Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1885-03-19
- Day of Death1956-02-19 (70 years)
- Place of BirthNewcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
- Also Known As-
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1954
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
As: Sweeney Todd
- 1952
A Ghost for Sale
As: Caretaker
- 1948
The Greed of William Hart
As: William Hart
- 1946
The Curse of the Wraydons
As: Philip Wraydon
- 1946
The Curse of the Wraydons
As: The Chief
- 1945
Bothered by a Beard
As: Sweeney Todd
- 1940
Crimes at the Dark House
As: The False Sir Percival Glyde
- 1939
The Face at the Window
As: Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
1938Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
As: Michael Larron
1938Pots of Plots
As: Tod Slaughter
- 1937
The Ticket of Leave Man
As: The Tiger
1937It's Never Too Late to Mend
As: Squire John Meadows
1937Darby and Joan
As: Mr. Templeton
1936Tod Slaughter at Home
As: Tod Slaughter
1936The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
As: Stephen Hawke
- 1936
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
As: Sweeney Todd
- 1935
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
As: Squire William Corder