2007-03-18 15:00:59 · 13 answers · asked by happyaston7 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Christopher Lee has that record from doing all those Hammer horror films. As for the best, that depends.
Most Ruthless - tie: Christopher Lee
Duncan Regehr (The Monster Squad)
Most Sexy - Frank Langella
Most Comedic - Leslie Nielsen (Dracula:Dead And Loving It)
Most By-the-book - Gary Oldman (Bram Stoker's Dracula)
Most Creepy without saying a word - Max Schreck (Nosferatu)
Honorable Mention - Bela Lugosi
2007-03-18 15:40:57 · answer #1 · answered by dr 7 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say a stage actor will have played Dracula on the most occasions.
Christopher Lee (who is a wonderful man - I have met him twice) has played Dracula in at least 8 films as a lead role. Most of these portrayals were for Hammer Pictures Ltd.
Count Dracula has appeared in hundreds of films (quite literally) and on such diverse TV shows as Doctor Who (in "The Chase" an early episode with the first Doctor) and Scooby Doo.
I could not possibly say who was the all time best Dracula (I have seen about 30 Dracula related films) because I have not seen every performance by every actor. Of the actors I have seen play Dracula Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi and Gary Oldman were the best. Of those I would say Christopher Lee would be best overall because he played the role on more occasions than the others and gave a good performance even with some terrible scripts.
My favourite Dracula film is actually the 1920's silent classic "Nosferatu", but the film (despite following the plot of Dracula) does not actually contain any character named Count Dracula (the vampire is called "Count Orlok" in this film).
2007-03-18 22:51:05 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Lee played Dracula the most times, he was the Count from 1958 until the early 1970s in the British Hammer Horror movies series.
I think Max Shreck was the best Dracula. Even though it wasn't an official Dracula movie, the 1922 F. W. Murnau film "Nosferatu" sticks almost exactly to Bram Stoker's story and the production was actually sued by Stoker's widow for plagiarism and she won the case. A judge ordered all copies of "Nosferatu" to be destroyed. Luckily for us, some copies of it survived. It's the first and creepiest Dracula film ever made.
Frank Langella gets an honourable mention in second place. He played the Count on Broadway before appearing in John Badham's 1979 movie version. It is the only official Dracula film that is truly frightening.
2007-03-19 01:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Lee has probably done it the most. I think the best has to be Gary Oldman. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt never played Dracula. Their characters were called Lestat and Louis
2007-03-19 12:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by fallenangel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know that any actor had portrayed Dracula more than once, however my favorite was the 1958 version starring Christopher Lee.
2007-03-18 22:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by Chel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
christopher lee in dracula 1958, dracula prince of darkness 1965,dracula has risen 1968, taste the blood of dracula 1969,dracula ad 1972, the satanic rites of dracula 1973.
the best was klaus kinski.
2007-03-19 05:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by marmaduke9731 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Lee the most times, and Gary Oldman the best in my view. He was just so sexy and vulnerable, yet beastly and scary.
Just checked if I was right about Christopher Lee, and yes, he played Dracula 10 times, see attached link.
2007-03-18 22:03:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1. Christopher Lee
2. Christopher Lee
2007-03-18 22:15:01 · answer #8 · answered by cosmicvoyager 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Lee, the best vampire in a movie has to be Tom and Brad in Interview with the vampire.
2007-03-18 22:25:33 · answer #9 · answered by thesionband 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Lee - the classics are the best
2007-03-18 22:05:21 · answer #10 · answered by rose_merrick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋