Renfield — Dracula Character Profile

About Renfield

Insane asylum patient who serves as Dracula's devoted and insect-eating familiar.

Renfield — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Insect consumption, Loyalty, Agility

• Strength: 4/10
• Intelligence: 5/10
• Charisma: 2/10
• Morality: 2/10
• Influence: 3/10

Quick Facts about Renfield

Manner of Death

Homicide

Nationality

[[British people

Renfield appears in 5 titles

• Dracula (1931)
• Count Dracula (1970) — character page
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) — character page
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) — character page
• Renfield (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Dwight Frye

Appears in

Dracula (1931)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Renfield — Power Master — Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)

  Dracula enslaves Renfield and commands him as a devoted familiar.

• Renfield — Social Concerned Acquaintance — Mina (Helen Chandler)

  Renfield shows a flicker of concern for Mina's rest.

• Renfield — Conflict Antagonistic Patient — Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan)

  Renfield resists Van Helsing's probing and protective measures.

• Renfield — Narrative Unwitting Guide — John Harker (David Manners)

  Renfield's flight to the abbey leads the hunters to Dracula's lair.

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More characters from Dracula

• Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi)
• Mina (Helen Chandler)
• John Harker (David Manners)
• Flower Girl (uncredited) (Bunny Beatty)
• Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan)
• Coach Passenger (uncredited) (Nicholas Bela)
• Concertgoer Outside Theatre (uncredited) (William A. Boardway)
• Maid (uncredited) (Moon Carroll)
• Dracula's Bride (uncredited) (Geraldine Dvorak)
• Bit (uncredited) (Anita Harder)
• Harbormaster (voice) (uncredited) (Tod Browning)
• Coach Passenger (uncredited) (Daisy Belmore)