
Tod Slaughter
Actor·1885–1956·Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
12 horror credits
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
Actor12 films

A Ghost for Sale
Caretaker
Spring-Heeled Jack
Philip Wraydon

The Greed of William Hart
William Hart

The Curse of the Wraydons
The Chief

Crimes at the Dark House
The False Sir Percival Glyde

The Face at the Window
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo

Pots of Plots
Tod Slaughter

The Ticket of Leave Man
The Tiger

Tod Slaughter at Home
Tod Slaughter

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
Stephen Hawke

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Squire William Corder
Producer1 film
Spring-Heeled Jack
Producer