Tod Slaughter

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

Year

1936

Type

Movie

The Face at the Window

Year

1939

Type

Movie

Crimes at the Dark House

Year

1940

Type

Movie

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Year

1935

Type

Movie

The Ticket of Leave Man

Year

1937

Type

Movie

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

Year

1936

Type

Movie

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Year

1938

Type

Movie

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Year

1937

Type

Movie

The Greed of William Hart

Year

1948

Type

Movie

The Curse of the Wraydons

Year

1946

Type

Movie

Murder at the Grange

Year

1952

Type

Movie

Darby and Joan

Year

1937

Type

Movie

London After Dark

Year

1926

Type

Movie

Bothered by a Beard

Year

1945

Type

Movie

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

Year

1954

Type

Movie

Tod Slaughter at Home

Year

1936

Type

Movie

Pots of Plots

Year

1938

Type

Movie

A Ghost for Sale

Year

1952

Type

Movie