Tod Slaughter
ActingBorn 1885-03-19 · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UKDied 1956-02-19
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
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
Aug 07, 1954Rated 10 out of 10
A Ghost for Sale
Dec 01, 1952Rated 9 out of 10
Murder at the Grange
Dec 01, 1952Rated 6.5 out of 10
King of the Underworld
Jul 05, 1952Rated 6 out of 10
Dark Passage
Dec 22, 1952
The Case of the Green Eye
Aug 05, 1952
The Case of the Scarlet Letters
Dec 08, 1952
Reilly at Bay
Dec 15, 1952
The Showdown
Dec 29, 1952
Spring-Heeled Jack
Jan 16, 1950
The Greed of William Hart
Mar 01, 1948Rated 5.2 out of 10
The Curse of the Wraydons
Dec 16, 1946Rated 5.8 out of 10The Curse of the Wraydons
Dec 16, 1946Rated 5.8 out of 10
Bothered by a Beard
Jun 01, 1945Rated 10 out of 10
Crimes at the Dark House
Mar 01, 1940Rated 6.2 out of 10
The Face at the Window
Apr 07, 1939Rated 5.7 out of 10
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Feb 01, 1938Rated 6 out of 10
Pots of Plots
Jan 01, 1938Rated 9 out of 10
It's Never Too Late to Mend
Mar 01, 1937Rated 6.1 out of 10
The Ticket of Leave Man
Oct 01, 1937Rated 5.6 out of 10
She's My Darling
Feb 01, 1937Rated 6.3 out of 10Song of the Road
Aug 08, 1937Rated 7 out of 10
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Mar 01, 1936Rated 5.7 out of 10
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
Apr 30, 1936Rated 5.7 out of 10
Tod Slaughter at Home
Oct 12, 1936Rated 7 out of 10
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Aug 18, 1935Rated 5.6 out of 10
London After Dark
Jan 01, 1926