Tor Johnson

Tor Johnson

Born: October 19, 1903
Died: May 12, 1971
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tor Johnson (19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971) was a Swedish professional wrestler (billed as The Super Swedish Angel) and actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his roles in a number of B-movies, including police inspector turned zombie Daniel Clay in Plan 9 from Outer Space and playing the role of a recurring lab assistant often named "Lobo".

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Movies for Tor Johnson...

Dad Made Dirty Movies
Title: Dad Made Dirty Movies
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: August 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Chronicles Stephen C. Apostolof's rise from Eastern-European fugitive to producer and director of sexploitation films in the 60's and 70's, his turbulent relationship with infamous Ed Wood and his downfall in the late 70's with advent of hardcore pornography.
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Title: The Many Faces of Dracula
Character: Lobo (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula over the years.
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Title: Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: Inspector Daniel Clay (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1991
Type: Movie
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.
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Title: Bobby's World
Character: Gringo (voice)
Released: September 8, 1990
Type: TV
Bobby Generic lives in a typical suburban neighborhood and uses his overactive imagination to discover a world of daring adventure, incredible wonder and lots of laughs — all in pint-sized perspective.
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Horrible Horror
Title: Horrible Horror
Character: Lobo in 'Bride of the Monsters'
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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The Beast of Yucca Flats
Title: The Beast of Yucca Flats
Character: Joseph Javorsky
Released: June 2, 1961
Type: Movie
A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
Title: Plan 9 from Outer Space
Character: Inspector Clay
Released: July 22, 1959
Type: Movie
In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquest Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb “Solobonite” that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
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Night of the Ghouls
Title: Night of the Ghouls
Character: Lobo
Released: May 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Reports of strange activities out by the Old Willow's place signal new adventures for Kelton the Cop & Co. An apparent mystic, Dr. Acula is engaging in rituals designed to raise the dead. But he may get more than he bargained for...
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The Unearthly
Title: The Unearthly
Character: Lobo
Released: June 28, 1957
Type: Movie
A mad doctor uses patients at his isolated psychiatric institute as subjects in his attempts to create longevity by surgically installing an artificial gland in their skulls.
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Journey to Freedom
Title: Journey to Freedom
Character: Giant Turk
Released: June 21, 1957
Type: Movie
An Eastern European escapes to America, where Communist agents try to track him down.
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The Black Sleep
Title: The Black Sleep
Character: Mr. Curry
Released: June 15, 1956
Type: Movie
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
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Bride of the Monster
Title: Bride of the Monster
Character: Lobo
Released: May 11, 1955
Type: Movie
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
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So You Want a Television Set
Title: So You Want a Television Set
Character: Supine Wrestler
Released: May 23, 1953
Type: Movie
Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop in, stay to watch television, and raid their refrigerator.
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Lady In The Iron Mask
Title: Lady In The Iron Mask
Character: Renac (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1952
Type: Movie
A female version of the man in the iron mask. In this version the mask is put on a princess (patricia medina) rather than a prince as in the original book by Alexander Dumas.
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Angels in the Outfield
Title: Angels in the Outfield
Character: Wrestler on TV (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1951
Type: Movie
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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Dear Brat
Title: Dear Brat
Character: The new gardener (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1951
Type: Movie
Mirian Wilkins, the teenage daughter of Senator Wilkins, starts a Society for the Rehabilitation of Criminals and, without the approval or knowledge of her father, elects him to the position of honorary president. When the family's new gardener, Baxter, turns out to be a notorious ex-convict who was sentenced to prison by Senator Wilkins when he was a judge, Wilkins considers firing him until his daughter points out that would be an unwise decision considering the position her father held on society.
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The Lemon Drop Kid
Title: The Lemon Drop Kid
Character: Super Swedish Angel (Wrestler)
Released: April 2, 1951
Type: Movie
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.
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Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Title: Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
Character: Abou Ben
Released: August 5, 1950
Type: Movie
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them into joining the Foreign Legion, after which they discover Axmann's collaboration with the nasty Sheik Hamud El Khalid.
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Alias the Champ
Title: Alias the Champ
Character: Super Swedish Angel - Wrestler
Released: October 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.
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Behind Locked Doors
Title: Behind Locked Doors
Character: 'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, reporter Kathy Lawrence, posing as Stewart's wife, acts as his liaison to the outside world.
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State of the Union
Title: State of the Union
Character: Wrestler
Released: April 30, 1948
Type: Movie
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.
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Sudan
Title: Sudan
Character: Slaver (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1945
Type: Movie
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
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Lost in a Harem
Title: Lost in a Harem
Character: Majordomo (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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Swing Out the Blues
Title: Swing Out the Blues
Character: Weightlifter
Released: December 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The film is partly a parody of The Goodwill Court, a popular radio problem hosted by advice-dispenser "Mr. Anthony". The host of a "What's your problem?" radio hour tries to smooth the romantic path of singer Rich Cleveland (Haymes) and his socialite wife Penelope (Lynn Merrick). The fly in the ointment is Dena Marshall (Janis Carter), who has set her sights on the handsome Rich.
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The Meanest Man in the World
Title: The Meanest Man in the World
Character: Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: The Mauler (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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Shadow of the Thin Man
Title: Shadow of the Thin Man
Character: "The Irish Thrush", a wrestler (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
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Man on the Flying Trapeze
Title: Man on the Flying Trapeze
Character: Tosoff - Wrestler (uncredited)
Released: August 3, 1935
Type: Movie
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
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Registered Nurse
Title: Registered Nurse
Character: Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.