Tod Slaughter
Acting · Born 1885-03-19 · Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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
As cast
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen 1954
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A Ghost for Sale 1952
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Murder at the Grange 1952
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King of the Underworld 1952
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Spring-Heeled Jack 1950
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The Greed of William Hart 1948
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The Curse of the Wraydons 1946
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The Curse of the Wraydons 1946
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Bothered by a Beard 1945
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Crimes at the Dark House 1940
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The Face at the Window 1939
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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror 1938
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Pots of Plots 1938
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The Ticket of Leave Man 1937
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Song of the Road 1937
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It's Never Too Late to Mend 1937
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Darby and Joan 1937
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Tod Slaughter at Home 1936
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke 1936
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 1936
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn 1935
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London After Dark 1926
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As director
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