---
name: "Nicholas Bela"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nicholas-bela"
fi1m_id: "nicholas-bela"
imdb_id: "nm0067494"
tmdb_id: 128161
roles: []
born: "18 July 1900"
died: "18 November 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T00:42:49.585203+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Nicholas Bela

## Identity

Nicholas Bela

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nicholas-bela
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nicholas-bela
- **IMDb ID:** nm0067494
- **TMDB ID:** 128161
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/128161

Actor. Born 18 July 1900 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Died 18 November 1963.

## Details

- **Born:** 18 July 1900, Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- **Died:** 18 November 1963
- **Also known as:** Miklós Béla, Nick Bela
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0067494/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/128161

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Dracula*](https://film.one/film/dracula.md) (75)

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## Biography

Nicholas Bela was a Hungarian-born actor. Born Miklós Béla in Budapest on 18 July 1900, he trained at the Budapest Academy of Drama and worked as a stage actor at the Comedy Theatre before appearing in Hungarian silent films such as *A csodadoktor* (1926) and *Átok vára* (1927).

He emigrated to the United States around 1928 and took roles in Hollywood films, often in supporting or uncredited parts. He is credited as Nick Bela for his role as Ritz Colonna in *Little Caesar* (1931) and appeared uncredited as a coach passenger in *Dracula* (1931). Other credits include *The Lady in Question* (1940) as Nicholas Farkas and various uncredited parts in the early 1940s.

Bela also worked as a screenwriter and playwright. He died in New York City on 18 November 1963.

*Sources: imdb.com, nfi.hu, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Little Caesar* (1931), Fi1m 74, as Ritz Colonna — [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Dracula* (1931), Fi1m 75, as Coach Passenger (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *New York Town* (1941), as Hungarian Father (uncredited)
- *They Dare Not Love* (1941), as First Sailor (uncredited)
- *The Lady in Question* (1940), as Nicholas Farkas
- *Dracula* (1931), as Coach Passenger (uncredited) — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula.md)
- *Little Caesar* (1931), as Ritz Colonna — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/little-caesar.md)
- *Such Men Are Dangerous* (1930), as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
- *The Bridge* (1929), as Man
- *Adoration* (1928), as Ivan
- *Night Watch* (1928), Actor

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