Tod Browning

1880-1962

Biography: life and films

Tod Browning was an American film director, screenwriter and actor whose birth name was Charles Albert Browning. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on 12th July 1880 and died in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA on 6th October 1962, aged 82.

His best films as a film director include Revenge (1918), The Unknown (1927), West of Zanzibar (1928), Freaks (1932) and Mark of the Vampire (1935), and whose best work as a screenwriter include George Siegmann's Atta Boy's Last Race (1916), White Tiger (1923), London After Midnight (1927), The Unknown (1927) and Mark of the Vampire (1935).

Tod Browning directed 61 films (including 11 shorts), scripted 29 films and appeared in 2 films.

His most frequent genres include: drama (47 films), Horror (6), Thriller (5), romance (3), comedy (3), Western (3), comedy-drama (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Tod Browning over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Acquitted (1916) [w]

Atta Boy's Last Race (1916) [w]

Everybody's Doing It (1916) [d,w]

Sunshine Dad (1916) [w]

The Fatal Glass of Beer (1916) [d,w]

A Love Sublime (1917) [d,w]

Hands Up! (1917) [d]

Jim Bludso (1917) [d,w]

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917) [d]

The Jury of Fate (1917) [d]

Revenge (1918) [d]

Set Free (1918) [d,w]

The Brazen Beauty (1918) [d]

The Deciding Kiss (1918) [d]

The Eyes of Mystery (1918) [d]

The Legion of Death (1918) [d]

Which Woman? (1918) [d]

Bonnie Bonnie Lassie (1919) [d,w]

The Exquisite Thief (1919) [d]

The Mother and the Law (1919) [a]

The Petal on the Current (1919) [d]

The Unpainted Woman (1919) [d]

The Wicked Darling (1919) [d]

Outside the Law (1920) [d,w]

The Virgin of Stamboul (1920) [d,w]

No Woman Knows (1921) [d,w]

Man Under Cover (1922) [d]

The Wise Kid (1922) [d]

Under Two Flags (1922) [d,w]

Drifting (1923) [d,w]

The Day of Faith (1923) [d]

White Tiger (1923) [d,w]

Silk Stocking Sal (1924) [d]

The Dangerous Flirt (1924) [d]

Dollar Down (1925) [d]

The Mystic (1925) [d,w]

The Unholy Three (1925) [d]

The Blackbird (1926) [d,w]

The Road to Mandalay (1926) [d,w]

London After Midnight (1927) [d,w]

The Show (1927) [d]

The Unknown (1927) [d,w]

The Big City (1928) [d,w]

West of Zanzibar (1928) [d]

The Thirteenth Chair (1929) [d]

Where East Is East (1929) [d,w]

Outside the Law (1930) [d,w]

Dracula (1931) [a,d,w]

Iron Man (1931) [d]

Freaks (1932) [d]

Fast Workers (1933) [d]

Mark of the Vampire (1935) [d,w]

The Devil-Doll (1936) [d,w]

Miracles for Sale (1939) [d]

Inside Job (1946) [w]



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