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Tod Slaughter
Actor

Tod Slaughter

Born March 19, 1885 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK

Died February 19, 1956

1 film

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

Filmography 1

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936) movie poster
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street1936