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Tod Browning
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Director, Screenwriter Born: July 12, 1880 in Louisville, KY Death: October 6, 1962 in Hollywood, CA Biography:Browning joined a traveling circus while still a teenager, performing as a clown and contortionist. In 1915 he began acting at the Biograph studio and appeared in the modern sequence of "D.W. Griffith"'s classic "Intolerance"; he also served as one of Griffith's assistants on that monumental project. Browning began directing in 1917, frequently co-writing his films. His first film with actor Lon Chaney, "The Unholy Three", was a hit and led to several memorable silent melodramas with the great character actor, including "The Unknown", "London After Midnight" (which Browning remade in 1935 as "Mark Of The Vampire"), and "West Of Zanzibar". By the 1930s Browning was specializing in horror, and directed two classics of the era: "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi, and the astounding "Freaks". The latter, a shocker set among the freaks of a traveling sideshow, was far too disturbing for its time and was quickly... Full Biography
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