Tod Slaughter
Acting
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(22)
moviePuzzle Corner Number Fourteen
as Sweeney Todd · 1954 · 10.0
movieA Ghost for Sale
as Caretaker · 1952 · 9.0
movieMurder at the Grange
as · 1952 · 6.5
movieKing of the Underworld
as Terence Reilly · 1952 · 6.0
movieSpring-Heeled Jack
as Philip Wraydon · 1950 · 0.0
movieThe Greed of William Hart
as William Hart · 1948 · 5.3
movieThe Curse of the Wraydons
as Philip Wraydon · 1946 · 5.8
movieThe Curse of the Wraydons
as The Chief · 1946 · 5.8
movieBothered by a Beard
as Sweeney Todd · 1945 · 10.0
movieCrimes at the Dark House
as The False Sir Percival Glyde · 1940 · 6.3
movieThe Face at the Window
as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo · 1939 · 5.7
movieSexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
as Michael Larron · 1938 · 6.0
moviePots of Plots
as Tod Slaughter · 1938 · 9.0
movieThe Ticket of Leave Man
as The Tiger · 1937 · 5.7
movieSong of the Road
as Dan Lorenzo · 1937 · 7.0
movieIt's Never Too Late to Mend
as Squire John Meadows · 1937 · 6.1
movieDarby and Joan
as Mr. Templeton · 1937 · 6.3
movieTod Slaughter at Home
as Tod Slaughter · 1936 · 7.0
movieThe Crimes of Stephen Hawke
as Stephen Hawke · 1936 · 5.6
movieSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Sweeney Todd · 1936 · 5.7
movieMaria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
as Squire William Corder · 1935 · 5.6
movieLondon After Dark
as · 1926 · 0.0