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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)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) -- Legend Films DVD release trailer (Flash)

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:
Wrestled professionally under the names 'Swedish Angel' and 'Super-Swedish... more
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(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

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Actor
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Head (1968) (uncredited) Guard 1968 - 6.1 (2,419)
- 2. The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961)   Joseph Javorsky/The Beast 1961 - 1.6 (2,448)
AKAs:
  • Girl Madness (USA: reissue title)
  • The Atomic Monster: The Beast of Yucca Flats
- 3. "Shirley Temple's Storybook" (1958)   Strong Man (1 episode, 1961) 1961 - 8.2 (31)
AKAs:
  • Shirley Temple Storybook Collection (USA: DVD box title)
  • The Shirley Temple Show (USA: second season title)
  • The Shirley Temple Theatre (USA: third season title)
- 4. "Bonanza" (1959)   Busthead Brannigan (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 7.3 (1,146)
AKAs:
  • Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
1 TV episode:
- 5. "Peter Gunn" (1958)   Bruno (1 episode, 1960) 1960 - 8.3 (121)
- 6. "Adventures in Paradise" (1959)   (1 episode, 1959) 1959 - 8.7 (79)
- 7. Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) Inspector Clay 1959 - 3.6 (17,095)
- 8. Night of the Ghouls (1959)   Lobo 1959 - 2.7 (1,094)
AKAs:
  • Revenge of the Dead
- 9. The Unearthly (1957) Lobo II 1957 - 2.1 (851)
- 10. Journey to Freedom (1957) Giant Turk 1957 - 4.9 (9)
- 11. "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday" (1956)   Bandini the Strongman (1 episode, 1956) 1956 - 7.7 (20)
AKAs:
  • Hiram Holliday
1 TV episode:
- 12. The Black Sleep (1956)   Mr. Curry 1956 - 5.9 (297)
AKAs:
  • Dr. Cadman's Secret (USA: reissue title)
- 13. Carousel (1956)   (uncredited) Strong Man 1956 - 7.1 (2,071)
AKAs:
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (USA: complete title)
- 14. You're Never Too Young (1955) (unconfirmed) 1955 - 6.5 (388)
- 15. Bride of the Monster (1955)   Lobo 1955 - 3.6 (2,815)
AKAs:
  • Bride of the Atom
- 16. "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger" (1954)   Naboro (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 4.6 (34)
- 17. "General Electric Theater" (1953)   Bald-headed Man (1 episode, 1954) 1954 - 8.1 (72)
AKAs:
  • G.E. Theater (USA: informal short title)
  • G.E. True Theater (USA: new title)
- 18. "You Are There" (1953)   (2 episodes, 1953-1954) 1954 - 8.8 (35)
- 19. Houdini (1953) (uncredited) Strong man 1953 - 6.8 (1,045)
- 20. So You Want a Television Set (1953) (unconfirmed) Supine Wrestler 1953 - 5.7 (13)
- 21. Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) (uncredited) Renac 1952 - 5.7 (10)
- 22. The San Francisco Story (1952) Buck 1952 - 5.8 (36)
- 23. Angels in the Outfield (1951)   (uncredited) Wrestler on TV 1951 - 7.1 (810)
AKAs:
  • Angels and the Pirates (UK)
- 24. Dear Brat (1951) (uncredited) 1951 - 6.2 (17)
- 25. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951) Super Swedish Angel (wrestler) 1951 - 7.1 (528)
- 26. The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) (uncredited) Guest at Finnish-American Rally 1950 - 6.2 (109)
- 27. Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950)   Abou Ben 1950 - 6.4 (1,599)
AKAs:
  • Foreign Legion (USA: short title)
- 28. Behind Locked Doors (1948)   (uncredited) 'The Champ', a patient 1948 - 6.5 (190)
AKAs:
  • Hinter verschlossenen Türen
  • The Human Gorilla (USA: reissue title)
- 29. State of the Union (1948)   (uncredited) Wrestler 1948 - 7.5 (1,124)
AKAs:
  • The World and His Wife (UK)
- 30. Road to Rio (1947) (uncredited) Sandor 1947 - 7.2 (1,626)
- 31. Sudan (1945) (uncredited) Slaver 1945 - 5.9 (33)
- 32. Lost in a Harem (1944) (uncredited) Majordomo 1944 - 6.5 (517)
- 33. The Canterville Ghost (1944) (uncredited) Bold Sir Guy 1944 - 6.8 (898)
- 34. Ghost Catchers (1944) (uncredited) Mug 1944 - 6.1 (51)
- 35. Swing Out the Blues (1943) (uncredited) Weightlifter 1943 - -
- 36. The Meanest Man in the World (1943) (uncredited) Vladimir Pulasky 1943 - 6.6 (82)
- 37. Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) (uncredited) Jack the Ripper 1941 - 7.1 (1,669)
- 38. Under Two Flags (1936) (uncredited) Bidou 1936 - 6.5 (132)
- 39. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)   (uncredited) Tosoff - Wrestler 1935 - 8.0 (408)
AKAs:
  • The Memory Expert (UK)
- 40. Some Class (1935) Strong Man 1935 - -
- 41. Kid Millions (1934) (uncredited) Torturer 1934 - 7.4 (221)
- 42. Registered Nurse (1934) (uncredited) Sonnevich 1934 - 5.5 (27)
Self
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. Alias the Champ (1949) (as Super Swedish Angel) Himself - wrestler 1949 - 6.5 (11)
Archive Footage
- 1. It Came from Hollywood (1982)
- 2. The Magnetic Moon (1956) (TV) Naboro

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
Plot Keywords:
Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title | Cult Favorite | Desert more

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