After that impressionable scene, Todd’s Bludworth would become the most recurring character in the horror series. He returned for the second 2003 movie, where Ali Larter’s Clear from the OG film visits him to get some additional help about cheating death, and later apepared in the third, fifth, and sixth installments.

Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025) star Tony Todd improvised his character’s emotional final goodbye to the franchise. The Candyman (1992) actor, who died in November 2024 aged 69 had played the mysterious mortician William Bludworth in the Final Destination franchise since the original 2000 film.

Tony Todd knew more about death than anyone in Final Destination: Bloodlines, and his character William Bludworth meets an emotional end.