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Tod Slaughter
Born
19 March 1885
Died
19 February 1956
Place
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Acting

Tod Slaughter

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

As actor

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

1954 · Sweeney Todd
A Ghost for Sale

A Ghost for Sale

1952 · Caretaker
Murder at the Grange

Murder at the Grange

1952

King of the Underworld

1952 · Terence Reilly

Spring-Heeled Jack

1950 · Philip Wraydon
The Greed of William Hart

The Greed of William Hart

1948 · William Hart
The Curse of the Wraydons

The Curse of the Wraydons

1946 · Philip Wraydon
Bothered by a Beard

Bothered by a Beard

1945 · Sweeney Todd
Crimes at the Dark House

Crimes at the Dark House

1940 · The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Face at the Window

The Face at the Window

1939 · Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

1938 · Michael Larron
Pots of Plots

Pots of Plots

1938 · Tod Slaughter
It's Never Too Late to Mend

It's Never Too Late to Mend

1937 · Squire John Meadows
The Ticket of Leave Man

The Ticket of Leave Man

1937 · The Tiger
Darby and Joan

Darby and Joan

1937 · Mr. Templeton

Song of the Road

1937 · Dan Lorenzo
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1936 · Sweeney Todd
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

1936 · Stephen Hawke
Tod Slaughter at Home

Tod Slaughter at Home

1936 · Tod Slaughter
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

1935 · Squire William Corder
London After Dark

London After Dark

1926