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The Black Sleep (1956) -- The masters of classic horror (Basil Rathbone, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney, Jr.) gather together and meet in a spooky old house in which a crazed scientist creates frightening human mutants.
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) -- Aliens resurrect dead humans as zombies and vampires to stop human kind from creating the Solaranite (a sort of sun-driven bomb).
The Black Sleep (1956) -- The masters of classic horror gather together and meet in a spooky old house in which a crazed scientist creates frightening human mutants.
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) -- archive.org - view film (various formats)

Overview

Date of Birth:

19 October 1903, Sweden more

Date of Death:

12 May 1971, San Fernando, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Rotund, bald-headed actor who played menacing roles in Grade-Z horror... more

Trivia:

His wife, Greta, reportedly did not care for the horror films he made... more

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Down 17% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

NewsDesk:
(9 articles)

Exclusive Coverage: Fango attends the House Of The Wolf Man World Premiere!
 (From Fangoria. 2 October 2009, 3:58 PM, PDT)

[TV] Bonanza: The Official First Season
 (From JustPressPlay. 25 September 2009, 2:14 PM, PDT)

Alternate Names:

Super Swedish Angel | Thor Johnson


Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Self, Archive Footage
Actor:
  1. Head (1968) (uncredited) .... Guard
  2. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) .... Joseph Javorsky/The Beast
    ... aka Girl Madness (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Atomic Monster: The Beast of Yucca Flats
  3. "Shirley Temple's Storybook" .... Strong Man (1 episode, 1961)
    ... aka Shirley Temple Storybook Collection (USA: DVD box title)
    ... aka The Shirley Temple Show (USA: second season title)
    ... aka The Shirley Temple Theatre (USA: third season title)
        - Pippi Longstocking (1961) TV episode .... Strong Man
  4. "Bonanza" .... Busthead Brannigan (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
        - San Francisco Holiday (1960) TV episode .... Busthead Brannigan
  5. "Peter Gunn" .... Bruno (1 episode, 1960)
        - See No Evil (1960) TV episode .... Bruno

  6. "Adventures in Paradise" (1 episode, 1959)
        - The Lady from South Chicago (1959) TV episode
  7. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) .... Inspector Clay
  8. Night of the Ghouls (1959) .... Lobo
    ... aka Revenge of the Dead
  9. The Unearthly (1957) .... Lobo II
  10. Journey to Freedom (1957) .... Giant Turk
  11. "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday" .... Bandini the Strongman (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka Hiram Holliday
        - Dancing Mouse (1956) TV episode (as Thor Johnson) .... Bandini the Strongman
  12. The Black Sleep (1956) .... Mr. Curry
    ... aka Dr. Cadman's Secret (USA: reissue title)
  13. Carousel (1956) (uncredited) .... Strong Man
    ... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (USA: complete title)
  14. You're Never Too Young (1955) (unconfirmed)
  15. Bride of the Monster (1955) .... Lobo
    ... aka Bride of the Atom
  16. "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" .... Naboro (1 episode, 1954)
        - Inferno in Space (1954) TV episode .... Naboro
  17. "General Electric Theater" .... Bald-headed Man (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
    ... aka G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
        - To Lift a Feather (1954) TV episode .... Bald-headed Man
  18. "You Are There" (2 episodes, 1953-1954)
        - The Surrender of Corregidor (May 6, 1942) (1954) TV episode
        - The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (1953) TV episode
  19. Houdini (1953) (uncredited) .... Strong man
  20. So You Want a Television Set (1953) (unconfirmed) .... Supine Wrestler
  21. Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) (uncredited) .... Renac
  22. The San Francisco Story (1952) .... Buck
  23. Angels in the Outfield (1951) (uncredited) .... Wrestler on TV
    ... aka Angels and the Pirates (UK)
  24. Dear Brat (1951) (uncredited)
  25. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) .... Super Swedish Angel (wrestler)
  26. The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) (uncredited) .... Guest at Finnish-American Rally
  27. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) .... Abou Ben
    ... aka Foreign Legion (USA: short title)

  28. Behind Locked Doors (1948) (uncredited) .... 'The Champ', a patient
    ... aka Hinter verschlossenen Türen
    ... aka The Human Gorilla (USA: reissue title)
  29. State of the Union (1948) (uncredited) .... Wrestler
    ... aka The World and His Wife (UK)
  30. Road to Rio (1947) (uncredited) .... Sandor
  31. Sudan (1945) (uncredited) .... Slaver
  32. Lost in a Harem (1944) (uncredited) .... Majordomo
  33. The Canterville Ghost (1944) (uncredited) .... Bold Sir Guy
  34. Ghost Catchers (1944) (uncredited) .... Mug
  35. Swing Out the Blues (1943) (uncredited) .... Weightlifter
  36. The Meanest Man in the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Vladimir Pulasky
  37. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) (uncredited) .... Jack the Ripper

  38. Under Two Flags (1936) (uncredited) .... Bidou
  39. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) (uncredited) .... Tosoff - Wrestler
    ... aka The Memory Expert (UK)
  40. Some Class (1935) .... Strong Man
  41. Kid Millions (1934) (uncredited) .... Torturer
  42. Registered Nurse (1934) (uncredited) .... Sonnevich
Self:
  1. Alias the Champ (1949) (as Super Swedish Angel) .... Himself - wrestler

Additional Details

Other Works:

Often featured in the comic strips of Drew Friedman. Also the subject of an early 1990s comic book, "Tor Loves Betty" (the Betty being Betty Page). more

Publicity Listings:

3 Portrayals more

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Horror more


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