The Beggar — The Curse of the Werewolf Character Profile

About The Beggar

A violent beggar imprisoned by the marqués. Driven mad by confinement and already showing signs of wolfish transformation, he assaults the jailer's daughter and subsequently dies. His cursed union with her results in the birth of the film's werewolf protagonist.

Character Facts

Played by

Richard Wordsworth

Appears in

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• The Beggar — Temporal Ancestral Link — Teresa (Hira Talfrey)

  Indirect familial connection through Leon's conception.

• The Beggar — Temporal Curse Origin — The Priest (John Gabriel)

  Spiritual and genetic source of the werewolf curse.

• The Beggar — Family Biological Father — Don Alfredo Corledo (Clifford Evans)

  Alfredo adopts the beggar's son out of compassion.

• The Beggar — Unknown Distant Ancestral Link — Cristina (Catherine Feller)

  Indirect fate connection through Leon's lineage.

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More characters from The Curse of the Werewolf

• Don Alfredo Corledo (Clifford Evans)
• Leon Corledo (Oliver Reed)
• Servant Girl (Yvonne Romain)
• The Marques Siniestro (Anthony Dawson)
• The Marquesa (Josephine Llewellyn)
• Cristina (Catherine Feller)
• The Priest (John Gabriel)
• Teresa (Hira Talfrey)
• Pepe Valiente (Warren Mitchell)
• Young Leon (Justin Walters)
• Rosa Valiente (Anne Blake)
• Old Soak (Michael Ripper)