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
1954Puzzle Corner Number FourteenMovieas Sweeney Todd
1952The ShowdownMovieas Terence Reilly1952Dark PassageMovieas Terence Reilly
1952Reilly at BayMovieas Terrence Reilly
1952The Case of the Scarlet LettersMovieas Terence Reilly1952Murder at the GrangeMovieas Patrick Reilly aka Clarence Beacham1952A Ghost for SaleMovieas Caretaker
1952The Case of the Green EyeMovieas Terence Reilly1952King of the UnderworldMovieas Terence Reilly1948The Greed of William HartMovieas William Hart1946The Curse of the WraydonsMovieas Philip Wraydon · as The Chief1945Bothered by a BeardMovieas Sweeney Todd1940Crimes at the Dark HouseMovieas The False Sir Percival Glyde1939The Face at the WindowMovieas Chevalier Lucio del Gardo1938Sexton Blake and the Hooded TerrorMovieas Michael Larron1938Pots of PlotsMovieas Tod Slaughter1937The Ticket of Leave ManMovieas The Tiger1937It's Never Too Late to MendMovieas Squire John Meadows1937She's My DarlingMovieas Mr. Templeton1936Tod Slaughter at HomeMovieas Tod Slaughter1936The Crimes of Stephen HawkeMovieas Stephen Hawke1936Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet StreetMovieas Sweeney Todd1935Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnMovieas Squire William Corder
1926London After DarkMovie