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Tod Slaughter
Acting
Born: March 19, 1885
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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
Known For
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Sweeney Todd
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
as Squire William Corder
The Ticket of Leave Man
as The Tiger
The Face at the Window
as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
The Curse of the Wraydons
as Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons
as The Chief
Crimes at the Dark House
as The False Sir Percival Glyde
Murder at the Grange
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
as Stephen Hawke
It's Never Too Late to Mend
as Squire John Meadows
