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Actor
Tod Slaughter
- Born March 19, 1885 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
- Died February 19, 1956
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 Street1936
The Face at the Window1939
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn1935
Crimes at the Dark House1940
The Ticket of Leave Man1937
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke1936
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror1938
It's Never Too Late to Mend1937
Filmography
- 1954Puzzle Corner Number FourteenFilmSweeney Todd
- 1952Murder at the GrangeFilmPatrick Reilly aka Clarence Beacham
- 1952King of the UnderworldFilmTerence Reilly
- 1952A Ghost for SaleFilmCaretaker
- 1952Dark PassageFilmTerence Reilly
- 1952The Case of the Green EyeFilmTerence Reilly
- 1952The Case of the Scarlet LettersFilmTerence Reilly
- 1952Reilly at BayFilmTerrence Reilly
- 1952The ShowdownFilmTerence Reilly
- 1950Spring-Heeled JackFilmPhilip Wraydon, Producer
- 1948The Greed of William HartFilmWilliam Hart
- 1946The Curse of the WraydonsFilmPhilip Wraydon, The Chief
- 1945Bothered by a BeardFilmSweeney Todd
- 1940Crimes at the Dark HouseFilmThe False Sir Percival Glyde
- 1939The Face at the WindowFilmChevalier Lucio del Gardo
- 1938Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorFilmMichael Larron
- 1938Pots of PlotsFilmTod Slaughter
- 1937The Ticket of Leave ManFilmThe Tiger
- 1937It's Never Too Late to MendFilmSquire John Meadows
- 1937She's My DarlingFilmMr. Templeton
- 1937Song of the RoadFilmDan Lorenzo
- 1936Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetFilmSweeney Todd
- 1936The Crimes of Stephen HawkeFilmStephen Hawke
- 1936Tod Slaughter at HomeFilmTod Slaughter
- 1935Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnFilmSquire William Corder
- 1926London After DarkFilm