ACTOR

Tor Johnson

1902 - 1971

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Karl Erik Tore Johansson (19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971), better known by the stage name Tor Johnson, was a Swedish professional wrestler and actor. As an actor, Johnson appeared in many B-movies, including some famously directed by Ed Wood. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tor Johnson has received more than 651,526 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Tor Johnson is the 5,231st most popular actor (down from 4,528th in 2019), the 851st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 703rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular Swedish Actor.

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  • 650k

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  • 46.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tor Johnson ranks 5,231 out of 13,578. Before him are Júlia Sigmond, Betty Bronson, Walter Giller, Lyubov Polishchuk, Sarah Biasini, and Jules Berry. After him are Emmanuelle Chriqui, Iko Uwais, Amr Waked, Nina Andrycz, Bill Smitrovich, and Michael Rapaport.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Tor Johnson ranks 256. Before him are Rudolf Viertl, Carlos Schneeberger, Charles Lang, Franco Giorgetti, Leonid Trauberg, and Jesús Bermúdez. After him are Herbert Copeland, Sergei Lemeshev, Otto Winzer, Chet Miller, Curt Siodmak, and Daniel Kinsey. Among people deceased in 1971, Tor Johnson ranks 183. Before him are Michael Rennie, Maude Fealy, Earl Thomson, Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, Lauro Amadò, and Betty Bronson. After him are Dick Tiger, Billy Gilbert, Ciro Verratti, Erik Almlöf, Hank Mann, and Brock Chisholm.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Tor Johnson ranks 851 out of 1,879. Before him are Göran Tunström (1937), Erik Almgren (1908), Anders Svensson (1976), Kjell Espmark (1930), Puma Swede (1976), and Ingvar Gärd (1921). After him are Johan Elmander (1981), Nils Täpp (1917), Stellan Bengtsson (1952), Ola Rapace (1971), Tomas Alfredson (1965), and Evert Gunnarsson (1929).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Tor Johnson ranks 76. Before him are Christina Schollin (1937), David Dencik (1974), Maria Bonnevie (1973), Signe Hasso (1915), May Britt (1933), and Bill Skarsgård (1990). After him are Ola Rapace (1971), Mary Stävin (1957), Alf Kjellin (1920), Barbro Kollberg (1917), Margaretha Krook (1925), and Rosa Taikon (1926).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Beast of Yucca Flats
Joseph Javorsky
A refugee Soviet scientist arrives at a desert airport carrying secret documents, but is attacked by a pair of KGB assassins and escapes into the desert, where he comes in range of an American nuclear test and is transformed into a mindless killing beast.
Jun 2nd 19612.2 / 10
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Inspector Clay
In California, an old man grieves the loss of his wife and on the next day he also dies. However, the space soldier Eros and her mate Tanna use an electric device to resurrect them both and the strong Inspector Clay that was murdered by the couple. Their intention is not to conquest Earth but to stop mankind from developing the powerful bomb “Solobonite” that would threaten the universe. When the population of Hollywood and Washington DC sees flying saucers on the sky, a colonel, a police lieutenant, a commercial pilot, his wife and a policeman try to stop the aliens.
Jul 22nd 19594.196 / 10
Bride of the Monster
Lobo
Dr. Eric Vornoff, with the help of his mute assistant Lobo, captures twelve men for a grisly experiment; His goal to turn them into supermen using atomic energy. Reporter Janet Lawton, fiancée of the local lieutenant, vows to investigate Vornoff's supposedly haunted house.
May 11th 19554.4 / 10