- Born
- Birth nameBela George Lugosi
- Bela Lugosi Jr. was born on January 5, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Doctor Shocker's Monster Campaign Ads 2012 (2012), Extraordinary Tales (2013) and Edgar G. Ulmer: The Man Off-Screen (2004). He was previously married to Nancy Beauchamp.
- SpouseNancy Beauchamp(August 11, 1957 - January 4, 2022) (her death, 4 children)
- ParentsLillian Arch
- Uncanny resemblance to his father, legendary actor Bela Lugosi
- No nonsense --but always gracious-- talk, stating facts
- Bela Jr. said that he took his "father's good advice" and decided not to pursue a career in acting...so he became a lawyer.
- Son of Bela Lugosi
- Would tease Sara Karloff by telling her that she was older than him. She believed him, until she saw a photo of him as a baby standing between her father's legs, who was in full Frankenstein costume, on the set of Son of Frankenstein (1939). Sara was born during its filming.
- Unbeknownst to Bela G., due to what he personally knew happened behind-the-scenes pertaining to what it took to make it in Hollywood, his father, Bela Lugosi never wanted him to become an actor, and discouraged him.
- Surprisingly, he and his daughter did not keep Bela's original Dracula (1931) cape in the family, for her future generations to come. Instead, the Lugosis generously donated it to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, because they felt "it should not be hidden from the world". This will allow future generations of innumerable fans to view it---when it is finally put on display. In an article in the Hollywood reporter, Lynne Lugosi---Bela's grand-daughter---explained that they deliberately put a price so high as starting bid (over a million dollars) when they auctioned it off, because subconsciously they "did not want to part with it", and were relieved when it came back to them---unsold. As of February 2020, Bela's world-famous wool and silk cape is undergoing minor repairs---mainly to the torn lining. Son and grand-daughter hope it will help carry Bela's legacy forward, as it becomes part of an exclusive collection of priceless Golden Age of Hollywood movie star props and artifacts, where it is well-cared for.
- The biggest misconception about my father, really, is in the focus of everyone's knowledge and attention about him, in the later years of his life. (...) They focus on negative aspects of his life. One aspect is the idea that he was some sort of an addict. And really, what happened to my father was he became medically addicted to morphine because of leg pains that he had, resulting from an injury. And, at a very late age in life, he turned himself in, to be cured, and he came out of the hospital completely cured, and I think it was a very heroic effort to do that because he took a lot of heat from it. And I'm very proud of how he was able to take control of his life, and lick a problem that he had.
- There have been a lot of actors who have played Dracula, but I think that there's only one that's remembered as my father is today.
- Dad's social friends were people in the Hungarian community, artisans and dancers and musicians, not the Hollywood crowd.
- My dad was I think a proud dad, and a great dad... generous to a fault.
- I think he would be amazed that he is remembered as well as he is. He was known as the definitive face of the Dracula character, and he's actually achieved immortality.
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