Arthur Holmwood

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Arthur Holmwood (aka "Lord Godalming") is a fictional character in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. He is engaged to Lucy Westenra, and is best friends with the other two men who proposed to her on the very same day--Quincey Morris and Dr. John Seward. In the novel he is the one who drives a wooden stake into Lucy after she becomes a vampire and helps hunt down Count Dracula. In the middle of the story Holmwood's father dies and he succeeds his father as Lord Godalming.

Although a major character in the novel, the character has often been cut from various adaptations of the story. To date he has been portrayed in film and television by:

• Carey Elwes in Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Michael Gough in Dracula (1958 film)
• Simon Ward in Bram Stoker's Count Dracula
• Dan Stevens in Dracula (BBC)

In Count Dracula (1977) his character was combined with that of Quincey Morris.

Characters of Dracula
Count Dracula | Jonathan Harker | Mina Harker | Abraham Van Helsing | Lucy Westenra | Arthur Holmwood | Dr. John Seward | Quincey Morris | Renfield | Brides
Film Adaptations of Dracula (&)=parody
Nosferatu (1922) | Dracula (1931) | Dracula (1931 Spanish Version) | Dracula (1958) | Dracula (1968) | Count Dracula (1969) | Dracula (1973) | Count Dracula (1977) | Dracula (1979) | Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) | Lust at First Bite (1979) (&)| Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) | Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995) (&) | Dracula (2002) | Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002) | Lust For Dracula (2004) (&) | Dracula (2006)
Other films featuring Dracula
Dracula's Daughter (1936) | Son of Dracula (1943) | House of Frankenstein (1944) | House of Dracula (1945) | Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) | The Brides of Dracula (1960) | Dracula: Prince of Darkness(1966) | Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) | Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) | Scars of Dracula (1970) | Dracula AD 1972 (1972) | The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) | Love at First Bite (1979) | Dracula 2000 (2000) | Blade: Trinity (2004) | Van Helsing (2004) | Castlevania (TBA)