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

Dark Passage

Terence Reilly

The Showdown

Terence Reilly

She's My Darling

Mr. Templeton

The Case of the Scarlet Letters

Terence Reilly

The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

Stephen Hawke

Reilly at Bay

Terrence Reilly

Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Sweeney Todd

The Curse of the Wraydons

Philip Wraydon