Tony Todd, Star of Candyman, Dead at 69

In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2024

The acting satellite has mislaid a fearfulness movie icon.

Tony Todd, champion known for his roles successful the Candyman and Final Destination movies, has died. He was 69.

The histrion passed distant Nov. 6 astatine his location successful Los Angeles, Deadline reported, citing his rep.

The Washington, D.C. autochthonal studied acting astatine the Hartman Conservatory successful Stamford, Connecticut and the Trinity Square Repertory Theatre Conservatory successful Providence, Rhode Island. He made his onscreen debut successful 1986 successful the movie Sleepwalk and besides starred that twelvemonth in Oliver Stone's Oscar-winning Vietnam War movie Platoon.

Todd went connected to play Ben successful a 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead and appeared connected galore TV shows, including Star Trek: The Next Generation, earlier landing his breakout relation successful the 1992 movie Candyman.

He reprised his rubric part—a slayer with a hook for a manus who is summoned by idiosyncratic chanting his sanction 5 times successful beforehand of a mirror—in 3 sequels, with the astir recent, besides named Candyman, released successful 2021.

Todd besides starred successful movies specified arsenic The Crow and The Rock and played William Bludworth successful the 2000 fearfulness movie Final Destination and 3 sequels.

Over the past 3 decades, Todd besides continued his TV work, appearing successful mostly sci-fi, phantasy and spy shows specified arsenic The X-Files, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Smallville, Charmed, 24, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

In the latter, helium played some Klingon Commander Kurn arsenic good arsenic an big Jake Sisko, lad of Captain Benjamin Sisko, who spends decades of his beingness trying to rescue his begetter pursuing an mishap successful the occurrence "The Visitor," a favourite among Trekkies.

"'The Visitor' changed my life," Todd told StarTrek.com successful 2010, "not conscionable successful presumption of normal appearances, but astatine the clip that occurrence was done the Internet was conscionable exploding and I retrieve sitting for hours conscionable basking successful the glow of the emotion that was being written astir that azygous episode."

He said that helium accepted the relation aft his aunt, who raised him arsenic a azygous parent, had passed away, adding that playing Jake was an "homage to the parental fig successful my beingness that I loved and cherished."

"I was successful a authorities of daze and I wasn’t capable to enactment for 4 months," helium recalled. "It was the relation that got maine up disconnected the bed, retired of the house, and into the producers’ office."

Todd was besides known for his baritone dependable and portrayed characters connected shows specified arsenic Masters of the Universe, Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!, The Flash and Dota: Dragon's Blood and a assortment of video games, including Call of Duty: Black Ops II.

Most recently, the histrion had had a recurring relation connected the podcast Winnie Taylor's 4th & Inches. At the clip of his death, helium had completed astir 10 acting and voiceover projects that person yet to beryllium released.