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Count Dracula is the titular main antagonist of the 1931 Universal horror film Dracula. He is also the father of Countess Marya Zaleska from Dracula's Daughter and Alucard from Son of Dracula. He is based on the character of the same name in Bram Stoker's original novel Dracula, himself based on the real life Romanian prince Vlad Tepes III. He is the main antagonist in the Universal Classic Monsters franchise.

He was portrayed by the late Bela Lugosi (who also played another horror icon, Frankenstein's Monster, in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man) in the first film.

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