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
21 titles- 1954
Puzzle Corner Number FourteenSweeney Todd10.0Movie - 1952
A Ghost for SaleCaretaker9.0Movie - 1952King of the UnderworldTerence Reilly6.0Movie
- 1952
Murder at the Grange6.5Movie - 1950Spring-Heeled JackPhilip WraydonMovie
- 1948
The Greed of William HartWilliam Hart5.2Movie - 1946
The Curse of the WraydonsPhilip Wraydon5.8Movie - 1945
Bothered by a BeardSweeney Todd10.0Movie - 1940
Crimes at the Dark HouseThe False Sir Percival Glyde6.2Movie - 1939
The Face at the WindowChevalier Lucio del Gardo5.7Movie - 1938
Pots of PlotsTod Slaughter9.0Movie - 1938
Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorMichael Larron6.0Movie - 1937Song of the RoadDan Lorenzo7.0Movie
- 1937
It's Never Too Late to MendSquire John Meadows6.1Movie - 1937
Darby and JoanMr. Templeton6.3Movie - 1937
The Ticket of Leave ManThe Tiger5.6Movie - 1936
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd5.7Movie - 1936
Tod Slaughter at HomeTod Slaughter7.0Movie - 1936
The Crimes of Stephen HawkeStephen Hawke5.7Movie - 1935
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnSquire William Corder5.6Movie - 1926
London After DarkMovie