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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