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Tor Johnson
Tor Johnson in The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)
Born
Karl Erik Tore Johansson
(1903-10-19)19 October 1903
Brännkyrka, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died
12 May 1971(1971-05-12) (aged 67)
San Fernando, California, U.S.
Resting place
Plot 177, Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall, Santa Clarita, California
Other names
Super Swedish Angel
Thor Johnson
King Kong
Occupation(s)
Professional wrestler, actor
Years active
1934–1961
Spouse
Greta Maria Alfrida Johansson
Children
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Karl Erik Tore Johansson (19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971), better known by the stage name Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some famously directed by Ed Wood. In professional wrestling, Johnson was billed as Thor Johnson and Super Swedish Angel.
1971), better known by the stage name TorJohnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including...
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which was supposed to star actor Peter Coe as Lugosi and Karl Johnson as his father TorJohnson. The nearly completed script was left behind the last time...
(Swedish Angel), who also had acromegaly; Tony Angelo (Russian Angel), TorJohnson (Super Swedish Angel), Jack Rush (Canadian Angel), Wladislaw Tulin (Polish...
to television in 1961. The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, TorJohnson, and "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi) and is narrated by Criswell. It also posthumously...
WWE (then known as the WWF) and portrayed Swedish wrestler and actor TorJohnson in Tim Burton's film Ed Wood. Myers was born in Detroit on April 16,...
to L.A. earlier than planned. He never got to see the finished film. TorJohnson said in interviews that Lugosi kept screaming that he wanted to die the...
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produced and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., and starring Bela Lugosi and TorJohnson with a supporting cast featuring Tony McCoy and Loretta King. The film...
Roland Morin and Jim Oliphant. The film stars Swedish former wrestler TorJohnson (in his last film role) as "the Beast". It stars Anthony Cardoza, Coleman...
Healey, Allison Hayes, Marilyn Buferd, Arthur Batanides, Sally Todd, and TorJohnson. The film was written by Jane Mann and John D.F. Black. At his psychiatric...
members and characters from Wood's 1955 Bride of the Monster, including TorJohnson reprising his role of Lobo and Paul Marco again playing the character...
Rathbone, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Akim Tamiroff. TorJohnson appears in a supporting role. The film was produced by Aubrey Schenck...
remain popular today. In the 1970s, Post made masks of such actors as TorJohnson and William Shatner, the latter of which was slightly altered in the...
tongue-in-cheek Tor Love Bettie which comically suggested a romance between Page and wrestler-turned-Ed Wood film actor, TorJohnson.[citation needed]...
African-American to star in his own book Lobo, a character played by TorJohnson in several 1950s horror B-movies The title character of 1962 Disney film...
titled The Atomic Monster and then Bride of the Atom. Stars Bela Lugosi, TorJohnson, Paul Marco, Loretta King. Lugosi plays a mad scientist bent on creating...
Glastonbury Tor is a tor near Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower, a Grade I listed building. The...
United States Horror Bride of the Monster Edward D. Wood Jr. Bela Lugosi, TorJohnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King United States Horror Creature with the Atom...
United States Horror comedy Bride of the Monster Ed Wood Bela Lugosi, TorJohnson, Tony McCoy United States Creature with the Atom Brain Edward L. Cahn...
Casey defeat Ed Don George in a card that also featured Danno O'Mahony, TorJohnson, and William "Wee Willie" Davis. On July 20, 1937, Casey defeated another...
by Budd Boetticher and starring Lucille Bremer, Richard Carlson and TorJohnson. The title "Human Gorilla" for this movie can be found on various copies...