Tod Slaughter
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.998 |
| Birthday | 1885-03-19 |
| Place of Birth | Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1939
The Face at the Window
5.3/16
In 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Mich...
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The Face at the Window
1940
Crimes at the Dark House
5.6/13
In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his iden...
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Crimes at the Dark House
1936
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5.289/38
It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet St...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1937
It's Never Too Late to Mend
6/3
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
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It's Never Too Late to Mend
1935
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
5.4/13
In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When she becomes pregnant and disappears, a gipsy lad i...
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1936
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
5.071/7
The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an intervi...
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1948
The Greed of William Hart
4.6/4
Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still...
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The Greed of William Hart
1937
The Ticket of Leave Man
5.3/10
A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the...
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The Ticket of Leave Man
1952
Murder at the Grange
6/3
A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out...
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Murder at the Grange
1938
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
5.4/5
Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.
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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1946
The Curse of the Wraydons
5.2/4
Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He secret lab is complete wit...
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The Curse of the Wraydons
1937
Song of the Road
6/1
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the...
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Song of the Road
1952
King of the Underworld
4.5/2
A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series call...
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King of the Underworld
1946
The Curse of the Wraydons
5.2/4
Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He secret lab is complete wit...
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The Curse of the Wraydons
1937
Darby and Joan
0/0
Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle...
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Darby and Joan
1926
London After Dark
0/0
This rare film of stage actor and later cinema star Tod Slaughter opens with a view of St Paul's over the river and the bright lights of Piccadilly at...
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London After Dark
1945
Bothered by a Beard
0/0
A flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty treat was made by EVH Emmett, whose sardonic tones gra...
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Bothered by a Beard
1954
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
0/0
Tod Slaughter’s last big screen appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue.
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Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1936
Tod Slaughter at Home
0/0
Short skit in which a "Pathetone" reporter tries to interview Tod Slaughter at home, but finds the fiendish fellow is more interested in "polishing hi...
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Tod Slaughter at Home
1938
Pots of Plots
0/0
Tod Slaughter introduces himself in brief vignettes of some of his most famous parts (Sweeney Todd, Squire William Corder, etc.)
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Pots of Plots
1952
A Ghost for Sale
0/0
A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.
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A Ghost for Sale
1950
Spring-Heeled Jack
0/0
BBC live outside broadcast from the Theatre Royal, Stratford, of Tod Slaughter’s production of his melodrama Spring-Heeled Jack.
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