Actor
Tod Slaughter
Born March 19, 1885 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Died February 19, 195619 films
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
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First watchSweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street19365.7as Sweeney ToddIt is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands.View filmFilmography
19 films as actor- 1954Puzzle Corner Number FourteenSweeney Todd
- 1952A Ghost for SaleCaretaker
- 1952Murder at the Grange
- 1952King of the UnderworldTerence Reilly
- 1950Spring-Heeled JackPhilip Wraydon
- 1948The Greed of William HartWilliam Hart
- 1946The Curse of the WraydonsPhilip Wraydon
- 1940Crimes at the Dark HouseThe False Sir Percival Glyde
- 1939The Face at the WindowChevalier Lucio del Gardo
- 1938Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorMichael Larron
- 1938Pots of PlotsTod Slaughter
- 1937The Ticket of Leave ManThe Tiger
- 1937Song of the RoadDan Lorenzo
- 1937It's Never Too Late to MendSquire John Meadows
- 1937Darby and JoanMr. Templeton
- 1936Tod Slaughter at HomeTod Slaughter
- 1936The Crimes of Stephen HawkeStephen Hawke
- 1936Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd
- 1935Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnSquire William Corder