# Who was the best Dracula?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-dracula/722266>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 11, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-dracula/722266 "2015-06-11T17:03:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-dracula/722266/61 "2015-06-18T13:10:03Z")

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> [@psychonaut](#):
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> I would, but I’m afraid the three I listed, while particular favourites of mine, are also the only ones that come to mind. Perhaps someone here with a more encyclopedic knowledge of vampire spoofs could take up the task.

Leslie Nielsen and George Hamilton, already in the current poll, are two other examples.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-dracula/722266/62 "2015-06-18T13:16:31Z")

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At the very least this thread could serve as a gathering place for worthy names – in case _somebody else_ wants to start that thread/poll. No problem here. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-dracula/722266/63 "2015-06-19T18:51:40Z")

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Here’s another sorted update:

View Poll Results: Who was the best Dracula?  
This poll will close on 07-01-2015 at 12:07 PM

```auto

Bela Lugosi 31 26.96% 
Christopher Lee 22 19.13% 
Gary Oldman 15 13.04% 
Frank Langella 12 10.43% 
Max Schreck 9 7.83% 
Louis Jourdan 9 7.83% 
George Hamilton 5 4.35% 
OTHER (post and identify) 5 4.35% 
Leslie Nielsen 3 2.61% 
Klaus Kinski 3 2.61% 
Jack Palance 1 0.87% 

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Voters: 115

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