Bela George Lugosi also known as Bela Lugosi, Jr. is the son of B�la Lugosi. A California attorney, his legal actions in Lugosi v. Universal Pictures, led to the creation of the California Celebrities Rights Act. He was also an executive at Comedy III Productions, which owned the licensing rights to The Three Stooges. Bela Lugosi, Jr. has been among those who felt notorious filmmaker Edward D. Wood, Jr. exploited his father's stardom, taking advantage of the fading actor when he could not refuse any work. Most documents and interviews with other Wood associates in Nightmare of Ecstasy suggest that Wood and Lugosi were genuine friends and that Wood helped Lugosi through the worst days of his depression and drug addiction. 

June 5th, 1938 in Los Angeles (Age 85)