Tod Slaughter

Tod Slaughter

1885-03-19 – 1956-02-19 (age 70) Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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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

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Known For

The Face at the Window
The Face at the Window

1939

as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

1935

as Squire William Corder

It's Never Too Late to Mend
It's Never Too Late to Mend

1937

as Squire John Meadows

The Ticket of Leave Man
The Ticket of Leave Man

1937

as The Tiger

Crimes at the Dark House
Crimes at the Dark House

1940

as The False Sir Percival Glyde

The Greed of William Hart
The Greed of William Hart

1948

as William Hart

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

1936

as Stephen Hawke

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
The Curse of the Wraydons
The Curse of the Wraydons

1946

as Philip Wraydon

The Curse of the Wraydons
The Curse of the Wraydons

1946

as The Chief

Bothered by a Beard
Bothered by a Beard

1945

as Sweeney Todd

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Spring-Heeled Jack

1950

as Philip Wraydon

A Ghost for Sale
A Ghost for Sale

1952

as Caretaker

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King of the Underworld

1952

as Terence Reilly

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

1954

as Sweeney Todd

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Song of the Road

1937

as Dan Lorenzo

Darby and Joan
Darby and Joan

1937

as Mr. Templeton

London After Dark