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

Movies with Tod Slaughter

Spring-Heeled Jack

Jan 16, 1950

5.5

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Mar 1, 1936

5.4

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Aug 18, 1935

5.6

The Face at the Window

Apr 7, 1939

5.4

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

Apr 30, 1936

5.8

Crimes at the Dark House

Mar 1, 1940

4.9

The Greed of William Hart

Mar 1, 1948

5.7

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

Feb 1, 1938

5.8

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Mar 1, 1937

4.5

King of the Underworld

Jul 5, 1952

5.5

The Ticket of Leave Man

Oct 1, 1937

6.0

Murder at the Grange

Dec 1, 1952