he would go and have drinks with his opponents after a wrestling match." And, he lived large. However, Tor had somewhat of a TV career in the 1960s, appearing on "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx, several appearances on "The Red Skelton Show," and even doing a number of TV commercials.Ĭostars spoke fondly of Tor, remembering, "Tor had such warmth! He was so cooperative- just a lovely man. This movie was filmed silent, had dubbed-in sound effects, voiced-over narration, and killed off Tor's movie career once and for all (for which Tor was paid only $300). Ed lived in an apartment on Yucca Street (nicknamed "Yucca Flats"), and in 1961, Anthony cast Tor Johnson in a starring role in his low budget movie The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961). Then Ed had Tor reprise his role of Lobo for Ніч упирів (1959) - in that movie, Paul Marco (Kelton the Cop) had a full load in the prop gun he fired at Tor where sparks hit Tor's arms, which by reflex hit Paul, knocking him unconscious in real life Tor felt bad about that, but everybody knew it was just a case of the big guy not knowing his own strength.Ī friend and cohort of Ed's (and also a writer, director and producer in his own right), was Anthony Cardoza.
Tor was in the Bing Crosby - Bob Hope movie Road to Rio (1947) as Samson and had a part in Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950) as Abou Ben.Ĭontrary to how it was depicted in the semi-documentary "Ed Wood," that Ed approached Tor and asked him if he ever fancied the notion of becoming an actor (and starting his film career), Ed worked with Tor towards the end of his movie career. Later, he got larger roles with character names. He was in 31 movies, usually as "Weightlifter" or "Strongman."
Tor started appearing (uncredited, or in bit parts) in movies as early as 1934. Most of his adult life, he was a professional wrestler. Tor Johnson was a big man, with a big heart, who was born October 19, 1903, in Sweden.
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