Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1885-03-19
Day of Death
1956-02-19
Place of Birth
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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
Filmography (22)
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Sweeney Todd
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1954
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Caretaker
A Ghost for Sale
1952
⭐ 6.5
Role:
Unknown
Murder at the Grange
1952No Image
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Terence Reilly
King of the Underworld
1952No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Philip Wraydon
Spring-Heeled Jack
1950
⭐ 5.2
Role:
William Hart
The Greed of William Hart
1948
⭐ 5.8
Role:
Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946
⭐ 5.8
Role:
The Chief
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946
⭐ 10.0
Role:
Sweeney Todd
Bothered by a Beard
1945
⭐ 6.3
Role:
The False Sir Percival Glyde
Crimes at the Dark House
1940
⭐ 5.7
Role:
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
The Face at the Window
1939
⭐ 6.0
Role:
Michael Larron
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Tod Slaughter
Pots of Plots
1938
⭐ 5.7
Role:
The Tiger
The Ticket of Leave Man
1937No Image
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Dan Lorenzo
