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
Sweeney Todd
Squire William Corder
Chevalier Lucio del Gardo
Stephen Hawke
Squire John Meadows
The Tiger
The False Sir Percival Glyde
Michael Larron
Philip Wraydon
Philip Wraydon
The Chief
William Hart
Terence Reilly
Mr. Templeton
Dan Lorenzo
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd
Tod Slaughter
Tod Slaughter
Caretaker