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{{Short description|Swedish professional wrestler and actor (1903–1971)}} {{confusion|Thor Johnson}} {{more citations needed|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Tor Johnson | image = Tor Johnson in The Beast of Yucca Flats (cropped).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Johnson in ''[[The Beast of Yucca Flats]]'' (1961) | birth_name = Karl Erik Tore Johansson | birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|10|19|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Brännkyrka|Brännkyrka, Stockholms län, Sweden]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|5|12|1903|10|19|df=y}} | death_place = [[San Fernando, California]], U.S. | resting_place = Plot 177, [[List of cemeteries in California#Los Angeles County|Eternal Valley Memorial Park]], [[Newhall, Santa Clarita, California]] | othername = {{ubl|Super Swedish Angel|Thor Johnson|King Kong}} | occupation = [[Professional wrestling|Professional wrestler]], [[actor]] | years_active = 1934–1961 | spouse = Greta Maria Alfrida Johansson | children = 1 }} '''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]]. In [[professional wrestling]], Johnson was billed as '''Thor Johnson''' and '''Super Swedish Angel'''.
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