Tod Slaughter
ActingBorn: 1885-03-19Place 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
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Song of the Road
Dan Lorenzo
The Curse of the Wraydons
Philip Wraydon
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd
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Spring-Heeled Jack
Philip Wraydon
The Face at the Window
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
A Ghost for Sale
Caretaker
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Squire John Meadows
Crimes at the Dark House
The False Sir Percival Glyde
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Squire William Corder
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
Sweeney Todd