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
The Face at the Window
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Maria Marten, or The Murd...
Squire William Corder
Sexton Blake and the Hood...
Michael Larron
Spring-Heeled Jack
Philip Wraydon
Sweeney Todd: The Demon B...
Sweeney Todd
Crimes at the Dark House
The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Crimes of Stephen Haw...
Stephen Hawke
The Ticket of Leave Man
The Tiger
Darby and Joan
Mr. Templeton
King of the Underworld
Terence Reilly