Yesterday, (Oct. 20th) was Bela Lugosi’s birthday. Lugosi Fun Facts:
- He’s famous for playing Dracula throughout the 1930′s.
- He ran away from home at age twelve
- He never learned to drive and rode the bus everywhere
- Martin Landau won an Oscar for his portrayal of Lugosi in Tim Burton’s Ed Wood
- Bela Lugosi never won an Oscar.
- His star of the Walk of Fame is located at 6340 Hollywood Blvd.
- Had an affair with Clara Bow
- After starring in Ed Wood, Johnny Depp purchased Lugosi’s Hollywood residence
- At the time of his death, Lugosi’s finances were depleted so Frank Sinatra paid for his funeral
- Quote – “Dracula never ends. I don’t know if I should call it a fortune or a curse, but Dracula ever ends.”
- He had a role in the worst movie ever made, Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space