Tod Slaughter
Known for
Acting
Life
1885 – 1956 (aged 70)
Born in
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Credits
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Biography
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
Known For
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
01 Mar 1936
The Face at the Window
07 Apr 1939
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
18 Aug 1935
Crimes at the Dark House
01 Mar 1940
The Ticket of Leave Man
01 Oct 1937
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
30 Apr 1936
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
01 Feb 1938
It's Never Too Late to Mend
01 Mar 1937
Filmography
1954
- Puzzle Corner Number Fourteenas Sweeney Todd
1952
- A Ghost for Saleas Caretaker
- Murder at the Grange
- King of the Underworldas Terence Reilly
1950
- Spring-Heeled Jackas Philip Wraydon
1948
- The Greed of William Hartas William Hart
1946
- The Curse of the Wraydonsas The Chief
1945
- Bothered by a Beardas Sweeney Todd
1940
- Crimes at the Dark Houseas The False Sir Percival Glyde
1939
- The Face at the Windowas Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
1938
- Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terroras Michael Larron
- Pots of Plotsas Tod Slaughter
1937
- The Ticket of Leave Manas The Tiger
- Song of the Roadas Dan Lorenzo
- It's Never Too Late to Mendas Squire John Meadows
- Darby and Joanas Mr. Templeton
1936
- Tod Slaughter at Homeas Tod Slaughter
- The Crimes of Stephen Hawkeas Stephen Hawke
- Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Streetas Sweeney Todd
1935
- Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barnas Squire William Corder