Tonight’s Guest Star – Dracula (TV appearances).
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: ‘The Greatest Monster of Them All’ (1961) Richard Hale as Ernst von Croft
Aqua Teen Hunger Force ‘Bus of the Undead’ (2001) Don Kennedy in ‘Assisted Living Dracula’
Armacao Ilimitada: ‘Drácula não morreu’ (1985). Paulo Villaça.
As the World Turns (2005). Brian Gaskill as B.J. Green as Dracula.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: ‘Spatula, Prinze of Dorkness’ (1990)
The Avengers: ‘Epic’ (1967) Peter Wyngarde as ‘Stewart Kirby’
As Aventuras de Topo Gigio: ‘Gigio no castelo do Conde Drácula’ (1989) Marthus Mathias
Batoru Fībā Jei: ‘Namida! Daian Taoru’( Battle Fever J: ‘Tears! Diane Falls’) (1979) Eisuke Yoda as Dracula Monster
The Beatles: ‘Misery’ (1965)
Bigfoot and Wildboy: ‘Return of the Vampire’ (1979) Deborah Ryan as ‘the Countess’
B.J. and the Bear: ‘A Coffin With a View’ (1979). Foster Brooks as Dracula. With George Lazenby as ‘Paul Desmond’ and John Carradine as ‘Transylvanian Caretaker’.
Black Jack 21: ‘Pinoko’s Exam Diary’ (2006). Why has the Dracula of Don Dracula working as a high school principal? It’s an in-joke by manga creator Tezuka Osamu, who liked to interlink his properties. In the Black Jack 21 episode, no one asks why the bureaucrat has fangs and pointed ears?
Brødrene Dal (1982)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: ‘Space Vampire’ (1980) Nicholas Hormann
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: ‘Buffy vs Dracula’ (2000). Rudolf Martin.
Burke’s Law: ‘Who Killed Purity Mather?’ (1963). Wally Cox as Count Carlo Szipesti.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2020) Michael Antonakos as Vlad the Impaler
Chōdenshi Baioman: ‘Purinsu no Yūrei?/’Osorubeki Chichi no Himitsu’ (Super Electron Bioman: ‘Prince’s Ghost’/’My Father’s Dreadful Secret’) (1984). Kazuo Niibori.
Not much is made of it in the episode, but this features a team-up of Dracula and an array of Japanese monster/ghost archetypes, including Yuki Onna, the Woman of the Snows (as seen in Kwaidan).
Here’s a handy guide to Dracula’s presence in the extended Japanese superhero/robot franchise best known in the west as the Power Rangers.
Classic Alice The Bridal Path: Dracula (2015)
Crown Court: ‘The Death of Dracula’ (1973)
Cyberchase ‘Castleblanca’ (2002)
DaVinci’s Demons: ‘The Devil’ (2013) Paul Rhys
Decker: ‘Decker vs Dracula’ (2015) Ralph Lucas (as James Dean) as Dracula
Dengeki Sentai Chenjiman: ‘Ojōsan wa Kyūketsuki’ (Strike Force Changeman: The Young Lady is a Vampire (1988) Eiji Maruyama as Dokyrura
Doctors ‘Dracula’s Choice’ (2016) Adam Rickitt as Logan Flynn
Doctor Who: ‘The Chase’ (1965). Malcolm Rogers.
Doragon Bōru Zetto Fukkatsu no Fyūjon!! Gokū to Bejīta (Dragon Ball Z Fusion Reborn) (1995) Count Drac
Dramarama: ‘Monstrous’ (1989) Michael Elwyn as Count von Blessyngs
The Evil Touch: ‘The Fans’ (1974). Vic Morrow as Purvis Greene
Fantasy Island: ‘The Lady and the Longhorn/Vampire’ (1978). Robert Reed as Leo Drake.
Friday the 13th: The Series ‘The Baron’s Bride’ (1988) Tom McCamus as ‘Frank Edwards’, Kevin Bundy as Bram Stoker
Friends ‘The One Where Chandler Can’t Cry’ (2000) Douglas Looper as ‘Nosferatool’ in a porn movie called Buffay the Vampire Layer.
F Troop: ‘V is for Vampire’ (1967). Vincent Price as Count Sforza.
Get Smart: ‘Weekend Vampire’ (1965). Martin Kosleck as Dr Drago.
Gilligan’s Island: ‘Up at Bat’ (1966). Bob Denver as Gilligan as Dracula.
Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries: ‘The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula’ (1979). Lorne Greene as Inspector Stavlin.
Hercules The Legendary Journeys ‘ Darkness Visible’ (1999) Jeffrey Meek
Hidan no Aria: ‘Burado’/Aria the Scarlet Ammo: ‘Vlad’ (2011) Kenji Nojima/J. Michael Tatum as ‘Tooro Sayonaki/Count Vlad Dracula’
Highlander: ‘The Vampire’ (1994) Jeremy Brudenell as Nicholas Ward
Hill Street Blues: ‘Film at Eleven’ (1981). Tony Plana as Kevin Herman Dracula.
Homicide Life on the Streets ‘The Damage Done’ (1996). Kevin Thigpen as Alonzo ‘Drak’ Fortunato.
Horrible Histories ‘Monstrous Myths’ (2022) Richard David-Caine
Houdini & Doyle: ‘Strigoi’ (2016) Paul Ritter as Bram Stoker.
Inspector Gadget: ‘The Haunted Castle’ (1984)
Jemima Shaw Investigates: ‘A Chamber of Horrors’ (1983)
Kamen Raidā Ekkusu: ‘Chi ga Hoshī! Shibito Numa no Kaijin!!)’ (Masked Rider X: ‘I Want Blood! The Monster of the Corpse Swamp’) (1974) Toshiko Sakurai as Leech Dracula
KND Codename: Kids Next Door ‘Operation S.P.A.N.K.’ (2003) Darran Norris as Count Spankulot
NB: this character was going to be called ‘Count Spankula’ until someone in the office did an internet search on that name.
Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger ‘Papa wa Kyūketsuki!?’ (Super Sentai Zyuranger: ‘Papa’s a Vampire!?’) (1992) Takashi Iba
Lexx: ‘Walpurgis Night’/’Vlad’ (2001). John Standing as Count Dracul, Minna Aaltonen as Vlad, Keith-Lee Castle as Renfield, Peter Guinness as Joseph Van Helsing.
Madame’s Place (1982) Bill Kirchenbauer as Baron Von Leer
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: ‘The Bat Cave Affair’ (1966), Martin Landau as Count Zark.
Mantatei Loki Ragnarok: ‘Dorakyura Jyou No Wana’ (Detective Loki: ‘The Trap of Dracula’s Castle) (2003) Hiroaki Ishikawa
McCloud: ‘McCloud Meets Dracula’ (1977). John Carradine as Loren Belasco.
Michael Bentine’s Potty Time: ‘Movie Monsters (1973)
Mirai Sentai Taimurenjā: ‘Aratanaru Kizuna’ (Future Squadron Timeranger: ‘The Renewed Bond’) (2000)
The Monkees: ‘Monstrous Monkee Mash’ (1968) Ron Masak
Murder, She Wrote: ‘We’re Off to Kill the Wizard’ (1984). NB: it’s an oddity that this animatronic Dracula (who looks like guest star James Coco) is voiced by a Vincent Price impersonation rather than a Bela Lugosi takeoff – perhaps the Universal/Lugosi Jr lawsuit was ongoing at the time. Episode also features young Joaquin (then Leaf) Phoenix and his sister Summer.
Night Gallery: ‘A Matter of Semantics’ (1971). Cesar Romero.
Night Gallery: ‘The Devil is Not Mocked’ (1971). Francis Lederer.
Les Nouvelles Brigades du Tigre: ‘Le Vampire des Karpates’ (1982).
Once Upon a Trope: Vampire Edition (2022) Teren Turner as Vladimir
Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel: Grave Robber (2017). Stephen Brunton as Fangore. NB: yes, this uses footage and monster outfits from Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: ‘Natsu da! Dorakyūra ni Goyōshin’ (Shuriken Squadron Ninninger: ‘It’s Summer! Beware of Dracula) (see below).
Quantum Leap: ‘Blood Moon – March 10, 1975’ (1993) Ian Buchanan as Victor Drake
Read All About It!: ‘An Evil Smile’ (1983) A. Frank Ruffo
Ripper Street: ‘A White World Made Red’ (2016)
Sergeant Bilko ‘Bilko’s Vampire’ (1958) Joe E. Ross as Rupert Ritzik
Shaitaan Haveli (2018) Zahid Ali as Mukesh Kumar
Shin Tetsujin 28 (The New Adventures of Gigantor) ‘The Curse of Dracula’ (1981)
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger: ‘Natsu da! Dorakyūra ni Goyōshin’ (Shuriken Squadron Ninninger: ‘It’s Summer! Beware of Dracula) (2015). Atsushi Imaruoka as Western Yokai Dracula.
Sledge Hammer: ‘Last of the Red Hot Vampires’ (1987) Bernie Kopell as Vincent Lagarski (also Bud Cort as Zeff Campbell)
The Snoop Sisters ‘A Black Day for Bluebeard’ (1974) Vincent Price as Michael Bastian
Spongebob Squarepants: ‘Graveyard Shift’ (2002), ‘The Night Patty’ (2018). Max Schreck as Nosferatu.
A guide to Nosferatu in the Spongebobverse.
Superboy: ‘Young Dracula’ (1989). Lloyd Bochner.
Superboy: ‘Run, Dracula, Run’ (1990). Kevin Bernhardt as Dr Byron Shelley.
Super Mario Brothers Super Show ‘Bats in the Basement’ (1989) Jim Ward
Super Mario Brothers Super Show ‘Count Koopula’ (1989) Harvey Atkin as ‘Koopula’
Supernatural: ‘Dorabella’ (1977) John Justin as ‘Dorabella’s Father’
Supernatural: ‘Monster Movie’ (2008) Todd Stashwick
Taiyō Sentai San Barukan: ‘Norowareta Hōreitachi’ (Solar Squadron Sun Vulcan: ‘The Accursed Ghost’) (1981). Kazuo Niibori
The angry ghosts of Count Dracula, Billy the Kid and Joan of Arc (!) are summoned by the villains to give the heroes a hard time.
Tales From the Crypt: ‘The Reluctant Vampire’ (1991) John Kassir as the Crypt Keeper, Malcolm McDowell as Donald Longtooth, Michael Berryman as Rupert Van Helsing
Tales From the Cryptkeeper: ‘The Works …. In Wax’ (1993)
Tales From the Darkside: ‘Strange Love’ (1986) Harsh Hayyar as ‘Edmund Alcott’
Tales From the Darkside: ‘The Circus’ (1986) Ed French
Tales From the Darkside: ‘My Ghostwriter – the Vampire’ (1987) Roy Dotrice as ‘Count Jeffrey Draco’
Tales of the Wizard of Oz: ‘The Reunion’ (1961) ‘Frankie Dracula’
Tetsuwan Atom/Astro Boy: ‘Koumori Hakushaku’/’Vampire Vale’ (1964)
Urusei Yatsura: ‘Tonda Dorakyura!’ (‘What a Dracula!’) (1982) Kanata Kimotsuki
Urusei Yatsura: ‘Ramu-chan, Ushi Ni Naru’ (‘Lum Becomes a Cow’) (2022)
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?: ‘The Return of Dracula’s Castle’ (1991) Barry Carl
Yogi’s Treasure Hunt: ‘Countdown Drac’ (1988)
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: ‘Transylvania January 1918’ (1993). Bob Peck as General Targo.
You Wish ‘Halloween’ (1997) Andrew Masset
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