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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
Filmography6 titles
Crimes at the Dark House
1940as The False Sir Percival Glyde
1940as The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946as Philip Wraydon
1946as Philip Wraydon
The Face at the Window
1939as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
1939as Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936as Sweeney Todd
1936as Sweeney Todd
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936as Stephen Hawke
1936as Stephen Hawke
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935as Squire William Corder
1935as Squire William Corder