Tod Slaughter
Acting
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
Born: March 19, 1885 · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Filmography (7)
Crimes at the Dark House
1940
Actor: The False Sir Perc…
The Face at the Window
1939
Actor: Chevalier Lucio de…
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
Actor: Michael Larron
The Ticket of Leave Man
1937
Actor: The Tiger
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936
Actor: Stephen Hawke
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936
Actor: Sweeney Todd
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935
Actor: Squire William Cor…