Tod Browning

July 12, 1880 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA

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.

Notable work

7.2
Dracula (1931)
as Harbormaster (voice) (uncredited) and Director and Writer
7.8
Freaks (1932)
Director
7.1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Crook (uncredited)

Often works with

Lon Chaney
8 titles together
The Unknown, The Unholy Three, West of Zanzibar
John George
5 titles together
Dracula, The Unknown, Mark of the Vampire
Louise Emmons
4 titles together
The Unknown, Mark of the Vampire, West of Zanzibar
Lionel Barrymore
4 titles together
Mark of the Vampire, The Devil-Doll, West of Zanzibar
Bela Lugosi
3 titles together
Dracula, Mark of the Vampire, The Thirteenth Chair
Polly Moran
3 titles together
The Unknown, London After Midnight, The Show

Full filmography · 60

Tod Browning, le jeu des illusions
cast
2016
Dracula
Director
1963
Miracles for Sale
Director
1939
The Devil-Doll
Director
19366.8
Mark of the Vampire
Director
19356.2
Fast Workers
Director
1933
Freaks
Director
19327.8
Iron Man
Director
19315.7
Dracula
as Harbormaster (voice) (uncredited) and Director and Writer
19317.2
Outside the Law
Director and Writer
1930
The Thirteenth Chair
Director
1929
Where East Is East
Director
1929