Tod Slaughter
Acting
Male
Born: March 19, 1885
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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
March 01, 1936
The Face at the Window
April 07, 1939
Crimes at the Dark House
March 01, 1940
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
August 18, 1935
The Ticket of Leave Man
October 01, 1937
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
April 30, 1936
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
February 01, 1938
It's Never Too Late to Mend
March 01, 1937
The Greed of William Hart
March 01, 1948
The Curse of the Wraydons
December 16, 1946
Murder at the Grange
December 01, 1952