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
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
as Sweeney ToddIt is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made...
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Crimes at the Dark House
as The False Sir Percival GlydeIn this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival...
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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
as Squire William CorderIn 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire....
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
as Stephen HawkeThe film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom...
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The Face at the Window
as Chevalier Lucio del GardoIn 1880, the criminal called The Wolf is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the...
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The Ticket of Leave Man
as The TigerA man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called...
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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
as Michael LarronSexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by...
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Murder at the Grange
as uncreditedA former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who...
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The Greed of William Hart
as William HartHart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century...
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Pots of Plots
as Tod SlaughterTod Slaughter introduces himself in brief vignettes of some of his most famous parts (Sweeney...
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It's Never Too Late to Mend
as Squire John MeadowsAn evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables...
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Darby and Joan
as Mr. TempletonDarby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for...
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The Curse of the Wraydons
as Philip WraydonTod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the...
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The Curse of the Wraydons
as The ChiefTod Slaughter goes about the countryside strangling everybody. His evil scheme is to destroy the...
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as Tod SlaughterShort skit in which a "Pathetone" reporter tries to interview Tod Slaughter at home, but finds...
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Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
as Sweeney ToddTod Slaughter’s last big screen appearance on camera, delivering a Sweeney Todd monologue.
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A Ghost for Sale
as CaretakerA manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.
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London After Dark
as uncreditedThis rare film of stage actor and later cinema star Tod Slaughter opens with a view of St Paul's...
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Bothered by a Beard
as Sweeney ToddA flagrant plug for the trusty safety razor disguised as a comic history of shaving, this witty...
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