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
21 movies
Puzzle Corner Number Fourteen
1954·10.0
A Ghost for Sale
1952·9.0
Murder at the Grange
1952·6.5
King of the Underworld
1952·6.0
Spring-Heeled Jack
1950·0.0
The Greed of William Hart
1948·5.2
The Curse of the Wraydons
1946·5.8
Bothered by a Beard
1945·10.0
Crimes at the Dark House
1940·6.3
The Face at the Window
1939·5.7
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938·6.0
Pots of Plots
1938·9.0
The Ticket of Leave Man
1937·5.6
Song of the Road
1937·7.0
It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937·6.1
Darby and Joan
1937·6.3
Tod Slaughter at Home
1936·7.0
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
1936·5.7
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1936·5.7
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935·5.6
London After Dark
1926·0.0