Tony Todd, a horror actor with memorable turns within the Candyman and Ultimate Vacation spot movie franchises, has died at 69.
Todd died at residence in Marina del Rey, California, on Wednesday, November 6, following a protracted sickness, as his spouse, Fatima, instructed The Hollywood Reporter.
The actor — born on December 4, 1954, in Washington D.C. — studied on the College of Connecticut and the Eugene O’Neill Nationwide Theatre Institute. He later joined the performing troupes on the Hartman Conservatory in Stamford, Connecticut, and the Trinity Repertory Firm in Windfall, Rhode Island, per THR.
Todd made his display debut within the 1986 fantasy movie Sleepwalk and performed Warren in Oliver Stone’s Finest Image-winning struggle drama Platoon that very same yr.
In 1992’s horror movie Candyman, Todd performed the titular antagonist, a ghost hooked on vengeance. He reprised the half for 3 sequels, together with 2021’s Candyman.
Virginia Madsen, who costarred with Todd within the first Candyman movie, eulogized Todd on Instagram. “My beloved. Could you relaxation in energy candy to the candy in heaven,” she wrote in a single put up. “The nice actor Tony Todd has left us and now could be an angel. As he was in life.”
In a second put up, she wrote, “A really poetic man. A voice that made it simple to swoon. Due to [screenwriter and director] Bernard Rose, we actually created a gothic romance. It’s why the movie lives on. A mild soul with a deep data of the humanities. He loved the followers and was by no means shy when it got here to followers approaching, wanting images. A uncommon actor who allowed himself to be open to the general public consideration. Want I had seen him on the stage. I’ll miss him a lot and hope he haunts me occasionally. However I can’t summon him within the mirror!”
Madsen additionally mentioned filmmaker Jordan Peele talked of constructing a prequel during which Todd and Madsen as soon as once more performed Daniel Robitaille and Helen Lyle and instructed the story of how their love started. “Think about that,” she wrote. “I do. My expensive buddy Tony, I do.”
Todd additionally performed William Bludworth, a funeral director aware of the principles of loss of life, in 2000’s horror movie Ultimate Vacation spot and three of its sequels, together with the forthcoming Ultimate Vacation spot: Bloodlines.
Devon Sawa, who joined Todd within the first movie, additionally paid tribute to the late actor on Instagram, writing, “Tony Todd was a buddy even by my darkest instances. I’ll always remember that. RIP Brother Todd.”
Todd’s different movie credit embody the movies Evening of the Residing Useless, The Crow, and The Rock. On TV, he appeared in Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology, Star Trek: Deep Area 9, 24, and The Younger and the Stressed, and lent his voice to The Flash, amongst different small-screen roles.
Todd is survived by his spouse Fatima and two kids, Alex and Ariana.