Plan 9 From Outer Space
1957
Search results
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.
Actor: Plan 9 from Outer Space. Tor Johnson was a big man, with a big heart, who was born October 19, 1903, in Sweden. Most of his adult life, he was a professional wrestler. Tor started appearing (uncredited, or in bit parts) in movies as early as 1934.
Tor Johnson. Actor: Plan 9 from Outer Space. Tor Johnson was a big man, with a big heart, who was born October 19, 1903, in Sweden. Most of his adult life, he was a professional wrestler. Tor started appearing (uncredited, or in bit parts) in movies as early as 1934.
Oct 18, 2022 · Here are 10 things you should know about Tor Johnson, born on October 19, 1903. He's best remembered for his 'B' movies of the 1950s, but his film career stretched back to 1934. ...more.
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".
Tor Johnson (born Tor Johansson, 19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971) was a Swedish professional wrestler and movie and television actor. During his wrestling career, he was billed as the Super-Swedish Angel.
The film stars Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson, and "Vampira" (Maila Nurmi) and is narrated by Criswell. It also posthumously bills Bela Lugosi (before Lugosi's death in August 1956, Wood had shot silent footage of Lugosi for another, unfinished film, which was inserted into Plan 9 ).
Hulking, bald-pated Swedish wrestler who began making film appearances in the 1940s and became a minor cult figure playing mute, mindless killers in a number of schlock horror films, most notably in the films of Edward D. Wood Jr.
Tor Johnson. The hulking menace of low-grade 50s horror flicks was born in October 19 th 1903 in Sweden. At 6’3” and tipping the scales at close to 300 lbs he took the wrestling world by storm. In 1928 he traveled to the California before barnstorming the country coast-to-coast under the professional wrestling name ‘ The Swedish Angel ’.
Tor Johnson is best remembered for appearing in a couple of Ed Wood's low-rent productions, but his film career actually started in the 1930s, often in uncredited walk-ons and bit parts. Visit Brian's Drive-In Theater for photos, biography and filmography information, and DVD and memorabilia sources for Tor Johnson.
