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

The Face at the Window

7 April, 1939

London After Dark

1 January, 1926

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1 March, 1936

Crimes at the Dark House

1 March, 1940

It's Never Too Late to Mend

1 March, 1937

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

18 August, 1935

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

30 April, 1936

The Greed of William Hart

1 March, 1948

The Ticket of Leave Man

1 October, 1937

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

1 February, 1938

The Curse of the Wraydons

16 December, 1946

Bothered by a Beard

1 June, 1945

Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

7 August, 1954

Darby and Joan

1 February, 1937

Tod Slaughter at Home

12 October, 1936

Pots of Plots

1 January, 1938

Song of the Road

8 August, 1937

A Ghost for Sale

1 December, 1952

Spring-Heeled Jack

16 January, 1950

Murder at the Grange

1 December, 1952

King of the Underworld

5 July, 1952

The Curse of the Wraydons

16 December, 1946