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Tony Todd, the actor who played the eponymous killer in the “Candyman” movies, has died. He was 69.
The star passed away on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, his representatives confirmed to Deadline.
They did not disclose Todd’s cause of death.
Todd played the famed villain in both the original 1992 “Candyman” movie and its 2021 sequel.
With over 240 film and TV credits across four decades, the actor also appeared in the “Final Destination” franchise, “Platoon,” and “The Rock,” among others.
Born in Washington, DC on Dec. 4, 1954, Todd studied acting at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute and the Trinity Repertory Company. His breakout performance came in 1986 when he played the heroin-addled Sergeant Warren in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War drama “Platoon,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
His career blossomed in the 1980s and ’90s, working steadily in both TV and film. On the small screen, Todd booked roles on “21 Jump Street,” “Night Court,” “MacGyver,” “Matlock,” “Jake and the Fatman,” “Law & Order,” “The X-Files,” “NYPD Blue,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Xena: Warrior Princesss,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Deep Space Nine” and “Voyager,” among others.
In movies, the ’80s saw Todd deliver noteworthy performances in “Lean on Me” (1989) and “Bird” (1988), a musical biopic about jazz saxophonist Charlie “Bird” Parker starring Forest Whitaker and directed by Clint Eastwood.
Todd began the ’90s with a starring role in the 1990 remake of George A. Romero’s 1968 horror film “Night of the Living Dead,” playing Ben, the role originated by Duane Jones. He followed that up with the movie he is best remembered for, 1992’s “Candyman.”
Todd instilled terror in audiences as Candyman, the blood-thirsty hook-handed ghost of an 1800s slave who was lynched after he fell in love with a white woman who is accidentally summoned from beyond the grave by a skeptical Chicago grad student writing a thesis on urban legends and folklore.
The Post reached out to Todd’s reps.
This is a developing story.