Portrait of Tor Johnson

Tor Johnson

Acting

Biography

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 in Plan 9 from Outer Space and playing the role of a recurring lab assistant often named "Lobo". Description above from the Wikipedia article Tor Johnson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: October 19, 1903

Place of Birth: Brännkyrka, Sweden

Filmography

2011
Dad Made Dirty Movies

as Self (archive footage)

2000
The Many Faces of Dracula

as Lobo (archive footage)

1991
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Inspector Daniel Clay (archive footage)

1990
Bobby's World

as Gringo (voice)

1961
The Beast of Yucca Flats

as Joseph Javorsky

1959
Plan 9 from Outer Space

as Inspector Clay

1957
1957
Journey to Freedom

as Giant Turk

1956
The Black Sleep

as Mr. Curry

1952
Lady in the Iron Mask

as Renac (uncredited)

1951
Angels in the Outfield

as Wrestler on TV (uncredited)

1951
Dear Brat

as The new gardener (uncredited)

1951
The Lemon Drop Kid

as Super Swedish Angel (Wrestler)

1949
Alias the Champ

as Super Swedish Angel - Wrestler

1948
Behind Locked Doors

as 'The Champ', a patient (uncredited)

1948
1947
Road to Rio

as The Great Samson (uncredited)

1945
Sudan

as Slaver (uncredited)

1944
Lost in a Harem

as Majordomo (uncredited)

1943
Swing Out the Blues

as Weightlifter

1943
The Meanest Man in the World

as Vladimir Pulasky (uncredited)

1942
Gentleman Jim

as The Mauler (uncredited)

1941
Shadow of the Thin Man

as "The Irish Thrush", a wrestler (uncredited)

1935
Man on the Flying Trapeze

as Tosoff - Wrestler (uncredited)

1934
Registered Nurse

as Sonnevich the Terrible Bulgarian