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Tod Slaughter is a Actor and Scriptwriter British born on 19 march 1885 at Newcastle upon Tyne (United-kingdom)
Tod Slaughter (19 March 1885 – 19 February 1956) was an English actor, best known for playing over-the-top maniacs in macabre film adaptations of Victorian melodramas.
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Birth name Norman Carter Slaughter
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 march 1885 at Newcastle upon Tyne (United-kingdom)
Death 19 february 1956 (at 70 years) at Derby (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 march 1885 at Newcastle upon Tyne (United-kingdom)
Death 19 february 1956 (at 70 years) at Derby (United-kingdom)
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King of the Underworld (1952)
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Ingeborg von Kusserow, David Davies
Roles Terence Reilly
Rating46%
A master criminal is hunted by the police after committing a series of crimes.
The Greed of William Hart (1948)
, 1h20Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Henry Oscar, Aubrey Woods, Dennis Wyndham
Roles William Hart
Rating51%
In 1828 Edinburgh, Scotland, two Irish immigrants, Mr. Hart (Tod Slaughter) and Mr. Moore (Henry Oscar), take up murdering the locals and selling their bodies to the local medical school, which needs fresh bodies for anatomy lectures and demonstrations. When a young woman goes missing, medical student Hugh Alston (Patrick Addison) suspects the two are involved in foul play, but the arrogant, amoral Dr. Cox (Arnold Bell) --the main buyer for the bodies-- attempts to hinder his investigation. Meanwhile, the murderous duo set their sights on eccentric local boy "Daft Jamie" (Aubrey Woods) and an old woman.
The Curse of the Wraydons (1946)
, 1h34Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Tod Slaughter, Bruce Seton
Roles The Chief
Rating47%
During the Napoleonic Wars an Englishman who is sent into exile agrees to become a spy for France.
Crimes at the Dark House (1940)
, 1h9Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, David Horne, Elsie Wagstaff, Grace Arnold
Roles The False Sir Percival Glyde
Rating60%
In this lurid melodrama Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit his estate in England. On arriving in England he schemes to marry an heiress for her money and, with the connivance of the enigmatic Count Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and get in the way of his plans to be the Lord the Manor.
The Face at the Window (1939)
, 1h10Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Tod Slaughter, Aubrey Mallalieu, Robert Adair, Bill Shine, Harry Terry, George King
Roles Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Rating58%
En 1880 en France, une série de meurtres est attribuée à un assassin surnommé "Le visage".
, 1h10Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors George Curzon, Tod Slaughter, Greta Gynt, David Farrar, Norman Pierce
Roles Michael Larron
Rating54%
The film - described as the best in the Blake series of 30s movies - features the character of Sexton Blake and his efforts to defeat a major crime organisation headed by Michael Larron, a 'sort of Moriarty figure'.
Song of the Road (1937)
, 1h11Directed by John Baxter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Ernest Butcher, Muriel George, Davy Burnaby, Tod Slaughter, John Turnbull, Edgar Driver
Roles Dan Lorenzo
Rating64%
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
The Ticket of Leave Man (1937)
, 1h11Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Horror
Actors Tod Slaughter, Peter Gawthorne, Robert Adair, Norman Pierce
Roles The Tiger
Rating54%
A man is wrongly accused of a series of killings, leaving him to hunt the real murderer.
Darby and Joan (1937)
, 1h16Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Peggy Simpson, Ian Fleming, Tod Slaughter, Harvey Braban
Roles Mr. Templeton
It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937)
Directed by David MacDonald
Genres Drama
Actors Tod Slaughter, Jack Livesey, Ian Colin, Laurence Hanray, Mavis Villiers
Roles Squire John Meadows
Rating58%
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
, 1h9Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, Norman Pierce, Harry Terry
Roles Stephen Hawke
Rating56%
, 1h16Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Historical
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eve Lister, Bruce Seton, Davina Craig, Jerry Verno, Norman Pierce
Roles Sweeney Todd
Rating57%
Sweeney Todd (Tod Slaughter) is a barber with a shop near the docks of London.
, 1h10Directed by Milton Rosmer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, Clare Greet, Dennis Hoey, Tom Payne
Roles Squire William Corder
Rating58%
The unfortunately-surnamed actor Tod Slaughter, in his film debut, plays William Corderes, the lover who seduces then murders innocent country maiden Maria Marten (Sophie Stewart) in the red barn before burying her body beneath the barn floor.
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The Crimes of Stephen Hawke (1936)
, 1h9Directed by George King
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime
Actors Tod Slaughter, Eric Portman, Norman Pierce, Harry Terry
Rating56%