Tod Slaughter
Acting
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
Acting21
moviePuzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1954
Sweeney Todd
movieA Ghost for Sale
1952
Caretaker
King of the Underworld
1952
Terence Reilly
Spring-Heeled Jack
1950
Philip Wraydon
movieThe Greed of William Hart
1948
William Hart
movieThe Curse of the Wraydons
1946
Philip Wraydon / The Chief
movieBothered by a Beard
1945
Sweeney Todd
movieCrimes at the Dark House
1940
The False Sir Percival Glyde
movieThe Face at the Window
1939
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
movieSexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
Michael Larron
moviePots of Plots
1938
Tod Slaughter
movieThe Ticket of Leave Man
1937
The Tiger
Song of the Road
1937
Dan Lorenzo
movieIt's Never Too Late to Mend
1937
Squire John Meadows
movieDarby and Joan
1937
Mr. Templeton
movieTod Slaughter at Home
1936
Tod Slaughter
movieThe Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936
Stephen Hawke
movieMaria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935
Squire William Corder
