Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s, including his portrayal of Dracula’s maniacal henchman in the Bela Legosi ...

Still, Frye remains best known to this day for playing R.M. Renfield. Unlike the novel, which tracks the heroic Jonathan Harker’s journey to Transylvania, the ’31 movie begins with Renfield.

At least that’s how it goes in the 1931 horror classic “Dracula,” in which Renfield, played by the ineffable Dwight Frye, begins as a mild-mannered real-estate agent and is transformed into ...

In the modern world, Hoult never goes for an imitation of original Renfield actor Dwight Frye so eschews the original character’s madness for more sadness and desperation.

A big part of the real fun of this very bloody horror comedy is in it fabulous recreations of Tod Browning’s classic 1931 DRACULA with Bela Lugosi. Hoult does an impressive Dwight Frye as Renfield ...

In flashbacks riffing on Todd Browning’s groundbreaking 1931 classic “Dracula,” we see realtor Renfield, who was played by the great Dwight Frye in the Browning film, arrive at Castle ...

Renfield, played by Nicholas Hoult, ... Cage and Hoult are digitally inserted into the footage, replacing Bela Lugosi and the great Dwight Frye, and it’s a total kick.

Renfield was played by Dwight Frye in the original 1931 Dracula film, which starred Bela Lugosi as the iconic vampire. The role was then played by Tom Waits in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 take ...

'Renfield' sinks its teeth into gore at the expense of its Dracula satire. Dwight Frye is hardly a household name, but the character actor left his mark on Universal horror movies of the 1930s ...

However this time around the film is not centered on Dracula himself, but rather his beleaguered servant, henchman, whatever you choose to call him, Renfield, and it is another Nicholas, as in ...