books.google.com - He was born Béla Ferenc Dezso Blasko on October 20, 1882, in Hungary. He joined Budapest's National Theater in 1913 and later appeared in several Hungarian films under the pseudonym Arisztid Olt. After World War I, he helped the Communist regime nationalize Hungary's film industry, but barely escaped...http://books.google.com/books/about/Lugosi.html?id=Aueo3mOrIKIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareLugosi