Tor Johnson plays the role of “Torturer”.Ī classic W.C. In this Eddie Cantor comedy, Eddie goes to Egypt to collect an inheritance. Granted most of his roles in these films are walk-ons, sight gags, or “the wrestler in the wrestling scene.” Still, if you’re like me, your jaw will drop. For no doubt you’ve seen many of these movies without ever realizing Johnson was on screen.
When you peruse the list below, which only includes some of them - you will be amazed.
Even more surprising is these were almost all major Hollywood studio productions, some of them even classics. Most people assume that that was the extent of his career, and who can blame them? But the astounding reality is that Johnson had been in films for 20 years before he even met Wood. Most folks who know him at all are aware that Johnson was a Swedish wrestler who appears in a handful of Ed Wood films and other grade z horror movies. Today is the birthday of Tor Johnson. Since his birthday falls so conveniently during the Halloween season, I thought we’d devote a post to him in our month long series about classic horror we launched here.
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