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Tod Slaughter [1885 - 1956]

Date of Birth: 19 March 1885
Place of Birth: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Date of Death: 19 February 1956
Place of Death: Derby, England, UK
Also Known As:

GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

all as performer
* = television

1935
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn [Squire William Corder]
Murder in the Old Red Barn
Murder in the Red Barn

1936
The Crimes of Stephen Hawke [Stephen Hawke]

Pathétone Weekly No. 314 [himself]

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street [Sweeney Todd]
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - US title
Sweeney Todd

1937
It's Never Too Late to Mend [Squire John Meadows]
Never Too Late – US television title

The Ticket of Leave Man [The Tiger]

1938
Pathé Pictorial No. 131: Tod Slaughter [himself / Sweeney Todd / Squire William Corder]

Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror [Michael Larron]
The Hooded Terror

1939
The Face at the Window [Chevalier Lucio del Gardo]

1940
Crimes at the Dark House [Sir Percival Glyde]
Lo strangolatore - Italian title

1945
Bothered by a Beard [Sweeney Todd]

1946
The Curse of the Wraydons [Philip Wraydon / Spring Heeled Jack]
Strangler's Morgue – US title

1948
The Greed of William Hart [William Hart]
Crimes of Burke and Hare - working title
Horror Maniacs – US title

1950
Spring-Heeled Jack [stage production producer; performer (Philip Wraydon)] *

1952
A Ghost for Sale

1954
Puzzle Corner No.14 [Sweeney Todd]

NON-GENRE FILMOGRAPHY

1937
Darby and Joan [Mr Templeton]

The Song of the Road [Dan Lorenzo]

1952
King of the Underworld [Terence Reilly]

Murder at Scotland Yard [Terence Reilly]

Murder at the Grange [Patrick Reilly / Clarence Beacham (uncredited)]
Murder at the Festival

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Empire no.111 [September 1998] p.46 [UK]
illustrated biography

Film Review August 1995 p.43 [UK]
letter

Films in Review vol.38 no.4 [April 1987] pp.206-217 [USA]
article

Films in Review vol.38 no.11 [November 1987] pp.568-569 [USA]
article

Filmfax no.45 [June / July 1994] pp.31-35, 98 [USA]
illustrated article

Picture Show vol.66 no.1729 [19 May 1956] p.4 [UK]
article

 


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