Acting, 1885
Tod Slaughter
Born Mar 19, 1885, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK, Died Feb 19, 1956 (70)
Tod Slaughter took to the stage in 1905 and made a name for himself as the star villain of numerous Victorian melodramas which he toured around England. Many of these were filmed cheaply in the 30s and 40s by quota-quickie tzar George King. His ham performances are perfectly suited to the material and the best of his films give the impression that if the Victorians could have made features they would have looked like this
Filmography
26 titles- 1954
Puzzle Corner Number FourteenSweeney ToddIMDb 10.0Movie - 1952
Dark PassageTerence ReillyMovie - 1952
The ShowdownTerence ReillyMovie - 1952
The Case of the Scarlet LettersTerence ReillyMovie - 1952
Reilly at BayTerrence ReillyMovie - 1952
The Case of the Green EyeTerence ReillyMovie - 1952
Murder at the GrangePatrick Reilly aka Clarence BeachamIMDb 6.5Movie - 1952
A Ghost for SaleCaretakerIMDb 9.0Movie - 1952
King of the UnderworldTerence ReillyIMDb 6.0Movie - 1950Spring-Heeled JackPhilip WraydonMovie
- 1948
The Greed of William HartWilliam HartIMDb 5.2Movie - 1946
The Curse of the WraydonsThe ChiefIMDb 5.8Movie - 1945
Bothered by a BeardSweeney ToddIMDb 10.0Movie - 1940
Crimes at the Dark HouseThe False Sir Percival GlydeIMDb 6.2Movie - 1939
The Face at the WindowChevalier Lucio del GardoIMDb 5.7Movie - 1938
Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorMichael LarronIMDb 6.0Movie - 1938
Pots of PlotsTod SlaughterIMDb 9.0Movie - 1937
She's My DarlingMr. TempletonIMDb 6.3Movie - 1937Song of the RoadDan LorenzoIMDb 7.0Movie
- 1937
It's Never Too Late to MendSquire John MeadowsIMDb 6.1Movie - 1937
The Ticket of Leave ManThe TigerIMDb 5.6Movie - 1936
The Crimes of Stephen HawkeStephen HawkeIMDb 5.7Movie - 1936
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney ToddIMDb 5.7Movie - 1936
Tod Slaughter at HomeTod SlaughterIMDb 7.0Movie - 1935
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnSquire William CorderIMDb 5.6Movie - 1926
London After DarkMovie