Biography:

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

Horror Filmography:

As Actor

Films	Year	Role	Poster
A Ghost for Sale	1952	Caretaker
Spring-Heeled Jack	1950	Philip Wraydon
The Greed of William Hart	1948	William Hart
The Curse of the Wraydons	1946	Philip Wraydon
The Curse of the Wraydons	1946	The Chief
Crimes at the Dark House	1940	The False Sir Percival Glyde
The Face at the Window	1939	Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Pots of Plots	1938	Tod Slaughter
The Ticket of Leave Man	1937	The Tiger
Tod Slaughter at Home	1936	Tod Slaughter
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke	1936	Stephen Hawke
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	1936	Sweeney Todd
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn	1935	Squire William Corder

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As Producer

Films	Year	Poster
Spring-Heeled Jack	1950

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