Actor

Tod Slaughter

Classic Era1885–1956HorrorDramaCrimeComedy

Master of Dread

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Filmography

1954Puzzle Corner Number FourteenSweeney Todd10.0 1952A Ghost for SaleCaretaker9.0 1952Murder at the Grange6.5 1952King of the UnderworldTerence Reilly6.0 1950Spring-Heeled JackPhilip Wraydon 1948The Greed of William HartWilliam Hart5.3

About

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

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