Actor Tony Todd, who starred in numerous films, including horror films, died at the age of 69 in California.
This is news that will sadden cinema and horror fans. Actor Tony Todd died last Wednesday, November 6. He was 69 years old. He succumbed to a “long illness,” his wife, Fatima, announced to the magazine Hollywood Reporter. She did not give further details about this illness. Tony Todd died at his home in Marina Del Rey, California.
The artist, born December 4, 1954, has played in more than 240 films and series, recalls Franceinfo. Among his best-known roles are several horror films. Above all, he made an impression through his role in Candymanwhere he plays the ghost of a painter, victim of a racist murder. He reprises this role three more times, in 1995, 1999 and 2021. His co-star in the first and last part, Virginia Madsen, paid tribute to him on Saturday in a post on the social network Instagram. She remembers him as a “truly poetic man”, with a voice “that makes you swoon”, and a “gentle soul with a great knowledge of the arts”. “I’m going to miss him a lot and I hope he haunts me from time to time,” she said. And added: “But I won’t summon him in the mirror!”
“The industry has lost a legend”
Tony Todd is also known for playing William Bludworth in the first two installments of Final Destination in 2000 and 2003, role resumed in 2011 for the 5th part of the saga. The 6th, in which he appears, will be released next year, posthumously. The company that produces these films, New Line Cinema, paid tribute to the actor after the announcement of his death, we can read in The Hollywood Reporter. “The industry has lost a legend. We have lost a dear friend. Rest in peace, Tony, – Your Final Destination family,” the company wrote.
While the actor has flourished in the horror genre, he is also known for roles in series Star Trek: Next Generation, X Files, Charmed, MacGyverOr The Crown more recently. According to TF1 infoaround ten of his projects are currently in post-production.