Tod Browning

Tod Browning
Born
Charles Albert Browning, Jr.

(1880-07-12)July 12, 1880
DiedOctober 6, 1962(1962-10-06) (aged 82)
Cause of deathCancer
Occupations
  • Film actor
  • film director
  • screenwriter
  • vaudevillian
  • comedian
  • carnival/sideshow worker
Years active1915–1946

Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning, Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American motion picture actor, director and screenwriter. Browning's career spanned the silent and talkie eras. Best known as the director of Dracula (1931), the cult classic Freaks (1932), and classic silent movies with Lon Chaney. Browning directed many movies in a wide range of genres.

References

  1. ↑ "Tod Browning". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
  2. ↑ Mordaunt Hall (1931). "Dracula". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Freaks". The New York Times. 1932.

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