Bruce Wightman (8 March 1925[2] – 8 January 2009) was a New Zealand actor and expert on Bram Stoker who co-founded the Dracula Society.

The society was founded to organise Dracula-themed tours of Transylvania, which Bruce ran during the 1970s and 1980s, being awarded Guide of Honour, Romania in February 1981.

[4] The society meets regularly five times a year but also organises occasional one-off events, and trips to locations in the UK and Europe.

Honorary members include Caroline Munro, Mark Gatiss, Monty Berman, Michael Carreras and horror legends Vincent Price, Peter Cushing[5] and Christopher Lee (as its president).

[6] In 1977, Wightman appeared in the BBC's adaptation of Count Dracula (playing a coach passenger), as well as working in an advisory capacity on the production.