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Tod Browning

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Tod Browning

Born July 12, 1880 in Louisville, Kentucky, USADied October 6, 196252 films

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Tod Browning (12 July 1880 – 6 October 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 film collaborations with Lon Chaney, Browning directed many movies in a wide range of genres.

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Freaks posterFirst watchFreaks19327.8A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.View film

Essential films

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Dracula poster7.2Dracula1931The Unknown poster7.5The Unknown1927The Devil-Doll poster6.8The Devil-Doll1936Mark of the Vampire poster6.2Mark of the Vampire1935The Unholy Three poster6.7The Unholy Three1925

Filmography

52 films as director
  1. 1939Miracles for SaleDirector
  2. 1936The Devil-DollDirector
  3. 1935Mark of the VampireDirector
  4. 1933Fast WorkersDirector
  5. 1932FreaksDirector
  6. 1931Iron ManDirector
  7. 1931DraculaDirector
  8. 1930Outside the LawDirector
  9. 1929The Thirteenth ChairDirector
  10. 1929Where East Is EastDirector
  11. 1928West of ZanzibarDirector
  12. 1928The Big CityDirector
  13. 1927London After MidnightDirector
  14. 1927The UnknownDirector
  15. 1927The ShowDirector
  16. 1926The Road to MandalayDirector
  17. 1926The BlackbirdDirector
  18. 1925The MysticDirector
  19. 1925Dollar DownDirector
  20. 1925The Unholy ThreeDirector
  21. 1924Silk Stocking SalDirector
  22. 1924The Dangerous FlirtDirector
  23. 1923White TigerDirector
  24. 1923The Day of FaithDirector
  25. 1923DriftingDirector
  26. 1922Under Two FlagsDirector
  27. 1922Man Under CoverDirector
  28. 1922The Wise KidDirector
  29. 1921No Woman KnowsDirector
  30. 1921Outside the LawDirector
  31. 1920The Virgin of StamboulDirector
  32. 1919The Wicked DarlingDirector
  33. 1919Bonnie, Bonnie LassieDirector
  34. 1919A Petal on the CurrentDirector
  35. 1919The Unpainted WomanDirector
  36. 1919The Exquisite ThiefDirector
  37. 1918Set FreeDirector
  38. 1918The Brazen BeautyDirector
  39. 1918The Deciding KissDirector
  40. 1918Which Woman?Director
  41. 1918RevengeDirector
  42. 1918The Eyes of MysteryDirector
  43. 1918The Legion of DeathDirector
  44. 1917The Jury of FateDirector
  45. 1917Peggy, the Will O' the WispDirector
  46. 1917Hands Up!Director
  47. 1917A Love SublimeDirector
  48. 1917Jim BludsoDirector
  49. 1916PuppetsDirector
  50. 1915The Burned HandDirector
  51. 1915The Spell of the PoppyDirector
  52. 1915The Lucky TransferDirector