Tod Slaughter

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

  • Title: Tod Slaughter
  • Popularity: 2.797
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1885-03-19
  • Place of Birth: Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
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Tod Slaughter Movies

  • 1939
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    The Face at the Window
    The Face at the Window

    5.3 1939 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1940
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    Crimes at the Dark House
    Crimes at the Dark House

    5.6 1940 HD

    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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1936
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    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    5.289 1936 HD

    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...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1937
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    It's Never Too Late to Mend
    It's Never Too Late to Mend

    6 1937 HD

    An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1935
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    Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
    Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

    5.4 1935 HD

    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...

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1936
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    The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
    The Crimes of Stephen Hawke

    5.071 1936 HD

    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...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1948
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    The Greed of William Hart
    The Greed of William Hart

    4.6 1948 HD

    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...

    Genre: Mystery

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1937
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    The Ticket of Leave Man
    The Ticket of Leave Man

    5.3 1937 HD

    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...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1952
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    Murder at the Grange
    Murder at the Grange

    6 1952 HD

    A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns...

    Genre: Thriller

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1938
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    Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
    Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror

    5.4 1938 HD

    Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.

    Genre: Crime

    Cast: George Curzon

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  • 1946
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    The Curse of the Wraydons
    The Curse of the Wraydons

    5.2 1946 HD

    Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He secret lab is complete...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Bruce Seton

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  • 1937
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    Song of the Road
    Song of the Road

    6 1937 HD

    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...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Bransby Williams

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  • 1952
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    King of the Underworld
    King of the Underworld

    4.5 1952 HD

    A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1946
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    The Curse of the Wraydons
    The Curse of the Wraydons

    5.2 1946 HD

    Tod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the family who wronged him. He secret lab is complete...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Bruce Seton

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  • 1937
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    Darby and Joan
    Darby and Joan

    1 1937 HD

    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...

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    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1926
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    London After Dark
    London After Dark

    1 1926 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1945
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    Bothered by a Beard
    Bothered by a Beard

    1 1945 HD

    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...

    Genre: Documentary

    Cast: Jerry Verno

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  • 1954
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    Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
    Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen

    1 1954 HD

    Tod Slaughter’s last big screen appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1936
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    Tod Slaughter at Home
    Tod Slaughter at Home

    1 1936 HD

    Short skit in which a "Pathetone" reporter tries to interview Tod Slaughter at home, but finds the fiendish fellow is more interested in "polishing...

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1938
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    Pots of Plots
    Pots of Plots

    1 1938 HD

    Tod Slaughter introduces himself in brief vignettes of some of his most famous parts (Sweeney Todd, Squire William Corder, etc.)

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1952
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    A Ghost for Sale
    A Ghost for Sale

    1 1952 HD

    A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1950
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    Spring-Heeled Jack
    Spring-Heeled Jack

    1 1950 HD

    BBC live outside broadcast from the Theatre Royal, Stratford, of Tod Slaughter’s production of his melodrama Spring-Heeled Jack.

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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  • 1950
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    Spring-Heeled Jack
    Spring-Heeled Jack

    1 1950 HD

    Genre: TV Movie

    Cast: Tod Slaughter

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