Dracula in popular culture Balderston (see below); it starred Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing, both of whom had originated their respective roles on the stage in the aforementioned play, along with Helen Chandler as Mina and Dwight Frye as Renfield. Directed by Tod Browning, it is one of the most famous versions of the story and is widely credited with initiating the Universal horror film series of the 1930s and ‘40s. The 1931 Dracula film was an inductee of the 2000 National Film Registry list. The films had music only during the opening (the famous main theme from
Dracula: The Series included Stratford and Shaw festival veteran Jonathan Welsh, well known television and film actors Kim Coates (from "Prison Break") and Barry Morse (from "The Fugitive" and ""), Chas Lawther, Kirsten Kieferle (from ""), and Marina Anderson-Carradine, best known for managing (and then marrying) actor David Carradine. The series was filmed in Luxembourg, and produced by Phil Bedard and Larry Lalonde, best known for their work on "John Woo's Once a Thief" and "". Dracula: The Series Dracula: The Series is a syndicated series about Count Dracula, and was broadcast from September 29, 1990 to May 11, 1991. Count Dracula is