Sleep (1956) Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) Dracula (1966) |
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