Tod Slaughter
Acting
19
Movies
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TV Shows
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About
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 Ticket of Leave Man
The Face at the Window
The Curse of the Wraydons
The Curse of the Wraydons
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Crimes at the Dark House
Murder at the Grange
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
A Ghost for Sale
The Greed of William Hart
Pots of Plots
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
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Ticket of Leave Man
The Face at the Window
The Curse of the Wraydons
The Curse of the Wraydons
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Crimes at the Dark House
Murder at the Grange
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
A Ghost for Sale
The Greed of William Hart
Pots of Plots
Darby and Joan
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Bothered by a Beard
Tod Slaughter at Home
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
London After Dark
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen