Tod Slaughter

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

The Face at the Window

Crimes at the Dark House

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

The Curse of the Wraydons

The Ticket of Leave Man

All Movies (22)

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen1954 · as Sweeney Todd
A Ghost for Sale1952 · as Caretaker
Murder at the Grange1952
King of the Underworld1952 · as Terence Reilly
Spring-Heeled Jack1950 · as Philip Wraydon
The Greed of William Hart1948 · as William Hart
The Curse of the Wraydons1946 · as Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons1946 · as The Chief
Bothered by a Beard1945 · as Sweeney Todd
Crimes at the Dark House1940 · as The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Face at the Window1939 · as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror1938 · as Michael Larron
Pots of Plots1938 · as Tod Slaughter
The Ticket of Leave Man1937 · as The Tiger
Song of the Road1937 · as Dan Lorenzo
It's Never Too Late to Mend1937 · as Squire John Meadows
Darby and Joan1937 · as Mr. Templeton
Tod Slaughter at Home1936 · as Tod Slaughter
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke1936 · as Stephen Hawke
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street1936 · as Sweeney Todd
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn1935 · as Squire William Corder
London After Dark1926