Famous Vampires in Film, TV History

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Famous Vampires in Film, TV History

Here's a look at some of the most large- and small-screen vampires.

Edward Van Sloan (1882 - 1964, left) as Dr Van Helsing, and Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956) as the vampire Count Dracula, in 'Dracula', directed by Tod Browning, 1931. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

German actor Max Schreck (1879 - 1936), as the vampire Count Orlok, being destroyed by sunlight, in a still from F. W. Murnau's expressionist horror film, 'Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens', 1921. The film is based on Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula' and was released in 1922. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Publicity portrait of Canadian actor Jonathon Frid, a metal-tipped cane in his hand as he bares his fangs as the vampire character Barnabas Collins, and American actress Grayson Hall (1923 - 1985), as his love interest, in the the American television series 'Dark Shadows,' late 1960s. (Photo by Pictorial Parade/Getty Images)

UNITED STATES - JUNE 18: DARK SHADOWS - 6/18/70, Jonathan Frid (as Barnabas Collins), (Photo by ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images)

On board the Demeter, the vampire Count Orlok, played by German actor Max Schreck (1879 - 1936), emerges from one of his coffins before they can be destroyed by the ship's first mate, played by Wolfgang Heinz, in a scene from F. W. Murnau's expressionist horror film, 'Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens', 1921. The film is based on Bram Stoker's novel 'Dracula' and was released in 1922. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Christopher Lee, British actor, blood trickling from his mouth as lays in a coffin in a publicity still issued for the film, 'Dracula', 1958. The Hammer horror film, directed by Terence Fisher (1904-1980), starred Lee as 'Count Dracula'. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

A giant mural of the face of Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins in Tim Burton's film the "Dark Shadows" hangs on a Park Avenue Building May 15, 2012 in New York. The Warner Brothers movie is a adaptation of the 1970s vampire televsion series. AFP PHOTO TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages)

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 18: (L-R) Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, Erin Wasson, Rufus Sewell, Timur Bekmambetov, Benjamin Walker, Seth Grahame-Smith, Jim Lemley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmy Simpson and Tim Burton attend the "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on June 18, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

Tom Cruise in a scene from the film 'Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles', 1994. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

Promotional portrait of the cast for the television series, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer,' c. 1997. L-R: Nicholas Brendon, Anthony Head, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Charisma Carpenter and Alyson Hannigan. (Photo by Fotos International/Courtesy of Getty Images)

Wesley Snipes holding a dagger behind his back in a scene from the film 'Blade', 1999. (Photo by Amen Ra Films/Getty Images)

Billy Wirth, Kiefer Sutherland, Brooke McCarter and Alex Winter in a scene from the film 'The Lost Boys', 1987. (Photo by Warner Brothers/Getty Images)

SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 26: Actress Nina Dobrev (L) and actor Paul Wesley attend CW's "The Vampire Diaries" panel during Comic-Con International 2014 at the San Diego Convention Center on July 26, 2014 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 16: Roman Polanski (C) is pictured with actors after 'Le Bal Des Vampires' : Premiere at Theatre Mogador on October 16, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Rindoff Petroff/Hekimian/French Select/Getty Images)

DRACULA -- "Let There Be Light" Episode 110 -- Pictured: (l-r) Victoria Smurfit as Lady Jayne Wetherby, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Alexander Grayson -- (Photo by: Egon Endrenyi/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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Edward Van Sloan (1882 - 1964, left) as Dr Van Helsing, and Bela Lugosi (1882 - 1956) as the vampire Count Dracula, in 'Dracula', directed by Tod Browning, 1931. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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