Tony Todd, an American actor who played the killer in Candyman and its 2021 sequel and appeared in the Final Destination franchise and Platoon among more than 240 film and TV credits spanning 40 years, died November 6 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 69.

Deadline first reported the news but no cause of death has been confirmed so far.

A reliable presence in genre fare across four decades, Todd’s series of credits include iconic titles such as Alex Proyas’ landmark comic book adaptation “The Crow,” Michael Bay’s Alcatraz actioner “The Rock” and the elaborate killing set-piece series “Final Destination.” His debut film performance came at the age of 32 in Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning war epic “Platoon.” On “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” Todd donned make-up to play Kurn, a Commander in the Klingon Defense Force and the brother of Worf (played by series regular Michael Dorn).

But Todd secured his name in the genre pantheon with his performance in director Bernard Rose’s “Candyman,” an early-’90s Americanized spin on Clive Barker that offered an iconoclastic and supernatural approach to themes of gentrification and racism. Todd played Daniel Robitaille, aka Candyman, the ghost of an African American artist and son of a slave who was murdered for his relationship with a white woman. The film starred Virginia Madsen as a Chicago graduate student preparing a thesis on the legend of Candyman by investigating inner-city Chicago.

He also appears in the Hatchet franchise directed by Adam Green.