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Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter

Born: 1885-03-19 • Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK

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
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen poster
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1954 • Sweeney Todd
A Ghost for Sale poster
A Ghost for Sale
1952 • Caretaker
Murder at the Grange poster
Murder at the Grange
1952
No Image
King of the Underworld
1952 • Terence Reilly
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Spring-Heeled Jack
1950 • Philip Wraydon
The Greed of William Hart poster
The Greed of William Hart
1948 • William Hart
The Curse of the Wraydons poster
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946 • Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons poster
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946 • The Chief
Bothered by a Beard poster
Bothered by a Beard
1945 • Sweeney Todd
Crimes at the Dark House poster
Crimes at the Dark House
1940 • The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Face at the Window poster
The Face at the Window
1939 • Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror poster
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938 • Michael Larron
Pots of Plots poster
Pots of Plots
1938 • Tod Slaughter
The Ticket of Leave Man poster
The Ticket of Leave Man
1937 • The Tiger
No Image
Song of the Road
1937 • Dan Lorenzo
It's Never Too Late to Mend poster
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937 • Squire John Meadows
Darby and Joan poster
Darby and Joan
1937 • Mr. Templeton
Tod Slaughter at Home poster
Tod Slaughter at Home
1936 • Tod Slaughter
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke poster
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936 • Stephen Hawke
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936 • Sweeney Todd
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn poster
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935 • Squire William Corder
London After Dark poster
London After Dark
1926