“The trade has misplaced a legend. Now we have misplaced a cherished buddy,” New Line Cinema, which produced the ‘Remaining Vacation spot’ franchise, wrote in a tribute.
“The trade has misplaced a legend. Now we have misplaced a cherished buddy,” New Line Cinema, which produced the ‘Remaining Vacation spot’ franchise, wrote in a tribute.
Tony Todd, an actor who starred within the Candyman and Remaining Vacation spot horror franchises, has died. He was 69.
He died Wednesday at his dwelling in Marina del Rey after a protracted sickness, his spouse, Fatima, informed The Hollywood Reporter.
“The trade has misplaced a legend. Now we have misplaced a cherished buddy. Relaxation in peace, Tony, -Your Remaining Vacation spot Household,” New Line Cinema, which produced the Remaining Vacation spot franchise, wrote on Instagram.
Born on Dec. 4, 1954, in Washington, D.C., Todd went on to review for 2 years on the College of Connecticut earlier than getting a scholarship for the Eugene O’Neill Nationwide Theatre Institute. His time there helped lay a basis for his later stints on the then-Hartman Conservatory in Stamford, Connecticut, and the Trinity Repertory Firm in Windfall, Rhode Island.
Todd made his movie debut in 1986’s Sleepwalk, launching an performing profession spanning greater than 200 tv and film credit. His most notable function was in 1992’s Candyman, which noticed him play the eponymous hook-wielding ghost. He later returned for 1995’s Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, and appeared within the 2021 remake. Todd additionally took on the function of William Bludworth in 2000’s Remaining Vacation spot, 2003’s Remaining Vacation spot 2 and 2011’s Remaining Vacation spot 5.
His different performing credit embrace 1990’s Night time of the Residing Lifeless, 1996’s The Rock, 1994’s The Crow, 2006’s Hatchet, 2007’s The Man from Earth, 2010’s Hatchet II, The Flash, 2015’s Frankenstein, 2018’s Hell Fest, 2018’s Requiem, 2022’s Hellblazers and 2024’s The Bunker. He additionally voiced Kurn on Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology and Star Trek: Deep Area 9, and Alpha Hirogen in Star Trek: Voyager. His IMDb profile additionally lists greater than 9 titles at present in post-production.
“Tony was a masterful actor who was really chameleonic; he ready for each function with the utmost meticulousness,” Rel Dowdell, the director of Movie Research at Hampton College who directed him in 2012’s Altering the Recreation, mentioned in a press release. “He was really certainly one of a sort.”
Along with his spouse, Fatima, Todd is survived by his two kids, Alex and Ariana.
