He wrote several plays in his native country before moving to the United States just prior to World War II.

He arrived with his brother Ervin in July 1939 on the SS Hansa and had come to study at Fordham University in New York City.

He subsequently enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps then transferred to the Office of Strategic Services.

Under the A-Men banner, Tors wrote and produced The Magnetic Monster (1953) reusing footage from the 1934 German film Gold.

He also created NBC's science fiction series The Man and the Challenge, starring George Nader and Jack Ging and was the executive producer of the first-run syndicated skydiving action and adventure series Ripcord, starring Larry Pennell and Ken Curtis.

In the 1960s, Tors left science fiction and concentrated on making films and television series involving animals.