Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
23
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-03-19
Day of Death
1956-02-19 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
Also Known As
Tod Slaughter
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
