 The character of Bela Lugosi (qv) continually puts down  Boris Karloff (qv) and the Frankenstein monster, then later  laments that he turned down the role of the monster himself. In  reality, Lugosi did play the monster in  _Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)_ (qv). Incidentally, he also  played the role of Ygor in _Son of Frankenstein (1939)_ (qv) against  Karloffs final portrayal as the monster.