
He had to suddenly emigrate to Germany after the failed Hungarian Communist Revolution of 1919 because of his former socialist activities (organizing a stage actors' union), leaving his first wife in the process. After playing in 172 different productions in his native Hungary, Lugosi moved on to making silent films in 1917. Lugosi began acting on the Hungarian stage in 1902. Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó ( Hungarian: Octo– August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi ( / l ə ˈ ɡ oʊ s i/ Hungarian: ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 English-language Dracula, Ygor in Son of Frankenstein (1939) and his roles in many other horror films from 1931 through 1956.
