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

Sweeney Todd

Crimes at the Dark House

The False Sir Percival Glyde

It's Never Too Late to Mend

Squire John Meadows

The Curse of the Wraydons

Philip Wraydon

The Curse of the Wraydons

The Chief

Song of the Road

Dan Lorenzo

The Face at the Window

Chevalier Lucio del Gardo

Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

Squire William Corder