Tod Slaughter
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 19, 1885 (141 years old)
Place of Birth
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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
| 1954 | Puzzle Corner Number FourteenSweeney Todd | |
| 1952 | A Ghost for SaleCaretaker | |
| 1952 | Murder at the Grange | |
| 1952 | King of the UnderworldTerence Reilly | |
| 1950 | Spring-Heeled JackPhilip Wraydon | |
| 1948 | The Greed of William HartWilliam Hart | |
| 1946 | The Curse of the WraydonsPhilip Wraydon | |
| 1946 | The Curse of the WraydonsThe Chief | |
| 1945 | Bothered by a BeardSweeney Todd | |
| 1940 | Crimes at the Dark HouseThe False Sir Percival Glyde | |
| 1939 | The Face at the WindowChevalier Lucio del Gardo | |
| 1938 | Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorMichael Larron | |
| 1938 | Pots of PlotsTod Slaughter | |
| 1937 | It's Never Too Late to MendSquire John Meadows | |
| 1937 | The Ticket of Leave ManThe Tiger | |
| 1937 | Darby and JoanMr. Templeton | |
| 1937 | Song of the RoadDan Lorenzo | |
| 1936 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetSweeney Todd | |
| 1936 | The Crimes of Stephen HawkeStephen Hawke | |
| 1936 | Tod Slaughter at HomeTod Slaughter | |
| 1935 | Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnSquire William Corder | |
| 1926 | London After Dark |
| 1950 | Spring-Heeled JackProducer |