According to some reports, Tor Johnson was distantly relatedly to Swedish boxing champ Ingemar Johanssen.Ultra-, ultra-, ultra-rare and incontrovertibly authentic 8x10-inch publicity portrait, looking absolutely terrifying in a quartet of images, several of them from Ed Wood favorites, signed and inscribed in blue ballpoint pen in the 1950s for his niece, Anika: " To My Little / Niece Anni / from Uncle / Tor." In good condition, with some minor unevenness to the writing in spots a gentle surface crease which runs through the bottom of the upper left-hand image, the writing, and the top of the bottom right-hand image and another faint crease that traverses the white space separating the upper and lower images of the actor. Offscreen, the behemoth-like actor had a reputation for wittiness and gentility. Though one would never know from such cinematic atrocities as Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), Johnson could act, as he proved in a memorable 1959 episode of TV's Peter Gunn. he co-starred as the mute monstrosity Lobo in Bride of the Monster (1956) and Night of the Ghouls (1960), and was prominently featured as the zombified Inspector Clay in the immortal Plan Nine From Outer Space (1959). In recent years, Johnson has gained notoriety for his appearances in the films of "world's worst director" Edward Wood Jr. For the most part, his thick Scandinavia accent went unheard his obese frame, grimacing countenance and animalistic growl were all that directors required of him. A lavish wig hiding his shiny bald dome, Johnson spent the 1940s playing a variety of thugs and pluguglies in films like Jack Benny's Meanest Man in the World (1943), Olsen and Johnson's Ghost Catchers (1944) and Hope and Crosby's Road to Rio (1947). Fields' 1935 starrer Man on the Flying Trapeze). Befitting his country of origin, Johnson was billed as the "Super-Swedish Angel." He began appearing in films in 1934, generally typecast as a boxer or wrestler (he was "Tossoff" in W.
Standing six feet, four inches, and weighing anywhere between 300 and 400 pounds, Tor Johnson enjoyed a lengthy career as a professional wrestler.
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