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Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter

ActorProducer Mar 19 (died age 70) Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK 1926–1954 (28 year career)
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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
Film

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd
The Face at the Window
Film

The Face at the Window

Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Crimes at the Dark House
Film

Crimes at the Dark House

The False Sir Percival Glyde
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Film

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Squire William Corder
The Ticket of Leave Man
Film

The Ticket of Leave Man

The Tiger
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
Film

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

Stephen Hawke
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Film

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Michael Larron
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Film

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Squire John Meadows

Filmography