What is Tor Johnson?
{{Infobox person | name = Tor Johnson | image = PlanNine 10.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Johnson in ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]'' | birthname = Tor Johansson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Sweden]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1971|5|12|1903|10|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[San Fernando, California|San Fernando]], [[California]], U.S. | othername = Super Swedish Angel<br>Thor Johnson | occupation = [[Wrestler]], [[actor]] | yearsactive = 1934–1961 }} '''Tor Johnson''' (born '''Tor Johansson''', 19 October 1903 – 12 May 1971) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[professional wrestler]] and [[movie]] and [[television]] [[actor]].<ref>[http://movies.nytimes.com/person/35955/Tor-Johnson New York Times]</ref> During his wrestling career, he was billed as the Super-Swedish Angel. Johnson was born in [[Sweden]], the son of Karl J. Johansson and Lovisa Petersson. He began appearing in movies in 1934, usually as [[boxing|boxer]]s or wrestlers. In the 1940s, he played lumbering thugs and scowling plug-uglies. He appeared with [[Bob Hope]] and [[Bing Crosby]] in ''[[Road to Rio]]'' (1947), in ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' (1950), and with Shirley Jones in the movie version of ''[[Carousel (movie)|Carousel]]'' (1956). He is best known though for his appearances in the low budget movies directed by [[Ed Wood]]. He played Lobo in ''[[Bride of the Monster]]'' and ''[[Night of the Ghouls]]'', and the [[zombie|zombified]] Inspector Clay in ''[[Plan 9 from Outer Space]]''. In the early 1960s, he had guest appearances as wrestlers, thugs, and circus strongmen in various [[television series]] including ''[[Peter Gunn]]'', ''[[Bonanza]]'', and ''[[The Shirley Temple Show]]''. Johnson died in [[San Fernando, California]], from [[heart failure]] in 1971. He was buried at the Eternal Valley Memorial Park in Newhall, California. ==Refere