Born 1885 (age 70) · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Appears in 21 titles

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

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Face at the Window
5.7
The Face at the Window
1939
as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Crimes at the Dark House
6.3
Crimes at the Dark House
1940
as The False Sir Percival Glyde
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
5.6
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935
as Squire William Corder
The Ticket of Leave Man
5.7
The Ticket of Leave Man
1937
as The Tiger
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
5.6
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936
as Stephen Hawke
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
6.0
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
as Michael Larron
It's Never Too Late to Mend
6.2
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937
as Squire John Meadows
The Greed of William Hart
5.3
The Greed of William Hart
1948
as William Hart
The Curse of the Wraydons
5.8
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946
as Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons
5.8
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946
as The Chief
Murder at the Grange
Darby and Joan
6.3
Darby and Joan
1937
as Mr. Templeton
6.0
King of the Underworld
1952
as Terence Reilly
7.0
Song of the Road
1937
as Dan Lorenzo
Bothered by a Beard
10.0
Bothered by a Beard
1945
as Sweeney Todd
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
10.0
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1954
as Sweeney Todd
Tod Slaughter at Home
7.0
Tod Slaughter at Home
1936
as Tod Slaughter
Pots of Plots
9.0
Pots of Plots
1938
as Tod Slaughter
A Ghost for Sale
9.0
A Ghost for Sale
1952
as Caretaker