Doctor Thomas R. Mason was a chiropractor who lived in Los Angeles in the 1950s. However, he is best known as the stand-in for the then recently deceased Bela Lugosi in Edward D. Wood, Jr.'s infamous movie "Plan 9 From Outer Space". Dr. Mason, who looked nothing like Lugosi, wore a cape over his face in all of his scenes. Dr. Mason appeared in and helped to produce a couple of Wood's other movies, … Wikipedia
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