Robert Englund provides the closest thing the film has to a human villain as Bill Gartley, the miserly owner of Gartley's Blue Ribbon Laundry service, the business that owns The Mangler itself.

Actor Robert Englund is best known for portraying one of the biggest horror icons of all time, Freddy Krueger, in Wes Craven’s massively popular “A Nightmare on Elm Street” film franchise ...

Robert Englund isn’t immune to a Freddy Krueger nightmare. The actor, 76, who first played the child killer in 1984’s Nightmare on Elm Street, reveals to PEOPLE that he has his own Freddy ...

Ahead of the 40th anniversary of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' stars Robert Englund and Heather Langenkamp are looking back on the making of the now-iconic slasher film. News.

Ahead of the horror film's 40th anniversary, Robert Englund looks back on the making of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and tells PEOPLE how Freddy Krueger's iconic look came together.

ENGLUND: I'm sure the first line of my obituary would be - it will be Robert Englund, aka Freddy Krueger. You know, and I made peace with that a long time ago. I've done close to a hundred movies.

'Nightmare on Elm Street' actor Robert Englund reveals to PEOPLE his own Freddy Krueger nightmare that is based on a moment he had in costume while filming the first film in the horror franchise ...