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Dewey Todd is a character from the 1997 made-for-TV film Tower of Terror, based on the bellhop character from The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror attraction. He was portrayed by Parviz Perry Vessali in the attraction, and by John Franklin in the film.

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Twilight Zone Tower of Terror[]

Dewey Todd was a bellhop at the Hollywood Tower Hotel during the 1930s. On the October 31 of 1939, Todd worked one of the hotel's elevators where he would bring guests to the Halloween party on the 13th floor. While on the way up with four guests, the elevators were struck by mysterious lightning originating from the 5th dimension which caused the elevator to plummet and send those inside to their deaths. Dewey and the other four were subsequently left as ghosts, bound to the 5th dimension and to the hotel.

Tower of Terror (film)[]

The son of hotel magnate Dewey Todd, Sr., Dewey Todd, Jr. worked as a lowly bellhop at the Hollywood Tower Hotel prior to and during the events of the film. Being clumsy and sloppy, he often bumped into people and thus earned the ire of Gilbert, whom he has a rather lukewarm relationship with. Guilt-ridden, he blamed himself for the Halloween incident, later vowing to his grandson that he will "do something right", as he wasn't able to perform his duties properly as a porter and elevator operator when he was alive, let alone manage the hotel.

Dewey was also initially indifferent if not outright hostile towards Buzzy and Anna. At first he and the other ghosts warded them off the hotel, wary of any intruders attempting to disturb them. He later lashed out at Buzzy for profiting from their deaths out of greed, bitterly comparing himself and the others to "zoo animals" should they be featured in the newspaper, but had a change of heart and jubilantly expressed his optimism when Buzzy and Anna promised to help bring closure to their fates.

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The Buena Vista Bugle[]

The hotel's five central ghosts were photographed in the story, "Ghost Hunters Materialize at Hollywood Tower Hotel", an article released on the anniversary of their deaths.[1]

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror[]

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