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Rotund, bald-headed actor who played menacing roles in Grade-Z horror... moreNewsDesk:
(6 articles)
[DVD Review] 12 Rounds (From JustPressPlay. 9 July 2009, 3:06 PM, PDT)
Back Catalogue #1 - Synapse Films
(From Fangoria. 29 April 2009, 1:43 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Super Swedish Angel | Thor JohnsonFilmography
Actor:
- 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 - "Shirley Temple's Storybook" .... Strong Man (1 episode, 1961)
... aka "The Shirley Temple Theatre" (USA: third season title)
- Pippi Longstocking (1961) TV episode .... Strong Man - "Bonanza" .... Busthead Brannigan (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
- San Francisco Holiday (1960) TV episode .... Busthead Brannigan - "Peter Gunn" .... Bruno (1 episode, 1960)
- See No Evil (1960) TV episode .... Bruno - "Adventures in Paradise" (1 episode, 1959)
- The Lady from South Chicago (1959) TV episode - Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) .... Inspector Daniel Clay
- Night of the Ghouls (1959) .... Lobo
... aka Revenge of the Dead - The Unearthly (1957) .... Lobo
- Journey to Freedom (1957) .... Giant Turk
- "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 - The Black Sleep (1956) .... Mr. Curry
... aka Dr. Cadman's Secret (USA: reissue title) - Carousel (1956) (uncredited) .... Strong Man
... aka Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (USA: complete title) - You're Never Too Young (1955) (unconfirmed)
- Bride of the Monster (1955) .... Lobo
... aka Bride of the Atom - "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" .... Naboro (1 episode, 1954)
- Inferno in Space (1954) TV episode .... Naboro - "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 - "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 - Houdini (1953) (uncredited) .... Strong man
- So You Want a Television Set (1953) (unconfirmed) .... Supine Wrestler
- Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) (uncredited) .... Renac
- The San Francisco Story (1952) .... Buck
- Angels in the Outfield (1951) (uncredited) .... Wrestler on TV
... aka Angels and the Pirates (UK) - Dear Brat (1951) (uncredited)
- The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) .... Super Swedish Angel (wrestler)
- The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) (uncredited) .... Guest at Finnish-American Rally
- Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) .... Abou Ben
... aka Foreign Legion (USA: short title) - Behind Locked Doors (1948) (uncredited) .... 'The Champ', a patient
... aka Hinter verschlossenen Türen
... aka The Human Gorilla (USA: reissue title) - State of the Union (1948) (uncredited) .... Wrestler
... aka The World and His Wife (UK) - Road to Rio (1947) (uncredited) .... Sandor
- Sudan (1945) (uncredited) .... Slaver
- Lost in a Harem (1944) (uncredited) .... Majordomo
- The Canterville Ghost (1944) (uncredited) .... Bold Sir Guy
- Ghost Catchers (1944) (uncredited) .... Mug
- Swing Out the Blues (1943) (uncredited) .... Weightlifter
- The Meanest Man in the World (1943) (uncredited) .... Vladimir Pulasky
- Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) (uncredited) .... Jack the Ripper
- Under Two Flags (1936) (uncredited) .... Bidou
- Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935) (uncredited) .... Tosoff (the wrestler)
... aka The Memory Expert (UK) - Some Class (1935) .... Strong Man
- Kid Millions (1934) (uncredited) .... Torturer
- Registered Nurse (1934) (uncredited) .... Sonnevich
Self:
- Alias the Champ (1949) (as Super Swedish Angel) .... Himself - wrestler
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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). morePublicity Listings:
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