Bela Lugosi Historical Figure Nationality: United States (born in Austria-Hungary) Religion: Catholicism Date of Birth: 1882 Date of Death: 1956 Cause of Death: Heart Attack Occupation: Actor Spouse: Four Children: One Turtledove Appearances: The War That Came Early POD: July 20, 1936; Relevant POD: September 29, 1938 Appearance(s): Hitler's War; West and East Type of Appearance: Contemporary references

Béla Lugosi (born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó, 1882–1956) was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He is most remembered for his various roles in horror films. His name is virtually synonymous with the vampire Dracula, whom Lugosi played first on Broadway, and then on film in 1931.

Bela Lugosi in The War That Came EarlyEdit

Bela Lugosi was globally recognized when a new world war broke out in 1938. Chaim Weinberg, an American volunteer with the Lincoln Brigade in Spain frequently came into contact with Hungarian volunteers whose accents reminded him of Lugosi's speaking voice.^[1]

Even soldiers in Japan knew of Lugosi and his most famous role. While stationed in Siberia in 1939, Sgt. Hideki Fujita called the mosquitoes that plagued his unit "Draculas".^[2]

1. ↑ Hitler's War, pg. 73, 204.
2. ↑ West and East, pg. 246.

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